The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – June 21st 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge

1 For 4 points – who were the original four presenters on Multi-coloured Swap shop? Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, Maggie Philbin, John Craven
2 If a tennis player won all his matches in straight sets at Wimbledon, how many sets would he have played when he won the Finals?? 21
3 Which American rock star has a band named ‘The Heartbreakers’? Tom Petty
4 OBJURGATION – is it a) Swearing something is true when it isn’t, b) the act of telling someone off, c) the act of crawling around a church or holy place on one’s knees or d) a small skirmish around a main battlefield? B
5 Where sportingly could you win £1050 and £2100 at different times during the year? Newmarket
6 What was the punishment for attempted suicide in 19th Century England? Death by hanging
7 What 500 year old fruit was found in a rubbish tip in on the banks of the Thames last week? A banana
8 Which famous car was driven by Professor Caractacus Potts? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
9 Which car firm makes the Saxo? Citroen
10 Which country has the greatest number of Rugby clubs? Japan
11 In which country did spaghetti originate? China
12 Which Disney character sang ‘Some day my Prince will come’? Snow White
13 What first appeared on British banknotes in 1963? Queen’s head
14 How many England caps did footballer Bobby Moore get? 108
15 What name is given to the small cubes of fried bread eaten with soup etc? Croutons
16 In Typically Tropical’s song Barbados, what airline could you fly? Coconut Airways
17 In which country did Oliver Reed die? Malta
18 5 years either way – when was the first telephone directory printed in England? 1880
19 In which 3 types of sport do men and women compete against each other in the Olympic games? Yachting, Shooting and Equestrianism
20 How many pins are there in the back row of a 10pin bowling alley? 4
21 Who played Lex Luthor in the 70s and 80s Superman films? Gene Hackman
22 Who allegedly said last week "Why do all my sister’s children keep marrying all these people who are so common"? Princess Margaret
23 Who does Yosemite Sam unsuccessfully hunt in cartoons? Bugs Bunny
24 What are raisins made from? Dried Grapes
25 What is the Queen’s birthsign? Taurus

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Round 2

Captains, Board Games, Song Lyrics, TV Soaps

1 Captain James T Kirk captained the Enterprise – what did the T stand for? Tiberius
2 Who had a successful album with Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy? Elton John
3 Who was the captain of this weekend’s victorious Australian Cricket team? Steve Waugh
4 Who was Captain of the ill-fated Titanic? Edward Smith
5 Who was the captain of the pirate ship in Peter Pan? Captain Hook
6 Name the 6 weapons in a game of Cluedo. Spanner, Rope, Dagger, Revolver, Candlestick, Lead Pipe
7 How many triple word score squares are there on a Scrabble board? 8
8 In Monopoly, how much would you have to pay if you landed on the Water Works, and your opponent also had the Electric Company? 10x the roll of the Dice
9 How many wedges do you have to collect in Trivial Pursuit? 6
10 What was the subject of the board game Totopoly? Horse Racing
11 "Dream those dreams, scheme those schemes, you got to hit me, hit me, hit me with those laser beams." Relax – Frankie goes to Hollywood
12 "The marching band came down along main street, the soldier blues fell in behind." Billy don’t be a hero – Paper Lace
13 "Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be." Suicide is Painless – theme from M*A*S*H
14 "Before she gets to saying goodbye, she ought to think right, she ought to do right my me." Ticket to Ride - Beatles
15 "You put the grey skies out of the way. You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day." Wake me up before you Go Go.
16 What was the name of jail in Prisoner Cell Block H? Wentworth
17 In Dallas, what did JR stand for, as in JR Ewing? John Ross
18 What’s the name of the supermarket that Curly works for in Coronation Street? Freshco
19 In East Enders, what was the name of Den and Angie’s dog? Rowley
20 In which police station is the Bill set? Sun Hill
21 Which Coronation Street character is played by Bruce Jones? Les Battersby
22 Which soap, which first appeared in 1986 in the UK is set in a cul-de-sac? Neighbours
23 Which current soap opera's very first episode started with the line "Cor, it stinks in 'ere!"? East Enders
24 What was Brookside’s Peter Harrison once accused of? Date Rape
25 Which of these hobbies did Neighbour’s Hannah Martin not try? Gymnastics, Astrology, Skateboarding or Horse Riding

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