The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 22nd March 1999
This week, as a special bonus, I'm publishing the entire quiz from Monday Night. This is so that my good friends Angela and Geof, who often win, can have a go from their holiday hotel in Antigua, which has an Internet Cafe!
Starter for 10
Couldn't be simpler this week - match the town or city with it's distance from London, according to my Road Atlas!
54, 97, 117, 128, 171, 207, 234, 297, 402, 517
Aberdeen | Birmingham | Blackpool | Doncaster | Cambridge | |||||
Great Yarmouth | Land's End | Leicester | Stranraer | York |
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs,
1 | Which group consists of Keavy, Sinead, Edele and Lindsay? | |
2 | Which film won Best Film Oscar last night? | |
3 | Who was reigning monarch in 1900? | |
4 | Who enjoyed a pint of Old Speckled Hen in Yorkshire last week, but had to be careful not to spill any on her dress? | |
5 | What was the name of the balloon that went around the world in 20 days? | |
6 | Who plays Victor Meldrew in One Foot in The Grave? | |
7 | And who plays his counterpart in the spin-off American series? | |
8 | Which car company's badge uses a Viking ship as its main emblem? | |
9 | What is the dialing code for Inner London? | |
10 | What is the capital of Jordan? | |
11 | What living creatures make the loudest natural noise? | |
12 | What is the decimal equivalent of 1/8th? | |
13 | Who tried (and failed) to make a dent in her overdraft at Cheltenham last week? | |
14 | How old was football millionaire David Beckham when he signed for Manchester United? | |
15 | According to the RSPCA, what should you put in the freezer for at least an hour before cooking? | |
16 | The word is SCOBS - does it mean a) sawdust, b) a disease of horses, c) crusts of bread, or d) a pittance? | |
17 | What was the name of the world's first artificial satellite? | |
18 | Last week, Britain's two EU commissioners resigned with all the rest -who are they? | |
19 | On which river does Chester stand | |
20 | The Titanic had 2 other sister ships which lasted a bit longer than she did - point each for their names? | |
21 | What's the name of the priest in the Simpsons? | |
22 | What is the chemical symbol for iron? | |
23 | Where on your body would you wear a Perruque? | |
24 | If you had the letters MFH after your name, what would your hobby be? | |
25 | On which D-Day beach was the film "Saving Private Ryan" set? |
20pts This man was born in Leeds in 1925, the son of a railwayman who sung in working men's clubs
8pts He met his life-time partner as a teenager, and they stayed together until 1984.
6pts His character could be described as vain, snobbish, puritanical, mean, sexually inexperienced and given to delusions of grandeur.
4pts He died yesterday
Round 2
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Sporting sums, Baby animals and Literature
1 | Which famous Scottish King was born yesterday in 1274? | |
2 | Yesterday in 1991, the inventor of the Stratocaster died - what was his name? | |
3 | Yesterday in 1980, the record "Going Underground" entered the charts at No 1 - who recorded it? | |
4 | Today in 1934, the first US Masters golf tournament begun - where? | |
5 | Today in 1903, what strange event occurred at Niagara Falls? | |
6 | Today is The Streets of San Francisco's Karl Malden's birthday - how old is he? | |
7 | Today in 1857, the world's first what was installed in a department store - it was invented by a Mr. Elisha Otis. | |
8 | Which princess is 9 tomorrow? | |
9 | Tomorrow in 1979, Osvald Ocasio was knocked out by whom in his defence of the WBC World Heavyweight Championship? | |
10 | Tomorrow is a famous British athlete and doctor's 70th birthday - whose? | |
11 | If you multiplied David Beckham's shirt number by the number of Oscars that Shakespeare in Love won, what would you get? | |
12 | If you added the lowest number other than 0 you cannot get with a single dart to the highest number you can get with a single dart, what would you get? | |
13 | If you divide the number of pieces of wood on a cricket pitch by the number of the greyhound wearing the black jersey, what would you get? | |
14 | If you multiplied the number of balls on a snooker table at the start of a game by the number of rings on the Olympic flag, what would you get? | |
15 | If you added together the number of players allowed on the pitch for one team in American football, the number of players on a Rugby League team and the number of players in a baseball team, what would you get? | |
16 | What is the young of a deer called? | |
17 | What is a baby elephant called? | |
18 | A baby goose is called a? | |
19 | A young eel is called a what? | |
20 | A hinny is a young what? | |
21 | Who wrote the TinTin stories? | |
22 | Pride and Prejudice was written by whom? | |
23 | Who wrote the 39 Steps? | |
24 | Which book is the most stolen from public libraries? | |
25 | In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is Dr.Watson's first name? |
2nd Who am I
20pts Born in Yorkshire in 1934 this actress is a Quaker and a doctor's daughter
8pts Never a raving beauty, she has acted on stage, in films and on TV, moving from Shakespeare to comedy easily.
6pts Although she can't sing, she won a Bafta award for her part in the musical A Little Night Music
4pts She won an Oscar this weekend for being in a film for no more than 8 minutes.