The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 8th November 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

In the famous song, what sort of bird sang in Berkeley Square?

Nightingale

2

Who plays M in the latest James Bond film (for the 3rd time)

Judy Dench

3

What’s the only word with the same number of letters as the number that it represents?

Four

4

Who did Jacqueline Kennedy marry in 1968?

Aristotle Onassis

5

What’s the minimum age that Scotch whisky must be before it can be sold in the UK?

3 years

6

In which town is Gracelands, the mansion that Elvis Presley built?

Memphis, Tennessee

7

Primo Nebiolo died yesterday at 76 – What did he do for a living?

President of the International Amateur Athletic Association

8

What was the name of the illegal drinking clubs in the USA during prohibition?

Speakeasies?

9

Before decimalisation, how many old pennies were in a crown?

60

10

What is the unit of currency in Poland?

Zloty

11

When you cross the International Date Line from West to East, do you gain or lose a day?

Gain it.

12

Which politician wrote his thoughts in a little red book?

Mao Tse Tung

13

If you were CONTUMELIOUS would you be a) Willing to confess to anything, b) shifty and unreliable, c) humbly creepy, or d) insolent

D

14

What nationality was the hero William Tell, who shot an apple of his son’s head?

Swiss

15

Which English city has tunnels called Kingsway and Queensway?

Liverpool

16

What was the world’s first breakfast cereal, invented by a lawyer called H.D. Perky?

Shredded Wheat

17

Which country’s parliament is called the Knesset?

Israel

18

What familiar product is graded in ASA and/or DIN numbers?

Film

19

When was the death penalty abolished in Great Britain for murder?

1969

20

Which London Street is associated with the Medical profession?

Harley Street

21

Who won the Eurovision song contest once with a song called “What’s another year”?

Johnny Logan

22

In the new series of the League of Gentleman, who plays the Mayor of Royston Vasey?

Chubby Brown (Royston Vasey himself)

23

Who is the quizmaster on University Challenge?

Jeremy Paxman

24

Which group had a hit with Part of the Union, now the song of a TV commercial?

The Strawbs

25

At what age does lamb become mutton?

2 years

 

 

Round 2

Sport, Famous Airplanes, Music and Planets

1

As of this weekend which team is top of the Unibond Premier League?

Emley

2

Who sponsors the Scottish Premier League?

Bank of Scotland

3

Who is Australia playing in a Test Cricket series at the moment?

Pakistan

4

At which hole did Tiger Woods make a triple bogey yesterday?

17th

5

Scotland and England have played football against each other 108 times – how many times have England won?

44 v 40 for Scotland.

6

In which sport are the officials known as Zebras?

American Football

7

How many events are included in a Heptathlon?

7

8

In show jumping, how many faults are given if a rider falls off?

8

9

Which Scottish football club is named after a novel by Sir Walter Scott?

Heart of Midlothian

10

In which sport was Donald Budge a champion many years ago?

Tennis

11

How many engines did the Wright Brothers aeroplane have?

2

12

Spitfires were famous Battle of Britain fighters, but which other British fighter also fought in the battle?

The Hurricane

13

What’s the name/number of Boeing’s latest airliner?

Boeing 777

14

What was the first jet airliner to enter commercial service?

De Havilland Comet

15

What type of aircraft dropped the famous bouncing bombs on the dams of the Ruhr?

Lancasters

16

Whose album, Live at the BBC topped the charts in 1994?

Beatles

17

How is singer Paula Matthews better known?

Kiki Dee

18

Which group had a hit with Legend of Xanadu in 1969?

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch

19

Whose first hit was Kids in America?

Kim Wilde

20

Who had Breakfast at Tiffanys in 1996?

Deep Blue Something

21

Which planet is sometimes known as the Morning Star?

Venus

22

Who wrote the Planets Suite?

Gustav Holst

23

Who is the Daily Planet’s most famous female reporter?

Lois Lane

24

How many of the planets have rings?

4 – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune

25

What chain of restaurants recently went bankrupt?

Planet Hollywood

 

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