The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 12th April 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 Who won Best Actress award at last night's Baftas? Cate Blanchett
2 Where in Britain are the Black Mountains? South Wales
3 The composer of Oliver died last week - who was he? Lionel Bart
4 What is the smallest American State? Rhode Island
5 Spell SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC!  
6 Which colour cloth was reserved solely for the use of Roman Emperors? Purple
7 There are 140 islands in the Scilly Islands - how many are inhabited? 5
8 Where in your body is your atlas and axis? Bones in the neck.
9 Who is getting a divorce from Andre Agassi soon? Brooke Shields
10 Which Duke lives at Chatsworth? Devonshire
11 What do Britain, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Fasso, Togo and Ghana have in common that no other country has? All on the Greenwich Meridian
12 If you're only 19, what is the National Minimum Wage for you? £3.00 per hour
13 What sort of animal is a GILT? A young female pig
14 A year either way - when did Sandie Shaw win the Eurovision Song Contest? 1967
15 What's the name of the new musical based on Abba songs? Mamma Mia
16 What's the name of Spain's national airline? Iberia
17 Is a SMUT-MILL a) A factory for pornography, b) a device for removing fungus from grain, c) a soot-grinder, or d) a maker of lampblack? B
18 Which of the Muppets regularly used the catch phrase Kissy Kissy? Miss Piggy
19 In the Phonetic alphabet which word is used for the letter I? India
20 How can you tell African and Indian elephants apart? By the ears
21 What was the name of the snail in the Magic Roundabout? Brian
22 How many pieces of chicken do you get in a £3.99 KFC Variety meal? 5
23 What was the name of the Roman goddess of love? Venus
24 From which Scottish port do most people get a ferry to Belfast? Stranraer
25 Who was the first president of the USA? George Washington

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Round 2

Last Weekend's Sport, Football Quotes, TV Comedy, Fruit and Veg, The Bible.

1 What was Olazabel's total score for his winning of the US Masters? 280, 8 under par.
2 How many Grand National jumps are jumped twice? 12
3 How many World Championship points did Eddie Irvine get at the Brazilian Grand Prix? 2
4 With which sport would you associate Fergal O'Brien? Snooker
5 After 5 matches, which team is top and which team bottom of the Rugby League Super League? St Helens/Hull
6 Who said in 1993 "I could manage England part-time and still walk the dog"? Brian Clough
7 Who in 1996 said "Watching Manchester City is probably the best laxative you can take"? Phil Neal
8 "I met Mick Jagger when I was playing for Oxford United and the Rolling Stones played there - little did I know that one day he'd be almost as famous as me"? Ron Aktinson 1984
9 Who did Alex Ferguson describe as "So mild-mannered when the volcano inside him isn't erupting"? Eric Cantona
10 Complete Howard Wilkinson's quote "I'm a firm believer that if you score one goal, the other team......" Have to score 2 to win!
11 Who played Albert Steptoe? Wilfred Brambell
12 In Open All Hours, who did Ronnie Barker lust over? Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
13 At which club did Arthur Daley drink? The Winchester Club
14 What was the name of Rigsby's cat in Rising Damp? Vienna
15 Name The Detectives? Briggs and Louis
16 The Apple, Cherry and Blackberry all belong to which family of plants? Roses
17 Bartlett and Conference are types of what? Pears
18 What's another name for the Egg-Plant? Aubergine
19 Which bitter plant is often added to coffee to cheapen it? Chicory
20 What sort of fruit is a Kumquat? A small orange
21 What was Adam and Eve's oldest child called? Cain
22 Who in the bible had a coat of many colours? Joseph
23 2 either way - how many books are there in the New Testament? 27
24 Which of the four gospels was written by a tax collector? Matthew
25 On which mountain did Noah's Ark come to ground? Ararat

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