The Pear Tree
Monday Night Quiz 1st November 1999
Round 1
General Knowledge/Current Affairs
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Who are
Manchester United playing tomorrow night in the Champions league? |
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2 |
After a romance
of only 5 months, who is Dannii Minogue planning on marrying? |
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3 |
Ian Broudie,
Angie Pollack and Martin Campbell are better known as what? |
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4 |
Sportsman Jack
Parker, a 70 year old, has been banned from his sport for 2 years for head-butting an
opposing player. In what sport? |
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5 |
A year either
way when did the Wright brothers first fly? |
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6 |
At which
racetrack was yesterdays Japanese Grand Prix held? |
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7 |
Is CHACMA a) A
mystical region, b) a voodoo doll, c) a South African baboon or d) Magma thrown out of a
volcano high into the air? |
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8 |
If you added up
all the numbers on a set of stripes/spots pool balls, what would you end up with? |
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9 |
Next month the
new James Bond film will open whats it called? |
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10 |
How many Gold
Medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics? |
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11 |
Which company
is known by the initials BNFL? |
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12 |
For 4 points
name the 4 British Monopoly stations? |
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13 |
Whats the
bottom rightmost letter on a typewriter or computer keyboard? |
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14 |
Which northern
new county disappeared in 1997? |
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15 |
When did the
last steam train run on Londons Underground 1911, 1931 or 1971? |
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16 |
In which league
do Stalybridge Celtic play? |
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17 |
In 1991, which
boxer went into a long coma after a fight with Chris Eubank? |
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18 |
Who had a hit
record in the 60s with Pretty Flamingo? |
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19 |
When Germany
was still divided, was Bavaria in East or West Germany? |
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20 |
In the 1930s
what did Harry Roy, Henry Hall and Jack Jackson do for a living? |
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21 |
With which
sport would you have associated Patsy Hedren? |
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22 |
2 years either
way in which year did ITV start in the UK? |
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23 |
Whats the
name for pop music derived from traditional Punjabi music, and popular amongst Indian
teenagers in England? |
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24 |
From which
country do the Ghurkas come? |
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25 |
Whats the
odd one out Marrow, potato, tomato, broccoli or turnip? |
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Round 2
TV, Yesterday
Today and Tomorrow, Around the world and Who said it?
1 |
Back again last
night who presents the Antiques Roadshow on BBC1? |
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2 |
Where did Mr
and Mrs Royle live in a previous existence? |
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3 |
Whats the
name of the Butchers shop in the League of Gentlemen? |
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4 |
Who are the 2
captains on Have I Got News Fr You? |
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5 |
In which major
Australian city was Prisoner Cell Block H set? |
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6 |
Which famous
British Poet, who died at the age of 25 in Italy was born yesterday in 1795? |
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7 |
Which famous
illusionist died yesterday in 1926 from peritonitis? |
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8 |
Which Indian
prime minister was assassinated yesterday in 1984? |
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9 |
Julia
Roberts husband is 42 today who is he? |
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10 |
Today in 1911
the worlds first aerial bombing raid occurred. Which air force dropped
the bombs Britain, France, Germany or Italy? |
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11 |
Today, in 1512,
after 4.5 years of painting, Michelangelo completed which famous painting? |
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12 |
Today in
1957 which Buddy Holly song was top of the UK Charts? |
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13 |
Which
famous British playwright, and vegetarian died tomorrow in 1950 at the age of 94? |
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14 |
Tomorrow in
1936 what did the BBC do for the the first time? |
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15 |
Tomorrow in
1924, which newspaper was the first to publish a crossword in the UK? |
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16 |
Where in
the world would you find Queen Maud Land, Marie Byrd Land, Enderby Land and the American
Highlands? |
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17 |
In which
country could you find the Ozark Mountains? |
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18 |
Casablanca
was a famous movie but in which country is Casablanca? |
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19 |
Christiania
was the old name of which Scandinavian capital? |
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20 |
At 24 sq
miles, this republic is one of the smallest in the world, and totally landlocked within
Italy what is it? |
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21 |
Who said
I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me? |
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22 |
Who at the
beginning of a famous childrens book, looked at the book her sister was reading and
wondered Whats the use of a book without pictures or conversations? |
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23 |
Every time a
child says `I don't believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down
dead. from what childrens story does that line come? |
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24 |
Which famous
politician said in 1987 I don't mind how much my ministers talk - as long as they do
what I say.? |
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25 |
Which composer
said that he would hear in heaven? |
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