The Pear Tree Quiz – 1st February 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 What is Barbie’s latest fashion statement?  
2 Which English seaside town has the longest pier in Britain?  
3 The British Army was defeated at the battle of Yorktown in which war?  
4 In which American State would you find Disneyland?  
5 Mary Chipperfield was found guilty of ill-treating her chimp last week – what was it called?  
6 What do the letters BAFTA stand for as in the awards?  
7 Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed Princess Pushy?  
8 What was the song with which Dana won the 1970 Eurovision song contest?  
9 The word is ALEWIFE:- is it a) A type of herring, b) An abusive drunken woman, c) a Pub landlady, or d) a type of frog  
10 The increase of which gas is supposed to cause the greenhouse effect, giving global warming?  
11 What was Rumpole’s first name in the legal TV series Rumpole of the Bailey?  
12 Which motorway links Edinburgh and Glasgow?  
13 In which year was the Radio Times first published?  
14 In the radio alphabet – Tango Charlie etc, what is P  
15 Where could you see the tomb of Elizabeth I?  
16 Which magazine has its own TV channel on satellite and cable?  
17 Who was Shakespeare’s wife?  
18 Why were Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell in the news last week?  
19 What is sold at Billingsgate Market in London?  
20 What chain of pubs are becoming increasingly popular for not having juke boxes and other new-fangled contraptions?  
21 Who was the Roman god of the sea?  
22 The Horn of Africa is the easternmost part of Africa – in which country is it?  
23 And in which county is the easternmost part of England?  
24 In the famous song, what goes out in the midday sun?  
25 BBC 3 Counties Radio is meant to serve which 3 counties?  

 

 

Round 2

Green Fingers, Sport, Sounds of the 70’s and TV

1 What colour is the blossom of the Forsythia?  
2 What is the better known name for the Buddleia?  
3 Conference and Bonne Louise are types of which fruit?  
4 Cheshire Life, Uncle Walter and Mischief are types of which flower?  
5 What’s the name for a plant that blooms year after year?  
6 Apart from Steve Davies, who was the only Englishman to win the World Professional Snooker Championships in the 1980’s?  
7 For which year’s Olympic Games was London’s White City Stadium built?  
8 The University Boat Race starts at Putney. Where does it finish?  
9 Which football team play at Pittodrie Park?  
10 Which sport do the Worthing Bears play?  
11 Which teams took part in the first match of last year’s World Cup in France?  
12 There are two methods used in weight lifting – name them both?  
13 Who’s name has been linked with Steve Redgrave since 1992?  
14 Which sport is played at Fenners?  
15 What nationality is tennis player Stefan Edberg?  
16 Who sung about Pretty Little Angel Eyes in 1978?  
17 Which American state did Pussycat sing about?  
18 Whose first top 20 hit was Get Down and Get With It?  
19 Which instrument did Karen Carpenter play?  
20 Who had Seasons in the Sun in 1974?  
21 In ‘Allo ‘Allo, who painted "The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies"?  
22 What was the name of the Cartwright’s ranch in Bonanza?  
23 Which actress played Hot Lips in MASH?  
24 Which company advertised its products on TV with the slogan "The appliance of Science"?  
25 Who provided the commentary for ITV’s Saturday afternoon wrestling programmes for many years?  

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