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 517 Birmingham 117 Blackpool 234 Doncaster 171 Cambridge 54
Great Yarmouth 128 Land's End 297 Leicester 97 Stranraer 402 York 207

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 Which group consists of Keavy, Sinead, Edele and Lindsay? B*Witched
2 Which film won Best Film Oscar last night? Shakespeare in Love
3 Who was reigning monarch in 1900? Queen Victoria
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? Monica Lewinski
5 What was the name of the balloon that went around the world in 20 days? Breitling Orbiter 3
6 Who plays Victor Meldrew in One Foot in The Grave? Richard Wilson
7 And who plays his counterpart in the spin-off American series? Bill Cosby
8 Which car company's badge uses a Viking ship as its main emblem? Rover
9 What is the dialing code for Inner London? 0181
10 What is the capital of Jordan? Amman
11 What living creatures make the loudest natural noise? Humpback whales
12 What is the decimal equivalent of 1/8th? 0.125
13 Who tried (and failed) to make a dent in her overdraft at Cheltenham last week? The Queen Mother
14 How old was football millionaire David Beckham when he signed for Manchester United? 14
15 According to the RSPCA, what should you put in the freezer for at least an hour before cooking? A Lobster
16 The word is SCOBS - does it mean a) sawdust, b) a disease of horses, c) crusts of bread, or d) a pittance? A
17 What was the name of the world's first artificial satellite? Sputnik
18 Last week, Britain's two EU commissioners resigned with all the rest -who are they? Neil Kinnock, Leon Brittain
19 On which river does Chester stand Dee
20 The Titanic had 2 other sister ships which lasted a bit longer than she did - point each for their names? Olympic & Britannic
21 What's the name of the priest in the Simpsons? Rev Lovejoy
22 What is the chemical symbol for iron? Fe
23 Where on your body would you wear a Perruque? On your head - a type of wig
24 If you had the letters MFH after your name, what would your hobby be? Hunting - A Master of Fox Hounds
25 On which D-Day beach was the film "Saving Private Ryan" set? Omaha

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

Ernie Wise

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Round 2

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Sporting sums, Baby animals and Literature

1 Which famous Scottish King was born yesterday in 1274? Robert the Bruce
2 Yesterday in 1991, the inventor of the Stratocaster died - what was his name? Leo Fender
3 Yesterday in 1980, the record "Going Underground" entered the charts at No 1 - who recorded it? The Jam
4 Today in 1934, the first US Masters golf tournament begun - where? Augusta
5 Today in 1903, what strange event occurred at Niagara Falls? It ran out of water because of drought!
6 Today is The Streets of San Francisco's Karl Malden's birthday - how old is he? 86
7 Today in 1857, the world's first what was installed in a department store - it was invented by a Mr. Elisha Otis. Passenger Lift
8 Which princess is 9 tomorrow? Princess Eugenie
9 Tomorrow in 1979, Osvald Ocasio was knocked out by whom in his defence of the WBC World Heavyweight Championship? Larry Holmes
10 Tomorrow is a famous British athlete and doctor's 70th birthday - whose? Roger Bannister
11 If you multiplied David Beckham's shirt number by the number of Oscars that Shakespeare in Love won, what would you get? 7 x 7 = 49
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? 23 + 60 = 83
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? 12 / 4 = 3
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? 22 x 5 = 110
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? 11 + 13 + 9 = 33
16 What is the young of a deer called? Fawn
17 What is a baby elephant called? Calf
18 A baby goose is called a? Gosling
19 A young eel is called a what? Elver
20 A hinny is a young what? Ass
21 Who wrote the TinTin stories? Herge
22 Pride and Prejudice was written by whom? Jane Austen
23 Who wrote the 39 Steps? John Buchan
24 Which book is the most stolen from public libraries? The Guinness Book of Records
25 In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is Dr.Watson's first name? John

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.

Judy Dench

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