The Pear Tree
Monday Night Quiz 15th November 1999
Round 1
General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 |
What sort of
vehicle is the Royston Vasey Emergency Ambulance? (for the benefit of non-locals, Royston
Vasey is the fictional village, filmed in Hadfield, where the TV series The League of
Gentlemen is now being filmed, causing traffic chaos! |
A Fire Engine! |
2 |
In which
country are SAAB cars made? |
Sweden |
3 |
What was the
Flight No. of the Egyptair plane that crashed earlier this month? |
990 |
4 |
At which
racecourse are the Oaks run? |
Epsom |
5 |
What did the
Queen agree to do for the first time in 1992? |
Pay income tax! |
6 |
In which ship
did Scott sail to the Antarctic, at the turn of the century? |
Discovery |
7 |
Who had a hit
in 1975 with Blanket on the Ground? |
Billy Joe
Spears |
8 |
Who plays Jack
Duckworth in Coronation Street? |
Bill Tarmey |
9 |
Eastenders
appears 4 times in last weeks BBCs top 10 program charts. How many times does
the Simpsons appear in the Satellite Top 10? |
8 |
10 |
On a botte of
beer, what do the initials O.G. stand for? |
Original
Gravity |
11 |
A year either
way in which year was the Great Train Robbery? |
1963 |
12 |
Is a PISTAREEN
a) A drunken sot, b) A small Spanish coin, c) an early flintlock pistol, or d) an Irish
drinking companion? |
B |
13 |
Whats the
only 7 letter word to be made up entirely of consonants? |
Rhythms |
14 |
What sort of
voice has Charlotte Church? |
Soprano |
15 |
5 years either
way when did the first Zebra crossing appear in Britain? |
1950 |
16 |
Rules for the
modern version of which game were drawn up in 1873 by Major Walter Wingfield? |
Tennis |
17 |
Which car
company makes a model called the Legacy? |
Subaru |
18 |
After this
weekends football matches, by how many points does Manchester City lead the first
division? |
1 |
19 |
In the news
whats the capital of Chechnya? |
Grozny |
20 |
If you were a
campanologist, what would your hobby be? |
Bell ringing |
21 |
Which national
newspaper celebrates its 30th birthday tomorrow (Nov 16th)? |
The Sun |
22 |
In which James
Bond film, did the hero get married? |
On Her
Majestys Secret Service |
23 |
In which city
would you find Temple Meads station? |
Bristol |
24 |
For which
football club does Freddie Ljungberg play? |
Arsenal |
25 |
Whats the
name of the castle on Anglesey? |
Beaumaris |
Round 2
Weather, Star
Trek, Theme Music, Foreign Words, Ancient History
1 |
Where is the
windiest place in the world? |
Antarctica |
2 |
Whats a
hurricane called if it happens in the far east? |
A Typhoon |
3 |
What current
makes Britain much warmer than it ought to be? |
Gulf Stream |
4 |
Whats a
line on a weather map called, linking places of equal temperature? |
Isotherm |
5 |
Where is the
wettest place in England? |
The Lake
District |
6 |
Which two main
weapons were carried by the starship Enterprise? |
Phasers &
Photon Torpedoes |
7 |
Which
Oscar-winning actress plays the bartender Guinan? |
Whoopi Goldberg |
8 |
Which actor
played Doctor Leonard McCoy? |
DeForest Kelly |
9 |
In "Star
Trek: The Next Generation", who was the ship's counselor? |
Deanna Troi |
10 |
Who is captain of the starship Voyager? |
Captain Janeway |
11 |
Air on a G
string, by Bach was used to advertise which product? |
Hamlet cigars |
12 |
Which
science fiction film used the music Also Spracht Zarathustra and the Blue Danube waltz? |
2001 |
13 |
In which
film did Wagners Ride of the Valkyries accompany a lot of shooting? |
Apocalypse
Now |
14 |
Which old
TV series had Rossinis William Tell overture as a theme? |
The Lone
Ranger |
15 |
Carmina
Burana by Karl Orff was used to advertise which aftershave? |
Old Spice |
16 |
What animal
is named by the Australian Aborigine word meaning I dont know? |
Kangaroo |
17 |
Where could
you see the words Nemo me impunit lacessit? |
On a pound
coin |
18 |
From which
language does the word Ombudsman come? |
Swedish |
19 |
What do the
initials CV stand for? |
Curriculum
Vitae |
20 |
If
something is Ersatz, what is it? |
Artificial,
inferior |
21 |
Which Roman
emperor poisoned his mother, ungratefully, after she had poisoned his predecessor? |
Nero |
22 |
Which ancient
emperor died of malaria at the age of 33, after having conquered most of the known world? |
Alexander the
Great |
23 |
How many
vertical stones formed the original circle at Stonehenge was it 20, 25, 30 or 35?? |
30 |
24 |
Who discovered
Tutankhamens tomb in 1922? |
Carter and
Caernavon |
25 |
Which present
day capital city is built on the capital city of the Aztecs? |
Mexico City |