The
Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 16th August 1999
Round
1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 |
In which of the
Bond films did Diana Rigg play the female lead? |
On Her
Majestys Secret Service |
2 |
What two
counties lie on either side of the Wash? |
Norfolk/Lincolnshire |
3 |
What connects
inflamed testicles with the railway in Oldham? |
Mumps (Im
sorry!) |
4 |
How many pieces
does each player have in a game of Backgammon? |
15 |
5 |
In which year
was the first Woodstock Festival? |
1969 |
6 |
Who was lead
singer with Frankie Goes To Hollywood? |
Holly Johnson |
7 |
Who said last
week Des and I are very different Hes really good for a start? |
Gary Lineker |
8 |
What was
invented by Jean de Mestral, after discovering that teasels and other burrs stuck to his
clothes, using thousands of tiny hooks? |
Velcro |
9 |
What sort of
creature is a Pipistrelle? |
A Bat |
10 |
Whats the
latest craze in things you can get from vending machines in Japan? |
Live beetles |
11 |
Who beat
Captain Scott to the South Pole? |
Amundsen |
12 |
William Bonney
was a famous figure in the Wild West how was he better known? |
Billy the Kid |
13 |
The word is
PANARIS. Is it a) A Greek ocean liner of the 1930s, b) Another word for a whitlow,
c) a Roman bakery, or d) An ancient Egyptian city? |
B |
14 |
Point each,
what were the surnames of Bonnie and Clyde? |
Parker and
Darrow |
15 |
Who, after last
week, would not call in Mr.Patel, the electrician? |
Prince Philip,
who is a racist, bigoted sad old man, totally a part of his class!! ( or he could have
mixed up his cowboys with his Indians, if he was senile!) |
16 |
What acid is
the main constituent of vinegar? |
Acetic |
17 |
The first atom
bomb was dropped on Hiroshima where was the second dropped? |
Nagasaki |
18 |
In which year
will the next total eclipse be visible from Britain? |
2090 (or 2081
if you count the Channel Isles) |
19 |
How much more
per year should digital licence payers have to pay, if the BBC gets its way? |
£24 |
20 |
Who is Bart
Simpsons best friend? |
Milhouse |
21 |
What did people
do with Oxford Bags? |
Wear them
they were a form of trousers |
22 |
How many prime
ministers has Russia had over the last 18 months? |
5 |
23 |
In betting
terms, how much is a monkey? |
£500 |
24 |
In Doctor Who,
who created the Daleks? |
Davros |
25 |
What river
feeds the reservoirs around the Ladybower dam? |
Derwent |
Round
2
Bobs,
This Weeks sport, Childrens books,Foreign Money, Famous murders
1 |
Which Bob is a
famous Scottish hero? |
Robert the
Bruce |
2 |
Which Bob is or
was lead singer with The Cure? |
Robert Smith |
3 |
Which Bob
starred in Hart to Hart? |
Robert Wagner |
4 |
Which Bob was a
famous 19th Century poet, who married Elizabeth Barret? |
Robert Browning |
5 |
Which political
Bob is also a handout for the unemployed? |
Bob Dole! |
6 |
Since Ruud
Gullit took over as manager of Newcastle, they have played 40 matches how many have
they won? |
11 |
7 |
Tiger Woods won
the US PGA tournament yesterday How many under par was he for the tournament? |
11 |
8 |
What position
did Damon Hill finish in yesterdays Hungarian Grand Prix? |
6 |
9 |
Where are this
weeks Athletics World Championships being held? |
Sevile, Spain |
10 |
Which local
football club play at Seel Park? |
Mossley |
11 |
Who wrote about
the BFG? |
Roahld Dahl |
12 |
What was
the first strange animal that Alice saw in Wonderland? |
White
Rabbit |
13 |
Arthur
Ransome wrote a book about some children and their boating exploits what was it
called? |
Swallows
and Amazons |
14 |
What was
the name of the dog in the Famous Five series? |
Timmy |
15 |
Who wrote
The Hobbit? |
J.R.R
Tolkien |
16 |
In which
country could you spend Escudos? |
Portugal |
17 |
Whats
the currency in Japan? |
Yen |
18 |
How many
dimes in a dollar? |
10 |
19 |
Kenya and
Austria have the same name for their currency what? |
Schilling
or shilling |
20 |
Whats
the currency in Greece? |
Drachma |
21 |
How many women
did Jack the Ripper murder? |
5 officially
but another 4 have been ascribed to him |
22 |
Who led the
gang who murdered Sharon Tate and her friends? |
Charles Manson |
23 |
Peter
Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, who killed 13 women did what for a living? |
Lorry Driver |
24 |
Who did John
Wilkes Boothe assassinate? |
Abraham Lincoln |
25 |
Which famous
murderer was portrayed on film by Rod Steiger? |
The Boston
Strangler |