The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 1st November 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

 

1

Who are Manchester United playing tomorrow night in the Champions league?

SK Sturm Graz

2

After a romance of only 5 months, who is Dannii Minogue planning on marrying?

Jacques Villeneuve

3

Ian Broudie, Angie Pollack and Martin Campbell are better known as what?

The Lightning Seeds

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?

Bowls

5

A year either way – when did the Wright brothers first fly?

1903

6

At which racetrack was yesterday’s Japanese Grand Prix held?

Suzuka                                                                       

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?

C

8

If you added up all the numbers on a set of stripes/spots pool balls, what would you end up with?

128

9

Next month the new James Bond film will open – what’s it called?

The World is Not Enough

10

How many Gold Medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?

4

11

Which company is known by the initials BNFL?

British Nuclear Fuels Limited

12

For 4 points name the 4 British Monopoly stations?

Kings Cross, Fenchurch Street, Marylebone Street and Liverpool Street.

13

What’s the bottom rightmost letter on a typewriter or computer keyboard?

M

14

Which northern ‘new county’ disappeared in 1997?

Cleveland

15

When did the last steam train run on London’s Underground – 1911, 1931 or 1971?

1971

16

In which league do Stalybridge Celtic play?

Unibond Premier

17

In 1991, which boxer went into a long coma after a fight with Chris Eubank?

Michael Watson

18

Who had a hit record in the 60’s with Pretty Flamingo?

Manfred Mann

19

When Germany was still divided, was Bavaria in East or West Germany?

West

20

In the 1930s what did Harry Roy, Henry Hall and Jack Jackson do for a living?

They were all bandleaders.

21

With which sport would you have associated Patsy Hedren?

HE played cricket!

22

2 years either way – in which year did ITV start in the UK?

1955

23

What’s the name for pop music derived from traditional Punjabi music, and popular amongst Indian teenagers in England?

Bhangra

24

From which country do the Ghurkas come?

Nepal

25

What’s the odd one out – Marrow, potato, tomato, broccoli or turnip?

Tomato – it’s a fruit while the others are all vegetables

 

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?

Hugh Scully

2

Where did Mr and Mrs Royle live in a previous existence?

Brookside

3

What’s the name of the Butcher’s shop in the League of Gentlemen?

H.Briss

4

Who are the 2 captains on Have I Got News Fr You?

Ian Hislop / Paul Merton

5

In which major Australian city was Prisoner Cell Block H set?

Melbourne

6

Which famous British Poet, who died at the age of 25 in Italy was born yesterday in 1795?

John Keats

7

Which famous illusionist died yesterday in 1926 from peritonitis?

Houdini

8

Which Indian prime minister was assassinated yesterday in 1984?

Indira Gandhi

9

Julia Robert’s husband is 42 today – who is he?

Lyle Lovett

10

Today in 1911 the world’s first aerial bombing raid occurred. Which ‘air force’ dropped the bombs – Britain, France, Germany or Italy?

Italy

11

Today, in 1512, after 4.5 years of painting, Michelangelo completed which famous painting?

Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

12

Today in 1957 which Buddy Holly song was top of the UK Charts?

That’ll be the day

13

Which famous British playwright, and vegetarian died tomorrow in 1950 at the age of 94?

George Bernard Shaw

14

Tomorrow in 1936 what did the BBC do for the the first time?

Transmit TV pictures.

15

Tomorrow in 1924, which newspaper was the first to publish a crossword in the UK?

Sunday Express

16

Where in the world would you find Queen Maud Land, Marie Byrd Land, Enderby Land and the American Highlands?

Antarctica

17

In which country could you find the Ozark Mountains?

USA

18

Casablanca was a famous movie – but in which country is Casablanca?

Morocco

19

Christiania was the old name of which Scandinavian capital?

Oslo

20

At 24 sq miles, this republic is one of the smallest in the world, and totally landlocked within Italy – what is it?

San Marino

21

Who said “I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me”?

Winnie the Pooh

22

Who at the beginning of a famous children’s book, looked at the book her sister was reading and wondered “What’s the use of a book without pictures or conversations”?

Alice (in Wonderland)

23

Every time a child says `I don't believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. – from what children’s story does that line come?

Peter Pan

24

Which famous politician said in 1987 “I don't mind how much my ministers talk - as long as they do what I say.”?

Margaret Thatcher

25

Which composer said that he would hear in heaven?

Beethoven

 

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