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 Majesty’s 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 (I’m 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 – He’s 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

What’s 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 1930’s, 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 Simpson’s 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 Week’s sport, Children’s 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 yesterday’s Hungarian Grand Prix?

6

9

Where are this week’s 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

What’s 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

What’s 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

 

 

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