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 week’s BBC’s 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

What’s 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 weekend’s football matches, by how many points does Manchester City lead the first division?

1

19

In the news – what’s the capital of Chechnya?

Grozny

20

If you were a campanologist, what would your hobby be?

Bell ringing

21

Which national newspaper celebrates it’s 30th birthday tomorrow (Nov 16th)?

The Sun

22

In which James Bond film, did the hero get married?

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

23

In which city would you find Temple Meads station?

Bristol

24

For which football club does Freddie Ljungberg play?

Arsenal

25

What’s 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

What’s 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

What’s 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 Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries accompany a lot of shooting?

Apocalypse Now

14

Which old TV series had Rossini’s 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 don’t 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 Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922?

Carter and Caernavon

25

Which present day capital city is built on the capital city of the Aztecs?

Mexico City

 

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