The Pear Tree Quiz – 21 December 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

In which magazine could you read Pseuds Corner and Colemanballs?

 

2

Which Tory MP defected to Labour at the weekend?

 

3

What’s the highest possible score in a game of 10 pin bowling?

 

4

Who has stopped Sir Cliff having a Christmas No.1 this year?

 

5

In which county are the coastal towns of Workington and Whitehaven?

 

6

Who is 4th in line to the British throne?

 

7

According to a recent poll, what is the best TV commercial of all time?

 

8

Name any of the three companies that tied for the worst TV commercials?

 

9

How much does the special National Lottery Millennium draw ticket cost?

 

10

What is the only Premier league football club in Hertfordshire?

 

11

What 1999 film, starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, was director Stanley Kubrick’s last film?

 

12

With which group would you associate Jools Holland?

 

13

In which year did Channel 4 start broadcasting?

 

14

Who is the owner of Microsoft?

 

15

Why was Clare Barwick, a training consultant from Worthing in the news last week?

 

16

Who is the hero of the children’s books which have been banned in some American states for alleged Satanism?

 

17

Across which river is Britain’s longest suspension bridge?

 

18

What was Aretha Franklin’s first single to get into the British charts?

 

19

What sort of animal lives in a lodge?

 

20

What is the name of Channel 5’s daily quiz show?

 

21

Point each – which planets have the longest and the shortest years?

 

22

True or false – Neil Diamond and Neil Sedaka attended the same school?

 

23

What are the ingredients of a Pina Colada?

 

24

What’s the worlds smallest breed of dog?

 

25

Who was the first ever million pound football player?

 

 

 

Round 2

The Million Pound round, Christmas, Long-forgotten words,

Note: the first 10 questions were the ones that gained Clare Barwick the million pound prize last week!

Thanks to Quizzers for a few of the Christmas questions.

1

Who led England to their Ashes Victory in 1985?

 

2

What is the correct name for a young hare?

 

3

Which of the Bee Gees is the twin of Maurice Gibb?

 

4

Which English King had the longest reign?

 

5

St Valentine’s day comes under which Zodiac sign?

 

6

Which daily newspaper was launched in 1969?

 

7

The Swedish flag is yellow and what other colour?

 

8

What country was previously called Abyssinia?

 

9

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

 

10

Which of these 2 writers was really a woman – George Eliot or TS Eliot?

 

11

Which Christmas Carol, in it’s Latin form, begins “Adeste Fideles”?

 

12

On which tree does Mistletoe grow?

 

13

What was the name of Scrooge’s unfortunate clerk in A Christmas Carol?

 

14

Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?

 

15

What’s the name of the Simpson’s dog? – and their cat has a seasonal name too

 

16

3 years either way – when was the first Christmas card sent?

 

17

And – in the same vein – which came first – Christmas cards or Christmas trees?

 

18

Which explorer discovered Christmas Island in 1777?

 

19

In the 17th century, if someone gave you a Christmas Clap, what would you have had?

 

20

What should you remove after giving someone a kiss under the mistletoe?

 

21

MORTSAFE means a) Life Insurance, b) an iron cage around a coffin, c) the act of making a will, or d) a completed mortgage?

 

22

CRASTIN is a) A French Cheese, b) The day after, c) a fish related to a carp, or d) A miser

 

23

PYGSNYE is a) a Saxon pigsty, b) a Cornish goblin, c) a term of endearment, or d) a small Welsh chapel

 

24

A GAZINGSTOCK is a) a long walking stick, b) a window seat, c) an window at the top of a castle tower, or d) an object of curiosity or contempt?

 

25

STALEDRUNK means a) getting drunk again, when not completely sober from the previous bout, b) a drunken bore, c) Bad breath or d) The state of falling asleep at the bar

 

 

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