The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 11th October 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

 

1

3 Points for this – who are the 3 male suspects in Cluedo?

 

2

In which 60s TV drama did Ryan O’Neil and Mia Farrow first get their big break?

 

3

Name the place in the USA where there are giant heads of American presidents cut from a side of a mountain?

 

4

Which famous boxer said that “Boxing’s just show business with blood”?

 

5

Who did the CIA once plan to assassinate with an exploding cigar?

 

6

What was the Beach Boys first British No.1?

 

7

Which sinister Russian was nicknamed the Mad Monk?

 

8

What letter of the alphabet is represented in Morse code by 3 dots?

 

9

Last week the music industry gave out the MOBO awards – what does MOBO stand for?

 

10

What plant was originally known as a love apple?

 

11

At which sea battle was Nelson killed?

 

12

How did Margaret McGregor and Loi Chow make sporting history in Seattle this weekend?

 

13

Which famous actor narrates the Monday night series, Walking with dinosaurs?

 

14

Is CACCHINATION a) Making a crackling sound, b) Making a cackling sound, c) a place of concealment, or d) the art of hunting?

 

15

Today it was announced that Heinz may be dropping which of their 57 varieties due to lack of demand?

 

16

Roger Moore is to have a new TV action series, DREAM team, which is a re-hash of Charlie’s Angels but how old is he?

 

17

Where did the mice live in Bagpuss?

 

18

A lost work by which famous composer was performed last week for the first time at Sotheby’s?

 

19

If talc is the softest, what is the hardest?

 

20

What was the Queen eating when the blackbird pie was opened?

 

21

Who asks the questions on A Question of Sport?

 

22

What is the Hermitage in St.Petersberg used for?

 

23

What is the name of the German national airline?

 

24

Where were the world firework championships decided at the weekend, despite bad wind conditions?

 

25

AOL and Compuserve are both ISPs – what does ISP stand for?

 

 

 

Round 2

Sport, True or False, Days of the week.

 

1

Which rugby league team is to merge with Sheffield, and in so doing, the town in which rugby league started, will no longer have its own team?

 

2

With which sport would you associate Stuart Law?

 

3

In which sport could you play as an outside centre, an inside centre or a flanker?

 

4

Who is presently top goalscorer in the Premier League?

 

5

What’s the name of San Francisco’s American Football team?

 

6

How many substitutes are allowed for each team in an International Rugby Union match?

 

7

County cricket now has 2 divisions. Which team, according to this year’s standings is top of the 2nd division?

 

8

How long does a netball match last?

 

9

What is the only mixed sex team game, created in 1902 by a Dutch schoolteacher, and featured in the Sheffield Student World Games?

 

10

How many players are there in Australian Rules football?

 

11

The average person swallows 295 times whilst eating a meal.

 

12

The US airline, Pan Am, invented the Club sandwich and served it to passengers in their Club Class section of the plane.

 

13

It is illegal in Greenland to chew gum whilst driving a car.

 

14

Your body makes about 3 mugfulls of spit a day.

 

15

There are more cinemas in Mongolia than in Jamaica.

 

16

Top underwear designer Janet Reger started with a market stall in the Old Kent Road.

 

17

A Welsh golfer once hit his ball so hard that it flew straight up a sheep’s backside.

 

18

The TV cook Delia Smith started her career as a school dinner lady.

 

19

Scotland has the highest proportion of red-headed people in the world.

 

20

Eskimos have extra flaps in their noses so they do not freeze when it gets very cold.

 

21

How many days of the week are named after Norse gods and goddesses?

 

22

How many days of the week are named after objects in the solar system?

 

23

On which day of the week does the Queen give pensioners Maundy money?

 

24

On which day of the week is Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons?

 

25

On which day of the week did the original Mardi Gras take place?

 

 

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