The Pear Tree Quiz 1st February 1999
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 | What is Barbies latest fashion statement? | A Tattoo |
2 | Which English seaside town has the longest pier in Britain? | Southend on Sea |
3 | The British Army was defeated at the battle of Yorktown in which war? | The American War of Independence |
4 | In which American State would you find Disneyland? | California |
5 | Mary Chipperfield was found guilty of ill-treating her chimp last week what was it called? | Trudi |
6 | What do the letters BAFTA stand for as in the awards? | British Association of Film and Television Arts. |
7 | Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed Princess Pushy? | Princess Michael of Kent |
8 | What was the song with which Dana won the 1970 Eurovision song contest? | All Kinds of Everything |
9 | The word is ALEWIFE:- is it a) A type of herring, b) An abusive drunken woman, c) a Pub landlady, or d) a type of frog | A & C |
10 | The increase of which gas is supposed to cause the greenhouse effect, giving global warming? | Carbon Dioxide |
11 | What was Rumpoles first name in the legal TV series Rumpole of the Bailey? | Horace |
12 | Which motorway links Edinburgh and Glasgow? | M8 |
13 | In which year was the Radio Times first published? | 1923 |
14 | In the radio alphabet Tango Charlie etc, what is P | Papa |
15 | Where could you see the tomb of Elizabeth I? | Westminster Abbey |
16 | Which magazine has its own TV channel on satellite and cable? | National Geographic |
17 | Who was Shakespeares wife? | Anne Hathaway |
18 | Why were Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell in the news last week? | They married on radio after only knowing each other for about 6 seconds. |
19 | What is sold at Billingsgate Market in London? | Fish |
20 | What chain of pubs are becoming increasingly popular for not having juke boxes and other new-fangled contraptions? | J.D. Wetherspoons |
21 | Who was the Roman god of the sea? | Neptune |
22 | The Horn of Africa is the easternmost part of Africa in which country is it? | Somalia |
23 | And in which county is the easternmost part of England? | Suffolk |
24 | In the famous song, what goes out in the midday sun? | Mad Dogs and Englishmen |
25 | BBC 3 Counties Radio is meant to serve which 3 counties? | Bedfordshire, Bucks, Hertfordshire |
Round 2
Green Fingers, Sport, Sounds of the 70s and TV
1 | What colour is the blossom of the Forsythia? | Yellow |
2 | What is the better known name for the Buddleia? | Butterfly Bush |
3 | Conference and Bonne Louise are types of which fruit? | Pears |
4 | Cheshire Life, Uncle Walter and Mischief are types of which flower? | Roses |
5 | Whats the name for a plant that blooms year after year? | Perennial |
6 | Apart from Steve Davies, who was the only Englishman to win the World Professional Snooker Championships in the 1980s? | Joe Johnson |
7 | For which years Olympic Games was Londons White City Stadium built? | 1908 |
8 | The University Boat Race starts at Putney. Where does it finish? | Mortlake |
9 | Which football team play at Pittodrie Park? | Aberdeen |
10 | Which sport do the Worthing Bears play? | Basketball |
11 | Which teams took part in the first match of last years World Cup in France? | Brazil & Scotland |
12 | There are two methods used in weight lifting name them both? | Clean & Jerk / Snatch |
13 | Whos name has been linked with Steve Redgrave since 1992? | Matthew Pinsent |
14 | Which sport is played at Fenners? | Cricket |
15 | What nationality is tennis player Stefan Edberg? | Swedish |
16 | Who sung about Pretty Little Angel Eyes in 1978? | Showaddywaddy |
17 | Which American state did Pussycat sing about? | Mississippi |
18 | Whose first top 20 hit was Get Down and Get With It? | Slade |
19 | Which instrument did Karen Carpenter play? | Drums |
20 | Who had Seasons in the Sun in 1974? | Terry Jacks |
21 | In Allo Allo, who painted "The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies"? | Van Klomp |
22 | What was the name of the Cartwrights ranch in Bonanza? | Ponderosa |
23 | Which actress played Hot Lips in MASH? | Loretta Swit |
24 | Which company advertised its products on TV with the slogan "The appliance of Science"? | Zanussi |
25 | Who provided the commentary for ITVs Saturday afternoon wrestling programmes for many years? | Kent Walton |