The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 7th March 1999
This week, the second half of the quiz was a music round, so we only have 25 questions.
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs,
1 | When did the Simpsons first appear on TV (US) | 1989 |
2 | What sort of creatures live in a formicary? | Ants |
3 | Who said last week that "My show is the stupidest on TV - if you are watching it, get a life"? | Jerry Springer |
4 | Which 2 letters are worth 10pts in a game of Scrabble? | Q & Z |
5 | Who came 2nd in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix? | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
6 | What's the name of the Belgian state airline? | Sabena |
7 | 2 Spices come from the same seed, one is mace, the other is? | Nutmeg |
8 | Before decimal coins, how many old pennies were there in a florin? | 24 |
9 | If you read the Guardian, like art and like antiques, what does that say about you sportingly? | You'e a gay footballer or Graeme Le Saux! |
10 | What was the composer Beethoven's first name? | Ludwig |
11 | The word is CHILIAD - is it a) An Epic Poem, b) the molecular complex responsible for the heat of a pepper, c) A period of a thousand years, or d) the proper name for a ladybird? | C |
12 | What colour is a female blackbird? | Brown |
13 | What 3 colours make up the Dutch flag? | Red White and Blue |
14 | 3 British athletes won Gold Medals at the weekend - name any of them for a point? | Ashia Hansen-Triple Jump, Colin Jackson - 60 m. Hurdles and Jamie Bausch - 400 m. |
15 | Which American gangster was known as Scarface? | Al Capone |
16 | Which fairly common five letter word can be added to the following words to make another word? But, Mat, For and Hun? | Tress |
17 | How many fluid ounces are there in an English pint? | 20 |
18 | Edward VIII gave up the British throne to marry who? | Wallis Simpson |
19 | How did Tony McCarrol pick up £600,000 last week? | He's the ex-drummer with Oasis |
20 | In England, babies wear nappies, what do they wear in the USA? | Diapers |
21 | The Beatles founded their own record label - what was it called? | Apple |
22 | Which footballer retired this weekend at the age of 34? | Vinny Jones |
23 | What sort of cheese would you sprinkle on spaghetti? | Parmesan |
24 | Two countries have hosted the Winter Olympics the most times - one is USA, what is the other one? | France |
25 | In which film did Elizabeth Taylor become a child star in 1944? | National Velvet |