The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 18th October 1999

 

This week there are only 25 questions, as the 2nd round was a music round!

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

Which song has been voted the most irritating noise to come out of personal stereos – was it a) Ooh Ahh Just a little bit, b) I should be so lucky, or c) Barbie girl?

 

2

Which famous dance of the 1920’s shared its name with a city in the southern United States?

 

3

What is the red food colouring made from small Mexican beetles?

 

4

Where in your body could you find rods and cones?

 

5

In a game of water polo, how many team members can be in the water at the same time?

 

6

Which female singer has just published her autobiography “If Only”?

 

7

What was the name of the Argentinian cruiser sunk in the Falklands war?

 

8

Football. In the 1995-96 season, which player made just eight Premiership appearances for his club, but played seven times for England - including all five games in Euro '96?

 

9

If you were using a pine cone to forecast weather, how would you know it was going to rain?

 

10

Which song has been voted the best lyric of the century recently?

 

11

Which country won the World Conker Championship last week in Northamptonshire?

 

12

In 1940, the government wanted the population to save wood. – did they a) encourage women to wear lower heels, b) ask people to only use 1 walking stick or c) encourage women to use plastic bowls and spoons instead of wooden ones?

 

13

Who is jazz singer Cleo Laine’s husband?

 

14

In which country would you find the famous Kimberley gold mine?

 

15

If your birthstone is turquoise, when is your birth month?

 

16

3 years either way – when did Richard Branson launch Virgin Airways?

 

17

Who has been voted the sexiest man in the world by the readers of Cosmopolitan magazine?

 

18

What animal’s name literally means River Horse?

 

19

What was the character played by Joan Collins in Dynasty?

 

20

In which country would you find the world’s oldest brewery – still brewing?

 

21

True or false – a python will kill you in seconds with its poison?

 

22

What is that part of the Atlantic Ocean called where many ships and airplanes have disappeared without trace?

 

23

What would you do with a dhoti – would you a) ride in it, b) eat it, c) wear it, or d) make love to it for a small payment?

 

24

Who killed Billy the Kid?

 

25

What is Bob Dylan’s real name?

 

 

 

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