The Pear Tree Quiz – 28th June 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 What was the name of the Snail in the Magic Roundabout?  
2 Who is featured on the back of the new £20 note?  
3 How many Tesco stores are there in Greater Manchester?  
4 What was the last British coin to be abolished?  
5 What’s the name of Claude Greengrass’s dog in Heartbeat?  
6 Alba is the Celtic name for which country in the United Kingdom?  
7 Which round of next year’s FA cup clashes with the World Club Competition in Brazil?  
8 In which war did jet fighters first fight each other?  
9 What one thing is it impossible to do with the eyes open?  
10 Research published last week shows that the average parent talks to their child for how long each day?  
11 Today’s word – how would you feel if you were FORSWANKED? – is it a) Gazumped, b) Jilted, c) Exhausted, d) In pain?  
12 What’s the capital of Iceland?  
13 How much does a cubic meter of water weigh?  
14 It’s soon to be the Millennium – so what year followed 1BC?  
15 What was the first name of Frankenstein?  
16 In which Shakespearean play does Banquo appear?  
17 What make of car does James Bond drive in his latest films?  
18 Whose last words were "Let not poor Nelly starve"?  
19 Dry Ice is the solid form of which gas?  
20 In which TV program is Blue Peter’s John Noakes making a comeback?  
21 A nebuchadnezzar is a bottle containing how many standard bottles of champagne?  
22 From which movie: "Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"  
23 Gas Mark 4 is equivalent to what temperature?  
24 What is Prince Edward’s new title?  
25 What are the odds on getting a flush in a game of poker?  

Round 2

Real Names, Sport, Leading Ladies & Loads of Animals

1 Rita Maria Crudgington changed her name when she became a pop singer in a 4 person group and a TV personality – Who was she?  
2 How was opera singer Maria Cecilia Sophia Anna Kalogeropoulos better known?  
3 Virginia Hensley was a famous country singer before she died – how was she better known?  
4 What’s Ringo Starr’s real name?  
5 Steven Giorgiu became Yusuf Islam, but how is he better known?  
6 In which sport do the participants and the audience not know the score until the end of the event?  
7 What popular team sport was invented by James Naismith?  
8 Who was the first unseeded player to win the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon?  
9 Talking of Wimbledon, in what year did a Brit win the Men’s Singles last?  
10 What sport is played to the Harvard Rules?  
11 What Boxing weight comes between Fly and Feather?  
12 What is the only gymnastic exercise, other than the floor performance that both men and women have in common?  
13 In what year was Shergar kidnapped?  
14 The Pumas are the nickname of which international Rugby team?  
15 Who were the only brothers who were both County Cricketers and 1st Division footballers?  
16 Which actress has written several books on reincarnation?  
17 Which leading lady married singer Lyle Lovett?  
18 Name the 2 actress daughters of Sir John Mills?  
19 Which singer did Sissy Spacek play in Coal Miners Daughter?  
20 Who played Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway, but lost the role to Audrey Hepburn in the film?  
21 What birds when together are known as a murder or a hover?  
22 What animals go round in a skulk?  
23 A collection of owls is known as a what?  
24 A Clowder is a collection of which domestic animal?  
25 When a lot of geese are in flight, what are they known as?  

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