The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 24th May 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 At which stadium will Manchester United be playing in Barcelona on Wednesday?  
2 How much is the Wooley Bridge Inn for sale for? (It’s near the Pear Tree!)  
3 Who said after being presented with an award last week – "It’s a pleasure to be standing here…. It’s a pleasure to be standing up?  
4 What is DJ Alan Freeman’s nickname?  
5 In the X files, what was the name of Mulder and Scully’s boss for many years?  
6 The word is STEENKIRK is it a) a style of dry stone walling, made popular in Steenkirk in the Orkneys, b) a Scots dialect word for a snail, c) A stone age hut, or d) a cravat?  
7 What is the smallest country by area to be in the United Nations?  
8 Who is to be the new Poet Laureate?  
9 What would a doctor do to you with his SPHYGMOMANOMETER?  
10 Now spell it!!!!  
11 Which sport takes place in a Basho?  
12 For 4 points, who were the original presenters of Game for a Laugh?  
13 If you were a lepidopterist, what would be your hobby?  
14 How many degrees Fahrenheit is 0 degrees Centigrade?  
15 Spaniard Christina Sanchez is giving up her job because she says men refuse to work with her – what’s her job?  
16 Which underground line runs to Heathrow?  
17 What is the last sign of the Zodiac?  
18 When does Duty Free officially end between EU countries?  
19 In which Shakespearean play could you meet Snug and Bottom?  
20 In which British city is Aston University?  
21 What are the names of Donald Duck’s nephews?  
22 If a horse’s father is a sire, what is it’s mother called?  
23 Which soccer club did Sir Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson both manage?  
24 At the weekend, you could get how many Turkish Lira to the pound (50,000 either way)?  
25 What, sportingly, could either be a blue, white, red or yellow dot?  

 

Round 2

Eurovision, FA Cups, Pop Music, Good Eating and Literature

1 In which year did the Eurovision Song Contest start?  
2 How many times have Britain won the Contest?  
3 Which country won the first contest?  
4 In 1968, Sir Cliff Richard was put into second place by the Spanish with their song, La La La – how many times does the word La appear in the song?  
5 In which year did Terry Wogan first introduce the Eurovision TV show?  
6 How many times have Manchester United won the FA Cup?  
7 Which 2 teams played in the first Wembley Final?  
8 Which team won the FA cup final in the same year as England won the World Cup?  
9 Where was the first ever FA cup played?  
10 How many times have Manchester City won the cup?  
11 Which of Olivia Newton-John’s solo hits spent the most time in the UK Charts (17 Weeks)?  
12 Who had Sexy Eyes in the charts in 1980?  
13 Who was lead vocalist with Yazoo?  
14 Which girl group are Shane Ritchie’s sisters-in-law?  
15 Which group made the unlikely record De do do do, de da da da?  
16 Which cheese is coloured green with sage?  
17 Which fruit is often served with Parma Ham?  
18 What is the better known name for young herring and sprats, coated in flour and deep-fried until crispy and golden brown?  
19 What is added to the beef after it has been cooked when making Beef Stroganoff?  
20 What is the main ingredient of the dish called Angels on Horseback?  
21 Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill?  
22 Whose schoolmates were Bob Cherry, Frank Nugent and Harry Wharton?  
23 Which heroine, a member of an outlaw family, falls in love with John Rudd in a famous novel?  
24 In Wuthering Heights, what is Cathy’s surname?  
25 In which H.G. Wells novel do invading aliens get killed by the common cold?  

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