The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 22nd March 1999

This week, as a special bonus, I'm publishing the entire quiz from Monday Night. This is so that my good friends Angela and Geof, who often win, can have a go from their holiday hotel in Antigua, which has an Internet Cafe!

Starter for 10

Couldn't be simpler this week - match the town or city with it's distance from London, according to my Road Atlas!

54, 97, 117, 128, 171, 207, 234, 297, 402, 517

Aberdeen   Birmingham   Blackpool   Doncaster   Cambridge  
Great Yarmouth   Land's End   Leicester   Stranraer   York  

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 Which group consists of Keavy, Sinead, Edele and Lindsay?  
2 Which film won Best Film Oscar last night?  
3 Who was reigning monarch in 1900?  
4 Who enjoyed a pint of Old Speckled Hen in Yorkshire last week, but had to be careful not to spill any on her dress?  
5 What was the name of the balloon that went around the world in 20 days?  
6 Who plays Victor Meldrew in One Foot in The Grave?  
7 And who plays his counterpart in the spin-off American series?  
8 Which car company's badge uses a Viking ship as its main emblem?  
9 What is the dialing code for Inner London?  
10 What is the capital of Jordan?  
11 What living creatures make the loudest natural noise?  
12 What is the decimal equivalent of 1/8th?  
13 Who tried (and failed) to make a dent in her overdraft at Cheltenham last week?  
14 How old was football millionaire David Beckham when he signed for Manchester United?  
15 According to the RSPCA, what should you put in the freezer for at least an hour before cooking?  
16 The word is SCOBS - does it mean a) sawdust, b) a disease of horses, c) crusts of bread, or d) a pittance?  
17 What was the name of the world's first artificial satellite?  
18 Last week, Britain's two EU commissioners resigned with all the rest -who are they?  
19 On which river does Chester stand  
20 The Titanic had 2 other sister ships which lasted a bit longer than she did - point each for their names?  
21 What's the name of the priest in the Simpsons?  
22 What is the chemical symbol for iron?  
23 Where on your body would you wear a Perruque?  
24 If you had the letters MFH after your name, what would your hobby be?  
25 On which D-Day beach was the film "Saving Private Ryan" set?  

20pts This man was born in Leeds in 1925, the son of a railwayman who sung in working men's clubs

8pts He met his life-time partner as a teenager, and they stayed together until 1984.

6pts His character could be described as vain, snobbish, puritanical, mean, sexually inexperienced and given to delusions of grandeur.

4pts He died yesterday

Round 2

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Sporting sums, Baby animals and Literature

1 Which famous Scottish King was born yesterday in 1274?  
2 Yesterday in 1991, the inventor of the Stratocaster died - what was his name?  
3 Yesterday in 1980, the record "Going Underground" entered the charts at No 1 - who recorded it?  
4 Today in 1934, the first US Masters golf tournament begun - where?  
5 Today in 1903, what strange event occurred at Niagara Falls?  
6 Today is The Streets of San Francisco's Karl Malden's birthday - how old is he?  
7 Today in 1857, the world's first what was installed in a department store - it was invented by a Mr. Elisha Otis.  
8 Which princess is 9 tomorrow?  
9 Tomorrow in 1979, Osvald Ocasio was knocked out by whom in his defence of the WBC World Heavyweight Championship?  
10 Tomorrow is a famous British athlete and doctor's 70th birthday - whose?  
11 If you multiplied David Beckham's shirt number by the number of Oscars that Shakespeare in Love won, what would you get?  
12 If you added the lowest number other than 0 you cannot get with a single dart to the highest number you can get with a single dart, what would you get?  
13 If you divide the number of pieces of wood on a cricket pitch by the number of the greyhound wearing the black jersey, what would you get?  
14 If you multiplied the number of balls on a snooker table at the start of a game by the number of rings on the Olympic flag, what would you get?  
15 If you added together the number of players allowed on the pitch for one team in American football, the number of players on a Rugby League team and the number of players in a baseball team, what would you get?  
16 What is the young of a deer called?  
17 What is a baby elephant called?  
18 A baby goose is called a?  
19 A young eel is called a what?  
20 A hinny is a young what?  
21 Who wrote the TinTin stories?  
22 Pride and Prejudice was written by whom?  
23 Who wrote the 39 Steps?  
24 Which book is the most stolen from public libraries?  
25 In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is Dr.Watson's first name?  

2nd Who am I

20pts Born in Yorkshire in 1934 this actress is a Quaker and a doctor's daughter

8pts Never a raving beauty, she has acted on stage, in films and on TV, moving from Shakespeare to comedy easily.

6pts Although she can't sing, she won a Bafta award for her part in the musical A Little Night Music

4pts She won an Oscar this weekend for being in a film for no more than 8 minutes.

Answers

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