The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 15th February 99.
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs,
1 | Who did Popeye often have to fight for Olive Oyls favours? | Bluto |
2 | What is the more common name for the disease Rubella? | German Measles |
3 | The Midland Bank is changing its name to HSBC what does the HS stand for? | Hong Kong and Shanghai |
4 | How many players are there in a baseball team? | 9 |
5 | Who is the new king of Jordan? | Abdullah |
6 | Who did Robert Ford shoot in Missouri in 1867 for a $10,000 reward? | Jesse James |
7 | How many tiles are there in a Scrabble set? | 98 |
8 | The word is CACKLEBERRIES is it a) CB Radio slang for eggs, b) Any berries with hard seeds in them, c) toothless old hags, or d) a Scottish word for Acorns? | A |
9 | If you were born on May 1st, what star sign would you be? | Taurus |
10 | Which country always leads the Olympic opening procession? | Greece |
11 | Blondie were top of the charts last week with Maria they have re-united after how many years? | 17 |
12 | Which tobacco company has just lost the Royal Warrant, and must remove the royal coat of arms from its packets? | Gallaher (Benson & Hedges, Silk Cut etc) |
13 | What colour are letter boxes in France? | Yellow |
14 | Which musical instrument is played by the leader of the orchestra? | Violin |
15 | Which sport was officially rejected last week as an Olympic trial event? | Wood Chopping (very big in Canada!) |
16 | Point each who were the first men to climb Mount Everest? | Hillary and Tensing |
17 | Which New Mexico town was supposed to have been visited by aliens in the late 1940s? | Roswell |
18 | Which volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii? | Vesuvius |
19 | Which childrens TV character has been outed as gay by American preacher Jerry Falwell? | Teletubbie Tinky Winky - possibly because he has a purple triangle on his head and carries a handbag! |
20 | From which planet did Mork come from in Mork and Mindy? | Ork |
21 | Complete Bart Simpsons blackboard quote "A burp is not.." | An answer |
22 | What did St Patrick allegedly chase out of Ireland? | Snakes |
23 | Talking of Ireland whats the Irish equivalent of the BBC? | RTE |
24 | What did supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman invent in 1937? | The supermarket trolley |
25 | In which year was the state of Israel created? | 1948 |
Round 2
This weeks TV,Famous Cats, Bond Films, Foreign Food
1 | The Brit Awards are on Wednesday evening who is hosting them? | Johnny Vaughan |
2 | Nick Jordan helps a family make a difficult choice, but clashes with Karen over their troubled past which program? | Holby City |
3 | In which program could you see Jill Dando, Jimmy Mulville and Ruth Stevenson? | Holiday |
4 | Whats the name of the new drama series on BBC1 about a womens football team in Yorkshire? | Playing the field |
5 | Who is returning to the screen on Friday with a new series of Murder Most Horrid? | Dawn French |
6 | Whats the name of the Clintons cat? | Socks |
7 | Which cartoon cat loves lasagne? | Garfield |
8 | Which author created the Cheshire cat? | Lewis Carrol |
9 | Whats the name of Datas cat in Star Trek? | Spot |
10 | Whos cat is named Hot Dog? | Dennis the menace |
11 | Dr Seuss wrote about which famous cat? | The Cat in The Hat |
12 | Who wrote the poems upon which the musical Cats was based? | T.S.Eliot |
13 | Which cartoon cat never got the bird? | Sylvester |
14 | Which cartoon cats catch phrase was "Heavens to Murgatroyd"? | Snagglepuss |
15 | Which cat was the first cartoon movie star? | Felix |
16 | In which James Bond film is Scaramanga the villain? | The Man with the Golden Gun |
17 | In which Bond film do we meet Oddjob? | Goldfinger |
18 | What is the name of Ms secretary in most James Bond films? | Miss Moneypenny |
19 | Who sung the theme to the James Bond film "Thunderball"? | Tom Jones |
20 | Which James Bond film was the first to star Timothy Dalton as Bond? | The Living Daylights |
21 | Whats the name given to savoury Indian pasties filled with meat or vegetables, and flavoured with herbs and spices? | Samosas |
22 | What are the little parcels of raw fish and rice called in Japanese cookery? | Sushi |
23 | If you were in an American restaurant and wanted your food grilled, what word would you look for on the menu? | Broiled |
24 | What is the main spice used to make a Hungarian Goulash? | Paprika |
25 | From where do Balti dishes originate? | Birmingham! |