The Pear Tree Quiz - Monday May 3rd 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 Where could you meet Stan, Kenny, Cartman and Kyle? South Park
2 How many different films are showing at Manchester's Showcase cinema at the moment? 17
3 Whose hairy armpits made the news last week? Julia Roberts
4 Which London football ground shares its name with a battlefield? Stamford Bridge
5 Which of these people did NOT appear as a contestant on University Challenge - David Mellor, Clive James, Stephen Fry or Jeremy Paxman? Jeremy Paxman
6 With which group do you associate the singer Kurt Cobain? Nirvana
7 What colour is an aircraft's black box flight recorder? Orange
8 What's the name of the owner of the bar in the Simpsons? Moe Syslak
9 The word is HEDDLU - is it a) Welsh for Gents, b) Welsh for Police, c) Welsh for the county of Cheshire or d) Welsh for Telephone B
10 Which company makes the Wonderbra? Gossard
11 How many stripes are there on the American Flag? 13
12 Which Soho pub was blown up at the weekend with a nail bomb? Admiral Duncan
13 Which football club does Tony Blair support? Newcastle United
14 Who was in charge of the Trumpton Fire Brigade? Captain Flack
15 How is businessman Peter Llewellyn hoping to raise £62 million in sponsorship to build a hospital in Moscow? Going on a space holiday to Mir
16 What was the name of Frankie Lymon's backing group? The Teenagers
17 How is Catholic priest Mother Bernadette Maria better known? Sinead O'Connor who has been ordained a priest.
18 According to a Cosmopolitan survey in 1997, the women of which nation are the best kissers in Europe? Italy
19 Which car manufacturer makes a model called the Yaris? Toyota
20 Which comedian is famous for his trade-mark oversized shirt collars? Harry Hills
21 With which town in Germany is Glossop twinned? Bad Vilbel
22 What was St Petersburg in Russia called during the Communist years? Leningrad
23 What was the maiden name of Princess Diana? Spencer
24 Which animal lives in a form? Hare
25 What is the odd name for the bank owned by the Prudential? Egg

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Round 2

X Marks the Spot, Blackadder, Sporting Villains, TV Cops

1 What was the title of the number one single by the Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John? Xanadu
2 What important medical discovery was made by the German scientist Wilhelm Rontgen? X-Rays
3 Which film or films featured X-wing fighters? The Star Wars Series
4 What is the more correct medical term for an irrational fear of strangers or foreigners? Xenophobia
5 Which inert gas has the chemical symbol Xe? Xenon
6 Which punk band was fronted by the singer Polly Styrene? X-Ray Specs
7 The xylophone gets its name from the Greek word for the material it is traditionally made from, what is it? Wood
8 Which number is represented by the Roman numeral ‘X’? 10
9 Which Persian general was defeated by the Athenians at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC? Xerxes
10 In what year was the film classification system which first included the X-rating introduced in Britain? 1948
11 Which actress played Queen Elizabeth in series two, a highwaywoman in series three and a nurse in series four? Miranda Richardson
12 With which vegetable is Baldric strangely obsessed? Turnip
13 Who has not appeared in any series of "Blackadder", Rik Mayall, Chris Barrie, Robbie Coltrane or Alexei Sayle? Alexei Sayle
14 Who wrote the Blackadder series? Ben Elton/Richard Curtis
15 Who played the inept General Melchett in Blackadder goes Forth? Stephen Fry
16 Which Manchester United player was sent off three times in 1995, including once for punching a Middlesbrough player? Roy Keane
17 At which ground did Eric Cantona launch his infamous kung fu attack? Selhurst Park/
18 Which England cricket captain had an on-field altercation with the umpire in a Test match in Pakistan? Mike Gatting
19 Which footballer was sent off in only his second game for Wales in 1995? Vinny Jones
20 Which English cricketer was sacked by Queensland after fighting with a passenger on a plane? Ian Botham
21 Who was the host of the long-running "Police 5"? Shaw Taylor
22 What rank was Frank Burnside when he left "The Bill"? Detective Inspector
23 Which wheelchair-bound cop was played by Raymond Burr? Ironside
24 What nationality was detective Hercule Poirot? Belgian
25 What was the name of Inspector Morse's assistant? Robbie Lewis

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