The Pear Tree
Monday Night Quiz October 4th 1999
Round 1
General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 |
What musical
instrument can have between 45-47 strings and 7 pedals? |
A Harp |
2 |
Which domestic
pest has 7 penises of assorted shapes and sizes? |
Cockroach |
3 |
Which local
football team are known as the Bloods? |
Droylsden |
4 |
Marilyn Monroe
was married 3 times for 3 points name her husbands? |
Joe Di Maggio,
Arthur Miller and Jim Dougherty |
5 |
Which cabinet
minister caused a controversy last week when he said that people shouldnt buy second
houses? (He has 3 himself) |
Michael Meacher |
6 |
Richard Jenkins
was a famous film actor how was he better known? |
Richard Burton |
7 |
How much is a
family ticket to the Millennium dome? |
£57 |
8 |
Which motorway
runs between Edinburgh and Glasgow? |
M8 |
9 |
Why could you
get a buzz out of money nowadays? |
Over 99% of all
notes in circulation in London at least are contaminated with cocaine! |
10 |
The VC is the
highest military honour, what is its civilian counterpart? |
George Cross |
11 |
What do the
initials of the private medical organisation BUPA stand for? |
British United
Provident Association |
12 |
Whats the
only country in the world with a single-coloured flag? |
Libya (Green) |
13 |
Todays
word is JARGONELLE is it a) A French dictionary of slang, b) A small love affair,
c) Birdsong, or d) A variety of pear? |
D |
14 |
The Manchester
Basketball team has how many English players? |
3 |
15 |
Literature
who is the hero of C.S. Foresters naval adventure stories, set in the
Napoleonic Wars? |
Horatio
Hornblower |
16 |
Which
politician, nicknamed Jagga the Gut by Jeremy Clarkson, needed 2 Jaguars to drive him 250
yards? |
John Prescott |
17 |
Whats the
longest river in the British Isles? |
Shannon |
18 |
On which TV
show did the late Lena Zavarone get her first break? |
Opportunity
Knocks |
19 |
Whats the
most popular month for getting married in Britain? |
August |
20 |
Which football
team play at Valley Parade? |
Bradford |
21 |
From which
animal do we get Mozzarella cheese? |
Buffalo |
22 |
On which motor
racing circuit would you find Becketts? |
Silverstone |
23 |
The
Bullshitters was a Comic Strip parody of which popular 70s TV series, now revived on
Sky One? |
The
Professionals |
24 |
Rickets is
caused by the lack of sunlight and what vitamin? |
D |
25 |
In 1996 which
famous tennis player made his professional debut on the European tour in the Czech Open? |
Ivan Lendl |
Round 2
The 7 Wonders
of the World, Cars, Pop Music
1 |
Egypt had 2 of
the original 7 wonders of the world one was the Pyramids, what was the other? |
The Pharos
Lighthouse at Alexandria |
2 |
One of the
wonders of the world, a tomb of a king, has given us another word for a tomb what? |
Mausoleum |
3 |
The temple of
which goddess at Ephesus was one of the wonders? |
Diana or
Artemis |
4 |
What wonder was
set in Babylon? |
Hanging Gardens |
5 |
On which Greek
Island could you find a giant statue? |
Rhodes |
6 |
What was the
first British mass-produced car to be designed by Sir Alec Issigonis? |
Morris Minor |
7 |
Which car maker
makes models called Amage and Brooklands? |
Bentley |
8 |
Lexus is the
brand for upmarket cars made by which company? |
Toyota |
9 |
Which car did
Henry Ford say the buyer could have in any colour he wanted, as long as it was black? |
Model T |
10 |
From what are
the chassis of Morgan cars made? |
Wood |
11 |
Whats the
name of the sports car made by Robin makers Reliant? |
Scimitar |
12 |
Which car
company makes the Boxter? |
Porsche |
13 |
In which
town does Vauxhall have its British head office? |
Luton |
14 |
Which
company makes the Freelander? |
Land Rover |
15 |
Which
country do Holden cars come from? |
Australia |
16 |
The Beatles
have spent more weeks in the British album charts with 1160 than any other group
who is second? |
Queen |
17 |
What
strange place was all too beautiful for the Small Faces? |
Itchykoo
Park |
18 |
Alexei
Sayle had a top 20 hit with which song in 1984? |
Ello
John, got a new motor? |
19 |
Which
female opera star sang the 1992 Olympic anthem with Freddy Mercury? |
Montserrat
Caballo |
20 |
What are
the surnames of Robson and Jerome? |
Green and
Flynn |
21 |
Who had no
particular place to go in 1964? |
Chuck Berry |
22 |
Who, along with
Vince Clark formed Yazoo? |
Alison Moyet |
23 |
Which two
famous groups featured Jimmy Somerville? |
The
Communards/Bronski Beat |
24 |
With which
group was Marc Almond the vocalist? |
Soft Cell |
25 |
Which group
evolved out of Joy Division? |
New Order |