The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 8th November 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

In the famous song, what sort of bird sang in Berkeley Square?

 

2

Who plays M in the latest James Bond film (for the 3rd time)

 

3

What’s the only word with the same number of letters as the number that it represents?

 

4

Who did Jacqueline Kennedy marry in 1968?

 

5

What’s the minimum age that Scotch whisky must be before it can be sold in the UK?

 

6

In which town is Gracelands, the mansion that Elvis Presley built?

 

7

Primo Nebiolo died yesterday at 76 – What did he do for a living?

 

8

What was the name of the illegal drinking clubs in the USA during prohibition?

 

9

Before decimalisation, how many old pennies were in a crown?

 

10

What is the unit of currency in Poland?

 

11

When you cross the International Date Line from West to East, do you gain or lose a day?

 

12

Which politician wrote his thoughts in a little red book?

 

13

If you were CONTUMELIOUS would you be a) Willing to confess to anything, b) shifty and unreliable, c) humbly creepy, or d) insolent

 

14

What nationality was the hero William Tell, who shot an apple of his son’s head?

 

15

Which English city has tunnels called Kingsway and Queensway?

 

16

What was the world’s first breakfast cereal, invented by a lawyer called H.D. Perky?

 

17

Which country’s parliament is called the Knesset?

 

18

What familiar product is graded in ASA and/or DIN numbers?

 

19

When was the death penalty abolished in Great Britain for murder?

 

20

Which London Street is associated with the Medical profession?

 

21

Who won the Eurovision song contest once with a song called “What’s another year”?

 

22

In the new series of the League of Gentleman, who plays the Mayor of Royston Vasey?

 

23

Who is the quizmaster on University Challenge?

 

24

Which group had a hit with Part of the Union, now the song of a TV commercial?

 

25

At what age does lamb become mutton?

 

 

 

Round 2

Sport, Famous Airplanes, Music and Planets

1

As of this weekend which team is top of the Unibond Premier League?

 

2

Who sponsors the Scottish Premier League?

 

3

Who is Australia playing in a Test Cricket series at the moment?

 

4

At which hole did Tiger Woods make a triple bogey yesterday?

 

5

Scotland and England have played football against each other 108 times – how many times have England won?

 

6

In which sport are the officials known as Zebras?

 

7

How many events are included in a Heptathlon?

 

8

In show jumping, how many faults are given if a rider falls off?

 

9

Which Scottish football club is named after a novel by Sir Walter Scott?

 

10

In which sport was Donald Budge a champion many years ago?

 

11

How many engines did the Wright Brothers aeroplane have?

 

12

Spitfires were famous Battle of Britain fighters, but which other British fighter also fought in the battle?

 

13

What’s the name/number of Boeing’s latest airliner?

 

14

What was the first jet airliner to enter commercial service?

 

15

What type of aircraft dropped the famous bouncing bombs on the dams of the Ruhr?

 

16

Whose album, Live at the BBC topped the charts in 1994?

 

17

How is singer Paula Matthews better known?

 

18

Which group had a hit with Legend of Xanadu in 1969?

 

19

Whose first hit was Kids in America?

 

20

Who had Breakfast at Tiffanys in 1996?

 

21

Which planet is sometimes known as the Morning Star?

 

22

Who wrote the Planets Suite?

 

23

Who is the Daily Planet’s most famous female reporter?

 

24

How many of the planets have rings?

 

25

What chain of restaurants recently went bankrupt?

 

 

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