The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 12th April 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1 Who won Best Actress award at last night's Baftas?  
2 Where in Britain are the Black Mountains?  
3 The composer of Oliver died last week - who was he?  
4 What is the smallest American State?  
5 Spell SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC!  
6 Which colour cloth was reserved solely for the use of Roman Emperors?  
7 There are 140 islands in the Scilly Islands - how many are inhabited?  
8 Where in your body is your atlas and axis?  
9 Who is getting a divorce from Andre Agassi soon?  
10 Which Duke lives at Chatsworth?  
11 What do Britain, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Fasso, Togo and Ghana have in common that no other country has?  
12 If you're only 19, what is the National Minimum Wage for you?  
13 What sort of animal is a GILT?  
14 A year either way - when did Sandie Shaw win the Eurovision Song Contest?  
15 What's the name of the new musical based on Abba songs?  
16 What's the name of Spain's national airline?  
17 Is a SMUT-MILL a) A factory for pornography, b) a device for removing fungus from grain, c) a soot-grinder, or d) a maker of lampblack?  
18 Which of the Muppets regularly used the catch phrase Kissy Kissy?  
19 In the Phonetic alphabet which word is used for the letter I?  
20 How can you tell African and Indian elephants apart?  
21 What was the name of the snail in the Magic Roundabout?  
22 How many pieces of chicken do you get in a £3.99 KFC Variety meal?  
23 What was the name of the Roman goddess of love?  
24 From which Scottish port do most people get a ferry to Belfast?  
25 Who was the first president of the USA?  

 

Round 2

Last Weekend's Sport, Football Quotes, TV Comedy, Fruit and Veg, The Bible.

1 What was Olazabel's total score for his winning of the US Masters?  
2 How many Grand National jumps are jumped twice?  
3 How many World Championship points did Eddie Irvine get at the Brazilian Grand Prix?  
4 With which sport would you associate Fergal O'Brien?  
5 After 5 matches, which team is top and which team bottom of the Rugby League Super League?  
6 Who said in 1993 "I could manage England part-time and still walk the dog"?  
7 Who in 1996 said "Watching Manchester City is probably the best laxative you can take"?  
8 "I met Mick Jagger when I was playing for Oxford United and the Rolling Stones played there - little did I know that one day he'd be almost as famous as me"?  
9 Who did Alex Ferguson describe as "So mild-mannered when the volcano inside him isn't erupting"?  
10 Complete Howard Wilkinson's quote "I'm a firm believer that if you score one goal, the other team......"  
11 Who played Albert Steptoe?  
12 In Open All Hours, who did Ronnie Barker lust over?  
13 At which club did Arthur Daley drink?  
14 What was the name of Rigsby's cat in Rising Damp?  
15 Name The Detectives?  
16 The Apple, Cherry and Blackberry all belong to which family of plants?  
17 Bartlett and Conference are types of what?  
18 What's another name for the Egg-Plant?  
19 Which bitter plant is often added to coffee to cheapen it?  
20 What sort of fruit is a Kumquat?  
21 What was Adam and Eve's oldest child called?  
22 Who in the bible had a coat of many colours?  
23 2 either way - how many books are there in the New Testament?  
24 Which of the four gospels was written by a tax collector?  
25 On which mountain did Noah's Ark come to ground?  

Answers
Back to Base