The Pear Tree
Monday Night Quiz 18th October 1999
This week
there are only 25 questions, as the 2nd round was a music round!
Round 1
General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 |
Which song has
been voted the most irritating noise to come out of personal stereos was it a) Ooh
Ahh Just a little bit, b) I should be so lucky, or c) Barbie girl? |
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2 |
Which famous
dance of the 1920s shared its name with a city in the southern United States? |
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3 |
What is the red
food colouring made from small Mexican beetles? |
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4 |
Where in your
body could you find rods and cones? |
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5 |
In a game of
water polo, how many team members can be in the water at the same time? |
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6 |
Which female
singer has just published her autobiography If Only? |
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7 |
What was the
name of the Argentinian cruiser sunk in the Falklands war? |
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8 |
Football. In
the 1995-96 season, which player made just eight Premiership appearances for his club, but
played seven times for England - including all five games in Euro '96? |
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9 |
If you were
using a pine cone to forecast weather, how would you know it was going to rain? |
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10 |
Which song has
been voted the best lyric of the century recently? |
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11 |
Which country
won the World Conker Championship last week in Northamptonshire? |
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12 |
In 1940, the
government wanted the population to save wood. did they a) encourage women to wear
lower heels, b) ask people to only use 1 walking stick or c) encourage women to use
plastic bowls and spoons instead of wooden ones? |
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13 |
Who is jazz
singer Cleo Laines husband? |
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14 |
In which
country would you find the famous Kimberley gold mine? |
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15 |
If your
birthstone is turquoise, when is your birth month? |
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16 |
3 years either
way when did Richard Branson launch Virgin Airways? |
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17 |
Who has been
voted the sexiest man in the world by the readers of Cosmopolitan magazine? |
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18 |
What
animals name literally means River Horse? |
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19 |
What was the
character played by Joan Collins in Dynasty? |
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20 |
In which
country would you find the worlds oldest brewery still brewing? |
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21 |
True or false
a python will kill you in seconds with its poison? |
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22 |
What is that
part of the Atlantic Ocean called where many ships and airplanes have disappeared without
trace? |
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23 |
What would you
do with a dhoti would you a) ride in it, b) eat it, c) wear it, or d) make love to
it for a small payment? |
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24 |
Who killed
Billy the Kid? |
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25 |
What is Bob
Dylans real name? |
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