The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 15th November 1999

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

1

What sort of vehicle is the Royston Vasey Emergency Ambulance? (for the benefit of non-locals, Royston Vasey is the fictional village, filmed in Hadfield, where the TV series The League of Gentlemen is now being filmed, causing traffic chaos!

 

2

In which country are SAAB cars made?

 

3

What was the Flight No. of the Egyptair plane that crashed earlier this month?

 

4

At which racecourse are the Oaks run?

 

5

What did the Queen agree to do for the first time in 1992?

 

6

In which ship did Scott sail to the Antarctic, at the turn of the century?

 

7

Who had a hit in 1975 with Blanket on the Ground?

 

8

Who plays Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street?

 

9

Eastenders appears 4 times in last week’s BBC’s top 10 program charts. How many times does the Simpsons appear in the Satellite Top 10?

 

10

On a botte of beer, what do the initials O.G. stand for?

 

11

A year either way – in which year was the Great Train Robbery?

 

12

Is a PISTAREEN a) A drunken sot, b) A small Spanish coin, c) an early flintlock pistol, or d) an Irish drinking companion?

 

13

What’s the only 7 letter word to be made up entirely of consonants?

 

14

What sort of voice has Charlotte Church?

 

15

5 years either way – when did the first Zebra crossing appear in Britain?

 

16

Rules for the modern version of which game were drawn up in 1873 by Major Walter Wingfield?

 

17

Which car company makes a model called the Legacy?

 

18

After this weekend’s football matches, by how many points does Manchester City lead the first division?

 

19

In the news – what’s the capital of Chechnya?

 

20

If you were a campanologist, what would your hobby be?

 

21

Which national newspaper celebrates it’s 30th birthday tomorrow (Nov 16th)?

 

22

In which James Bond film, did the hero get married?

 

23

In which city would you find Temple Meads station?

 

24

For which football club does Freddie Ljungberg play?

 

25

What’s the name of the castle on Anglesey?

 

 

Round 2

Weather, Star Trek, Theme Music, Foreign Words, Ancient History

 

1

Where is the windiest place in the world?

 

2

What’s a hurricane called if it happens in the far east?

 

3

What current makes Britain much warmer than it ought to be?

 

4

What’s a line on a weather map called, linking places of equal temperature?

 

5

Where is the wettest place in England?

 

6

Which two main weapons were carried by the starship Enterprise?

 

7

Which Oscar-winning actress plays the bartender Guinan?

 

8

Which actor played Doctor Leonard McCoy?

 

9

In "Star Trek: The Next Generation", who was the ship's counselor?

 

10

Who is captain of the starship Voyager?

 

11

Air on a G string, by Bach was used to advertise which product?

 

12

Which science fiction film used the music Also Spracht Zarathustra and the Blue Danube waltz?

 

13

In which film did Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries accompany a lot of shooting?

 

14

Which old TV series had Rossini’s William Tell overture as a theme?

 

15

Carmina Burana by Karl Orff was used to advertise which aftershave?

 

16

What animal is named by the Australian Aborigine word meaning “I don’t know”?

 

17

Where could you see the words Nemo me impunit lacessit?

 

18

From which language does the word Ombudsman come?

 

19

What do the initials CV stand for?

 

20

If something is Ersatz, what is it?

 

21

Which Roman emperor poisoned his mother, ungratefully, after she had poisoned his predecessor?

 

22

Which ancient emperor died of malaria at the age of 33, after having conquered most of the known world?

 

23

How many vertical stones formed the original circle at Stonehenge – was it 20, 25, 30 or 35??

 

24

Who discovered Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922?

 

25

Which present day capital city is built on the capital city of the Aztecs?

 

 

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