The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz – 1st November 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

 

1

Who are Manchester United playing tomorrow night in the Champions league?

 

2

After a romance of only 5 months, who is Dannii Minogue planning on marrying?

 

3

Ian Broudie, Angie Pollack and Martin Campbell are better known as what?

 

4

Sportsman Jack Parker, a 70 year old, has been banned from his sport for 2 years for head-butting an opposing player. In what sport?

 

5

A year either way – when did the Wright brothers first fly?

 

6

At which racetrack was yesterday’s Japanese Grand Prix held?

 

7

Is CHACMA a) A mystical region, b) a voodoo doll, c) a South African baboon or d) Magma thrown out of a volcano high into the air?

 

8

If you added up all the numbers on a set of stripes/spots pool balls, what would you end up with?

 

9

Next month the new James Bond film will open – what’s it called?

 

10

How many Gold Medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?

 

11

Which company is known by the initials BNFL?

 

12

For 4 points name the 4 British Monopoly stations?

 

13

What’s the bottom rightmost letter on a typewriter or computer keyboard?

 

14

Which northern ‘new county’ disappeared in 1997?

 

15

When did the last steam train run on London’s Underground – 1911, 1931 or 1971?

 

16

In which league do Stalybridge Celtic play?

 

17

In 1991, which boxer went into a long coma after a fight with Chris Eubank?

 

18

Who had a hit record in the 60’s with Pretty Flamingo?

 

19

When Germany was still divided, was Bavaria in East or West Germany?

 

20

In the 1930s what did Harry Roy, Henry Hall and Jack Jackson do for a living?

 

21

With which sport would you have associated Patsy Hedren?

 

22

2 years either way – in which year did ITV start in the UK?

 

23

What’s the name for pop music derived from traditional Punjabi music, and popular amongst Indian teenagers in England?

 

24

From which country do the Ghurkas come?

 

25

What’s the odd one out – Marrow, potato, tomato, broccoli or turnip?

 

 

Round 2

 

TV, Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, Around the world and Who said it?

1

Back again last night – who presents the Antiques Roadshow on BBC1?

 

2

Where did Mr and Mrs Royle live in a previous existence?

 

3

What’s the name of the Butcher’s shop in the League of Gentlemen?

 

4

Who are the 2 captains on Have I Got News Fr You?

 

5

In which major Australian city was Prisoner Cell Block H set?

 

6

Which famous British Poet, who died at the age of 25 in Italy was born yesterday in 1795?

 

7

Which famous illusionist died yesterday in 1926 from peritonitis?

 

8

Which Indian prime minister was assassinated yesterday in 1984?

 

9

Julia Robert’s husband is 42 today – who is he?

 

10

Today in 1911 the world’s first aerial bombing raid occurred. Which ‘air force’ dropped the bombs – Britain, France, Germany or Italy?

 

11

Today, in 1512, after 4.5 years of painting, Michelangelo completed which famous painting?

 

12

Today in 1957 which Buddy Holly song was top of the UK Charts?

 

13

Which famous British playwright, and vegetarian died tomorrow in 1950 at the age of 94?

 

14

Tomorrow in 1936 what did the BBC do for the the first time?

 

15

Tomorrow in 1924, which newspaper was the first to publish a crossword in the UK?

 

16

Where in the world would you find Queen Maud Land, Marie Byrd Land, Enderby Land and the American Highlands?

 

17

In which country could you find the Ozark Mountains?

 

18

Casablanca was a famous movie – but in which country is Casablanca?

 

19

Christiania was the old name of which Scandinavian capital?

 

20

At 24 sq miles, this republic is one of the smallest in the world, and totally landlocked within Italy – what is it?

 

21

Who said “I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me”?

 

22

Who at the beginning of a famous children’s book, looked at the book her sister was reading and wondered “What’s the use of a book without pictures or conversations”?

 

23

Every time a child says `I don't believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. – from what children’s story does that line come?

 

24

Which famous politician said in 1987 “I don't mind how much my ministers talk - as long as they do what I say.”?

 

25

Which composer said that he would hear in heaven?

 

 

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