The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 11th October 1999

 

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs

 

1

3 Points for this – who are the 3 male suspects in Cluedo?

Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum & Rev. Green

2

In which 60s TV drama did Ryan O’Neil and Mia Farrow first get their big break?

Peyton Place

3

Name the place in the USA where there are giant heads of American presidents cut from a side of a mountain?

Mount Rushmore

4

Which famous boxer said that “Boxing’s just show business with blood”?

Frank Bruno

5

Who did the CIA once plan to assassinate with an exploding cigar?

Fidel Castro

6

What was the Beach Boys first British No.1?

Good Vibrations

7

Which sinister Russian was nicknamed the Mad Monk?

Rasputin

8

What letter of the alphabet is represented in Morse code by 3 dots?

S

9

Last week the music industry gave out the MOBO awards – what does MOBO stand for?

Music Of Black Origin

10

What plant was originally known as a love apple?

Tomato

11

At which sea battle was Nelson killed?

Trafalgar

12

How did Margaret McGregor and Loi Chow make sporting history in Seattle this weekend?

The first mixed boxing match!

13

Which famous actor narrates the Monday night series, Walking with dinosaurs?

Kenneth Branagh

14

Is CACCHINATION a) Making a crackling sound, b) Making a cackling sound, c) a place of concealment, or d) the art of hunting?

A

15

Today it was announced that Heinz may be dropping which of their 57 varieties due to lack of demand?

Salad Cream

16

Roger Moore is to have a new TV action series, DREAM team, which is a re-hash of Charlie’s Angels but how old is he?

71

17

Where did the mice live in Bagpuss?

In the piano

18

A lost work by which famous composer was performed last week for the first time at Sotheby’s?

Beethoven

19

If talc is the softest, what is the hardest?

Diamond

20

What was the Queen eating when the blackbird pie was opened?

Bread & Honey

21

Who asks the questions on A Question of Sport?

Sue Barker

22

What is the Hermitage in St.Petersberg used for?

An Art Gallery

23

What is the name of the German national airline?

Lufthansa

24

Where were the world firework championships decided at the weekend, despite bad wind conditions?

Blackpool

25

AOL and Compuserve are both ISPs – what does ISP stand for?

Internet Service Provider

 

 

Round 2

Sport, True or False, Days of the week.

 

1

Which rugby league team is to merge with Sheffield, and in so doing, the town in which rugby league started, will no longer have its own team?

Huddersfield Giants

2

With which sport would you associate Stuart Law?

Cricket

3

In which sport could you play as an outside centre, an inside centre or a flanker?

Rugby Union

4

Who is presently top goalscorer in the Premier League?

Shearer with 14 in all. Philips from Sunderland ties with him with 10 Premiership goals.

5

What’s the name of San Francisco’s American Football team?

49ers.

6

How many substitutes are allowed for each team in an International Rugby Union match?

7

7

County cricket now has 2 divisions. Which team, according to this year’s standings is top of the 2nd division?

Warwickshire

8

How long does a netball match last?

60 mins

9

What is the only mixed sex team game, created in 1902 by a Dutch schoolteacher, and featured in the Sheffield Student World Games?

Korfball

10

How many players are there in Australian Rules football?

18

11

The average person swallows 295 times whilst eating a meal.

True

12

The US airline, Pan Am, invented the Club sandwich and served it to passengers in their Club Class section of the plane.

False

13

It is illegal in Greenland to chew gum whilst driving a car.

False

14

Your body makes about 3 mugfulls of spit a day.

True

15

There are more cinemas in Mongolia than in Jamaica.

True

16

Top underwear designer Janet Reger started with a market stall in the Old Kent Road.

False

17

A Welsh golfer once hit his ball so hard that it flew straight up a sheep’s backside.

True

18

The TV cook Delia Smith started her career as a school dinner lady.

False

19

Scotland has the highest proportion of red-headed people in the world.

True

20

Eskimos have extra flaps in their noses so they do not freeze when it gets very cold.

True

21

How many days of the week are named after Norse gods and goddesses?

4 – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

22

How many days of the week are named after objects in the solar system?

3 – Monday, Saturday and Sunday

23

On which day of the week does the Queen give pensioners Maundy money?

Thursday

24

On which day of the week is Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons?

Wednesday

25

On which day of the week did the original Mardi Gras take place?

Tuesday

 

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