The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 5th April 1999.

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 Which cartoon strip hero is 60 this year? Batman
2 And which 15year old comic character is really 70 this year? Tin Tin
3 Which pop group is returning to its roots by playing in pubs this year? Status Quo
4 What was Judy Garland's real name? Frances Gumm
5 What name is given to a community farm in Israel? Kibbutz
6 In which pantomime does Widow Twankey appear? Aladdin
7 In Saturday's Boat Race, to the nearest 5 lbs, how much did the Cambridge cox weigh? 6stone 10lb - 94lbs
8 What was the Supreme's only British No 1? Baby Love
9 What distinction did Captain Wiz Dwelle earn last week? First Nato pilot to crash in Serbia
10 Which secret society has Cosa Nostra as another name? Mafia
11 From which country do we get Feta cheese? Greece
12 The word is RUSTICLE is it a) the long deposits of rust seen on wrecks like the Titanic, b) All that can be seen on the box of cereal that Marge buys at the beginning of the Simpsons - Krusticles, c) the Shakespearean word for a country-dweller or d) the nickname for ice-lollies made out of Irn-Bru? A
13 Oscar Wilde once said that "Foxhunting is the pursuit of the uneatable by>>>>" what? The unspeakable
14 What would you do with an ocarina? Play it - it's a Peruvian flute
15 Who sponsors the Scottish Premier League? Bank of Scotland
16 After how many years of marriage do you have a ruby wedding? 40
17 What is the highest mountain in Africa? Kilimanjaro
18 How did Melissa cause chaos last week? It was a nasty e-mail virus.
19 Who was Penelope Keith's co-star in "To the Manor Born" and "Executive Stress"? Peter Bowles
20 How many consecutive number 1 hits did the Beatles have between 1963 and 1966, according to the Guinness book of Hit Singles? 11
21 Which footballer's name is an anagram of He is like Piglet? Keith Gillespie (Blackburn Rovers)
22 By what name was the fictional Lord Greystoke better known? Tarzan
23 In the 1992 Summer Olympics, three new medal events were added - 2 were Baseball and Women's Judo, what was the 3rd? Badminton
24 What does Alex Ferguson have in common with Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill? The Freedom of the City of Aberdeen
25 At which battle did Davy Crockett die? The Alamo

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Round 2

It's Blockbusters -Pick a letter, and it's your joker!

A Up to which number would you have to count, before you got one containing an A? 1000
B Which B was once Queen of the Iceni? Boadicea/Boudicca
C What C is a Greek dish containing squid? Calomares
D What D plays at Boghead? Dumbarton
E What was Ernie Wise's real surname? Wiseman
F With which sport do you associate Australian Nick Farr-Jones? Rugby Union
G Georgetown is the capital of which Commonwealth country? Guyana
H Halite is the proper name for which mineral? Rock Salt
I What sort of animal is an Ibex? A goat
J What would you need to play the game Jai-Alai? Ball
K The Koto is a zither-like musical instrument from which country? Japan
L What L is the Hindu goddess of beauty whose festival our children celebrate at Diwali? Lakshmi
M What M is played by four people and 144 tiles? Mah Jongg
N Which N is a country ruled by King Mahendra? Nepal
O Which O had a No 1 Hit in 1968 with I Pretend? Des O'Connor
P Which P made nearly 200 short films between 1933 and 1957? Popeye
Q What four events make up a Quadrathon? 2 mile swim, 30 mile walk, 100 mile cycling and a Marathon!
R Which R is where Magna Carta was signed? Runnymede
S Which S was an agricultural implement invented by Jethro Tull? Seed Drill
T Which T wrote about Adrian Mole? Sue Townsend
U Which U was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel? Uranus
V Which V was the Viking equivalent of heaven? Valhalla
W With which sport would you associate Helen Wills? Tennis
Y Which Y is a bird whose proper name is Embereza Citrinella? Yellowhammer
Z Only one group, artiste or musicians beginning with Z has had a No 1 hit in the UK - which? Zager and Evans - in the year 2525

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