The
Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 11th October 1999
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3 Points for
this who are the 3 male suspects in Cluedo? |
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2 |
In which 60s TV
drama did Ryan ONeil and Mia Farrow first get their big break? |
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3 |
Name the place
in the USA where there are giant heads of American presidents cut from a side of a
mountain? |
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4 |
Which famous
boxer said that Boxings just show business with blood? |
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5 |
Who did the CIA
once plan to assassinate with an exploding cigar? |
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6 |
What was the
Beach Boys first British No.1? |
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7 |
Which sinister
Russian was nicknamed the Mad Monk? |
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8 |
What letter of
the alphabet is represented in Morse code by 3 dots? |
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9 |
Last week the
music industry gave out the MOBO awards what does MOBO stand for? |
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10 |
What plant was
originally known as a love apple? |
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11 |
At which sea
battle was Nelson killed? |
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12 |
How did
Margaret McGregor and Loi Chow make sporting history in Seattle this weekend? |
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13 |
Which famous
actor narrates the Monday night series, Walking with dinosaurs? |
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14 |
Is CACCHINATION
a) Making a crackling sound, b) Making a cackling sound, c) a place of concealment, or d)
the art of hunting? |
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15 |
Today it was
announced that Heinz may be dropping which of their 57 varieties due to lack of demand? |
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16 |
Roger Moore is
to have a new TV action series, DREAM team, which is a re-hash of Charlies Angels
but how old is he? |
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17 |
Where did the
mice live in Bagpuss? |
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18 |
A lost work by
which famous composer was performed last week for the first time at Sothebys? |
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19 |
If talc is the
softest, what is the hardest? |
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20 |
What was the
Queen eating when the blackbird pie was opened? |
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21 |
Who asks the
questions on A Question of Sport? |
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22 |
What is the
Hermitage in St.Petersberg used for? |
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23 |
What is the
name of the German national airline? |
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24 |
Where were the
world firework championships decided at the weekend, despite bad wind conditions? |
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25 |
AOL and
Compuserve are both ISPs what does ISP stand for? |
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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? |
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2 |
With which
sport would you associate Stuart Law? |
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3 |
In which sport
could you play as an outside centre, an inside centre or a flanker? |
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4 |
Who is
presently top goalscorer in the Premier League? |
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5 |
Whats the
name of San Franciscos American Football team? |
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6 |
How many
substitutes are allowed for each team in an International Rugby Union match? |
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7 |
County cricket
now has 2 divisions. Which team, according to this years standings is top of the 2nd
division? |
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8 |
How long does a
netball match last? |
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9 |
What is the
only mixed sex team game, created in 1902 by a Dutch schoolteacher, and featured in the
Sheffield Student World Games? |
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10 |
How many
players are there in Australian Rules football? |
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11 |
The average
person swallows 295 times whilst eating a meal. |
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12 |
The US
airline, Pan Am, invented the Club sandwich and served it to passengers in their Club
Class section of the plane. |
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13 |
It is
illegal in Greenland to chew gum whilst driving a car. |
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14 |
Your body
makes about 3 mugfulls of spit a day. |
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15 |
There are
more cinemas in Mongolia than in Jamaica. |
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16 |
Top
underwear designer Janet Reger started with a market stall in the Old Kent Road. |
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17 |
A Welsh
golfer once hit his ball so hard that it flew straight up a sheeps backside. |
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18 |
The TV cook
Delia Smith started her career as a school dinner lady. |
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19 |
Scotland
has the highest proportion of red-headed people in the world. |
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20 |
Eskimos
have extra flaps in their noses so they do not freeze when it gets very cold. |
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21 |
How many days
of the week are named after Norse gods and goddesses? |
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22 |
How many days
of the week are named after objects in the solar system? |
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23 |
On which day of
the week does the Queen give pensioners Maundy money? |
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24 |
On which day of
the week is Prime Ministers Question Time in the House of Commons? |
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25 |
On which day of
the week did the original Mardi Gras take place? |
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