The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 12th April 1999
Round 1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 | Who won Best Actress award at last night's Baftas? | Cate Blanchett |
2 | Where in Britain are the Black Mountains? | South Wales |
3 | The composer of Oliver died last week - who was he? | Lionel Bart |
4 | What is the smallest American State? | Rhode Island |
5 | Spell SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC! | |
6 | Which colour cloth was reserved solely for the use of Roman Emperors? | Purple |
7 | There are 140 islands in the Scilly Islands - how many are inhabited? | 5 |
8 | Where in your body is your atlas and axis? | Bones in the neck. |
9 | Who is getting a divorce from Andre Agassi soon? | Brooke Shields |
10 | Which Duke lives at Chatsworth? | Devonshire |
11 | What do Britain, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Fasso, Togo and Ghana have in common that no other country has? | All on the Greenwich Meridian |
12 | If you're only 19, what is the National Minimum Wage for you? | £3.00 per hour |
13 | What sort of animal is a GILT? | A young female pig |
14 | A year either way - when did Sandie Shaw win the Eurovision Song Contest? | 1967 |
15 | What's the name of the new musical based on Abba songs? | Mamma Mia |
16 | What's the name of Spain's national airline? | Iberia |
17 | Is a SMUT-MILL a) A factory for pornography, b) a device for removing fungus from grain, c) a soot-grinder, or d) a maker of lampblack? | B |
18 | Which of the Muppets regularly used the catch phrase Kissy Kissy? | Miss Piggy |
19 | In the Phonetic alphabet which word is used for the letter I? | India |
20 | How can you tell African and Indian elephants apart? | By the ears |
21 | What was the name of the snail in the Magic Roundabout? | Brian |
22 | How many pieces of chicken do you get in a £3.99 KFC Variety meal? | 5 |
23 | What was the name of the Roman goddess of love? | Venus |
24 | From which Scottish port do most people get a ferry to Belfast? | Stranraer |
25 | Who was the first president of the USA? | George Washington |
Round 2
Last Weekend's Sport, Football Quotes, TV Comedy, Fruit and Veg, The Bible.
1 | What was Olazabel's total score for his winning of the US Masters? | 280, 8 under par. |
2 | How many Grand National jumps are jumped twice? | 12 |
3 | How many World Championship points did Eddie Irvine get at the Brazilian Grand Prix? | 2 |
4 | With which sport would you associate Fergal O'Brien? | Snooker |
5 | After 5 matches, which team is top and which team bottom of the Rugby League Super League? | St Helens/Hull |
6 | Who said in 1993 "I could manage England part-time and still walk the dog"? | Brian Clough |
7 | Who in 1996 said "Watching Manchester City is probably the best laxative you can take"? | Phil Neal |
8 | "I met Mick Jagger when I was playing for Oxford United and the Rolling Stones played there - little did I know that one day he'd be almost as famous as me"? | Ron Aktinson 1984 |
9 | Who did Alex Ferguson describe as "So mild-mannered when the volcano inside him isn't erupting"? | Eric Cantona |
10 | Complete Howard Wilkinson's quote "I'm a firm believer that if you score one goal, the other team......" | Have to score 2 to win! |
11 | Who played Albert Steptoe? | Wilfred Brambell |
12 | In Open All Hours, who did Ronnie Barker lust over? | Nurse Gladys Emmanuel |
13 | At which club did Arthur Daley drink? | The Winchester Club |
14 | What was the name of Rigsby's cat in Rising Damp? | Vienna |
15 | Name The Detectives? | Briggs and Louis |
16 | The Apple, Cherry and Blackberry all belong to which family of plants? | Roses |
17 | Bartlett and Conference are types of what? | Pears |
18 | What's another name for the Egg-Plant? | Aubergine |
19 | Which bitter plant is often added to coffee to cheapen it? | Chicory |
20 | What sort of fruit is a Kumquat? | A small orange |
21 | What was Adam and Eve's oldest child called? | Cain |
22 | Who in the bible had a coat of many colours? | Joseph |
23 | 2 either way - how many books are there in the New Testament? | 27 |
24 | Which of the four gospels was written by a tax collector? | Matthew |
25 | On which mountain did Noah's Ark come to ground? | Ararat |