The
Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz 8th November 1999
Round
1 General Knowledge/Current Affairs
1 |
In the famous
song, what sort of bird sang in Berkeley Square? |
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2 |
Who plays M in
the latest James Bond film (for the 3rd time) |
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3 |
Whats the
only word with the same number of letters as the number that it represents? |
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4 |
Who did
Jacqueline Kennedy marry in 1968? |
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5 |
Whats the
minimum age that Scotch whisky must be before it can be sold in the UK? |
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6 |
In which town
is Gracelands, the mansion that Elvis Presley built? |
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7 |
Primo Nebiolo
died yesterday at 76 What did he do for a living? |
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8 |
What was the
name of the illegal drinking clubs in the USA during prohibition? |
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9 |
Before
decimalisation, how many old pennies were in a crown? |
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10 |
What is the
unit of currency in Poland? |
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11 |
When you cross
the International Date Line from West to East, do you gain or lose a day? |
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12 |
Which
politician wrote his thoughts in a little red book? |
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13 |
If you were
CONTUMELIOUS would you be a) Willing to confess to anything, b) shifty and unreliable, c)
humbly creepy, or d) insolent |
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14 |
What
nationality was the hero William Tell, who shot an apple of his sons head? |
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15 |
Which English
city has tunnels called Kingsway and Queensway? |
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16 |
What was the
worlds first breakfast cereal, invented by a lawyer called H.D. Perky? |
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17 |
Which
countrys parliament is called the Knesset? |
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18 |
What familiar
product is graded in ASA and/or DIN numbers? |
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19 |
When was the
death penalty abolished in Great Britain for murder? |
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20 |
Which London
Street is associated with the Medical profession? |
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21 |
Who won the
Eurovision song contest once with a song called Whats another year? |
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22 |
In the new
series of the League of Gentleman, who plays the Mayor of Royston Vasey? |
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23 |
Who is the
quizmaster on University Challenge? |
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24 |
Which group had
a hit with Part of the Union, now the song of a TV commercial? |
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25 |
At what age
does lamb become mutton? |
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Sport, Famous
Airplanes, Music and Planets
1 |
As of this
weekend which team is top of the Unibond Premier League? |
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2 |
Who sponsors
the Scottish Premier League? |
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3 |
Who is
Australia playing in a Test Cricket series at the moment? |
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4 |
At which hole
did Tiger Woods make a triple bogey yesterday? |
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5 |
Scotland and
England have played football against each other 108 times how many times have
England won? |
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6 |
In which sport
are the officials known as Zebras? |
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7 |
How many events
are included in a Heptathlon? |
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8 |
In show
jumping, how many faults are given if a rider falls off? |
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9 |
Which Scottish
football club is named after a novel by Sir Walter Scott? |
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10 |
In which sport
was Donald Budge a champion many years ago? |
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11 |
How many
engines did the Wright Brothers aeroplane have? |
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12 |
Spitfires
were famous Battle of Britain fighters, but which other British fighter also fought in the
battle? |
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13 |
Whats
the name/number of Boeings latest airliner? |
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14 |
What was
the first jet airliner to enter commercial service? |
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15 |
What type
of aircraft dropped the famous bouncing bombs on the dams of the Ruhr? |
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16 |
Whose
album, Live at the BBC topped the charts in 1994? |
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17 |
How is
singer Paula Matthews better known? |
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18 |
Which group
had a hit with Legend of Xanadu in 1969? |
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19 |
Whose first
hit was Kids in America? |
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20 |
Who had
Breakfast at Tiffanys in 1996? |
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21 |
Which planet is
sometimes known as the Morning Star? |
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22 |
Who wrote the
Planets Suite? |
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23 |
Who is the
Daily Planets most famous female reporter? |
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24 |
How many of the
planets have rings? |
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25 |
What chain of
restaurants recently went bankrupt? |
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