The Pear Tree Monday Night Quiz - 15th February 99.

Round 1 – General Knowledge/Current Affairs,

1 Who did Popeye often have to fight for Olive Oyl’s favours?  
2 What is the more common name for the disease Rubella?  
3 The Midland Bank is changing its name to HSBC – what does the HS stand for?  
4 How many players are there in a baseball team?  
5 Who is the new king of Jordan?  
6 Who did Robert Ford shoot in Missouri in 1867 for a $10,000 reward?  
7 How many tiles are there in a Scrabble set?  
8 The word is CACKLEBERRIES – is it a) CB Radio slang for eggs, b) Any berries with hard seeds in them, c) toothless old hags, or d) a Scottish word for Acorns?  
9 If you were born on May 1st, what star sign would you be?  
10 Which country always leads the Olympic opening procession?  
11 Blondie were top of the charts last week with Maria – they have re-united after how many years?  
12 Which tobacco company has just lost the Royal Warrant, and must remove the royal coat of arms from its packets?  
13 What colour are letter boxes in France?  
14 Which musical instrument is played by the leader of the orchestra?  
15 Which sport was officially rejected last week as an Olympic trial event?  
16 Point each – who were the first men to climb Mount Everest?  
17 Which New Mexico town was supposed to have been visited by aliens in the late 1940’s?  
18 Which volcano destroyed the city of Pompeii?  
19 Which children’s TV character has been outed as gay by American preacher Jerry Falwell?  
20 From which planet did Mork come from in Mork and Mindy?  
21 Complete Bart Simpson’s blackboard quote – "A burp is not.."  
22 What did St Patrick allegedly chase out of Ireland?  
23 Talking of Ireland – what’s the Irish equivalent of the BBC?  
24 What did supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman invent in 1937?  
25 In which year was the state of Israel created?  

 

Round 2

This week’s TV,Famous Cats, Bond Films, Foreign Food

1 The Brit Awards are on Wednesday evening – who is hosting them?  
2 Nick Jordan helps a family make a difficult choice, but clashes with Karen over their troubled past – which program?  
3 In which program could you see Jill Dando, Jimmy Mulville and Ruth Stevenson?  
4 What’s the name of the new drama series on BBC1 about a women’s football team in Yorkshire?  
5 Who is returning to the screen on Friday with a new series of Murder Most Horrid?  
6 What’s the name of the Clinton’s cat?  
7 Which cartoon cat loves lasagne?  
8 Which author created the Cheshire cat?  
9 What’s the name of Data’s cat in Star Trek?  
10 Who’s cat is named Hot Dog?  
11 Dr Seuss wrote about which famous cat?  
12 Who wrote the poems upon which the musical Cats was based?  
13 Which cartoon cat never got the bird?  
14 Which cartoon cat’s catch phrase was "Heavens to Murgatroyd"?  
15 Which cat was the first cartoon movie star?  
16 In which James Bond film is Scaramanga the villain?  
17 In which Bond film do we meet Oddjob?  
18 What is the name of M’s secretary in most James Bond films?  
19 Who sung the theme to the James Bond film "Thunderball"?  
20 Which James Bond film was the first to star Timothy Dalton as Bond?  
21 What’s the name given to savoury Indian pasties filled with meat or vegetables, and flavoured with herbs and spices?  
22 What are the little parcels of raw fish and rice called in Japanese cookery?  
23 If you were in an American restaurant and wanted your food grilled, what word would you look for on the menu?  
24 What is the main spice used to make a Hungarian Goulash?  
25 From where do Balti dishes originate?  

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