Pub Quiz thread

Can't speak for the Norwegian clubs but I seem to remember Forest and United were both formed by players of other sports.

 

I won't 'bandy' about - you're on the right track.

 

Formed from ice skaters??/

 

The are or were all multi-sport clubs.

 

Slowly getting there. They originally started as teams for a particular sport, then were joined and eventually taken over by football. It's the original sport I'm looking for - it's not one readily associated with England. Before Chelsea FC were formed in 1905, this sport was regularly played at their ground - in fact the 1898 World Cup was held there - being popular because of the large immigrant population.

The ice skating bit is apparently a form of the sport played when ice was 'available' and presumably stopped the grass version from being played.

 

I know that Nottingham Forest were originally founded as a shinty club, and that 'bandy' was a kind of forerunner to ice hockey - so is it a common connection to a game played with a ball and stick ? Maybe shinty ?

 

That's the one - apparently an extremely popular sport in England prior to football taking hold, thanks to the large numbers of Scots who emigrated south.

Over to you.

 

Our last opponents in Europe, Sparta Prague, is also a multi-sport club - I went to see a Sparta ice hockey match when I was in Prague last February. I think that it is relatively common in Eastern Europe.

 

Cheers BB. You are unfortunate enough to receive a 'Subpoena and Summons Extraordinary'. This is issued by the 'Royal Court of the Raging Main' - where are you, and who is the judge ?

 

Anything to do with crossing the equator?

 

I think you've got it BB. You are shortly before the line crossing ceremony in many navies of the World and some merchant vessels. You are about to be initiated into the world of 'true seafarers', which normally involves some embarassing (or physically demanding) rituals decreed by King Neptune and his court (some of the crew, or officers dressed up) - before you receive the 'Order of the Golden Dragon' on the next day. Just one of many traditions by which sailors counterract boredom at sea. This is also the only time when all national or naval flags are pulled down (replaced with the skull and crossbones) and the Captain hands over command of his ship (to King Neptune). All very weird.......over to you.

 

Cheers - I went through the ceremony myself (nearly 50 years ago ) - not as a seafarer though, just a passenger.

What claim to fame did A. H. Chequer achieve on 16th March 1872?

 

First player to score in a FA Cup final I think, although I cannot say that I remember him clearly.

 

It would seem that you remember him well enough though...

His real name was Morton Betts - but quite why he chose to play under the pseudonym A.H.Chequer is anyone's guess...
Over to you.

 

Who was the Minister in the Wilson government who crossed the floor of the House and became a Minister in the Thatcher government?

 

Was it Reg Prentice ?

 

Yes cologne. I knew him quite well and he was a good hardworking MP. Over to you.

 

Thanks Frenchie. According to a tradition started in the time of James 1, and continued through to the present day. A flowering sprig of which plant is sent to the British monarch every year at Christmas ? For a bonus point - where is it sent from ?

 

Glastonbury thorn?

 

From glastonbury abbey..