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Pub Quiz thread

Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    I am getting nowhere

    clue ? :)
     
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  2. Bolton's Boots

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    OK- the trophy was for a competition played annually between the best amateur and best professional club in England.

    Given that, I'm not sure how we came to be involved in 1966...
     
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  3. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Was this the resurrected Sheriff of London Shield ? The last 2 were won by Watford against Corinthian Casuals.
     
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  4. Bolton's Boots

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    That's the one - I watched the 1966 win, a 7-0 romp with a rare goal by Chopper Welbourne & a hat trick by Denis Bond - but missed the second one, in which I believe Graham Taylor made a substitute appearance.

    Over to you...
     
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  5. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Cheers BB. Which countries capital city is an anagram of a former capital ?
     
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  6. Bolton's Boots

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    Tokyo/Kyoto?
     
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  7. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    I knew that was too easy. Back to you BB.
     
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  8. Bolton's Boots

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    :emoticon-0148-yes:

    Not that I've ever played the game, but - golfers shout 'Fore' before taking a shot, which is a modified version of which word?
     
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  9. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I thought it was modified from before, but don't know why. It sounds odd, unless it means take cover before the ball hits you on the head.
     
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  10. Bolton's Boots

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    It is too - and does sound odd to me too.

    Over to you...
     
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  11. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    “A good man and a sportsman all his life”, runs his epitaph in the Vicarage Road cemetery.

    Who is this about?
     
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  12. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Harry Kent, longest-serving of all Watford managers
     
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  13. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Spot on Yorkie. <ok> Over to you. :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  14. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Easy one:

    Don't google it!!

    In radio commentary what did commentators use to say when the ball went back to the keeper and why?
     
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  15. canary-dave

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    Back to square one, because the Radio Times had a diagram of a football pitch divided into squares so listeners could follow the commentary!
     
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  16. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    <ok>

    your play :)
     
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  17. canary-dave

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    Cheers Yorkie.

    In the film Bridget Jones's Diary, what is the colour of the soup Bridget serves to her friends?
     
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  18. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Noooo..... you mean I have got to watch that film.. again.......... :emoticon-0130-devil
     
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  19. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Er, blue ?
     
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  20. canary-dave

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    Spot on sir <applause>

    All yours!
     
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