Pub Quiz thread

[yorkshirehornet]

Never has the town of poughkeepsie been so searched after I now know that it had something to do with whaling, that 39.8% of its inhabitants are non hispanic white and that a Hendrick Jans van Ooosteron was one of its founders !! Other than that I guess it has something to do with those nasty chess computers that have the impertinence to sometimes beat us Oh, it's also famous for Smith Brothers Menthol cough drops.

None of the above.! But something like chess

 

[Hornet-Fez]

scrabble was invented there or there abouts

 

[yorkshirehornet]

scrabble was invented there or there abouts

Yes you got it....

Scrabble was invented by an unemployed architect
While you might assume Scrabble was invented by a writer, teacher, or librarian, that honor actually goes to Alfred Mosher Butts, an out of work architect from Poughkeepsie, New York. He combined elements from anagrams and crossword puzzles to create a scoring word game.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Fez......

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Oh crap...

 

[Hornet-Fez]

After football or if someone has one ready?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Oh crap...

Is it what the Tories all voted to dump in England's seas and rivers?

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Starry Night; The Sunflowers; The Road Menders; The Red Vineyard; The Night Cafe; Poppy Field;
Which is the odd one out and why?

 

[colognehornet]

Starry Night; The Sunflowers; The Road Menders; The Red Vineyard; The Night Cafe; Poppy Field;
Which is the odd one out and why?

Poppy Field - all the others are paintings by van Gogh.

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Poppy Field - all the others are paintings by van Gogh.

Spoiler alert: they are all VvG paintings

 

[colognehornet]

Spoiler alert: they are all VvG paintings

Another stab - The Red Vineyard is the odd one out because it was the only painting sold in his lifetime - all the others were after his death.

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Another stab - The Red Vineyard is the odd one out because it was the only painting sold in his lifetime - all the others were after his death.

That's the one! All yours!

 

[colognehornet]

That's the one! All yours!

Cheers Fez. Which famous innovator broke his hand jumping over a stool ?

 

[andytoprankin]

Cheers Fez. Which famous innovator broke his hand jumping over a stool ?

I’m going for Dick Fosbury.

 

[colognehornet]

I’m going for Dick Fosbury.

It was indeed Dick Fosbury ! You could say his innovation turned out to be a bit of a flop. Apparently when trying to master the straddle technique of jumping (normal at that time but he was useless at it) he broke his hand trying to jump over a stool. Over to you Andy.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

It was indeed Dick Fosbury ! You could say his innovation turned out to be a bit of a flop. Apparently when trying to master the straddle technique of jumping (normal at that time but he was useless at it) he broke his hand trying to jump over a stool. Over to you Andy.

Did he die of a broken hand recently?

 

[andytoprankin]

It was indeed Dick Fosbury ! You could say his innovation turned out to be a bit of a flop. Apparently when trying to master the straddle technique of jumping (normal at that time but he was useless at it) he broke his hand trying to jump over a stool. Over to you Andy.

Thanks, cologne.

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[andytoprankin]

I believe he was 17 at the time.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Is this an English football league team kit?

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Is this an English football league team kit?

Looks like our away kit circa 2006... Bang Bang?