Pub Quiz thread

[Bolton's Boots]

Anythig to do with Procul Harum? From Southend......and named after a cat apparently? and one of tiher first ever songs was poison ivy?

Near enough
Toxicodendron = Poison Ivy = the only hit song of Southend based group The Paramounts.
Disbanded in 1966, frontman Gary Brooker decided to concentrate on writing songs for other bands.
Unable to get others interested in his work, he reformed the group in 1967, naming it Procul Harum after a friend's pedigree Burmese Blue cat, specifically to record his song Whiter Shade of Pale.

Imagine having turned down the chance to record that - one of the few songs to sell over 10 million copies.

Over to you.

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

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[yorkshirehornet]

Great story. .and a one off amazing song

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Great story. .and a one off amazing song

I can remember the day it was released - was working in Somerset House at the time and used to spend my lunch breaks in a little record shop nearby in The Strand. The owners had it playing on loop, and people were standing inside and out, simply transfixed.

 

[Hornet-Fez]

One of my cousins walked down the aisle to that song.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

What is causing a lot of upset to female stinging insects recently?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

In the news

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Not followed through

 

[J T Bodbo]

I think it's to do with some form of wasp that isn't breeding. But that's all I can recall.

 

[duggie2000]

WASPI women
The Labour front bench were campaigning with them when they were fighting the Tories for compensation, and now can you believe it, I can, they are refusing to honour their promises

If Starmers rating falls much lower he will be PM of Australia soon

If anyone has a question please be my guest

 

[yorkshirehornet]

WASPI women
The Labour front bench were campaigning with them when they were fighting the Tories for compensation, and now can you believe it, I can, they are refusing to honour their promises

If Starmers rating falls much lower he will be PM of Australia soon

If anyone has a question please be my guest

You got it....... Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI)

 

[J T Bodbo]

Hang on. I got it. WASPI women aren't breeding ! Ha ha.

You got it....... Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI)

 

[Bolton's Boots]

If Starmers rating falls much lower he will be PM of Australia soon

Cheek - admittedly we've had some doozies for PM, but we've also had the Greatest Ever - Bob Hawke. His record of achievement in matters of importance is second to none - sculling a yard of ale in 11 seconds earned him an approval rating of 75%.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Where and when does s--t with a hat come early?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

A festive clue

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Not on Xmas eve..... earlier

 

[colognehornet]

Is this in the Netherlands where presents are generally given on St. Nicholas ie. Dec.7th/8th ?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Is this in the Netherlands where presents are generally given on St. Nicholas ie. Dec.7th/8th ?

I ll give it to you.....it is the same celebration but in Belgium On 6 December, Sinterklaas or "de Sint" in Flemish and Saint-Nicolas in French childdren open presents delivered by Sinterklaas the night berfore.

Sinterklaas wears a hat thus:

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[colognehornet]

I ll give it to you.....it is the same celebration but in Belgium On 6 December, Sinterklaas or "de Sint" in Flemish and Saint-Nicolas in French childdren open presents delivered by Sinterklaas the night berfore.

Sinterklaas wears a hat thus:

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Cheers Yorkie - sticking with Sinterklaas (the Flemich version). I got the date wrong - he arrives on the night of the fifth and stays around till the sixth. What forms of transport does he use to perform his duties, where does he arrive in Belgium, where does he come from - and lastly why has the whole thing become politically questionable (PC and all that) ?

 

[colognehornet]

Actually his initial arrival in Belgium is a couple of weeks previously.