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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Rollercoaster Ranger, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. sb_73

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    Molineux
     
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  2. Sooperhoop

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    Good try, but Moss Rose is an Old English group of roses which then have varieties of with different names.

    The answer I'm looking for is a rose that was specifically bred and then named after the football ground, presumably the breeder was a fan of the club...
     
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  3. Sooperhoop

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    Got it! Over to you sb...
     
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    The wonders of googling 'list of roses names' and scrolling down to M.....

    Easy one. Which player has played for the most professional clubs during his career?
     
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  5. QPR999

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    Anelka
     
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  6. sb_73

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    No. You'll kick yourself mate......
     
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    Sir Les?
     
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    No, though we were one of this blokes clubs.
     
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  9. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    Got it. 30 years a professional, on the books of an astounding 29 clubs, but actually turned out for 20. Played in the premier league for City when he was 43.
     
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    I gathered from your post sb that he was a Ranger. I couldn't work out which one before brainbox Roller got in. ;)
     
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  12. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    Who was the first non-royal to appear on a UK postage stamp?
     
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    Gotta be Churchill
     
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  14. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    Oh no it doesn't
     
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  15. Sooperhoop

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    Shakespeare?...
     
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    Isamabad Brunel
     
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  17. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    Yes, in 1964
     
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  18. Sooperhoop

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    My juvenile philately bears fruit!...:grin:

    What is the largest city north of the Arctic Circle?...
     
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  19. Shawswood

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    Мурманск, or Murmansk in English?
     
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  20. QPR999

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    That one in Norway. Can't remember it's name... Tromso?
     
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