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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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

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  1. QPR999

    QPR999 Well-Known Member Staff Member

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    Is it something to do with them being the turrets from the cannons used in WWI Sooper? Or at least something very similar.

    Btw, nice input Kilburn. The South Bank Lion doesn't get dirty due it being made from Coadestone. I believe the recipe for it has been lost, hence why nothing has been created from it since circa 1840.
     
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  2. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    It may well have been originally, but thousands were added after the Square Mile was fortified after the Baltic Exchange blast by the IRA. The answer I'm looking for has something to do with them visually...
     
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  3. IwasanotherwatfordR

    IwasanotherwatfordR Well-Known Member

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    Colours are City of London Corporation colours. Within the square mile.
     
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  4. Sooperhoop

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    They are, but there's something else which is on every one...
     
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  5. IwasanotherwatfordR

    IwasanotherwatfordR Well-Known Member

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    Rusting abandoned bicycle with saddle and front wheel removed ? Date of casting ?
     
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  6. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    Yes, every one has the date embossed and the raised numerals painted. The bicycles are optional...:grin:
     
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  7. IwasanotherwatfordR

    IwasanotherwatfordR Well-Known Member

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    Wow that was just a guess!

    How many roads in the London W1 postcode area have the word Road in their name, as opposed to Street or Place or Mews etc ?
     
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  8. Kilburn

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    A trick question - is it none? - I seem to recall this was previously used on here?
     
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  9. IwasanotherwatfordR

    IwasanotherwatfordR Well-Known Member

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    Has it been previously used ? Anyway, it is not none.
     
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    Is it one?
     
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  11. IwasanotherwatfordR

    IwasanotherwatfordR Well-Known Member

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    Yes, Tottenham Court Road.
     
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  12. Shawswood

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    Pure flukey guess on my part, I really haven't a clue!
     
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  13. QPR999

    QPR999 Well-Known Member Staff Member

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    I think that's right Twins, Tottenham Court Road?
     
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  14. Kilburn

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    At least these bollards are not of this variety........which would definitely give you a rise!

    Couple whose £20,000 BMW M3 was written off when automatic bollard malfunctioned and rose at wrong time win four-year legal battle

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    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ng-bollard-win-year-legal-battle-council.html
     
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  15. Shawswood

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    You could kill every living one of these animals, and yet within a short time you could have many more. How?
     
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    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12 Forum Moderator

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    This could apply to anything with external eggs
    Chickens/birds (especially cuckoos), frog/toad tadpoles, fish, fleas.

    Or am I up the wrong street
     
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  17. Shawswood

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    Oops, I didn't phrase that very well! None of what you said....
    No eggs involved; Even if every one of these animals were to be destroyed, they would still not be extinct, but would reappear within a few months.
     
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  18. kiwiqpr

    kiwiqpr Barnsie Mod

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    maggots
     
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    Is it Chelsea fans?
     
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  20. kiwiqpr

    kiwiqpr Barnsie Mod

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    Chelsea fans,maggots
    same thing really
     
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