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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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

  1. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    Sorry kiwi, not the Monument...
     
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  2. sb_73

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    Is it that strange lump of rock on Cannon Street now? Does it have a name?
     
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  3. QPR999

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    If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's called ' The London Stone' and it's displayed in a protective grille outside WH Smiths.

    please log in to view this image
     
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  4. qprbeth

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    Yes London Stone....I am not sure that it is visible now, inside a shop....But there is a pub of the same name nearby
     
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    You can still see it from the street Beth, it's set into a recess in the wall.
     
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  6. sb_73

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    There's a similar but much larger thing near where I was brought up, the Weald Stone, in errr, Wealdstone, outside a pub called The Weald Stone. An ancient boundary marker of some sort probably, as its quite near Grims Dyke, now the home of an ultra snobby golf club. if it hasn't been built over, I haven't been back round there for decades.
     
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  7. Sooperhoop

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    Yes folks, it's the London Stone, once part of a much bigger stone, this remnant is encased in the wall of No.111 Cannon Street which is built over the original Candlewick Street. The stone was also built into the wall of St. Swithin's Church which was eventually demolished in 1962 and moved to it's current site where it has Grade II listed status.

    sb got it in all but name so over to you...
     
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    Name the 2 literary sisters, both Dames, who never talk to each other.
     
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    Byatt and her sister Margret Babble (no not quite right, Grabble)....will google it
     
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    Drabble!
     
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    Brava Beth. Apparently they hate each other and haven't talked for years. That alone guarantees that I will never attempt to read any of their work.
     
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    Who played 171 times as centre half for Doncaster Rovers, but is commemorated with a blue plaque in Barnsley for another reason
     
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    Charlie Williams
     
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    Is it Charlie Williams ? He played for Doncaster, was born near Barnsley and later in life was one of Britain's first stand up comedians to come from Afro Caribbean origins.

    Darn it too late !
     
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    Just a guess, but is it Charlie Williams?
     
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    Think you were just first KPD...take it away
     
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  17. KPDHoopster

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    Here goes, my first attempt :

    Which character in The Magic Roundabout rode a tricycle?
     
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    Dylan, the rabbit (hare?) springs to mind?
     
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    Mr McHenry of course. I loved the very grown up Eric Thompson voice over to this. Mollusc.

    Worryingly I can remember **** like this much more easily than I can where my car keys are.
     
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