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Pub Quiz thread

Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Spot on ! It involved the Queens own Yorkshire Dragoons, who were involved in the retaking of Syria from the Vichy French in 1941 - my Dad was in the Scots Greys at the time (also in Syria ). Over to you.
     
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  2. Supsale

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    The Storm about to hit us has been named ST Jude. Which two subjects is St Jude the Patron Saint of?
     
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  3. Bolton's Boots

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    Desperate cases and Luton - or are they the same thing? :)
     
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    Lost things / causes
     
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    Lost causes and depression?
     
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    Lost causes and 1960's boy bands from the Mersey area?
     
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  7. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    Not sure why you'd have a saint representing lost causes...if they're lost there's not much he could do about them! Perhaps he represents almost or seemingly lost causes<laugh>
     
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    My mother would also offer up a prayer to St Jude if she'd actually lost or misplaced something i.e in a hope that she would then somehow locate it - so lost items AND lost causes
     
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  9. Supsale

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    Correct BB, with the Tories, we all suffer from depression and we know the are a lost cause
     
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  10. Bolton's Boots

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    "British toys for British boys"

    Whose advertising slogan, and for which product?
     
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  12. wear_yellow

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    corgi Cars?
     
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    'Real hair' Barbie?
     
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  14. Bolton's Boots

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    No to all...
     
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  16. Bolton's Boots

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    No - well off track...
     
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    Hornby railway!!!!
     
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  18. wear_yellow

    wear_yellow Well-Known Member

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    I can vaguely recall this, but not the exact company, so a shot-gun approach..

    Lotus
    Aston Martin
    Morgan
    JCB
     
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  19. Bolton's Boots

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    That's the one...

    Over to you.
     
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    ... well booger me! thought the 'tracks' clue was ired herring too! ...

    OK here goes - to whom, for what and why... does the US Government currently owe an estimated $3.4 billion dollars?
     
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