Pub Quiz thread

[oldfrenchhorn]

Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin Delano Roosevelt both had ancestors from Amwell?

More recent for the one I was looking for.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

George Washington? Tring and Hitchin?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

George Washington was Sulgrave in Northants. Try the 20thC

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Kings Langley ?. .... ...Jimmy Carter had ancestors with Carter surname lived in village 1361-1588?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Correct Yorkie. The WO reported that a public meeting was held to discuss how to exploit the link and only five people turned up.

It is all yours.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

What recent match wasn't stopped even though the loser was on the ropes....

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Rochdale vs Leeds?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Rochdale vs Leeds?

No....

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The World Tug-of-War Championship final?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

No this is a major event....

 

[Deleted 1]

The Americas Cup

 

[geitungur akureyrar]

Boxing. There was a fight in november where the champion was losing and the fight was stopped to protect him. He keeps his chamionships as he was not beaten.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

No.... very current.....

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

The Ashes.

 

[Deleted 1]

The Ashes.

I did wonder but can't work out where the ropes come in.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

I did wonder but can't work out where the ropes come in.

The English batsmen couldn't find them either...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

The Ashes.

"If it was a boxing match it would have been stopped," admitted England captain Alastair Cook after another crushing defeat in Sydney sealed only the third 5-0 whitewash in more than 130 years of Ashes history.



Sorry for delay..... been a little busy....

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

A fairly simple one this time.

In which year did the DIY Workmate first come onto the market?

 

[colognehornet]

A fairly simple one this time.

In which year did the DIY Workmate first come onto the market?

1973 ?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

1973 ?

No