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Pub Quiz thread

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

  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    a bit of a marathon this one ;)
     
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    <laugh> Very good Yorkie! I assume they would be arguing over whether or not the organisers of the cancelled Sheffield half marathon should refund the entrance fee.
     
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  3. yorkshirehornet

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    yes good enough... over to you!
     
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    Oh bloody hell - sorry all. Haven't been able to get on here this week. I can't think of a decent one and not sure when i'll get on next so the next person to come on can have the honour instead - or Yorkie can decide.
     
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  5. colognehornet

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    OK. I'll jump in here if no one minds. If you are turning off an AIS Transponder which you are legally required to have, who are you and where are you ?
     
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  6. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    The skipper of a boat and in port. AIS is the position finder for boats which talks to the nearest strand station to about 100km.
     
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  7. colognehornet

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    I knew that was too easy. As the Captain of a Ship you would also be entitled to turn it off when in waters at risk from piracy such as the Red Sea or Gulf of Aden. Over to you AK.
     
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    I knew that.
     
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  9. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    So you should have made the answer.


    What work did the only Englishman to have this position do before he did that work and who was he?
     
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  10. yorkshirehornet

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    was it a pope?
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

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    Nicholas Breakspear, aka Pope Adrian IV, he of Abbots Langley fame? I'm tempted to say brewer, but...

    I don't think he had any other career apart from the church - rose from canon to cardinal before being elected pope, then suffered the ignominy of being killed by a fly.
     
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  12. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    Yorkie had the job he did uniquely but I wanted the job before and who he was.

    BB is so close I have to give him the answer. Nicholas Brakespear was the only English Pope but before that he was the Papal Legate for Scandinavia and a cardinal.
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

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    Which football club took its name from a branch of what is now known as the Territorial Army?
     
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  14. yorkshirehornet

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    yeoman fc in Tasmania?
     
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  15. Bolton's Boots

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    Wasn't thinking that far afield... Closer to home - in fact, at home.
     
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    Woolwich Arsenal?
     
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  17. Bolton's Boots

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    No - I think Woolwich Arsenal were actually formed by workers at the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society. The club I'm thinking of originally comprised of volunteer soldiers, and took its name from the regiment.
     
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  18. Jsybarry

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    Given where you live, is it Inverness Caledonian Thistle?
     
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  19. Bolton's Boots

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    No, but you've got the right country....
     
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  20. geitungur akureyrar

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    Was it the dead football company Third Lanark Athletic Club?
     
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