Pub Quiz thread

[yorkshirehornet]

Dana?

 

[andytoprankin]

Sinéad O'Connor?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Ruby Murray?

 

[andytoprankin]

Ruby Murray?

How very decent of you, BB. Make mine a Madras.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

How very decent of you, BB. Make mine a Madras.

All out of Madras - here's a Mumbai instead.....

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[andytoprankin]

BB.

 

[Jsybarry]

You're all wrong - much more recent. She wasn't born in Britain but is now a British citizen.

 

[Jsybarry]

Also, her husband is a former world champion.

 

[geitungur akureyrar]

Katie Melua is married to James Toseland the motorcycle world champion. She is from Georgía.

 

[Jsybarry]

Well done, Ak.

 

[geitungur akureyrar]

Which football club was nicknamed the Redcoats?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Which football club was nicknamed the Redcoats?

That was one of about three nicknames given to the now defunct Third Lanark FC.

 

[geitungur akureyrar]

That was one of about three nicknames given to the now defunct Third Lanark FC.

That is correct.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Who or what was Batoutahelius?

 

[vic-rijrode]

Who or what was Batoutahelius?

Meep, meep!

 

[andytoprankin]

vic.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Meep, meep!

Will give you that.

It was the mock Latin name given to Road Runner during the 'Wild about Hurry' episode of the cartoon.

 

[vic-rijrode]

What was unusual about the first performance of Puccini's last opera?

 

[zen guerrilla]

If you talk of Turandot, the opera was not finished when Giacomo Puccini died and Franco Alfano completed the work. In first performance the opera was stopped where Puccini stopped.

 

[vic-rijrode]

If you talk of Turandot, the opera was not finished when Giacomo Puccini died and Franco Alfano completed the work. In first performance the opera was stopped where Puccini stopped.

Pretty easy one eh! Over to you..........