Pub Quiz thread

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Elton Hercules John . It came from Elton Dean and Long John Baldry from the band he played with, Bluesology
 
Gustav Holst dropped the 'von' from his name in 1918 because he was given a job by the YMCA who were worried his name sounded too German.
 
Elton Hercules John . It came from Elton Dean and Long John Baldry from the band he played with, Bluesology

Gustav Holst dropped the 'von' from his name in 1918 because he was given a job by the YMCA who were worried his name sounded too German.

I suppose SEJ can be classed as a "composer" - not quite what I had in mind though. I was thinking of Gustav Holst. I'll leave you and NZHorn to argue over who should set the next question.
 
I suppose SEJ can be classed as a "composer" - not quite what I had in mind though. I was thinking of Gustav Holst. I'll leave you and NZHorn to argue over who should set the next question.
Whatever next Vic. Of course he is a composer. Musical scores for the stage and screen apart from all the music he wrote to keep Bernie in a good standard of living. :emoticon-0100-smile

I would however believe that Gus is a better answer, so I will leave it for friend NZ..
 
[QUOTE="oldfrenchhorn, post: 7596849, member: 1000816] I would however believe that Gus is a better answer, so I will leave it for friend NZ..[/QUOTE]

While we're waiting, do you know where SEJ got the Hercules from Frenchie?
 
Whatever next Vic. Of course he is a composer. Musical scores for the stage and screen apart from all the music he wrote to keep Bernie in a good standard of living. :emoticon-0100-smile

I would however believe that Gus is a better answer, so I will leave it for friend NZ..

I did not mean to belittle SEJ - perish the thought. I'd always thought of him primarily as a performer/songwriter but as you say he has composed for the screen - Lion King comes to mind immediately.
 
[QUOTE="oldfrenchhorn, post: 7596849, member: 1000816] I would however believe that Gus is a better answer, so I will leave it for friend NZ..

While we're waiting, do you know where SEJ got the Hercules from Frenchie?[/QUOTE]
Not 100% sure, but there was a song on the Honky Chateau album called Hercules and there have been suggestions that it came from that. The first verse even mentions Watford.

Ooh I got a busted wing and a hornet sting
Like an out of tune guitar
Ooh she got Hercules on her side
And Diana in her eyes
 
You are both correct but Dave is more correct because Vic didn't say that bats held by Englishmen are blind, whereas bats held by other nationalities have much better vision.

So over to you, Dave.