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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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    That's it Yorkie - there is actually some debate about this but for the Hebrews it was like 'swearing on the seed of Abraham` - making an oath could also be made holding the testicles of the person being sworn to ! From which the words to testify and testament are thought to have arisen - but there are other theories on this. Over to you !
     
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  2. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    I feel somehow.... unclean ;)

    good one..... :)
     
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  3. vic-rijrode

    vic-rijrode Well-Known Member

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    So that's what Vinnie Jones was doing - swearing an oath! All this time I was convinced that he was just being a thug......

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  4. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Who was the first Watford manager to begin and end his role in the same calendar year? And why am i asking this today?
     
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  6. vic-rijrode

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    Colin Lee in 1990 and today (24 November) was his last match in charge. I believe it was also Ossie Ardiles' last match in charge of Newcastle Utd whom we played at St James Park on that day, losing 0-1 to a late Mick Quinn (yes really) goal after a Gary Porter missed penalty. The attendance, on a bitterly cold day on Tyneside, was 13,774 (giving the lie to the oft-trumpeted "loyalty" of the Toon Army).

    Once again, I was there - the coldest match I ever watched (and I was one of the 2,298 at the Associate Members Cup Tie v. Torquay Utd in Jan 1997 when the snow was falling through the gaps in the Main Stand roof).
     
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  7. yorkshirehornet

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    Good one.... .and great backstory :)

    over to you
     
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  8. vic-rijrode

    vic-rijrode Well-Known Member

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    Just warmed up now after all this time.

    OK, why was St James Park involved in the recent First Round of the FA Cup?
     
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  9. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Because St. James Park is the home stadium of Brackley Town who played there against Gillingham ?
     
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  10. vic-rijrode

    vic-rijrode Well-Known Member

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    I'll give this one to you mein kolche horn, you are half right. St James Park is indeed the home of Brackley Town, but it was Newport County with whom they played out a 2-2 draw, losing 4-1 in the replay.

    Over to you.

    Apologies for the pseudo-deutsche!
     
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  11. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Vic......It's meine Kölsch Hornisse ! Kölsch is actually the name of the Beer, the dialect of Cologne and also the people born there. Consuming large quantities of the beer helps with speaking the dialect (causal effect) I am actually married to a Kölsch Madel. Ok. I can be up to 88 metres high and 50 metres wide - my length has no restrictions, what am I and where ?
     
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  12. vic-rijrode

    vic-rijrode Well-Known Member

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    Danke, mein Freund!
     
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    The Cresta Run????
     
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  14. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Nope, sorry Dave.
     
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  15. canary-dave

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    An Olympic standard ski-jump?
     
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  16. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    First clues.....the 88 metres height limit and the width limit of 50 metres are the maximum measurements. Many are under this but exceeding these would involve a very long journey. From the 88 metres normally only about 68 would be actually visible.
     
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  17. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    On average there are 47 of us in this place at one time. All of us within the measurements already given.
     
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  18. Jsybarry

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    I think that last clue rules out my idea of a film or TV studio.
     
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  19. NZHorn

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    Ah! Obviously it's the egos of American presidential candidates.
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    Is it a bus? or something similar.... maximum size?
     
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