Pub Quiz thread

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Theo, there are quite a lot of cities where the population is over a third - in St. Andrews (also a city) it is nearly half. Durham is nearly 40% - maybe we need another clue here.
 
When I arrived here on Wednesday I read this in two separate reputable guides and it sounded a remarkably high proportion of a major city's population but from your various responses it seems there are other European cities where more than a third of the residents are students. Half sounds extraordinary. When you add staff and all the services which support the institutions it must mean almost everyone is involved one way or another. Anyway, apologies for the question. Montpellier was the city I had in mind...60,000 plus university students in 2002...more now.

I will retire quietly to the bar across the street and refrain from relying on guide books for a bit!
 
hornethologist a.k.a. theo said:
When I arrived here on Wednesday I read this in two separate reputable guides and it sounded a remarkably high proportion of a major city's population but from your various responses it seems there are other European cities where more than a third of the residents are students. Half sounds extraordinary. When you add staff and all the services which support the institutions it must mean almost everyone is involved one way or another. Anyway, apologies for the question. Montpellier was the city I had in mind...60,000 plus university students in 2002...more now.

I will retire quietly to the bar across the street and refrain from relying on guide books for a bit!
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Cheers Theo.......seeing as Yorkie and I were the only ones attempting the last one I will set an easy one. If you see a statue of a man on a horse in a park or other public place what does it tell us about him if the horse has all 4 hooves on the ground ?
 
If I remember correctly what they said in the QI episode where they mentioned this, references to the significance of hoof positions is a complete myth (or less politely, a load of bollocks).
 
I think I may have to set another one here - the rule doesn't apply in all cases. The info. I have says that all 4 hooves on the ground tell us that the rider died a natural death - other info. contradicts this. Sorry, my mistake. So, a very easy one......which 2 tube stations in London are named after pubs ?
 
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