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Pub Quiz thread

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

  1. oldfrenchhorn

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    21st January 1882 v Nascot. No I could not make it that day! :(
     
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  2. Bloother

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    Sat 21 Jan 1882
    Nascot 0 Watford Rovers 2
    Give it to Frenchie (you beat me to it any way) <cheers>
     
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    Snap
     
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  4. oldfrenchhorn

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    In which game did Graham Taylor give away a penalty when playing for WFC? There were spectators who paid to see it as a clue.
     
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  5. yorkshirehornet

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    was it a testimonial?
     
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  6. oldfrenchhorn

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    No
     
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  7. Jsybarry

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    Was it giving away some penalty runs in one of the cricket matches against Langleybury CC? Not sure how he could've done it, though.
     
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  8. oldfrenchhorn

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    No, it was football. It was the only time GT turned out for a WFC team and he came on for the last 16 minutes of the game.
     
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  9. oldfrenchhorn

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    Clue: 1980's
     
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  10. yorkshirehornet

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    You had to go to your grandsons wedding
     
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  12. colognehornet

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    For the centenary of Corinthian Casuals in 1983 - both sides actually wore Victorian style kit for the day and GT. came on as a substitute.
     
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    Exactly cologne. All yours.
     
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  14. colognehornet

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    Cheers Frenchie. What was the connection between King William the 4th and the 'Spanish solution' ?
     
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  15. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    Railway stations...having platforms on both sides for entering and exiting passengers and the name of a defunct London Underground station.
     
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  16. colognehornet

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    That's it Theo, the Spanish Solution was initiated to ensure that people could disembark and enter a train at the same time. This was first done at King William Street station in the city of London in 1895. Over to you.
     
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  17. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    Who fathered at least 13 children by four different women, wore his hair in a ponytail as an act of defiance towards his father and, long after his death, appeared in a design on the side of a coke bottle honouring his native country?
     
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  18. vic-rijrode

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    Pope Benedict XVIII ?
     
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  19. yorkshirehornet

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    erm.... Coke.... so South American??
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

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    Actually it's Robbie Burns
     
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