ANSWERS BELOW..... Baldrick's May 2025 Quiz - Last of the season. Next hopefully in August 1) Who became the first football player from Britain to command a transfer fee of £50,000? 2) Dundee United have played Barcelona 4 times. How many games did they win? 3) Only two national teams in the world have never lost a football match against Brazil. Name either one? 4) What is the highest horse racing course above sea level in the UK? 5) Ray Davies sung which top hit by The Kinks during the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony? 6) Whom did Robert E. Lee surrender to at Appomattox? 7) In 1976, Concorde's first commercial from Paris was to where? 8) How many prisoners were executed at Alcatraz penitentiary? 9) Who is the Roman God of War? 10) In Oliver Twist, what do ***in's boys call the handkerchiefs they pickpocket? 11} What is petrology the study of? 12) What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere? 13) Which trees produce acorns? 14) During World war 2, Operation Chastise is better known as what? 15) What part of a sailboat does the tiller move? 16) Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia? 17) Who was the first actor to be paid $1 million for a role, for "Bridge on the River Kwai"? - and extra point for the first female actress to be paid the same fee for another film? 18) Christiania was a former capital of which country between 1624-1924? 19) Two records have the shortest UK top 10 hit by title. Name either one? 20) What two disasters did Violet Jessop remarkably survive in the early part of the 20th century? ANSWERS.... 1) John Charles 2) 4 3) Norway and Senegal 4) Exeter 5) Waterloo Sunset 6) Ulysses S.Grant 7) Rio de Janeiro 8) None 9) Mars 10) Wipes 11) Rocks 12) Carbon dioxide 13) Oak trees 14) The 1943 Dambusters air raid on Germany 15) The rudder 16} Ural Mountains 17) William Holden and Elizabeth Taylor 18) Norway 19) "If" by Telly Savalas, released in 1975, "19" by Paul Hardcastle released in 1985 20) Violet Jessop remarkably survived two major ship disasters: the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and the sinking of the HMHS Britannic in 1916. She was also on board the RMS Olympic when it collided with a warship in 1911, but that event was not a sinking. P.S. Imagine booking a holiday on a P&O cruise with her.
8. not bad. was in the right area with number 20, maybe would have been okay if i hadn't specified which ships
Not my best, 5 1/2, I got Titanic for Q20. But in my defence I was still down from my Fantasy PL defeat! I knew the first one was a Welsh guy, just couldn’t remember his bloody name!
if we're having half marks, i''ll have one for #20 as well, so 8.5. then again, i reckon "she survived two ship sinkings" should be enough for the mark.
8 for me. Slightly embarrassed getting my sole posted answer wrong as it only reached number 27, but googling it just now ‘3’ by Britney Spears reached number 7 in 2009 so I’m still not ‘aving the official answer to number 19. Bring the quizzes back next season though, they’re one of the calmest parts of the board!
I've no doubt there will be errors so I welcome corrections. So, what do you say the answer to Q19 should be?
Did anyone guess Q2 correctly?... https://www.nottheoldfirm.com/opinion/dundee-united-and-their-100-record-against-barcelona/
