Answers next week, no cheating. If you Google the answers don't post. 1) Who was the first goalkeeper to score in the Premier League? 2) Why are Sheffield Wednesday called 'Wednesday'? 3) Which country came second to the USA in the 1920 Antwerp Olympic medal table? 4) In athletics, which is the final event in the heptathlon 5) Why was William Taynton famous? 6) How many chambers does the human heart have? 7) The 39th parallel separates Canada from the USA; but what does the 38th parallel separate? 8) Name the Flinstone's daughter? 9) In 1915, Mrs Edith Smith became England's first woman what? 10) Which is the only city in the world located on two continents 11) A geisha girl makes up her face in what colour? 12) What connection was there between the deaths of Keith Moon and Mama Cass Elliott? 13) Brontophobia is fear of what? 14) Which train station in the UK has the most platforms? 15) A famous pop star name taken from a woman burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials for practicing the black arts. Who is it? 16) What chemical element has symbol Hg 17) USA States: 50th Hawaii, 49th Alaska. Name the 48th? 18) “Where the hell are the parachutes? Were the last words spoken by whom before he boarded a plane that went missing over the English Channel in 1944? 19) How do the tails of monkeys and apes differ? 20) Who wrote ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’?
1. Peter Schmeichel 2. They always used to only play on Wednesday. (Ted Lasso reference if it’s actually true.) 3. Canada 4. 800 metres 5. Last man to be executed in uk! 6. 4 7. N & S Korea 8. Pebbles 9. Doctor 10. Istanbul 11. White 12. Died in a pool 13. Brontosaurus’ 14. Paddington 15. Madonna 16. Hydrogen 17. New Mexico 18. 19. Apes don’t have tails 20. Alexander Du Pre
1) Schmeichel. 2) Used to play on Wednesday afternoons 3) Belgium 4) 400 metres 5) Invented ketchup 6) 4 7) North and South Dakota 8) Bam-Bam 9) Magistrate 10) Istanbul 11) Grey 12) Same day 13) Dinosaurs 14) Victoria 15) Janice Joplin 16) Mercury 17) Texas 18) Glenn Miller 19) Length 20) Victor Hugo All guesses.
1. 2. I'll go with general consensus - they played on wednesday 3. 6. 4 7. N/S Korea 8. BamBam 9. Doctor? 10. Istanbul 11. White 14. Waterloo? 15. Alice Cooper? 16. Mercury 17. New Mexico 18. Glenn Miller 19. Apes dont have tails 20
I hate to be pedantic but no one was burnt at the stake in the Salem witch trials, the form of execution was hanging, although one guy died whilst being "pressed to plead" and some others died in prison.
Fair enough, you're right. I don't have time to check every answer but have a guess at the name. You just can't trust these £1 quiz books you buy from charity shops. https://www.history.com/news/were-witches-burned-at-the-stake-during-the-salem-witch-trials
I agree. It's hard to get the balance right but at the end of the day it's just something to take our minds of a relegation battle.
[QUOTE="The B&S Fanclub, post: 18202658, member: 1002073" ]1) Schmeichel. 2) Used to play on Wednesday afternoons 3) Belgium 4) 400 metres 5) Invented ketchup 6) 4 7) North and South Dakota 8) Bam-Bam 9) Magistrate 10) Istanbul 11) Grey 12) Same day 13) Dinosaurs 14) Victoria 15) Janice Joplin 16) Mercury 17) Texas 18) Glenn Miller 19) Length 20) Victor Hugo All guesses.[/QUOTE] Another decent go. 7 this time.
I hate USA but 7 and 17 are the only ones I can definitely answer. North South Korea Arizona. Bam Bam was the Rubbles…seem to remember adopted.
