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  1. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

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    Answers next week. No cheating....

    1) In what year and where was the red and yellow card system introduced to manage football on-field discipline?
    2) Which club did Kevin Keegan leave to go to Newcastle?
    3) Why did Max Yasgur's US dairy farm become world famous in 1969?
    4) Who were the original 'Tories'?
    5) When were driving tests introduced in Britain?
    6) Which bone do jockeys break most often?
    7) Bill Clinton served as governor of which US state from 1979 to 1981?
    8) What makes an opera a grand opera?
    9) By trade, what was Shakespear's father?
    10) What colour blood has a lobster?
    11) Mick Jagger first appeared on TV doing what?
    12) After which creatures were the Canary Islands named?
    13) Who wrote the song "Belfast Child" in 1989
    14) Approximately how long is the lifespan of a robin?
    15) Who was the Roman god of sleep?
    16) On which race track was Jim Clark killed in 1967?
    17) What is the cube root of 729?
    18) Who was the first coloured performer to appear in the Black and White Minstrel show?
    19) What was the first film to feature the sound and visual depiction of a toilet flushing
    20) Which football manager remarked, 'I have just opened the trophy cabinet. Two Japanese prisoners of war came out.'
     
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  2. bradymk2

    bradymk2 Well-Known Member

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    2) hamburg?

    4) cityzen?

    7) arkansaw

    9) tanner?

    10) blue?

    16) hockenheim
     
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  3. originallambrettaman

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    18 was Lenny Henry wasn't it?

    And 20's Tommy Docherty.
     
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  4. balkan tiger

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    1 for sure and 1 a good maybe.

    3 Woodstock music festival
    6 clavical
     
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  5. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

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    A decent start gang. I won't mark them yet, let others have a go.
     
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  6. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

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    What about Q1? If you Google don't post the answers.
     
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  7. Ernie Shackleton

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    12) Dogs

    17) 9
     
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  8. The Piano Man

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    2 Southampton
    3 Woodstock
    12 Ducks
    17 9
     
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    3.



     
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  10. The B&S Fanclub

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    1) 2012
    2) Southampton
    3) Woodstock
    4) Members of a gentlemen's club
    5) 1956
    6) Shoulder
    7) Arkansas
    8) A top line singer/diva
    9) Butcher
    10) Blue
    11) Being interviewed about his school
    12) Canary birds
    13) Jim Kerr from Simple Minds
    14) One year.
    15) Fiftywinks
    16) Hockenhiem or such like in Germany
    17) 17
    18) Lovelace Watkins
    19) Citizen Kane
    20) Alex Ferguson

    All guesses, except for 2,3,7
     
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  11. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

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    You're getting better. A fair effort.
     
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    1. 1970 Mexico World Cup
    2. Southampton
    3. Woodstock
    6. Clavicle
    9. Butcher?
    12. Dogs
    16. Brands Hatch?
    17. 9
    19. Physco?
     
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  13. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

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    Good effort
     
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  14. tigerscanada

    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    An Eric moment !!

    19. Physco?

     
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    1 1987
    2 hamburg
    3 sending food into space
    4 queen victorias family
    5 1936
    6 collar
    7 pennsylvania
    8 when its offspring have offspring
    9 shop keeper
    10 blue
    11 snorting nesquick
    12 dogs
    13 u2
    14 18 months
    15 morpheus....
    16 brands hatch
    17 nine
    18 al jolson
    19 bottom the movie
    20 brian clough
     
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  16. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

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    An interesting mix of incorrect answers. You did get a few right though. Answers tomorrow.
     
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    more than half were guesses, i'm afraid.
     
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  18. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

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    At least you had a go.
     
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    i was a bit late seeing the new questions. i like to have a go, but don't expect to get more than a handful right. sometimes i'll leave an educated guess, but sometimes i'll put a daft answer when i've really no idea.
     
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  20. Brucebones

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    Baldrick's Cunning Plan, post: 17966524, member: 1017534"]Answers next week. No cheating....

    1) In what year and where was the red and yellow card system introduced to manage football on-field discipline? 1920
    2) Which club did Kevin Keegan leave to go to Newcastle? Hamburg
    3) Why did Max Yasgur's US dairy farm become world famous in 1969? The First to use milking machines
    4) Who were the original 'Tories'?
    5) When were driving tests introduced in Britain? 1935
    6) Which bone do jockeys break most often? Collarbone
    7) Bill Clinton served as governor of which US state from 1979 to 1981? Arkansas
    8) What makes an opera a grand opera? Male Tenner
    9) By trade, what was Shakespear's father? Carpenter
    10) What colour blood has a lobster? Blue
    11) Mick Jagger first appeared on TV doing what? Hosting TOTP
    12) After which creatures were the Canary Islands named? LIZARD
    13) Who wrote the song "Belfast Child" in 1989 Jim Kerr
    14) Approximately how long is the lifespan of a robin? 10 years
    15) Who was the Roman god of sleep? Zeus
    16) On which race track was Jim Clark killed in 1967? Brands Hatch
    17) What is the cube root of 729? 27
    18) Who was the first coloured performer to appear in the Black and White Minstrel show? Ray Charles
    19) What was the first film to feature the sound and visual depiction of a toilet flushing The Tramp
    20) Which football manager remarked, 'I have just opened the trophy cabinet. Two Japanese prisoners of war came out? Neil Warnock
     
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