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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Rollercoaster Ranger, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. terryb

    terryb Well-Known Member

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    Wow, I got one!

    Back to football. In my lifetime (born '52) my other footballing love, Chesham United, have had 7 or 8 (figure disputed) players that have played in the top division of English football. Name 5 of them please.

    As a little help 4 of them played for Chesham at the end of their careers.
     
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  2. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    Sir Luther Blissett
    Saint Stewart Scullion
    Bruce Grobelaar
    DJ Campbell
    Wayne Dyer (Not sure if he played in the top division ?)
     
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  3. terryb

    terryb Well-Known Member

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    Not quite Cologne. Blissett was manager but never played & I don't know who Wayne Dyer is!

    So that's three of them named.

    If you meant Wayne Andrews he never played in the top division.
     
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  4. terryb

    terryb Well-Known Member

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    In case anybody wants to play, I detail below the career paths of the missing players.

    1) Watford, Sheffield United, Leeds, QUEENS PARK RANGERS, Chesham, Southend, Torquay, Stockport.
    2) Preston, Brighton, Liverpool, Barnet, Tampa Bay, Corby, Chesham
    3) West Ham, Chelsea, West Brom, Brentford, Colchester, Chesham
    4) Chesham, Oldham, Southampton,Palace, Wigan, QUEENS PARK RANGERS, Newcastle, Watford
    5) Chesham Youth, Oxford, Reading,Chelsea, Southampton, Luton, Millwall, Watford, Doncaster
     
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  5. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    I'll add Tony Currie and One Size to Cologne's list then
     
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  6. terryb

    terryb Well-Known Member

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    Over to you sb.

    The others were Mark Lawrenson, Alan Dickens & Kerry Dixon.
     
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  7. sb_73

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    Name the next in this sequence:
    Royal Engineers
    Oxford University
    Royal Engineers
    Old Etonians
    Old Etonians
    Oxford University
    Royal Engineers
    .............?
     
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  8. Stroller

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    Wanderers?
     
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  9. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    No mate, but you are on the right lines......
     
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  10. Stroller

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    Resisting the temptation to look it up. It's early FA Cup winners, so............Blackburn?
     
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  11. Shawswood

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    Clapham Rovers; beaten finalists in the first 8 FA cups
     
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  12. terryb

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    Blackburn Olympic?
     
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  13. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    Got it Grinners, bad luck Stroller.

    Note to self: make questions more cryptic.
     
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  14. Shawswood

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    OFOFWW; what do these initials stand for?
     
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  15. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    Its what I say when I stub my toe:

    "Oh **** off ****ing w***ing w***er"
     
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  16. Stroller

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    Just looked it up. You could have worked Queens' Park in there Stan - didn't know until just now that they were runners-up twice.
     
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  17. Shawswood

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    Brilliant!
     
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  18. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    FA Cup is an Aladdin's Cave of stuff Stroller, I spent a good few minutes reading up on the history of Wanderers and The Wednesday
     
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  19. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    Oscar Wilde couldn't have expressed that any better
     
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  20. sb_73

    sb_73 Well-Known Member

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    You clever bugger Roller. Spell it out for Grinners.
     
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