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OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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

  1. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    Several unbeaten seasons but not this record...
     
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  2. Rollercoaster Ranger

    Rollercoaster Ranger Well-Known Member

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    Manure in their "recent" season in div 2?
     
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  3. Shawswood

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    One of the Glasgows, Rangers perhaps?
     
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  4. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

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    Not ManUre or Celtic/Rangers, although Celtic hold the record for consecutive wins during the season but not from the start of a season.

    A clue is the team plays in blue and white hoops although, ironically, the year they set the record they played in blue and white stripes...
     
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  5. kiwiqpr

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    Most consecutive wins from the start of a season: 13, Reading (Third Division, 1985-86)
     
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  6. Sooperhoop

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    No, Reading has already been given as the answer...

    There aren't too many teams that play in blue and white hoops, the answer should be becoming obvious...
     
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  7. Rollercoaster Ranger

    Rollercoaster Ranger Well-Known Member

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  8. Sooperhoop

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    At last..<laugh>

    In 1963-64 Morton won their first 23 matches before losing on the 1st February. They finished rock-bottom of the Scottish League just a couple of years previous to that but their forward-thinking manager, Hal Stewart, had the innovative idea to import Scandinavian players with spectacular success.

    This was their record before their first defeat...

    http://www.statto.com/football/stats/scotland/division-two-old/1963-1964/table/1964-01-18
     
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  9. Rollercoaster Ranger

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    Their home games look like good value at an average of almost 5 goals a match!



    Name the four English managers who have won the UEFA Cup
     
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    Bill Nicholson
    Bobby Robson
    Bob Paisley
    Keith Burkinshaw
     
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  11. Rollercoaster Ranger

    Rollercoaster Ranger Well-Known Member

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    spot on mate
     
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    Name the inventor of the "horse drawn seed drill" AND the full name of the village in Oxfordshire where he lived from 1700-1710?
     
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    Jethro Tull was the inventor and he lived in Crowmarsh Gifford, South Oxfordshire from 1700 - 1710. He invented his seed drill here in 1701.
     
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    Correct.
     
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  15. Rollercoaster Ranger

    Rollercoaster Ranger Well-Known Member

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    And there was me thinking that he stood on one leg and played the flute!
     
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  16. QPR999

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    In 1941 during WWll, which football club's main stand was burnt down when a fireman mistook a bucket of petrol for water when attempting to dampen down a brazier? The stand was was being used as a temporary National Fire Service station.
     
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    Complete guess here, but I will go for Charlton as they had a massive ground after the war with only a very small seating area.
     
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    I'll guess Man Utd as I know they had to play at Maine Road for a time
     
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  19. QPR999

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    Good well reasoned guesses but sadly incorrect. It's not a current Prem team.
     
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    The answer was our opponents on that day - St Andrews, Birmingham City.

    Of what do we see everyday that were designed by Richard 'Jock' Kinneir?
     
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