1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

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

  1. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    Animal?..My personal REM favourite...
     
    #841
  2. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    I've just looked at my CD 'Best of REM' and your clue points to 'The Great Beyond'...
     
    #842
  3. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12 Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2011
    Messages:
    14,973
    Likes Received:
    13,562
    Correct Sooper, The Great Beyond...
    From Wiki...
    The Great Beyond" is a song by R.E.M. It is not featured on an original studio album as it was written specifically for the 1999 movie Man on the Moon but was released as a single the following year for support of the film's soundtrack album. The single reached #3 in the UK singles chart, the band's highest ever placing in that country.

    so over to you Soops
     
    #843
  4. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    Here's an interesting one...

    The following list of famous men have all had something named after them, what is that common something?...

    Ronald Reagan
    Abraham Lincoln
    Winston Churchill
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Benjamin Britten
    Edward Elgar
    Samuel Pepys
    Freddie Mercury...
     
    #844
  5. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2011
    Messages:
    14,952
    Likes Received:
    4,851
    I'll take a guess at roads.
     
    #845
  6. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    Possibly, but not the answer I'm looking for...
     
    #846

  7. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12 Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2011
    Messages:
    14,973
    Likes Received:
    13,562
    Roses?
     
    #847
  8. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    Magnificent Beth, I thought that would take some getting, over to you again...
     
    #848
  9. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12 Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2011
    Messages:
    14,973
    Likes Received:
    13,562
    that was a simple guess, honest...everyone has roses named after them.


    OK how did teams from Cambodia, Egypt, Netherlands Spain and Switzerland all compete in the 1956 Olympic games without setting foot in Australia
     
    #849
  10. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2011
    Messages:
    14,952
    Likes Received:
    4,851
    As far as I remember there were a large number of nations which boycotted these games because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary and the Suez crisis (Probably the case with Egypt). Were they there in name but all of their opponents got byes when drawn against them ? The Olympic football tournament 1956 only had 10 or 11 teams in it !
     
    #850
  11. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12 Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2011
    Messages:
    14,973
    Likes Received:
    13,562
    nearly right hornet...but no banana...continue along that line....
    These countries actually had a team in for certain events in the 1956 Olympic games
     
    #851
  12. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2011
    Messages:
    14,952
    Likes Received:
    4,851
    Could it be that some events were not held in Australia ? Though I cannot guess which ones.
     
    #852
  13. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 16, 2011
    Messages:
    14,952
    Likes Received:
    4,851
    Sorry, I can guess - these countries boycotted the Summer Olympics but not the Winter ones.
     
    #853
  14. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    Were some events held elsewhere due to horses being unable to enter the country?...
     
    #854
  15. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12 Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2011
    Messages:
    14,973
    Likes Received:
    13,562
    Yes Sooper The equestrian events for the Melbourne Olympics were held in stockholm...and those countries took part at that stage. But Boycotted the real event


    Over to you
     
    #855
  16. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    Which speedway rider won the British Final of the World Championship in the 1980s riding with a broken leg in a plastercast?...
     
    #856
  17. QPR999

    QPR999 Well-Known Member Staff Member

    Joined:
    Mar 26, 2011
    Messages:
    21,848
    Likes Received:
    19,303
    Ivan Mauger?
     
    #857
  18. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    No...
     
    #858
  19. Rollercoaster Ranger

    Rollercoaster Ranger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2011
    Messages:
    6,056
    Likes Received:
    284
    Erik Gundersen?
     
    #859
  20. Sooperhoop

    Sooperhoop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 26, 2011
    Messages:
    35,544
    Likes Received:
    27,934
    No...

    A clue, he was English...
     
    #860

Share This Page