OT - The Pub Quiz Thread

[qprbeth]

Ok I give in...not sure about everyone eklse

 

[sheffordqpr]

Beth, I've just PM'd you the answer.

 

[Stroller]

Who was the last player before Remy to transfer from QPR to Chelsea? (I can't think of one)

 

[Rollercoaster Ranger]

Steve Wicks?

 

[Stroller]

Steve Wicks?

Having looked him up it seems you're right Roller, I didn't remember him going back to Chelsea.

I was talking to a Chelsea fan about this and we couldn't come up with anyone.

 

[Rollercoaster Ranger]

Assuming Wicks was the last player we have sold directly to Chelsea before Remy, who was the first actor to refuse an oscar?

 

[terryb]

Far more imnportant than turning down an oscar!

I give you Danny Blanchflower. The man who refused to be on "This is your life".

Not onbly a great player but also a great man.

 

[sb_73]

Assuming Wicks was the last player we have sold directly to Chelsea before Remy, who was the first actor to refuse an oscar?

Marlon Brando?

 

[QPR999]

Assuming Wicks was the last player we have sold directly to Chelsea before Remy, who was the first actor to refuse an oscar?

Marlon Brando?

I thought it was George C. Scott for Patton. They were close together, so I may have this one wrong.

 

[Rollercoaster Ranger]

I thought it was George C. Scott for Patton. They were close together, so I may have this one wrong.

George C Scott is correct in 1970, Brando was 3 years later.

 

[QPR999]

Which country is the odd one out and why?

Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, the Maldives, Indonesia, Kiribati, Sao Tome and Principe.

 

[Sooperhoop]

Is it Colombia, the others are all on the Equator?..

 

[qprbeth]

It is an equator question and the answer is surprisingly Equatorial Guinea

 

[qprbeth]

Is it Colombia, the others are all on the Equator?..

Unfortunately I think you have the wrong answer because Colombia is on the equator...right 999s

 

[QPR999]

Is it Colombia, the others are all on the Equator?..

It is an equator question and the answer is surprisingly Equatorial Guinea

Unfortunately I think you have the wrong answer because Colombia is on the equator...right 999s

You are correct Beth, shame on Equatorial Guinea for false advertising.

http://goafrica.about.com/od/africamaps/f/What-Countries-Does-The-Equator-Run-Through-In-Africa.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/countries-equator.html

 

[Sooperhoop]

Unfortunately I think you have the wrong answer because Colombia is on the equator...right 999s

Just guessing as Colombia is on the northern coast of South America, but it must go far enough south...

 

[QPR999]

Just guessing as Colombia is on the northern coast of South America, but it must go far enough south...

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[qprbeth]

Okey Dokey
what links Cobi, Amik and Waldi

 

[sb_73]

Okey Dokey
what links Cobi, Amik and Waldi

Wasn't Cobi the toned down Picasso-esque mascot of the Barcelona Olympics?, a dog with it's nose on the side of it's face? So I'm guessing the other two are also Olympic mascots, but no idea which ones.

What is scary is that this has lodged in my memory, but I cannot remember the 2012 Olympics mascot name, or even what it looked like.

 

[qprbeth]

Wasn't Cobi the toned down Picasso-esque mascot of the Barcelona Olympics?, a dog with it's nose on the side of it's face?

YUP....A Cubist Catalonian sheep dog, Amik was a Canadian Beaver Montreal 1976, Waldi a Dachshund from Munich
Interestingly the Munich marathon course was in the shape of Waldi...sort of!!!!

So I'm guessing the other two are also Olympic mascots, but no idea which ones.

What is scary is that this has lodged in my memory, but I cannot remember the 2012 Olympics mascot name, or even what it looked like.

Wenlock was the London Olympic mascot (Mandeville the paralympic mascot)
Much Wenlock, Shropshire was where Baron Cobertain got the idea for the modern Olympics
The two mascot were suppose to represent drops of steel, formed during the construction of the stadium....but to me they looked a little like male genitalia