Pub Quiz thread

[NZHorn]

Once again Tuva or the Tuvan People's Republic.

Spot on. Have I asked this before? Sorry. I was wanting to ask a question about why St Peter's School in York has always refused to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes but a simple Wiki search would have answered that.

 

[colognehornet]

O.K. An easy one, which measurement in sport is always 5 foot 8 inches (1.725 metres) ?

 

[MoultonFox]

Bullseye on a darts board

 

[colognehornet]

I knew that one was too easy - over to you.

 

[MoultonFox]

Got this one in a quiz once and our team got the answer so it can be done without google.

Horse racing:
What is the longest race in the flat season?

 

[wear_yellow]

St. Leger?

 

[MoultonFox]

St. Leger?

No = it's longer

it is a race people would have heard of

 

[colognehornet]

The Grand National is held during the flat season (though obviously not being flat) is that it ?

 

[MoultonFox]

The Grand National is held during the flat season (though obviously not being flat) is that it ?

that's the one over to you

 

[colognehornet]

In England which day followed Sept. 2nd in 1752 ?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

August 22nd?

 

[wear_yellow]

14th Sept - It's the Gregorian calendar thingy....I love all that stuff on calendars and time

 

[colognehornet]

14th Sept - It's the Gregorian calendar thingy....I love all that stuff on calendars and time

Spot on. Over to you.

 

[wear_yellow]

Ok - linked to colognes question, which TV SiFi cult rebel group is related to my answer?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Blake's 7?

 

[wear_yellow]

Sorry BB...it's a little more involved than that.

 

[FosseFilberto]

Red Dwarf

 

[Bloother]

Faction Paradox, fictional time travelling cult/rebel group/organized crime syndicate featured in Dr Who.

 

[wear_yellow]

Spot on Bloother - they purchased the 11 "missing" days from Colognes question and lived there...

 

[Bloother]

Thanks W-Y, a literary question now (clue). What do the following have in common (bonus point for the odd one out):

David Herbert, Edward Morgan, James Graham, John Boynton and Cecil Scott.