Pub Quiz thread

[yorkshirehornet]

I am getting nowhere

clue ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

OK- the trophy was for a competition played annually between the best amateur and best professional club in England.

Given that, I'm not sure how we came to be involved in 1966...

 

[colognehornet]

Was this the resurrected Sheriff of London Shield ? The last 2 were won by Watford against Corinthian Casuals.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Was this the resurrected Sheriff of London Shield ? The last 2 were won by Watford against Corinthian Casuals.

That's the one - I watched the 1966 win, a 7-0 romp with a rare goal by Chopper Welbourne & a hat trick by Denis Bond - but missed the second one, in which I believe Graham Taylor made a substitute appearance.

Over to you...

 

[colognehornet]

Cheers BB. Which countries capital city is an anagram of a former capital ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Cheers BB. Which countries capital city is an anagram of a former capital ?

Tokyo/Kyoto?

 

[colognehornet]

Tokyo/Kyoto?

I knew that was too easy. Back to you BB.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

I knew that was too easy. Back to you BB.

Not that I've ever played the game, but - golfers shout 'Fore' before taking a shot, which is a modified version of which word?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Not that I've ever played the game, but - golfers shout 'Fore' before taking a shot, which is a modified version of which word?

I thought it was modified from before, but don't know why. It sounds odd, unless it means take cover before the ball hits you on the head.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

I thought it was modified from before, but don't know why. It sounds odd, unless it means take cover before the ball hits you on the head.

It is too - and does sound odd to me too.

Over to you...

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

“A good man and a sportsman all his life”, runs his epitaph in the Vicarage Road cemetery.

Who is this about?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Harry Kent, longest-serving of all Watford managers

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Harry Kent, longest-serving of all Watford managers

Spot on Yorkie. Over to you.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Easy one:

Don't google it!!

In radio commentary what did commentators use to say when the ball went back to the keeper and why?

 

[canary-dave]

Back to square one, because the Radio Times had a diagram of a football pitch divided into squares so listeners could follow the commentary!

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Back to square one, because the Radio Times had a diagram of a football pitch divided into squares so listeners could follow the commentary!

your play

 

[canary-dave]

Cheers Yorkie.

In the film Bridget Jones's Diary, what is the colour of the soup Bridget serves to her friends?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Cheers Yorkie.

In the film Bridget Jones's Diary, what is the colour of the soup Bridget serves to her friends?

Noooo..... you mean I have got to watch that film.. again..........

 

[colognehornet]

Cheers Yorkie.

In the film Bridget Jones's Diary, what is the colour of the soup Bridget serves to her friends?

Er, blue ?

 

[canary-dave]

Er, blue ?

Spot on sir

All yours!