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  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    We know it is something to do with the Oscars

    The first person to be awarded something

    Land ...
    is a big hint ......in the answer ...land exists
     
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    Chloe Zhao? First woman to win Best Director for Nomadland?
     
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    YES!!!!!!!! Well done...and also the first non-white woman
     
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    Thanks, yorkie.

    Which Watford legend only played once for the Hornets, and he wasn’t really a Watford player?
     
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    I wouldn’t class him as a ‘Watford legend’. The person I’m talking about every Watford fan would describe thus.
     
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    And all my Watford legend got out of playing for us was a hat-piece.
     
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    Or was it GT when he was manager?
     
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    No. Played for us against Aldershot.
     
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    Gary Donnellan? His only competitive appearance for us was against Aldershot in one of those plastic mug competitions - although he did play in a friendly against Vancouver Whitecaps.

    Why he would be called a legend is beyond me though...
     
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    Not my legend. I’m sure his mother loves him, though.
     
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    The man who introduced weights to the Watford Training Room.
     
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    Pat Malloy turned out for WFC once against Aldershot in 1943.
     
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    Correct! Pat Molloy (real name Peter) turned out once for the Hornets (then the Blues) during the war. He was a ‘guest’ player. Playing for us against Aldershot, he earned himself four pounds (a hat-piece), which he described as making him feel like a millionaire as he left the ground. My Dad went to games at the Vic during the war - I wonder if he was there for that one?
    Obviously, most of us know Pat Molloy more for his bucket and sponge than as a player! I say that with no hint of derision- he obviously knew what he was doing to last so many years with us, and although I don’t know how other managers would have been with him, GT wouldn’t have carried a passenger. Pat introduced weight training for the players at Watford, I read, too.

    Over to you, ofh. <ok>
     
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    Thanks Andy. Which Olympic running track was 536 metres long?
     
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    White City stadium was a third of a mile. For some strange reason!
     
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    That didn't take long. Yes three laps to a mile race. It also had a swimming and diving pool dug into the infield.
    Over to you. <ok>
     
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    Thanks,ofh. :)

    Watford programmes for the 1968-69 season increased in price, but the improvement in quality meant they were voted Programme of the Season. How much was the new price?
     
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