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Pub Quiz thread

Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    I guess I'm in HP - always was a bit saucey! ;)

    From which seaside town did Samuel Colleridge-Taylor get the inspiration to write "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner?"
     
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  2. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    I know he lived at Nether Stowey on the Quantocks for a while so was it Watchet or Minehead ?
     
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  3. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    Well done cologne, it was Watchet
     
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  4. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    A little bit unfair really - I lived in Porlock for about 10 years. O.K. Who was the only president of the U.S.A. who was not married ?
     
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  5. canary-dave

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    Nice gentle slope into Porlock!

    <yikes>
     
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  6. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    There are more nice gentle slopes around Exmoor and the Quantocks. Porlock Hill is one in four but there is one in West Bagborough (Quantocks) which is one in three and a half - I had to push a bike up it once.
     
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    Seems to have gone a bit quiet, so I'll throw in James Buchanan.
     
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  8. colognehornet

    colognehornet Well-Known Member

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    It was indeed James Buchanen. The part of first lady was played by his niece. Over to you.
     
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  9. Bloother

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    Thanks Cologne. What was the real name of Silas Tomkyn Comberbach?
     
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  10. oldfrenchhorn

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
     
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    FosseFilberto Pizzeria Superiore and some ...
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    Name the track and band (arguably my favorite ever band by the way) responsible for the theme tune to Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ....
     
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  12. NZHorn

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    Eagles.

    I think Frenchie has the floor, though, with his STC answer.
     
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  13. Bloother

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    Neat link to an earlier question. Over to you Frenchie.
     
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  14. oldfrenchhorn

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    Name the musical Alsatian who has a hospital named after him.
     
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  15. Supsale

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    I think it was the famous Albert Schweitzer who has numerious facilities named after him, including the world renowned clinic (hospital). As well as a great medical man, a theologian/missionary, he was an accomplished musician
     
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  16. oldfrenchhorn

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    Spot on Supsale. Over to you.
     
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  17. Supsale

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    A Watford FC question. Who was the, then Brentford FC Chairman, who made a citizens arrest on a Watford fan, abusing then WFC Chairman, Jim Bonsor, at match at Brentford?
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    Was that Ron Blindell?

    I've an idea you could name the fan he arrested too. :)
     
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  19. Bloother

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    Welcome back BB. Trust all is well?
     
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  20. Bolton's Boots

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    Thanks for that - everything is as near to well as I expected it to be. Still in pain with limited movement & rattling like a pill box with all the drugs I have to take. But I'm home and happy about that, even though the hard work starts now - the daily exercises unsupervised, which are little short of agonising. <wah>
     
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