Pub Quiz thread

[colognehornet]

What was Ben Ja Minn the first?

Sounds like a holy Rastafarian mountain !

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Sounds like a holy Rastafarian mountain !

Clue think classical

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Clue An honour

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Clue: A| British honour for.... the man in the question..... and a first

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Ben Ja Minn... the first classical British honour??

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Ben Ja Minn... the first classical British honour??

This is so close.....
The first honour for a British Classical 'Ben Ja Minn'

 

[yorkshirehornet]

This is too easy now....

First British honour for a classical Benjamin

 

[colognehornet]

Anything to do with Benjamin Britten ?

 

[colognehornet]

First musician to get a life peerage ?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Yes

Over to you

 

[colognehornet]

Yes

Over to you

Cheers Yorkie. Ok. a quickie. From the following clubs which is the odd one out and why ?
PSV Eindhoven
Anderlecht
Real Madrid
Sporting Lisbon
Rapid Vienna
Juventus
Partizan Belgrade
Hibernian

 

[canary-dave]

Cheers Yorkie. Ok. a quickie. From the following clubs which is the odd one out and why ?
PSV Eindhoven
Anderlecht
Real Madrid
Sporting Lisbon
Rapid Vienna
Juventus
Partizan Belgrade
Hibernian

Off the top of my head, Juventus are from Turin, not bRome, all the others are from the capital cities of their country?

 

[colognehornet]

Off the top of my head, Juventus are from Turin, not bRome, all the others are from the capital cities of their country?

This is, of course, correct Dave......but not the answer I was looking for The real answer is quite easy. However - you are right in Juventus. So, over to you. The real answer was that Juventus are the only club on the list which were not present in the first ever European Cup competition.

 

[canary-dave]

Thanks Cologne which two countries took part in the first ever International cricket match?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

USA and Canada in 1844?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Cheers Yorkie. Ok. a quickie. From the following clubs which is the odd one out and why ?
PSV Eindhoven
Anderlecht
Real Madrid
Sporting Lisbon
Rapid Vienna
Juventus
Partizan Belgrade
Hibernian

Hibs - they're the only team my dad played for...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Hibs - they're the only team my dad played for...

Really?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Really?

Yes - he played pre-war for both Hibs and St. Bernards (a division 2 team, but reached the Scottish Cup semi-final the year before the war).

 

[canary-dave]

USA and Canada in 1844?

Well done Yorkie, two of the great Doyens of Cricket history!

Over to you!

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Yes - he played pre-war for both Hibs and St. Bernards (a division 2 team, but reached the Scottish Cup semi-final the year before the war).

WOWEE Good for him