Pub Quiz thread

[colognehornet]

Clapton FC?

It is indeed Clapton FC Yorkie. They have been playing at the delightfully named 'Old Spotted Dog Ground' in Forest Gate continuously since 1888. As an aside they were also the first British club to play in Continental Europe - against a Belgian XI in Antwerp in 1890. Now something of a cult club in the St. Pauli tradition. Over to you for another question which has us googling for hours

 

[yorkshirehornet]

It is indeed Clapton FC Yorkie. They have been playing at the delightfully named 'Old Spotted Dog Ground' in Forest Gate continuously since 1888. As an aside they were also the first British club to play in Continental Europe - against a Belgian XI in Antwerp in 1890. Now something of a cult club in the St. Pauli tradition. Over to you for another question which has us googling for hours

Ok... an easy one I think

Why would a Queen ,a Princess and a prime minister have feared for their sparkle today

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Clue: Who lost their sparkles yesterday?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

a robbery???

 

[yorkshirehornet]

stolen sparkles?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Have absolutely no idea - not reported in the Banffshire Journal...

 

[Jsybarry]

It's probably not, but I'm guessing at the BBC wardrobe department, particularly the area where they have the outfits for Strictly Come Dancing.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

no.... was on the BBC news website for the day I posted it...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Jewellers'

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Anything to do with the Regent St robbery in which the six robbers got away on a single moped?

Must have been quite a sight...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Anything to do with the Regent St robbery in which the six robbers got away on a single moped?

Must have been quite a sight...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41559472


Yes that is it


Mappin & Webb was founded in 1775 and customers have included Queen of France Marie Antoinette, Grace Kelly and Winston Churchill.

over to you....

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Which bird, which unfortunately shares a feature with cows, is the only bird that may ever need a dentist?

 

[Jsybarry]

I vaguely remember seeing on TV a goose with teeth on its tongue - is it that?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

I vaguely remember seeing on TV a goose with teeth on its tongue - is it that?

Nope...

 

[hornethologist a.k.a. theo]

A peculiar bird is the pelican
It flits from bough to bough
It builds its nest in rhubarb tree
And whistles like a cow

 

[Bolton's Boots]

A peculiar bird is the pelican
It flits from bough to bough
It builds its nest in rhubarb tree
And whistles like a cow

Its beak may hold more than its bellican but it has no need for a dentist.

And I'm not sure that rhubarb grows in Sth. America...

 

[Mexican Hornet]

sorry that was meant for the nest....

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The feature shared with cows is the diet - vegetation which is digested with the aid of bacteria and microbes.

You wouldn't willingly want to walk under one...

 

[colognehornet]

The only bird I can think of which is in any way like a mammal in its eating habits is the hoatzin (found in S. America), sometimes called the ''stinkbird'' because of the fermentation of its food. Can't think of the dental connection.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The only bird I can think of which is in any way like a mammal in its eating habits is the hoatzin (found in S. America), sometimes called the ''stinkbird'' because of the fermentation of its food. Can't think of the dental connection.

That's the one. The dental connection is that it's the only bird born with teeth...

Over to you.