Pub Quiz thread

[Bolton's Boots]

Memphis PD's 'elite' police Scorpion team?

Disbanded after a video emerged of members beating an unfortunate citizen to death.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Memphis PD's 'elite' police Scorpion team?

Disbanded after a video emerged of members beating an unfortunate citizen to death.

Yes.. you got it... over to you

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Which top class sportsman's teammates nicknamed him after the only thing he knew how to order off a menu?

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Memphis PD's 'elite' police Scorpion team?

Disbanded after a video emerged of members beating an unfortunate citizen to death.

Did anyone see this? Makes the Rodney King beating look like a minor slap. There are real, real, problems over there...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Did anyone see this? Makes the Rodney King beating look like a minor slap. There are real, real, problems over there...

Oh yes....'Land of the free' ......Total joke.......shocking.... sort of thing we think happens in Russia or Syria or Afghanistan or China

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Which top class sportsman's teammates nicknamed him after the only thing he knew how to order off a menu?

Not Pogba...the octopus?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Not Pogba...the octopus?

No - this guy was a Yank.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

not soccer?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

not soccer?

No - baseball. Was the first player to outshine Babe Ruth I believe.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Antonio Alfonseca - El Pulpo, The Octopus ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Antonio Alfonseca - El Pulpo, The Octopus ?

No - he was born towards the end of this guy's 23 year top flight career. His nickname had more to do with pigs.

 

[andytoprankin]

Henry Louis Aaron?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

José Alvarado - El Pocho, La Flecha ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Henry Louis Aaron?

That's him. A black American from a poor family, he was nicknamed 'Pork Chops' because, in his own words, they were the only thing he knew how to order from a menu.

Over to you.

 

[andytoprankin]

Thanks, BB.

The first game of which season began with (in order):

AR, TH, VA, RJ, KG, AG, BD, DB, RJ, BG, AM, (sub) KM?

Also, I’d like the result, please, and the line-up of first and last names.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

1975/76. Barnsley (A) Lost 1-0

Andy Rankin
Trever How
Vic Akers
Roger Joslyn
Ken Goodeve
Alan Garner
Bobby Downes
Dave Butler
Ross Jenkins
Brian Greenhalgh
Alan Mayes
(sub)Keith Mercer

 

[andytoprankin]

1975/76. Barnsley (A) Lost 1-0

Andy Rankin
Trever How
Vic Akers
Roger Joslyn
Ken Goodeve
Alan Garner
Bobby Downes
Dave Butler
Ross Jenkins
Brian Greenhalgh
Alan Mayes
(sub)Keith Mercer

DB was Dennis Bond, but otherwise correct, BB. Over to you.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

DB was Dennis Bond, but otherwise correct, BB. Over to you.

Cheers. Will have to have a word with whoever runs the Watfordarchive website - according to them he didn't play that season - which is why I plumped for Dave Butler.

Which FA official owed his life to Rotary?

Edit: And why?

 

[andytoprankin]

Cheers. Will have to have a word with whoever runs the Watfordarchive website - according to them he didn't play that season - which is why I plumped for Dave Butler.

Which FA official owed his life to Rotary?

I saw him score in my first game in that season.

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Cheers. Will have to have a word with whoever runs the Watfordarchive website - according to them he didn't play that season - which is why I plumped for Dave Butler.

Which FA official owed his life to Rotary?

Edit: And why?

The original archive has Dennis Bond playing most games that season, while the updated one makes no mention of him.