Pub Quiz thread

[andytoprankin]

Lee Bowyer..of course...nasty piece of work eh

Lee Bowyer indeed, the silly ‘sausage’.
All yours, yorkie. It was trickier than I’d thought, sorry.

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[yorkshirehornet]

Was a challenge certainly made difficult for the fact i was up in Swaledale with limited signal and a broken foot for the last few days!

OK.... what historic Railway event happened yesterday?

 

[andytoprankin]

Was a challenge certainly made difficult for the fact i was up in Swaledale with limited signal and a broken foot for the last few days!

OK.... what historic Railway event happened yesterday?

It was the 80th anniversary of the Bourne End rail crash near Hemel. Is that it? I'd never heard of it, but it was really dreadful. Many people killed or injured were returning from the war.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

It was the 80th anniversary of the Bourne End rail crash near Hemel. Is that it? I'd never heard of it, but it was really dreadful. Many people killed or injured were returning from the war.

No.. what I am thinking of is a record

 

[andytoprankin]

No.. what I am thinking of is a record

It's not the renationalisation of Govia Thames link, is it?

 

[J T Bodbo]

200 years since opening of Stockton to Darlington ? I thought it was27th. sep.
Or celebratiuons of 200 years of railway operations in UK - multiple events commemmorating this ?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Noo...

It happened yesterday oop north

 

[J T Bodbo]

A Northern Rail service arrived on time

 

[yorkshirehornet]

A Northern Rail service arrived on time

Ha ha. No .but you are in the right territory

 

[andytoprankin]

Is it that North Yorkshire Moors Railway had record numbers at its Steam Gala, he said, clutching at straws.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Is it that North Yorkshire Moors Railway had record numbers at its Steam Gala, he said, clutching at straws.

Noooo...but just travel east and take a seat

 

[J T Bodbo]

Noooo...but just travel east and take a seat

Travel east and you would be sitting in the North Sea

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Travel east and you would be sitting in the North Sea

end of the line???

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Sitting in a station?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Simon and Garfunkel had a word to say too

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Highest capacity

 

[andytoprankin]

Highest capacity

Is it the highest number of people sat on a railway seat, at Scarborough?
Afterwards, I guess they would be "Homeward Bound"?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Is it the highest number of people sat on a railway seat, at Scarborough?
Afterwards, I guess they would be "Homeward Bound"?

You got it ... on their way to Scarborough fayre

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[andytoprankin]

Thanks, yorkie.

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Who is this?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Aha Google image seaqrch said it was a photo of Prince William! I dont think so!