Pub Quiz thread

[canary-dave]

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?"

 

[colognehornet]

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

 

[canary-dave]

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

Well done cologne, it was Watchet

 

[colognehornet]

Well done cologne, it was Watchet

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 ?

 

[canary-dave]

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 ?

Nice gentle slope into Porlock!

 

[colognehornet]

Nice gentle slope into Porlock!

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.

 

[Bloother]

Who was the only president of the U.S.A. who was not married ?

Seems to have gone a bit quiet, so I'll throw in James Buchanan.

 

[colognehornet]

Seems to have gone a bit quiet, so I'll throw in James Buchanan.

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

 

[Bloother]

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

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

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

 

[FosseFilberto]

I travelled there in my Ford Anglia!

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 ....

 

[NZHorn]

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 ....

Eagles.

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

 

[Bloother]

Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

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

 

[Supsale]

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

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Spot on Supsale. Over to you.

 

[Supsale]

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?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Was that Ron Blindell?

I've an idea you could name the fan he arrested too.

 

[Bloother]

Was that Ron Blindell?

I've an idea you could name the fan he arrested too.

Welcome back BB. Trust all is well?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Welcome back BB. Trust all is well?

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.