Pub Quiz thread

[oldfrenchhorn]

Mel Rees, Larry McGettigan, Jack Harrop, Ron Wigg are all post War II players for Watford. What do they have in common?

 

[NZHorn]

They are all dead

 

[Busy Being Headhunted]

they all supported Luton

 

[Deleted 1]

Mel Rees, Larry McGettigan, Jack Harrop, Ron Wigg are all post War II players for Watford. What do they have in common?

They all scored on their debut

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

They are all dead

Quite true, but there is a bit more to it than that.

 

[geitungur akureyrar]

The were all played in teams that were relegated and are dead.

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

No, not what I was looking for, although the dead bit is significant.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

They all died of cancer?

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Maybe BB, not sure on that. More to do with how long they lived for.

 

[NZHorn]

All died before they reached 50.

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

All died before they reached 50.

That's it NZ. From my viewpoint none of them reached middle age.

 

[NZHorn]

As a matter of interest what did Larry McGettigan die of?

 

[NZHorn]

Here is a cryptic one.

Religious group got all shook up for Britney Spears.

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

As a matter of interest what did Larry McGettigan die of?

He had a heart attack.

 

[colognehornet]

Here is a cryptic one.

Religious group got all shook up for Britney Spears.

Is this anything to do with her taking part in an aggressive marketing campaign relating to Pepsi's taking over of Quaker Oats ? (George Fox would have been turning in his grave !)

 

[NZHorn]

Is this anything to do with her taking part in an aggressive marketing campaign relating to Pepsi's taking over of Quaker Oats ? (George Fox would have been turning in his grave !)

No, much more straight forward than that, in a crossword sense.

William Penn, the Quaker that founded Pennsylvania, was born in what used to be Woolworths in Rickmansworth.
That has nothing to do with the answer.

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Presbyterians?

 

[NZHorn]

Presbyterians?

Well done!

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Sticks to almost anything, cured by exposure to air, flexible rather than rigid when cured, soft but grippy, stable at either high or low temperatures, waterproof - what is it?

 

[Busy Being Headhunted]

Elton's pants