Pub Quiz thread

[oldfrenchhorn]

Forgotten I had asked a question. Time for some help I think.

Think July and what happens!

 

[Jsybarry]

Either festivals or the Tour de France.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Tour de France starts in Leeds this year
Youngest winner was Henri Cornet 1904
The race inspired Freddie Mercury to write bicycle song in 1978


??

 

[Deleted 1]

July? Got it - the answer is that a load of Leeds fans ransacked the Bastille and celebrated by eating ice cream cones and singing we are the Champions

 

[oldfrenchhorn]

Tour de France starts in Leeds this year
Youngest winner was Henri Cornet 1904
The race inspired Freddie Mercury to write bicycle song in 1978


??

That is it Yorkie. Thought that with the Leeds part you might get it.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

That is it Yorkie. Thought that with the Leeds part you might get it.

Google didn't help at first!

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Where did Watford win after a bomb scare halted the match?

 

[colognehornet]

Where did Watford win after a bomb scare halted the match?

Birmingham City ?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Birmingham City ?

over to you

 

[colognehornet]

OK. An easy one. What is the shortest journey on the London Underground ? ie. distance between 2 stations on the same line.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Covent Garden to Leicester Square

Interesting facts here:
http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/londons-shortest-tube-journey-1

 

[colognehornet]

Covent Garden to Leicester Square

Interesting facts here:
http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/londons-shortest-tube-journey-1

That's the one Yorkie. 250 metres apart - it takes 2-3 minutes to walk from one to the other and is quicker than taking the train - over to you.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Ok..... what river actually flows over a tube train platform and where.. ?

 

[colognehornet]

The River Westbourne is funnelled through a large iron pipe over Sloane Square station (visible from one of the platforms).

 

[yorkshirehornet]

The River Westbourne is funnelled through a large iron pipe over Sloane Square station (visible from one of the platforms).

over to you.....

 

[colognehornet]

In which athletics track and field discipline are 5 judges necessary ?

 

[colognehornet]

If you think you know the answer then carry on and set the next question without waiting for confirmation. I am going away until Wednesday and will probably be without internet access until then. Back in time for the World Cup !

 

[Hornet-Fez]

Logically perhaps 100m relay? Starter, 3 exchanges and finish?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Logically perhaps 100m relay? Starter, 3 exchanges and finish?

sounds right..... you go for the next one... as Cologne is away

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Logically perhaps 100m relay? Starter, 3 exchanges and finish?

sounds right..... you go for the next one... as Cologne is away

More logically, I would have thought pentathlon - one for each of the five disciplines...