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20 Nov 11
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This might not work with Workrider being hors de combat and Giant Strides not himself but here goes.Twenty six questions all on sport bar the last two,all answers are two word alliterations bar four,will give clues in time.
Q1.Arc winner.
Q2.Beat Nicklaus twice one day.
Q3.Roger Bannister pacemaker.
Q4.Derby winner allegedly named after Allegeds trainer.
Q5.Useless ski jumper from a jumps town.
Q6.Clever champion jockey.
Q7.Swapped a green shirt for a blue one.
Q8.Doped himself to win the Schweppes.
Q9.Willie Mullins chaser.
Q10.First black champion.
Q11.Faithful full forward.
Q12.Famous Brownstown resident.
Q13.Treaty county star.
Q14.Champion Hurdler from the golden age.
Q15.Three times world champion but this Sailor Swede was Danish.
Q16.Newcastle United.
Q17.He lost a town hall.
Q18.Twice disqualified from the Ascot Gold Cup.
Q19.Newmanix favourite hurler.
Q20.Rodins Gold Cup.
Q21.Hesitate like Sangster for Wells chaser.
Q22.Disappointed Kiwi.
Q23.Derby winner.
Q24.Tony Martin Cheltenham winner
Q25.The Bordeaux of Australia.
Q26.Not at the start but four in this word.
Q1.Arc winner.
Q2.Beat Nicklaus twice one day.
Q3.Roger Bannister pacemaker.
Q4.Derby winner allegedly named after Allegeds trainer.
Q5.Useless ski jumper from a jumps town.
Q6.Clever champion jockey.
Q7.Swapped a green shirt for a blue one.
Q8.Doped himself to win the Schweppes.
Q9.Willie Mullins chaser.
Q10.First black champion.
Q11.Faithful full forward.
Q12.Famous Brownstown resident.
Q13.Treaty county star.
Q14.Champion Hurdler from the golden age.
Q15.Three times world champion but this Sailor Swede was Danish.
Q16.Newcastle United.
Q17.He lost a town hall.
Q18.Twice disqualified from the Ascot Gold Cup.
Q19.Newmanix favourite hurler.
Q20.Rodins Gold Cup.
Q21.Hesitate like Sangster for Wells chaser.
Q22.Disappointed Kiwi.
Q23.Derby winner.
Q24.Tony Martin Cheltenham winner
Q25.The Bordeaux of Australia.
Q26.Not at the start but four in this word.
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A good time to check in wmfb.
I wont get many but 5 is Eddie Edwards and 14 is Night Nurse.
I wont get many but 5 is Eddie Edwards and 14 is Night Nurse.
You are off to a good start,two correct already and thank god you know what an alliteration means.
Dr Devious correct.
Not Carey far better than that,possibly the best of all time.
Brian Barnes correct played him in the Ryder Cup singles in the morning and repeated the dose in the afternoon singles.Eddie the Eagle also correct.
Not Carey far better than that,possibly the best of all time.
Brian Barnes correct played him in the Ryder Cup singles in the morning and repeated the dose in the afternoon singles.Eddie the Eagle also correct.
Mick Mackey correct,i take it you agree about him being the best.
Two more for Know Won Nose and Xenophon is correct.
The X is always a problem.
The X is always a problem.
Irish Invader is the Mullins chaser.
Rock Roi was disqualified from first in the Ascot Gold Cup two years running 1971 and 72.
Not Workforce two words both starting with W.
Rock Roi was disqualified from first in the Ascot Gold Cup two years running 1971 and 72.
Not Workforce two words both starting with W.
Newmanix will be livid he wasn`t logged in but Sean Silke is correct.
3 Chris Chataway
8 Hill House
10 Jack Johnson
15 Ole Olsen
8 Hill House
10 Jack Johnson
15 Ole Olsen
Brilliant Tolmi,four correct answers.
Chris Chataway was a pacemaker for Roger Bannister when he broke the 4 minute mile barrier,later became a Tory M.P. Seb Coe followed in his footsteps.
Hill House won the Schweppes Gold Trophy in 1967 trained by Captain Ryan Price,failed a drug test but they later proved the horse manufactured his own dope,an excuse the French picked up on depriving Cairn Rouge of a Champion Stakes.
Jack Johnson the first coloured heavyweight champion.
Ole Olsson was three times speedway world champion in the seventies,the reference to the Sailor Swede comes from Robert Service "There was Ole Olsson the sailor Swede,the Dago kid and me"
Chris Chataway was a pacemaker for Roger Bannister when he broke the 4 minute mile barrier,later became a Tory M.P. Seb Coe followed in his footsteps.
Hill House won the Schweppes Gold Trophy in 1967 trained by Captain Ryan Price,failed a drug test but they later proved the horse manufactured his own dope,an excuse the French picked up on depriving Cairn Rouge of a Champion Stakes.
Jack Johnson the first coloured heavyweight champion.
Ole Olsson was three times speedway world champion in the seventies,the reference to the Sailor Swede comes from Robert Service "There was Ole Olsson the sailor Swede,the Dago kid and me"
Two more correct answers for Tolmi.
Freddie Fox broke Sir Gordon Richards sequence of titles in 1930.
Graham Geraghty Meath footballer swapped his green jersey for a blueshirt when he joined Fine Gael and contested local elections.
Freddie Fox broke Sir Gordon Richards sequence of titles in 1930.
Graham Geraghty Meath footballer swapped his green jersey for a blueshirt when he joined Fine Gael and contested local elections.
Paddy Hair correct,Auguste Rodin sculpted the Thinker and Ridley Lamb rode horse of the same name to win the 1987 Gold Cup.
Eight questions to go.
2 racing
2 general knowledge
1 hurling
1 rugby
1 greyhounds
1 football
Questions are 12,16,17,21,22,23,25,26.
Current Scores.
Know Won Nose 7
Tolmi 6
Giant Strides 3
Hammy 2
Paddy Hair 1
will revisit tomorrow.
2 racing
2 general knowledge
1 hurling
1 rugby
1 greyhounds
1 football
Questions are 12,16,17,21,22,23,25,26.
Current Scores.
Know Won Nose 7
Tolmi 6
Giant Strides 3
Hammy 2
Paddy Hair 1
will revisit tomorrow.
Paddy Hair and Know Won Nose dead heat with the Greyhound Derby winner Whisper Wishes so a point each.
Tolmi weighs in with Victor Vito and Yarra Yarra to level the scores at 8 all.
Tolmi weighs in with Victor Vito and Yarra Yarra to level the scores at 8 all.
Concentrate on the Newcastle colours for Q16.
I used to shoot with French men, and pica pica is Magpie, picasse is Woodcock (in Irish Colmcille), and snipe are picassine.
Well done Newmanix and you never even saw the question that was set with you in mind Q19.
Newcastle United are nicknamed the magpies latin name for magpie is pica pica.
Newcastle United are nicknamed the magpies latin name for magpie is pica pica.
wildman, wasnt online last night, only today. great quiz though......well thought out!
You quickly got the hang of it and although Limestone Lad fits the bill its not correct.
Q12.Famous Brownstown resident.
Brownstown was the McGrath stud farm and this fellow won the Sussex Stakes before heading there where he sired the Arc and Ascot Gold Cup winner Levmoss and the champion two year old My Swallow.
Q12.Famous Brownstown resident.
Brownstown was the McGrath stud farm and this fellow won the Sussex Stakes before heading there where he sired the Arc and Ascot Gold Cup winner Levmoss and the champion two year old My Swallow.
12 is Le Levanstell so.I had narrowed it down to the stud but could not come up with the sire before your clue.
Was playing cards all night so wrongly let things lie.
Le Levenstall correct that puts Tolmi one in front will revisit this in the morning and hope to wrap it up tomorrow but i have been delighted with the response and it has restored my faith in this forum.
Le Levenstall correct that puts Tolmi one in front will revisit this in the morning and hope to wrap it up tomorrow but i have been delighted with the response and it has restored my faith in this forum.
Tolmi you have my admiration,you are now two ahead.
Q26.Not at the start but four in the word.
This was the final clue so it should be starting with Z the comicut sign for sleeping came to mind and so did Zinedine Zidane but i hurriedly finished with what i thought was the only word in the English language with 4 Zs in it but Tolmi managed to come up with another pizzazz.I thought at first definitely not in the dictionery but looked it up this morning and it is there.
Will still accept the other word with 4 letter Zs in it as correct also,now if someone comes up with a third word.....
Q26.Not at the start but four in the word.
This was the final clue so it should be starting with Z the comicut sign for sleeping came to mind and so did Zinedine Zidane but i hurriedly finished with what i thought was the only word in the English language with 4 Zs in it but Tolmi managed to come up with another pizzazz.I thought at first definitely not in the dictionery but looked it up this morning and it is there.
Will still accept the other word with 4 letter Zs in it as correct also,now if someone comes up with a third word.....
My old man always calls the bedroom the ZZZZatorium,does that count?
Someone has just come up with a third.....
Two questions left one hurling and one racing.
Q17.He lost a town hall
Not an alliteration as Quack quack was the only one i could think of.
Q23.Hesitate like Robert Sangster for this Wells chaser.
Both Sangster and Vincent O`Brien had elocution lessons and their sentences were splattered with this one word expression also the name of a chaser from the fifties.
Oxo and ESB would be clues.
Two questions left one hurling and one racing.
Q17.He lost a town hall
Not an alliteration as Quack quack was the only one i could think of.
Q23.Hesitate like Robert Sangster for this Wells chaser.
Both Sangster and Vincent O`Brien had elocution lessons and their sentences were splattered with this one word expression also the name of a chaser from the fifties.
Oxo and ESB would be clues.
The answer to Q7 was Graham Geraghty.
Swapped a green shirt for a blue one.
Graham Geraghty a brilliant footballer for both Meath and Ireland later went into politics,joined the Fine Gael party hence the blue shirt reference.
Swapped a green shirt for a blue one.
Graham Geraghty a brilliant footballer for both Meath and Ireland later went into politics,joined the Fine Gael party hence the blue shirt reference.
Sorry- just saw that this one has been answered already!
Night Nurse correct.
Q17 is a hurler and town hall is rhyming slang.
Q21 is an Irish Grand National winner and one of the answers to a very old racing question of my youth name three recent Grand National winners with three letters in their name,Oxo and ESB were 2 of them.
Q17 is a hurler and town hall is rhyming slang.
Q21 is an Irish Grand National winner and one of the answers to a very old racing question of my youth name three recent Grand National winners with three letters in their name,Oxo and ESB were 2 of them.
A. All Along Know Won Nose
B. Brian Barnes Hammy
C Chris Chataway Tolmi
D Dr Devious Know Won Nose
E Eddie the Eagle Edwards Giant Strides Hammy
F Freddie Fox Tolmi
G Graham Geraghty Tolmi
H Hill House Tolmi
I Irish Invader Know Won Nose
J Jack Johnson Tolmi
K Kevin Kilmurray Know Won Nose
L Le Levenstell Tolmi
M Mick Mackey Know Won Nose
N Night Nurse Giant Strides Shannon Spray
O Ole Olsson Tolmi
P Pica Pica Newmanix
Q Quaid Know Won Nose
R Rock Roi Know Won Nose
S Sean Silke Know Won Nose
T The Thinker Paddy Hair
U Umm Know Won Nose
V Victor Vito Tolmi
W Whisper Wishes Paddy Hair Know Won Nose
X Xenophon Giant Strides
Y Yarra Yarra Tolmi
Z Pizzazz or Razzmatazz Tolmi Distant View
Final Scores
Tolmi 10
Know Won Nose 10
Giant Strides 3
Hammy 2
Paddy Hair 2
Newmanix 1
Distant View 1
Shannon Spray 1
A noble draw between Tolmi and Know Won Nose two brilliant quizzers with a broad spectrum of knowledge also 8 got on the scoresheet well played all and thanks for participating.
B. Brian Barnes Hammy
C Chris Chataway Tolmi
D Dr Devious Know Won Nose
E Eddie the Eagle Edwards Giant Strides Hammy
F Freddie Fox Tolmi
G Graham Geraghty Tolmi
H Hill House Tolmi
I Irish Invader Know Won Nose
J Jack Johnson Tolmi
K Kevin Kilmurray Know Won Nose
L Le Levenstell Tolmi
M Mick Mackey Know Won Nose
N Night Nurse Giant Strides Shannon Spray
O Ole Olsson Tolmi
P Pica Pica Newmanix
Q Quaid Know Won Nose
R Rock Roi Know Won Nose
S Sean Silke Know Won Nose
T The Thinker Paddy Hair
U Umm Know Won Nose
V Victor Vito Tolmi
W Whisper Wishes Paddy Hair Know Won Nose
X Xenophon Giant Strides
Y Yarra Yarra Tolmi
Z Pizzazz or Razzmatazz Tolmi Distant View
Final Scores
Tolmi 10
Know Won Nose 10
Giant Strides 3
Hammy 2
Paddy Hair 2
Newmanix 1
Distant View 1
Shannon Spray 1
A noble draw between Tolmi and Know Won Nose two brilliant quizzers with a broad spectrum of knowledge also 8 got on the scoresheet well played all and thanks for participating.
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