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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: April 1, 2020, 5:09 am
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Thanks olddeagle for this. I got five right (2,3,7,9,10). Fussey
rather than Kirkpatrick, of course, two great characters of old,
and the likes of which we will not see again, even in Mike Dean.
Keep these isolation quizzes coming folks, they are great fun,
but make sure they are answerable. And please don't post
answers, rather PM them to the originator if you like. Many
thanks! [emoji1]
Off with Mrs AT to our virtual dance lesson. The neighbours will
be wondering what is happening with these constant bangs and
groans of despair but we enjoy it ;D
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: April 1, 2020, 6:00 am
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Just in case Quiz 2 is too fiendish
here is no. 3
Again pre WWII F.A. Cup ref's & lino's
Notable in other spheres
11. Knighted from the North
12. Knighted from the South
13. Ground named after him
14. Played in South for a team that later became F.L. member
15. Played in F.L. in Midlands
Relations
16. Brothers
17. Brothers in Law
18. Father and Son
19. Brothers, both on F.L. list but only one got a final line
20. Not related but one final was credited to the other by some
sources
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: JCFC
Date: April 1, 2020, 6:15 am
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--- Quote from: John Treleven link ---
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> Just in case Quiz 2 is too fiendish
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It certainly is much too fiendish for me - but I am greatly
looking forward to learning more in due course.
Likewise Quiz 3, still too arcane for my scant knowledge, though
I think I know one answer (no 17) - which I would count as a
triumph of sorts!
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: olddeagle
Date: April 1, 2020, 9:03 am
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Small correction to answer to my question 6-the Battle of Berne
was Hungary v Brazil not West Germany. Sorry.
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: bmb
Date: April 1, 2020, 12:27 pm
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--- Quote from: olddeagle link ---
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> 6.
“Battle of Berne” World Cup tie v West Germany in 1954 . Bozsik
was an MP at the time and was not suspended.
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I should have known that one! He now has a ground named after
him: Bozsik József Stadion, the home of Budapest Honvéd (well
the proper home - the new stadion is still being built and we're
ground sharing with MTK at the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion right
now). His son, Péter, is one of the main presenters on M4
sports, the national sports channel. Some useless Hungarian
trivia for you!
I got my 1 answer right & only because I remembered a post by
Left Field on the old forum I think!
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: April 2, 2020, 7:59 am
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Well here is an offering which should keep some of you going for
at least ...... 10 minutes! It is a domino quiz, with the last
letter of each surname forming the first letter of the next
surname. Thus Wallace would be followed by Edge and so on, until
question 21, the last letter of which forms the first letter of
Q1, and you've come full circle. All are surnames of refs in
Upton's from 1946 to the present. One current ref does not yet
appear in my edition and one has a slightly different spelling
to that in Upton's but the same pronunciation. The number of
letters in each surname is in brackets.
Don't worry if you cannot get some answers and complete the
circle, it is only intended as a bit of fun and there are no
prizes, not even virtual ones!
Please don't post your answers on this thread. PM them to me if
you like or keep them handy and I will publish the answers in
the next day or two. Good luck and keep safe!
1. Life of ----------- (5)
2. The Redditch card shark (5)
3. 'Ooh Betty!' (7)
4. Lincolnshire family members? (10)
5. Old and -------- (3)
6. England's only surviving World Cup Final ref (4)
7. Fell to his knees at the end of a FA Cup Final (10)
8. 270 degrees (4)
9. Refereed at a high level in both England and Scotland (7)
10. Upton's lists many with this surname but the Stonehouse
whistler is probably the best remembered (5)
11. I may spend some of my isolation trimming my --------- (6)
12. A market town in the centre of Gloucestershire (6)
13. The train calling at York,-------------, Durham and
Newcastle (10)
14. ------- Bates, a fictional character in Psycho (6)
15. Daarset's finest (7)
16. 'Smiler' (5)
17. Seen basking on the rocks in his native Cumbria? (4)
18. A Steel City heavyweight (4)
19. Harrow's finest? (7)
20. A newbie card shark unloved in East Anglia? (5)
21. Concluded his career with Liverpool v Charlton in May 2007
(9)
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: JCFC
Date: April 2, 2020, 8:13 am
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Nice one AT - even my feeble wits could cope with that.
If I am correct, out of the 22 "first" names, only 4 appear
twice, which seems a lower number than might have been expected.
Relatively few of them would feature on the current list.
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: JCFC
Date: April 2, 2020, 8:34 am
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In fact I underestimated: 8 of the 22 names feature in the
current list (2 inevitably so, as being in both!) Of the
remaining 6 names, one is in a class of his own (TTFL would
doubtless say a world of his own) 3 appear twice and 2 appear
three times.
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: April 2, 2020, 8:50 am
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Good fun, if I have them correct I think no. 4 has 10 letters
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Re: Isolation Referee quiz
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: April 2, 2020, 9:51 am
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--- Quote from: John Treleven link ---
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> Good fun, if I have them correct I think no. 4 has 10 letters
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Well spotted John, I originally thought I had counted up 20
questions but then found that I had 21, so it is little wonder
that I counted up the letters in the Lincoln family question
wrong. I have now amended ;D
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