Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

I know it's not quiz night but this one has just popped back into my mind - dormant for over 20 years. The question used to be - Which four footballers with O's in their surname have played for England. The question today will be :- Which five male footballers with O's in their surname have played for the England men's team?

Tuesday - 26/05/2020 How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together. Did you hear about the guy who invented the knock-knock joke? He won the 'no-bell' prize. I ordered a chicken and an egg online. I’ll let you know. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!

And I hope you are now going out into the garden and allowing nature to relax your thoughts and give that brain a rest 🌼🦋🍹

1. Which was the first team to win the FA Cup at Wembley? Answer = Bolton Wanders – beat West Ham 2-0 The match is often referred to as the "White Horse Final" and is commemorated by the White Horse Bridge at the new Wembley Stadium. Billie the horse was actually grey, but appeared white in the primitive (high-contrast) black and white newsreel footage of the era. 2. What is the name given to an all-consuming passion for power? Answer = Up one’s own backside 3. Wenceslas looked out on the feast of whom? Answer = Stephen How does Good King Wenceslas like his pizzas? …. deep and crisp and even... 4. Which palace was the main London residence of the monarch until it was superseded by Buckingham Palace? Answer = St James’s Palace Often mistaken for St James’s Park. 5. Which is the largest of these islands: Zanzibar, Sri Lanka or Madagascar Zanzibar Area: 2,461 km² Sri Lanka Area: 65,610 km² Answer = Madagascar Area: 587,041 km² Madagascar is about 2.4 times bigger than United Kingdom. 6. How long is a dog watch at sea? Answer = 2 hours Many watch systems incorporate the concept of a dog watch, whereby one watch is split into two shorter watches so that there is an odd number each day. Doing so allows crew members to have a different watch schedule each day.[6] Often, the dog watches are set at dinner time to allow the entire crew to be fed in short order. 7. Which creature’s Latin name is Bufo bufo? Answer = Common Toad 8. Which drug of abuse is known as Smack? Answer = Heroin 9. In which street is the New York Stock Exchange situated? Answer = Wall Street – No 11 10. What was Chris de Burgh’s 1986 nr.1 hit? Answer = Lady in Red The song was inspired by the memory of when he first saw his wife Diane and what she was wearing when they first met. 11. Who was Frank Sinatra’s second wife? Answer = Ava Gardner Barbara Sinatra - m. 1976–1998 Mia Farrow -m. 1966–1968 Ava Gardner -m. 1951–1957 Nancy Barbato - m. 1939–1951 12. Galena is the chief source of which metal? Answer = Lead I’ll bet you didn’t know … The nose of the Statue of Liberty is 4’ 6” long. Answer = I didn’t

I remembered - to nights one liners :- I’d like to start with the chimney jokes – I’ve got a stack of them. The first one is on the house. Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned? I did a gig in a fertility clinic. I got a standing ovulation I have kleptomania. But when it gets bad, I take something for it

Tuesday is caronavirus lock down Joke night so just in case by 20:00 I have forgotten :- What do you call a magician who has lost his magic? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ian.

@Chris Verguson - just checked and I see @anniemarr who started this topic on June 29th 2019 hasn't visited this site since July 4th 2019 but you never now she may come back

No problem Jim. I joined the 'memory playing tricks' club a few years ago. Have you looked at the photo albums in the Gallery - Historic Bedlington. We have an album for the Whitley Memorial school and here are two football squad photos, from 1959 & 60, of Tommy aged around 11. Link to the album :-

Now you got me thinking @Jr6468. I remember Tommy Cullen and his younger sister, Elsie, from No 6 but I can't remember a Maurice. Tommy was around the same age as me so would be born c1948 - Elsie about 4 years younger. My memory has hidden Maurice🙃

1. What was Christopher Dean’s job before he became a professional ice-skater? Answer = Police constable At the age of 16, he left school and joined the Nottingham Police force in 1974. For some time, he juggled two careers, fitting his ice skating practice around his off-duty hours. In 1980, with his star on the rise, it became clear that Christopher could no longer balance both, and he resigned from the police force. 2. Which vocal group comprised Cass, Michelle, John and Denny? Answer = The Mamas & The Papas The Mamas and the Papas were an American folk rock vocal group which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968. The group was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s. The group was composed of John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, and Michelle Phillips (born Holly Gilliam). 3. Who was Worzel Gummidge’s girlfriend? Answer = Aunt Sally His girlfriend, Aunt Sally, was played by Una Stubbs 1979 to 1981. 4. What was the name of Edward VII’s mistress, when he was Prince of Wales? Answer = Daisy Greville countess of Warwick 5. Which sign of the zodiac was Elvis Presley born under? Answer = Capricorn 6. What was the title of the first UK number one hit for the pop group Queen? Answer = Bohemian Rhapsody - 1975 Founded in 1970, British rock band Queen originally comprised Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals). 7. Between which two cities did the first international air service take place in 1919? Answer = London & Paris A British group called Air Transport and Travel, Ltd., acquired several Airco D.H.4a VIII single-engine planes (designed by Geoffrey De Havilland), powered by 350-horsepower Eagle V-type engines from Rolls-Royce Ltd., and modified them to include an enclosed cramped space in the fuselage with room for two adventurous passengers. The pilot’s cockpit, atop the fuselage, remained open. The company’s inaugural flight occurred on Aug. 25, 1919, when the plane flew from London to Paris with its sole passenger, an enterprising newspaper reporter. 8. In what year did Martin Luther King make his famous “I have a dream” speech? Answer = 1963 I Have a Dream, speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., that was delivered on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington. A call for equality and freedom, it became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history. 9. During which process in the Roman Catholic Church do they use a bell, a book and a candle? (Keep it clean!) Clean Answer = excommunication Unclean Answer = excommuniexclamation !!!!!!! The phrase "bell, book, and candle" refers to a Latin Christian method of excommunication by anathema, imposed on a person who had committed an exceptionally grievous sin. Evidently introduced by Pope Zachary around the middle of the 8th century, the rite was once used by the Roman Catholic Church. 10. In which sport would you find a shotgun, a bomb, a blitz and tight end? Answer = American Football 11. Mary is 5cm taller than Kate and Kate is 15cm shorter than Laura. Who is the tallest? Answer = Laura 12. Who had the nickname Scarface? Answer = Al Capone Al Capone, byname of Alphonse Capone, also called Scarface, (born January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Miami Beach, Florida), the most famous American gangster, who dominated organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931. I’ll bet you didn’t know … In a 1631 edition of the bible, the seventh commandment reads “Thou shalt commit adultery”. Of course I did – I’ve carried this extract in my wallet since I was 18 but I still got thumped