Salford City (March 1st)

FIRST HALF – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE    

1. What is the capital of the Channel Island, Guernsey?
2. What does the acronym PDSA stand for?
3. Which museum, originally in Preston, moved to Manchester in 2012 and is located on Cathedral Gardens?
4. Pop Music: Which 80s group included three members named Taylor, although they were not related?
5. Which word, normally associated with government, is the collective noun for a group of owls?
6. What was abolished on British Railways in June, 1956?
7. Seafood: What exactly are Coquilles St Jacques?
8. Which TV detective first appeared in an episode entitled “Last Bus to Woodstock”?
9. Which American film actor, born Bernard Schwarz, starred in “Some Like It Hot” and “Spartacus”?
10. Made by Carthusian monks, which French liqueur comes specifically in green or yellow varieties?
11. In which English county was the Battle of Bosworth Field fought?
12. Which comedy duo of the 80s & 90s had the Christian names of Norman and Gareth?

HALF-TIME TEASER         NAME THE QUAKER!

Which former Darlington player is being described here?

Bustling forward who made 114 League appearances for Quakers in the second half of the 1970s.

Scored an iconic FA Cup goal against his former club before moving on to Belgium. In the 90s he opened

a guesthouse in Lincoln near the cathedral..

SECOND HALF – SPORTING KNOWLEDGE

13. Only three UK athletes have won Olympic gold in the Men’s 100 metres sprint – name any two.
14. In 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo became the first golfer from which country to win a Major?
15. Which is the most southerly football club in this season’s Premier League?
16. And which is the most westerly?
17. Born in Fleetwood, in which sport did Jane Crouch become Britain’s first officially-licensed sportswoman?
18. Horse racing: which two of the “Classics” are designed especially for “fillies only”?
19. Name the only two football clubs in the current 92 whose names begin with the letter “O”.
20. More famous for horse racing, which Northern sporting venue hosted the F1 British Grand Prix from 1955 to 1962?
21. In which sport would you be penalised for a “double dribble”?
22. Which North West club played in the Premier League for the first time in 2010?
23. Which city hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games?

24. For which clubs do these ex-Darlo youngsters now play – a) Scott Harrison  b) David Ferguson