Steve's Quintessential Quaker Quiz -- the letter E
By Ray Simpson
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All the answers begin with the same letter - in the case of someone’s name, the surname begins with the key letter. This week’s letter is ……… E
FIRST HALF (General Knowledge)
- Of which country is Quito the capital city?
- How does Arthur Daley refer to his wife in TV’s ‘Minder’?
- Which tasty pastry is also the French word for ‘lightning’?
- To what kind of creature does the word ‘aquiline’ refer?
- Which English city was known to the Romans as Isca?
- Who composed the music for ‘Land of Hope and Glory’?
- Which word or name links Captain James Cook with Inspector Morse?
- On which river does Carlisle stand?
- Which mega-filmstar had a Top 20 hit in 1970 with ‘I Talk to the Trees’?
- Associated with food, what does the ‘E’ stand for in ‘E-numbers’?
- What was the name of the cow in ‘The Magic Roundabout’?
SECOND HALF (Football)
- Which European international star was nicknamed ‘The Black Panther’ or ‘The Black Pearl’?
- Which former Wimbledon player scored for Sutton Utd against the Quakers in our 1989/90 Conference season?
- Name the manager who led Darlington FC to Division 2 in the 1920s.
- Which footballers released songs entitled ‘This Time’ in 1982 and ‘We’ve Got the Whole World at Our Feet’ in 1986?
- At which Scottish club did Sir Alex Ferguson make his managerial debut?
- The city of Barcelona has two teams in La Liga Primera – Barça and which other?
- Which former England boss also managed Benfica, Lazio, Mexico and Leicester City amongst many others?
- Which Quakers’ manager of the 1980s also managed Libya, Daring FC and Brann Bergen?
- Against which country did Honduras wage a brief war in 1969 after 2 World Cup Qualifying matches?
- In our 1989/90 Conference season, name the only club we faced whose name began with ‘E’.
- Which Man Utd defender was born in Dudley in 1936, but who tragically died at the age of 22?