Steve's Quintessential Quaker Quiz -- the letter H

By Ray Simpson

Steve's Quintessential Quaker Quiz -- the letter H

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THE QUINTESSENTIAL QUAKER QUIZ

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 ……… H

FIRST HALF (General Knowledge)

  1. Which mode of transport was invented by Christopher Cockerell in 1950s?
  2. What is the name of the ritual war-dance performed by the All Blacks before a match?
  3. With which song did both the Isley Brothers and the Christians have a chart hit?
  4. What is the capital city of Zimbabwe?
  5. Which ex-member of Squeeze was the second compere of the TV show ‘Juke Box Jury’?
  6. Which 1992 film had a sequel with the suffix ‘….Lost in New York?’
  7. What was the Roman name for modern-day Ireland?
  8. Of what do you have a morbid fear if you suffer from acrophobia?
  9. Name the London cabbie who won the title of Mastermind in 1980.
  10. On which island (treasure here perhaps?) are Haiti and the Dominican Republic situated?
  11. Which of Thomas the Tank Engine’s friends is engine number 3?

 

SECOND HALF (Football)

 

  1. Which club was Quakers’ first ever opponent in the Football League in 1921?
  2. Which German club won the European Cup in 1983, beating Juventus in the Final?
  3. Who was the only player in the 1989/90 Conference-winning squad whose surname

     begins with “H”?

  1. What is the name of Southport’s home ground?
  2. Who scored at both ends in the replay after the 1981 FA Cup Final had finished up 1 – 1 in the original game?
  1. Which Danish forward did David Hodgson sign for Quakers during season 1999/2000?
  2. What is the nickname of Stockport County?
  3. Which footballing duo had a minor chart hit with ‘Diamond Lights’ in the 80s?
  4. Who occupies third place in the all-time list of League appearances for Darlo?
  5. Who was manager of Coventry City in the 1960s before ‘going on the tele’?
  6. Which famous England international footballer played cricket once for Essex scoring 2

      ducks and was never picked again?