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  1. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Well done. I wouldn't have got Paranoid - not really my bag. But thought that there were quite a few into metal here so I should include something - and I'm not touching Def Leopard or anything like that. I'd only just washed my hands :P
  2. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    You can imagine the voice of Smashy or Nicey asking that question on the radio, can't you?
  3. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Jonny Beethoven, Ludwig's grandson, once played for the reserves but didn't make the grade?
  4. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    I don't think many ppl can share my sense of humour... nobody got Withnail and only 1 person Boosh, which is my favourite sitcom. :(
  5. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Great, look forward to your first one. :) I was running out of things I know and having to google more and more.
  6. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Faces: Who Am I? 1. Cary Grant 2. Roger Moore 3. Nikita Krushchev 4. Sid Vicious (or John Ritchie) 5. Oswald Mosley
  7. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    26 - 45 (numbering incorrect - has been started from 1 again on the copy): Adverts What product is being advertised? 1. They peel them with their metal knives; boil them for 20 of their minutes. Smash 2. Robbie Williams asks ‘Who is your British favourite singer who used to play in Take...
  8. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Here we go, 1-25 answers: History 1. Born in 1942, she worked as a model and showgirl. After meeting Stephen Ward, she had an affair with a senior government minister, ending his career after it came out in the press that she was also sleeping with a Russian diplomat. Who is she? Christine...
  9. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Type the word spoiler within square brackets at the start and backslash spoiler in square brackets at the end
  10. mrtrench

    Garry Hoffman

    One thing I do know about that story... he's not an investment banker as the headline says. He's always worked in retail and credit cards.
  11. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Who Am I (click to expand)? 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
  12. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Adverts What product is being advertised? 26. They peel them with their metal knives; boil them for 20 of their minutes. 27. Robbie Williams asks ‘Who is your British favourite singer who used to play in Take That.’ The answer he receives is ‘Gary Barlow’. 28. Too orangey for crows...
  13. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    Here you go pop-pickers. 50 questions over 3 posts. Edit your posts so all your answers are in one post and I'll mark and post the answers at 5pm. I'll resign after this one but if someone else wants to carry on I'd be glad to answer. History 1. Born in 1942, she worked as a model and...
  14. mrtrench

    Video Why & what made you a Coventry Supporter

    With both Gibson and Gynn in the same team, our average height must have been around 5 feet.
  15. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz III

    I'll aim to post the questions around 1pm. Will be three posts: two of questions and one of pictures. Post your answers and I'll reveal the results at 5pm. Good luck.
  16. mrtrench

    Missed Opportunities

    Unlucky :( We were shit - never even dreamt we'd try and become something - it was just a laugh at Uni. Bass player was far too good for us and it was clear if he wanted to and got the run of the green that he'd play professionally.
  17. mrtrench

    Missed Opportunities

    TBF, he'd only just started playing guitar at that stage and he was rubbish. He was a year older than me and left to go back to Sheffield to join the band in about 1984. Years before they made it so plenty of time to practise. He was bezza mates with Jarvis from school or something. He...
  18. mrtrench

    Missed Opportunities

    Guitar/Violin - Pulp Bass - Blue Aeroplanes You won't know the names of either, they're no famous and I haven't spoken to either since I left Uni. Played in a band with the Bassist. Pulp guy auditioned for our band and we turned him down. :)
  19. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz II

    Up to a point... I like 2001 A Space Odyssey - not Full Metal Jacket so much. The director I really love is Krzysztof Kieslowski. He did a TV series called the 10 Commandments (Dekalog) before the Three Colours movies. It's my definition of perfect cinema/TV
  20. mrtrench

    Pub Quiz II

    Dunno the name. Wagner (Ride of the ...) was an answer in Quiz 1. Another film I've watched several times - that opening sequence with the helicopter/fan noise and The Doors is brilliant... as is the mystical ambience of Colonel Kurtz's camp. I read somewhere that it was so dark because...
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