Quizzing

At a quiz last night, a question asked "Which Irish county is known as the Lake County", and it later proved that no fewer than three of them (Fermanagh, Cavan and Westmeath) shared the nickname! Similarly, if asked "Which is the most westerly US state", Alaska is the correct ans...

That was the record win, but they beat another team by five goals in the Sixties.

Boys from the Black Stuff?

You could say the answer borders on the political?

Prior to last night's victory over Bayer Leverkusen, who did Manchester United last defeat by a five goal margin in a European away fixture, and in what year?

We're talking about the infamous "Curse of the Bambino" hanging over the Chicago Cubs.

Only got 13 in Sport, so that was my discard - mostly 20s after that, but the History round just happened to suit me.

Chuffed with World Quiz score of 157 - Kevin and Pat won't be losing sleep, but any time you improve on last year, you're doing well.

Apologies for gumming up the thread - which four-letter Spanish word connects a Mexican football team, a Beckham child, and in keeping with the last clue, the capital of Tenerife?

That'll be Adams or Paisley then. I'll go for Adams as he's closer to McGuiness. Correct - before the Sinn Féin leader successfully ran for the Irish Dáil (parliament), he resigned as MP for West Belfast, and was given the Northstead sinecure, similar in function to the Chiltern Hundreds. Over to y...