TRIVIA Quiz
Posted by paul beard on 30 July 2008 - 8:20pm.
Just done a great trivia quiz, Here are some of the better questions.
1) What connects Eric Idle,David Coleman,Kevin Rowland and Robert Plant ?
2) What song/tune connects WBA,Wolves and Chelsea ?
3) Name all the groups who have had top ten hits whose names are the same as a Football League club's Nickname ? (for example The Red Devils-Man Utd). careful one of them is difficult.
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Well 1. would be
Well 1. would be Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Guessing 2 as One Man Went To Mow.
3. is lost on me. Will hurt to think that hard right now.
No.3...
Tired, can't think of a Top 10 hit, but The Saints had a Top 40 hit with 'This Perfect Day'.
As they say in Italy... boh.
Good one
Nice try Patrick. You are on the right lines.
Question 2-the Song/tune was a Top Ten Hit
Question 3
a)Don't have to be Current League clubs but have to have been in the league at one time.This is one i got that the quiz setter didn't.rather proud of myself actually.
b) Think pronunciation rather than spelling for one of the answers.
There are 3 in total.
Can we include Scottish Teams?
If so, The Jags (Partick Thistle) had a hit (possibly Top 10?) with "I've Got Your Number".
q3
Crystal Palace are The Eagles. Did the Eagles have a top 10 hit?
Bristol Rovers are The Pirates as in Shakin' All Over.
Can't think of any more.
Well done
In this question The Jags are not allowed,but great answer.Never thought of that.
Nice one Indus, In the quiz we said The Pirates and was told NO because it was Johnny Kidd and the Pirates.It had to be the Complete Name,though both of the remaining answers could be contested under this rule,but that's the fun part.But me i'm giving you a point.
The Eagles is Correct -Hotel California got to Number 8
So,at the moment, we have Leedsboy who got question 1 correct.
and Indus who has 2 from 4 in Question 3.
More clues.
Question 2 is an Instrumental
question 3- Think outside the box,Both the groups had Number 1 hits. One Is a Current League club.
the other is a well known club who have fallen on hard times.They famously beat Man Utd in The 70's.Then again,who didn't in the early to mid 70's.
answers this evening
The Bees
Brentford.
Have they had a top ten hit?
Question 2..
Is it 'Liquidator'?
They play it before every game at Stamford Bridge. Do they play it at WBA and Wolves?
A Likely Lad indeed
well done Bob and Terry The answer to question 2 is -The Liquidator by Harry J All Stars .
All 3 teams use or have used this song when they run out onto the pitch or just before kick off,. Though Wolves and the Albion dropped it due to the chanting that the fans did along with the tune.
FerrisCollier-are you a Scarborough fan by any chance ?
For an easy bonus point..Which other hit record from the 70's uses the baseline from The Liquidator ?
Not really a video but a chance to enjoy a great tune.
Not a Scarborough fan..
I'm a Chelsea supporter!!!
The other hit that uses that bassline is (If You're Ready) Come Go With Me by The Staples Singers. And I think there's another reggae tune that uses it - possibly Rock Steady by Alton Ellis.
Good quiz.
Bob Ferris
Was thinking more of the Wedding episode of the Likely Lads.
Yes you are correct it was the Staple Singers. The other track was Alton Ellis but not Rock Steady because i just played it to check.can't remember the tune though.
Which number 1 song was based on Alton Ellis'- I'm Still In Love With You ?
Update-My brother says it's "Girl I've Got a date" and you know what ? he's right.
I get the Likely Lads
Scarborough reference.
Just to be pedantic I don't think it was the wedding episode, but the one when the banns are read out in church. Terry finally finds out Bob's "mystery" other middle name. "SCARBOROUGH!".
Named as such for the same reason Brooklyn Beckham is so named.
'Eezer goode quizmaster
is one of the three the Shamen (Shaymen being the nickname of Halifax)
Was it the Man Utd clue ?
Impressive badartdog
it is indeed the Sha(y)men. this is the one i got but the quizmaster didn't. Only one to go.
Halifax 2 man Utd 1 Watney cup 1971.
Who are the current holders of the Watney cup ? drifting into football 365 territory but what the hell .
The Potters?
Are Stoke City the holders? What am I going on about? Help!
Further footy based musical trivia
How many footballers have had chart hits? Not football teams doing cup songs - there's tonnes of them - but professional, or formerly professional, footballers recording under their own names.
Two I can think of are Gazza doing Lindisfarne's Fog on the Tyne and Diamond Lights by Waddle and Hoddle.
Any more?
Keggy Keegan
Had a big hit single. Head Over Heels in Love.
Well done again
It is Stoke City(the glory years). The beat Hull 2-0 at the Victoria ground strangely. Being from Stoke and a Valiant i never tire of hearing about it either. Sarcasm ,for non footy people.
How about the Texaco cup ? Not the Irish version.
The Keeg
Head over heels. written by members of which group ?
Footballers as singers
Vinnie Jones did a version of Wooly Bully i remember.But is he a Footballer ?
We are the champions...............
I've got a version of "We are the champions" by Glenn Hoddle on my i-pod. Yes, Glenn Hoddle. It's awful. It only remains on my ipod so i can play it to people who've never heard it so they too can appreciate its awfulness.
Never knew Chelsea ran out to The Liquidator
but then again Wolves haven't played at the Bridge much in the past 20 years.
The Liquidator has been the subject of much comment amongst Wolves fans as the club have tried to replace it with various other intro songs. It has been returned to it's rightful place a couple of times but is generally quickly withdrawn because of the foul language that accompanies it's performance.
Ps The Jags song was "Back of My Hand" as in "I've got your number written on the ...."
As a Vale fan
Never got to see first Division Football but all my family support Wolves. the first match(1st Div) i saw was Wolves vs Burnley.I was in the North Bank and my biggest memory is hearing everyone clapping and singing to the Liquidator and Frank Casper scoring for Burnley.
Remember the match at Molineux when both Wolves and Chelsea got promoted 76/77 ?.Chelsea fans were banned but the South Bank was full of them.
Back to the quiz.The missing one for question 3
BIg Big clue- try babelfish for the answer.
It's right under your nose
Final clue
The song was a cover version of a famous hit from a film with the same name.
" A little bit of grace is needed"
"I'm Not a sailor"
Aaaargh!!!!
Can't believe I didn't get it!
Of course its the mighty Wolves (or Los Lobos) as we are known in certain parts of Latin America.
about time
Thought you might have spotted the common thread.
The answers
1) They are all Wolves fans. Kevin Rowland was known to be a North Bank regular. Robert Plant is and has been a season ticket holder since the Sixties.I once saw him play in a Testimonial at Molineux (Dave Wagstaff) where he played for the Tiswas all stars alongside Tarrant and Angling Today's Terry Thomas and Sports Tv Mogul Trevor East
2)The Liquidator-Harry J all stars. see previous post for explaination.
3)Crystal Palace-The Eagles
Halifax Town- The Sha(y)men
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Los Lobos aka The Wolves
Bristol Rovers-(Johnny Kidd and) The Pirates
Hope you enjoyed the quiz.I'll pass on more when i get'em