....come on you reds.....

February 6th 1958....10 days before I was born...the Munich Air Disaster. I often get asked why I'm a Manchester United fan, when I'm from County Durham...I should be a Sunderland fan...or even a Middlebrough fan, the team closest to where I was brought up. What can I tell you? I remember the 1966 World Cup when I was 8, but the first big game that grabbed my attention was in 1968...the European Cup Final at Wembley....Man Utd 4 - Benfica 2....and that was it....I was a fan through all the lean years...through the 70's and 80's when they won a few F.A.cups. I even met the Holy Trinity (Best, Charlton and Law) at a Cup game at Middlesbrough!.....and then the 1992/93 season when they won the first Premiership title..............I guess it's like the woman you fall for...you just can't help it.

Quiz League tonight....against the Sun Dial....another win. Never in doubt from the first question.

Round 1. 7-3
Round 2. 15-8. My individual questions on New York Harbour....jkj10 would have been proud of me...got my 2 points plus a bonus passover point.
Round 3. 21-13
Round 4. 23 -13
Round 5. 29-16
Round 6. 37-27 A bit of a blip...but the opponents did have ridiculously easy questions for four pointers compared to ours.
Round 7. 40-33 Another blip due to poor choices of individual questions.
Round 8 46-38!


A few for you to ponder.

1. Which borough of London has been granted the right to affix Royal to its name as part of the Queen's Jubilee?
2. What is a bird of prey doing when it is stooping?
3. What is a whale doing when it is breaching?
4. How does the 7th Commandment read in the misprinted so-called "Wicked Bible"?
5. Which island in New York harbour is the home of the American Families Immigration History Centre?
6. President Eisenhower granted permission for Bedloes Island in NY harbour to change its name to what?
7. Which 1955 Ealing comedy was remade recently with Tom Hanks taking the role played by Sir Alec Guinness in the original?
8. Which Ealing comedy was retitled Tight Little Island for its release in the U.S.A due to a ban on the advertising of alcoholic drinks?
9. Which Festival is known in Durham as Nut Crack Night?
10. Walpurgis Nacht, celebrated in Germany is on the eve of which major festival/holiday?

Das vidanya moy padruga.







The answers
1. Greenwich (now to be known as Royal Greenwich)
2. Diving on its prey.
3. Leaping out of the water.
4. Though shalt commit adultery (Chance would be a fine thing!)
5. Ellis Island.
6. Liberty Island.
7. The Lady Killers.
8. Whisky Galore.
9. Halowe'en.
10 May 1st/May Day.