An quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
By TonyTaff
December 4 2020
A quiz to span at least part of the interregnum until Sarries play again: Points will be awarded for correct answers submitted to the unofish email; any answers posted on the message board will result in a 35 point deduction, which may be arbitrarily trebled!
The scoring system, marginally less fiendish than that in F1, is 3 points for the first contributor to get the answer correct, 2 points for the second contributor, and 1 point for the next five contributors who get it right; Only responses, within 7 calendar days of the question being posted, will be eligible, as the answer will be posted thereafter. Four bonus points are available for anyone who gets three consecutive answers correct, regardless of whether their alacrity also garnered points.
All questions refer to the men's first team/squad unless explicitly state dotherwise.
Please include your nom-de-web within the email, if it is not obvious from your email address.
Suggested questions are most welcome, again to the unofish email. However, the fiendish quiz-master's decision is final as to which are included.
Don't expect glittering prizes to arrive by Christmas, any Christmas!
Endless compromises, courtesy of PRL, are likely to be in plentiful supply.
If anyone doesn’t know the unofish email, please PM me.
Keep an eye out on the messageboard for announcement of the new questions, as this will start the 7-day clock.
Good luck
TonyTaff
An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TheSaracens.com (IP Logged)
Date: 04/12/2020 16:29
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Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 04/12/2020 16:36
Q1: In the years while the game was supposedly amateur, many of Sarries' better players were poached by better established clubs, however such an exodus has abated more recently. Who is the former Saracens player who has most recently captained Leicester Tigers?
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It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 08/12/2020 12:00
There are still plenty of points to be won in this week's round. Deadline is 4:30 Friday afternoon.
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It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 12/12/2020 19:52
Q2: In 1993, Kyran Bracken, Prince of Fez (he also has an MBE,but that is so trivial by comparison that it's barely worth mentioning!) achieved a rare feat, so rare that only one Englishman has subsequently achieved it!
What is it?
PS He did once buy a round for all the Fez who had made it to Heywood Rd, but that's not the answer!
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What is it?
PS He did once buy a round for all the Fez who had made it to Heywood Rd, but that's not the answer!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 12/12/2020 19:58
No-one submitted a valid correct answer to Q1. Stopsy, who I believe is a Leicester fan, got it right - Wiggy briefly took over the captaincy at Brentford in week 2.
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It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 18/12/2020 08:05
Plenty of points still available in Round 2 of the quiz? Who can forget the euphoria of 1993?
PS It's nothing to do with ice skating!
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PS It's nothing to do with ice skating!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 20/12/2020 12:01
Q3: a little easier, this one. "Who is the youngest man to have scored a hat-trick I n the English Premiership?"
Hint: It's not Jim Hamilton (who was a wrong answer to Q. 1!
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Hint: It's not Jim Hamilton (who was a wrong answer to Q. 1!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 22/12/2020 17:49
The answer to Q2 is that Kyran earned his first cap in a victory over the All Blacks. A rare event for players of any nationality.
Jonny Browne tops the leader board.
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Jonny Browne tops the leader board.
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 01/01/2021 11:06
Q4: In Q2 we learnt that Kyran Bracken achieved the rare feat of beating the All Blacks on his international début. Who is the only Englishman to have subsequently achieved this?
Hint: it's not Joe Simmonds!
Yet
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Hint: it's not Joe Simmonds!
Yet
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 05/01/2021 10:02
Jonny Browne has extended his lead at the top of the leader board.
A salary cap investigation will surely follow!
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A salary cap investigation will surely follow!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 08/01/2021 18:57
The answer to Q3 was Louis Rees Zammit (sp), or something like that.
Still plenty of time to garner points in Q4. Not many Englishmen beat the All Blacks on their début!
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Still plenty of time to garner points in Q4. Not many Englishmen beat the All Blacks on their début!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: jonnybrowne (IP Logged)
Date: 10/01/2021 11:46
Quote:TonyTaff
Jonny Browne has extended his lead at the top of the leader board.
A salary cap investigation will surely follow!
I shall await a call from the Daily Fail to answer the allegations... 😄
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 11/01/2021 11:26
As Sarriebone asked for the unofish email address, but has not submitted an answer to Q4. Accordingly, the deadline for answers to Q4. has been extended until 10:00am tomorrow.
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It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 11/01/2021 11:31
Here is Q5: The final play of the second Lions test in 1997 ended in an unusual manner; one which looks incongruous from a current perspective. What was unusual about it?
Hint: It's nothing to do with there actually being a Scotsman on the field! A rare sight in a Lions test, these days
There were in fact two, back in the last millennium - Tom Smith and Rob Wainwright, though neither were protagonists in the final play.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2021:01:13:12:07:04 by TonyTaff.
Hint: It's nothing to do with there actually being a Scotsman on the field! A rare sight in a Lions test, these days
There were in fact two, back in the last millennium - Tom Smith and Rob Wainwright, though neither were protagonists in the final play.It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2021:01:13:12:07:04 by TonyTaff.
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: Sarriebone (IP Logged)
Date: 11/01/2021 11:50
Quote:Apologies, thought I'd sent it, turns out it was still in my drafts. 'tis sent now.TonyTaff
As Sarriebone asked for the unofish email address, but has not submitted an answer to Q4. Accordingly, the deadline for answers to Q4. has been extended until 10:00am tomorrow.
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 13/01/2021 12:19
The answer to Q4: The only Englishman to make his début in a win against New Zealand, since Broken in '93, is Freddie Burns! What happened to him?
Jonny Browne secures 4 bonus points for three consecutive correct answers. However, his lead is far from unassailable, as his answer to Q5 is wrong, so maximum points are still available regarding the events in Durbs.
Get your answers in, the season has a long way to run, as I plan to keep this quiz up until our season threatens to splutter into life.
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Jonny Browne secures 4 bonus points for three consecutive correct answers. However, his lead is far from unassailable, as his answer to Q5 is wrong, so maximum points are still available regarding the events in Durbs.
Get your answers in, the season has a long way to run, as I plan to keep this quiz up until our season threatens to splutter into life.
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 19/01/2021 19:46
Q6: In each Premiership season that has started in this millennium, only two teams have ever completed a season without achieving a losing bonus point. One was London Welsh, in their hapless 2014-15 season (they lost every match by more than 7, but managed a solitary four-try bonus point), which is the other team?
Hint, they qualified for the play-offs, in the relevant season.
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Hint, they qualified for the play-offs, in the relevant season.
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Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 20/01/2021 09:46
The answer to Q5 is that the match ended with Neil Jenkins taking a drop-22 which went straight into touch; referee Didier Mené blew for No Side (full time).
Many people remembered Jeremy Guscott's drop goal which took the score to 15-18 and was the last score of the match, but it was not the final play. Indeed, Lions fans endured what seemed an eternity of South African attack. A penalty kick or drop goal would have drawn the match and enabled SA to tie the series with a win in the final test; to their credit, the Bokke went for the win (they had missed every kick in the match, including three conversions - anyone remember Sarries four unconverted tries against, I think, Bath?), the non-kicking fly-half Honibal, chipped into the Lions' in-goal area where Lions full-back Jenkins touched down. The clock was well past 80 minutes, but, in those days, the clock wasn't stopped for injuries etc., and few observers knew how much time was left Perhaps Wingnut did, as he kicked directly to touch, frustrating any attempt by the Boks to field it. These days, of course, this would have resulted in a Boks' scrum on the 22 in front of the posts, against a Lions team that looked exhausted. However, Jenks knew the law as it then stood, and the Lions secured the series.
The tourists were hammered in the final test.
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Many people remembered Jeremy Guscott's drop goal which took the score to 15-18 and was the last score of the match, but it was not the final play. Indeed, Lions fans endured what seemed an eternity of South African attack. A penalty kick or drop goal would have drawn the match and enabled SA to tie the series with a win in the final test; to their credit, the Bokke went for the win (they had missed every kick in the match, including three conversions - anyone remember Sarries four unconverted tries against, I think, Bath?), the non-kicking fly-half Honibal, chipped into the Lions' in-goal area where Lions full-back Jenkins touched down. The clock was well past 80 minutes, but, in those days, the clock wasn't stopped for injuries etc., and few observers knew how much time was left Perhaps Wingnut did, as he kicked directly to touch, frustrating any attempt by the Boks to field it. These days, of course, this would have resulted in a Boks' scrum on the 22 in front of the posts, against a Lions team that looked exhausted. However, Jenks knew the law as it then stood, and the Lions secured the series.
The tourists were hammered in the final test.
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 20/01/2021 10:24
At the top of the leaderboard, Sarriebone closes to within a win of leader Jonnybrowne who has a game in hand. There's plenty of time for others to move into contention.
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Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 20/02/2021 17:03
Q7: Which British and Irish Lion is the nephew of a Concorde pilot?
Hint: It's not Willie John McBride!
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Hint: It's not Willie John McBride!
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Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 25/02/2021 04:29
As we seem now to have a stream of matches, this quiz will close on Saturday night. There's still chance to have a go at Q7.
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It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: jonnybrowne (IP Logged)
Date: 14/03/2021 10:00
Quote:TonyTaff
As we seem now to have a stream of matches, this quiz will close on Saturday night. There's still chance to have a go at Q7.
Did I miss a question somwhere, Tony??
Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: TonyTaff (IP Logged)
Date: 15/03/2021 10:38
Quote:. Don't think so.jonnybrowneQuote:TonyTaff
As we seem now to have a stream of matches, this quiz will close on Saturday night. There's still chance to have a go at Q7.
Did I miss a question somwhere, Tony??
If that's a gentle nudge that I am supposed to publish the results, I have taken the hint!
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Re: An episodic quiz to keep us going during the extended close season
Posted by: jonnybrowne (IP Logged)
Date: 15/03/2021 14:03
Quote:TonyTaffQuote:. Don't think so.jonnybrowneQuote:TonyTaff
As we seem now to have a stream of matches, this quiz will close on Saturday night. There's still chance to have a go at Q7.
Did I miss a question somwhere, Tony??
If that's a gentle nudge that I am supposed to publish the results, I have taken the hint!
Funnily enough it wasn’t a gentle nudge - I would have asked you directly, Tony!
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