The Quiz Page
The following are two quizzes that have been sent to TGTLS News House during the past year.
The first belongs to Rob Brown. See if you can name the football teams behind all the cryptic clues
The Rob Brown Quiz
Fill in the spaces with names of Football Clubs playing in the
English or Scottish Leagues. No team name is used twice,
although teams such as Charlton Athletic etc count as two
words and therefore both could be used at different points in
the story. 1 Point awarded for each correct answer with a
maximum of 50 points available.
The sun shone ...........
the day we set sail for the .......
It was a ...........
afternoon and the ........
of the ancient wooden ship was riddled with holes. As we sailed down the river which ..........
to the sea, we waved to the people leaning against the .............
The ..............
was made up of Scot's and Welshman and others of ........
race. They were a rowdy bunch and after a heavy drinking session,
I'm afraid they did .............
furniture. The exception was a young man called ............
whose job it was to ..........
the boilers. He was illiterate, but won our ............
with his .............
efforts to improve his...............
However, he was sent to ..............
by the rest of the villains who had brought their ..........
of weapons on board. When he failed to do his job properly, they shaved his ..............
which meant he had to walk around with a .............
The voyage made my .......................;
she had not been on holiday ..................
too long. The sea ................
did her ............
lot of good. We landed ..............
in the day at the ............
of the island. Our transport problems started when the ...........
broke as we travelled deep into the heart of the ............
We had stopped where the natives ..........
their dead, having let the ........
take their pickings first. We met a group of ........
dressed in ......... green and wearing ...........
on their boots. Their leader, a Dr.............,
greeted us with a friendly ..........
They fetched a replacement part for our vehicle and said it would just.......
There were clearly .........
people on the island as they spent their days trying to catch dark fish in the ........
and trying, unsuccessfully, to get fresh milk from a herd of cows who did not like having their............
We ...............
regardless, heading for the home of the Islands monarch, the ....... ...... ...... .............
She was very upset as her ......... ..............
had been destroyed after a riot at the islands local Amazons versus Warriors ..........
The riot broke out after the Amazons accused the Warriors of giving their ..........
whilst swapping shirts at the end of the match. While her .............
was being built, she was forced to live in a sumptious ............
We eventually found the stolen money and put the ............
the ship and set sail for home, determined to put it in the .............
That night we celebrated with Red .................
cheese, some very .............., ...............
cake and some ..........
sticky buns, which made us all very ill.
And the previous quiz...
1. Collection of arms.
2. Famous jockey
3. Where you send an enemy
4. Bottom of a ship
5. Professor of rollers
6. Male Meadow
7. Glass mansion
8. Complete bacon
9. Not an Eastern dish
10. Bonnie's vicious partner
11. Steel city day
12. Always one hundred
13. What brothers might say over an ill parent
14. Wombles vs. McEnroe
15. Detectives need them
16. Cows private land
17. Far East connection
18. Smashes up cars
19. Lock the door
20. Organ of small lake
21. Share of harbour
22. Cowboys have them
23. Latest fort
24. Keep the fire burning
25. Heavyweight toilet
26. Wild dogs
27. Famous haircut of yesterday
28. Famous President
29. Animals car
30. Dirty water
31. Males together
32. Push a weight
33. Vital organs
34. Vehicles surrounded by water
35. What burglars do
36. Naked lights a candle
37. A prison clock
38. Famous football brothers
39. Lack of moisture in the air
40. Royal leisure area
41. Car parked outside a Spanish villa
Bonus questions
42. Who scored a winning goal at Wembley for Newcastle, and played in goal for Manchester United as well during the same season?
43. Name three former Scunthorpe United players who went on to captain England
44. What Nationwide League player played in these derbies: London, Merseyside, Manchester, Midlands and North East? He is also an ex-England international
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