Especially for Kinky Gerbil - a Quiz!

[The Great Cornholio]

What the hell. I've got a spare half hour so I'll post a few questions from my Enormous Quiz Book.

No cheating by looking up the answers!

Questions to follow

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

you are my hero

 

[The Great Cornholio]

1. At which venue did Tony Jacklin win the US Open?
2. Which Brit won the doubles at Wimbledon in 1987 and in Australia in 1991?
3. In the summer of 1998, Jaap Stam joined Man Utd from which club?
4. What was the 8th Star Trek film called?
5. Whose song provided the music for the sitcom Girls on Top?
6. In Man About the House, which football team did Robin Tripp support?
7. Who was murdered along with OJ Simpsons estranged wife Nicole?
8. Why does the leader of the Tour de France wear a yellow jersey?
9. What was the first sport shown on ITV?
10. Who plays Prunella Scales daughter in the Tesco Ads?
11. Which celebrity couple had the number plate 8 DEB ?
12. What was Michael Barrymores profession before becoming a TV Star?
13. Who first presented The Price is Right on British TV?
14. Which record breaker became Master of Pembroke College, Oxford in the 80's?
15. Des O'Connor had a trial with which football club?

Feel free to guess away!

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

1. Flushing Meadows
2. Andrew Castle
3. PSV Eindhoven
9. Darts
11. Paul Daniels/Debbie McGhee
12. Pool cleaner
14. Seb Coe
13. Bruce Forsyth
15. Brentford

 

[Highfields Seagull]

10. Jane Horrocks
12. Redcoat?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

15. northampton town

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

1Hazeltine
2
3psv
4first contact
5
6spurs
7 Ronald Goldman
8 to identify the overall leader
9 football
10
11 posh and becks
12designer?
13brucie
14
15middles

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Correct answers so far

1. Hazeltine
3. PSV
4. First Contact
7. Ronald Goldman
10. Jane Horrocks
11. Paul Daniels & Debbie McGhee
15. Northampton Town

all other guesses are wrong. I'm off now until this evening so keep guessing but don't expect any more answers for a while!

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

WooHoo 2 right - come on!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

4! eat my gerbil poo

 

[Albion Rob]

Is 13 Leslie Crowther?

 

[Everest]

13. Leslie Crowther

Bollocks. Late again

 

[Dave the OAP]

6...Fulham or QPR..

 

[aftershavedave]

2 sue barker
6 fulham
8 because the sponsoring paper was yellow (bit like the ft being pink)
9 wrestling
13 bob monkhouse
14 chris brasher

 

[aftershavedave]

actually 13 is lesle crowther as someone else has said above..

 

[The Great Cornholio]

I'm finally back from my car fixing trips!

Here are the complete answers :-

1. Hazeltine
2. Jeremy Bates
3. PSV
4. First Contact
5. Squeeze
6. Southampton
7. Ron Goldman
8. Because the sponsoring newspaper was yellow
9. Boxing
10. Jane Horrocks
11. Paul Daniels + Debbie McGhee
12. Hairdresser
13. Leslie Crowther
14. Roger Bannister
15. Northampton Town