2000 Post Celebration Quiz

[Porty]

[teddygirl]

[Dadaist]

[foxy]

I presume you meant to call it "2000 Post Celebration Quiz" Porty...you'd probably used 2000 words by the end of your first week

Congratulations on reaching 2K...it's a rare thing that you've done

[DG]

I just posted my congrats on the wrong thread - and, yes Porty, isn't that typical of me . But congratulations again on post 2000

and - just from me -

DG

[Bob Jefferson]

Re question 1, I'm sure that you have greatly under-estimated the number of relatonships on the forum. For example, there is a relationship between you and Flearoy, between you and Bruce and between Flearoy and Bruce, so that's three for starters. I reckon on at least twenty and probably more.

To clarify, I'm assuming that a poster is by defintion someone who has made at least one post, as opposed to a lurker. There is anecdotal evidence of relationiships and inter-breeding among lurkers but nothing that can be verified.

My congratulations on your 2000th post. You are truly a man of many words.

[bearcub]

Congratulations on hittting the big 2000, Porty, and mucho respecto at my posting rate I should get there sometime about 2035

[Porty]

Thanks Foxy zzz

Bob, yes I mean that Me, Bruce and Flearoy are one relationship..

[CatzVP]

It just seemed like yesterday it was 1000..( it practically was!!)

Well done on the Big 2K Porty

Well got to go now, because its lights out!!

[Porty]

[ecm]

[Sandra]

well done porty on reaching 2000!

[Poppy]

[ecm]

[Epykat]

[Maria]

[Porty]

[Maria]

OK you might have a point.....

[Jay]

[Maria]

Anybody managed to answer your quiz yet Porty?

[Epykat]

[Porty]

I do have some entries and I will be publishing the answers later in the week. Still waiting on ECM's , she must have been busy at work last week.

Epykat, I think Marjory enjoyed the chat as much as I did. In terms of how much I owe her? I think we are talking a lot more than £50 for all the guidance and advice she has doled out to myself and the Porty offpring over the Years.

[Porty]

Quiz

1. There are numerous POL posters who are related to each other by either being Spouse, Partner or Blood. I make it 12 relationships but there may well be more. Can you name them?

1. DG and GG
2. Bob and Froglette and Farside
3. ECM and Ali
4. Dada and Beachbabe
5. DCCairns and Hawkeye
6. Bellybabe and Nicky
7. Sandra and Bearcub
8. Lizzie and Ed
9. Teddygirl and Mr. Spoon
10. Porty and Macco and Flearoy and Bruce
11. Marya and Homer
12. Epykat and rathbone and Prombabe and CoC
13. Nick and Maureen Child



2. What significant event took place in Portobello in 1964?

Current High School Building Opened


3. What year did the Open Air Pool open?

Every year….. from 1936 to when it closed in 1979 with the exception of the war years
4. True or False: I bumped into Wangi and as far as I could tell he didn’t have a Camera on him?

TRUE: it was on the bus. Wangi did have a big coat on which made me suspicious. However, we drove past a partially sunlit puddle and as soon as he didn’t take a photo of it, I just knew. I was going to ask Wangi for a loan of his camera, so I could take a picture of him without one, but I was worried in case he did have one on him.

5. This POL poster doesn’t have a Handle but if they did it could be The Great Contender. Who?

Brian McCrow

6. What are the Villas that overlook Portobello Golf Course from Milton Road collectively known as?

12 Disciples

7. Who is the longest serving teacher at Portobello High School?

Alan Keay beats Derek Wilson by 4 months both joined in 1969. Maria Chapman is third 1970.

8. Scottish Rugby used to have 84 Clubs spread over 7 Divisions with 12 teams in each Division. Out of 96 what was is the highest position ever achieved by Portobello FPRFC at season end?

PFPRFC finished 15th Just missing out on the Elite League by a flunked Conversion


9. What is the most successful sporting club to hail from Portobello?

Portobello Water Polo Club once again they have qualified for the Semi-Finals of the British Cup. An event they have won on several occasions. They have provided many Internationalists an GB players. Even our own Mr Lizzie has been capped from PWPC. Although it is his second team sport.

10. True or False: I owe dcCairns £3 for a hideous PCATS T shirt. She is going to let me off with it.

FALSE: Dc is from Yorkshire

11. Who was Dinky and what caused his twitch?

”Dinky” Dempster was Head of Music at PHS and due to a Malaria attack when younger he developed a facial twitch. I once got caught doing an impersonation of him, by him and it resulted in 6 of the lash from him and a further 6 from Mr McRobbie.


12. How many murders would you say have taken place in Portobello since 1970?

a) 3 or less
b) 5 or less
c) More than 5.

If you count individuals murdered there has been more than 5. If you count murder events there has been less than 5. I will accept B or C.


13) Name all of the churches in Portobello.

Portobello Parish Church Bellfield Street
Portobello Spiritualist Church Bath street
St Johns Evangelist
St Marks
Duddingston Kirk
And some other ones

14) True or False: I once met Bob and he told me that he detests the Profanity Filter?

FALSE: If Bob was French he would be asterisk the Gaulle

15) Dead Or Alive?

Mrs Lornie: Alive
Yogi ead
Olive Don’t know
Miss Wishart: Dead
Ned Barney Dead
Lawrence Marshall: Alive (And not just from the neck down as one particpant quipped)
Mrs Dale Dead
Cubby Alive
Cheesey Dead
Edward Woodward (The Janny not the Actor) Dead

16) True of False: Beach Babe told me that Dada has a portrait of Margaret Thatcher ready to hang in the spare room at Dada Towers.

FALSE: BB would never rat on her hubby

17) True or False: Jay wears a wig.

FALSE: A fine head of hair

1 In the early 70’s a Portobello Band made the Top 40 Singles Chart, the song was subsequently, in fact simultaneously, released by Paul Macartneys’ Wings. What was the song and who were the band?


http://www.scotchproductions.com/ironvirgin.html

I think there was 2 of them at PHS and PoP hs a signed copy of the single.


19) Name the all of the pubs between The Rockville and The First and Last?

Seahaven
Ormelie
Dalraida
Figgate Whins
Glassblower
The Portobello Bar
Old Pier
The Plough
The Gallean
PopInn
Forresters
The Plough
Tides Inn
The Old Lavvy (?)

We also have THe Masons Club and the Conservative and Unionist Club.


20) True or False: Marya doesn’t read the exam papers she marks, she just has a guess at the score.

FALSE: She cant even be bothered guessing the score, she gets Homer to do it.

21) True or False; Catz is not in a correctional facility?

TRUE: deportation was considered punishment enough


22) True or False: Bellybabe couldn’t give a four x about parental rights?

FALSE: Parental rights are dearer to BB heart than Belly dancing itself.



23) Why did I stop at 23?

The Brothers Johnson came on the radio, I thought of my strawberry hat and that did it.

And the Winner is???? Foxy, the fountain of Portobello knowledge.[

[Bob Jefferson]

Porty, very entertaining and a fitting tribute to your 2000th post. Congrats again.

[ecm]

Congrats to Foxy - just how many did she get right?

[DG]

Yes, congratulations, Foxy

And well done Porty for putting your time and efforts into this quiz

DG

[CatzVP]

Well Done Foxy

and Porty... the forum needs more quizzes.... hint hint

Why not start a quiz thread!

[foxy]

[Porty]

[Bob Jefferson]

[Jay]

[Porty]

[ecm]

[Porty]

[foxy]

Never heard of them myself until I started trying to win the quiz