FISHING QUIZ

#1

Bout time we had one of these

As an introduction the first one ain't about fishing.

1) What is unusual about next month, that is December 2012.

2) Where was Frank Barlow's last contest?

3) If he wasn't a world stage angler what would Kevin Ashurst's choice of sport have been?

4) Who was the first team to win the National Championships (All England) carrying a sponsors name?

5) One for locals, - where is Pothooks Brook?

6) What famous tackle company was based at Motherwell?

7) Gladding International had two leading tackle companies under their wing; who were they?

8) Another for the locals; where is The Broad Water?

9) At Norbury Junction there is an arm of canal that leads off the Shroppie; where did it originally go to?

10) What country did the original stock of Redmire carp come from?

There yer go boyz, get yer skwot boxes ready

#2

1 crappity smack knows

2 Evesham

3 Wrestling

4 Team Seaweed ?

5 I aint a local

6 Daiwa

7 crappity smack knows

8 I aint a local

9 The moon

10 crappity smack knows but it wants bombing !

#3

1 santa can't fish because he's busy
2 trent
3 feltching
4 was it a gay team
5 is it where golum lives
6 sensas
7 DAM and silstar
8 is it broad water farm
9 newport
10 germany actung

#4

No1. December the 12th 2012............... 12 / 12/ 12

NoCarpPlease · #5

3. Rugby League
4. Trev's Browning
6. Milbro

#6

10) Donald Leney imported them from Holland but it is believed they were bred in either Italy or Romania.

#7

No Carp Please 3 and 6 are correct.

Chris.V. Good effort but not what I was thinking off, however 2 bonus squatts for his avator.

Woodfilla. 10 is right but the original strain (Galatica or sumat like that) were originally spawned in Poland in 1900.

Dodge - Number 4 is for you

3 6 10 right so far ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

joffmiester · #8

4 drennan north west
7 milbro or something
9 ashby
2 long higgin

#9

4 drennan north west
7 milbro or something
9 ashby
2 long higgin

Sorry Joffe no cigars for you this Christmas.

#10

1. Santa aint coming ?

4. Man City ?

#11

Closer than yer think with number 4 Dodge

joffmiester · #12

bill have you got a job in a Christmas cracker factory

where do you get them from
heard one yesterday
paddy and Murphy sat in a cafe eating a full English
paddy was reading a paper and said to Murphy "would you look at that three cliff walkers all fell to there deaths in cornwall,what do you make of that Murphy"

shocked Murphy turned to paddy and said "what amazing tragedy all three hading the a name"

Mancunian · #13

Bill,

7) Edgar Sealey ?

#14

mancunian,

Edgar Sealey is one of them.

You might be closer to No 4 than Dodge is

#15

Trypewriter will have a go at some of these before too long

There is a local one here for several site members Simps, hehehehe

#16

mancunian,

Edgar Sealey is one of them.

You might be closer to No 4 than Dodge is

Southport won it on the river cam ?

#17

Looks like it;s time for a few answers

1) What is unusual about next month, that is December 2012. A There are five Saturdays, five Sundays and five Mondays, this last happened 824 years ago. Half a squatt to CV for 12/12/12.

2) Where was Frank Barlow's last contest? A, Gti Foston (Lincolnshire).

3) If he wasn't a world stage angler what would Kevin Ashurst's choice of sport have been? Rugby League

4) Who was the first team to win the National Championships (All England) carrying a sponsors name? A shame on you Dodge, Groves and Whitnall on the Gloucs Canal in 1937, It was a Salford brewery, I believe it closed and taken over by Greenall Whitley.

5) One for locals, - where is Pothooks Brook? A crappity smack me Simps (and a few others) Penkridge

6) What famous tackle company was based at Motherwell? Millbro

7) Gladding International had two leading tackle companies under their wing; who were they? A Edgar Sealey and K P Morritt

8) Another for the locals; where is The Broad Water? A It is the old name od Tixall Wides.

9) At Norbury Junction there is an arm of canal that leads off the Shroppie; where did it originally go to? A Shrewsbury, via Newport.

10) What country did the original stock of Redmire carp come from?

A Holland

Will some crappity smack buy me a new anorak for christmas?

#18

Ta for educating us Bill

That was certainly interesting about Pothooks Brook

Just learnt a bit more about the Penk here......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Penk

#19

4) Who was the first team to win the National Championships (All England) carrying a sponsors name? A shame on you Dodge, Groves and Whitnall on the Gloucs Canal in 1937, It was a Salford brewery, I believe it closed and taken over by Greenall Whitley.

Im only a youngster bill

#20

That was certainly interesting about Pothooks Brook

Just learnt a bit more about the Penk here......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Penk

I'd never heard of the crappity smack till I saw it on there