Quick Quiz March 25, 2020, 12:16:03 pm 1. What was Bruce Comben’s nickname?2. What was John Goold’s nickname?3. What footy club signed John Nicholls as playing coach only to see Carlton gazump their offer?4. What town did Johnny James come from?5. What high school did David Dickson attend?6. What cartoon got Rod Galt in hot water?7. What delayed the start of Percy Jones’ career?8. Which Carlton coach did Vinny Waite KO?9. What was George Harris’s profession?10. When was the flick pass banned? Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #1 – March 25, 2020, 12:29:57 pm 1. Buggsy2. Rags3. Maryborough ?4. Ballarat7. Car accident9. Dentist10.1960s (Ted Whitten?) Quote Selected Last Edit: March 25, 2020, 12:38:37 pm by capcom
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #2 – March 25, 2020, 12:31:37 pm Got 4 without Mr Google!! 7. Percy broken ankles in a car accident. Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #3 – March 25, 2020, 12:43:31 pm Quote from: DJC – on March 25, 2020, 12:16:03 pm1. What was Bruce Comben’s nickname?2. What was John Goold’s nickname?3. What footy club signed John Nicholls as playing coach only to see Carlton gazump their offer?4. What town did Johnny James come from?5. What high school did David Dickson attend?6. What cartoon got Rod Galt in hot water?7. What delayed the start of Percy Jones’ career?8. Which Carlton coach did Vinny Waite KO?9. What was George Harris’s profession?10. When was the flick pass banned? What was the price of a loaf of bread before it came sliced... Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #4 – March 25, 2020, 12:44:02 pm With all respect but can the next quiz please be in AD times Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #6 – March 25, 2020, 01:44:59 pm Quote from: Gointocarlton – on March 25, 2020, 12:44:02 pmWith all respect but can the next quiz please be in AD times That would be too easy G2C but feel free to come up with your own quiz Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #7 – March 25, 2020, 02:31:29 pm I guess everyone is stumped ... or isn’t at all motivated by my carefully researched questions The answers are:1 - Buggsy2 - Rags or Raggsy3 - Turvey Park (my cousin, Jimmy Gutterson got the job when Big Nick stayed at Carlton)4 - Ballarat (I would have accepted Robinvale where he lived after his Carlton career ended)5 - Newlands High (my old school)6 - Galt’s cartoon depicted the VFL as a pig muscling in on the VFA’s Sunday monopoly.7 - Broken ankles suffered in a car accident.8 - David Parkin9 - Dentist10 - 1966 - midway through the season Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #8 – March 25, 2020, 02:53:42 pm I'll try harder next time Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #9 – March 25, 2020, 02:54:28 pm Here are the answers to last week's quiz:1. Joel Garner2. 10 inches Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #10 – March 25, 2020, 03:55:10 pm Quote from: DJC – on March 25, 2020, 12:16:03 pm10. When was the flick pass banned? It seems like never if you watch a Nthmond game. Flick pass aka The Richmond Release! Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #11 – March 25, 2020, 04:08:37 pm Quote from: LP – on March 25, 2020, 03:55:10 pmIt seems like never if you watch a Nthmond game. Flick pass aka The Richmond Release!I reckon the umpire would have pinged many of today’s “handpasses” back in the flick pass days. Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #12 – March 25, 2020, 04:12:36 pm Quote from: DJC – on March 25, 2020, 04:08:37 pmI reckon the umpire would have pinged many of today’s “handpasses” back in the flick pass days.Wouldn't we all!Remember the olden days, the coaching manual stated something like ......... off a stationary hand ............I even recall some controversy in Diesel's day, because he would use the hand holding the ball to throw the ball backwards onto his approaching fist. It enabled him to hit 30m hand passes, but from that to what we have today is a long long way! Quote Selected Last Edit: March 25, 2020, 04:15:45 pm by LP
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #13 – March 25, 2020, 05:24:19 pm Quote from: DJC – on March 25, 2020, 01:44:59 pmThat would be too easy G2C but feel free to come up with your own quiz Just takin the p!55 DJ Quote Selected
Re: Quick Quiz Reply #14 – March 25, 2020, 05:39:54 pm Quote from: LP – on March 25, 2020, 03:55:10 pmIt seems like never if you watch a Nthmond game. Flick pass aka The Richmond Release! 😂 Yup, well said, Spotted One. Quote Selected