Wednesday 14 December 2016

The 2016/17 Season Nominations

By the half-way mark this season only one nomination has been received although the setter is rather indignant about this:

How many British Prime ministerships (ie Harold Wilson counts as 2) have there been according to www.gov.uk

set by the Harrington Academicals

The above sets a high standard but is perhaps trumped by the following from The Brewers:

1965 saw the last Christmas Day feature played in the English Football League, name either of the sides involved

BLACKPOOL, BLACKBURN ROVERS (Blackpool won 4-2) The second round of the season got off to a remarkable start with the following question set by the Cock-A-2: 1. What is the number of the OS Landranger 1:50,000 map which includes Macclesfield? 118 This was unanimously accepted as a nomination for the coveted armadillo trophy although the next question although the following question would also qualify had it not been answered by Mr Google Earth Tomo: To the nearest whole number, what is the latitude of Macclesfield? 53N: (53.2587N. Do not insist on the “N”!)