Question of the day

[dem maser]

Alan pardew

 

[dem maser]

can I guess again? if its not Pardew then surely its Curbishley, won a few while at Charlton

 

[daverichardson]

Harry Redknapp
Boro's nemesis, he cost us 3 points and got us relegated in 1996
I harbour grudges!

 

[midlifecrisis]

Easy one really but the Sandbanks resident is it. Lincs you have the talking stick.

Looking at the list on Wikipedia, David Moyes has 10, 2 more than Harry!

 

[StuartW]

Staying on the football theme, which is the only English club that former England international David Platt managed?

I would add that he was a disaster and is still loathed by the fans of this club!

 

[daverichardson]

Don't know this one
wild guess because he played for them
Crewe Alexander

 

[MrCoop]

Forest

 

[StuartW]

Forest

You've got it MrCoop and I don't think I am alone is saying that he is certainly not welcome back at the City Ground!

Over to you

 

[MrCoop]

Sorry for the delay, had to prep for a presentation. Spent most of the day bricking it. Silly really, successful 43 year old bloke, getting nervous about giving a small presentation....anyway, I'm digressing..

Food related question - what is a mirepoix? You'll need to be specific!

 

[drewf]

It's a mixture of chopped onions, celery and carrots. Base of much French cooking.

 

[MrCoop]

I'm going to have to set harder questions! Well done drew, over to you

 

[drewf]

We have probably 200 French cookbooks in the house... Not too tricky to know that one.

Alright, since questions on football rather than physics and engineering seem to be preferred, what's a "Magnus Effect"?

 

[Zep]

No idea. The Magners effect is falling over after a lot of cider though

 

[daverichardson]

Believe I know this one
Would David Beckham have used it in the World Cup qualifier against Greece some years back?
Good Q though

 

[midlifecrisis]

And possibly England Bowlers against Australia especially with reverse swing...

 

[drewf]

Both are correct, assuming David Beckham is a footballist...

 

[daverichardson]

Like footballist!
Just believe the effect is that a spinning ball does not follow a straight line trajectory, but a curve. the skill is of course predicting the curve.

OK
I think we have had a flag Q before, so here is another two.
Which country has a national flag that carries an outline of itself?
and
Which country has a national flag that has a perimeter of 5 straight edges and not the usual 4 edges?

 

[midlifecrisis]

Easy Cyprus and Bhutan.

 

[daverichardson]

Errrrr........... Not so easy!
Cyprus is correct but Bhutan is not

 

[midlifecrisis]

Nepal then