Thread: Quiz time

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Liz Ellis......he was trying to get in touch with his feminine side.

BM: Wide of the mark by a long way, mate. I would have thought an Iron Gloves specialist would know this.

Originally Posted by Driver

No Craig - that's far too obvious. Hint: try to imagine almost the last person he'd be likely to want to drink with.

I was thinking the Pope, then I thought Botham. :eek:

Al

Tony Grieg

Why? No idea

Al and Craig

You're getting a lot closer but no cigar yet (as the President said to the intern! )

OK - this is taking too long so here's a couple more hints:

This bloke was boring to watch, boring to listen too and he must have been a boring drinking companion (which means Rodney must have had a very good reason for wanting to drink with him, right?)

30 minutes to get it right starting now. If you don't - I'll give you the answer and I get another turn to ask a question.

Col

Bill Lawry

Yassa Arafat?

The bloke in question is a lot more boring than Bill.

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Yassa Arafat?

Now you're really stretching!

Alan Border!

Originally Posted by silentC

Alan Border!

C'mon! AB was all right!

Doug Walters?

OK - time's up.

The answer is

Geoffrey Boycott!

I know, doesn't seem at all likely but it's apparently true. When Rodney was asked why he spent so much time drinking beer with Geoffrey, he said that, once he'd had a few beers, Geoffrey was quite happy to give away all his batting colleagues' little foibles and failings.

This is backed up by Allan Knott who tells the story about a Test match at Trent Bridge. When the two of them were walking back to the pavilion, Knotty commented to Boycott that there was a slightly iffy patch just outside off stump at one end. Geoffrey's response was: "Yeah, I noticed that. Don't tell the others". :confused:

Now the next question:

"O for a draught of vintage that hath been cooled a long age in the deep delv'd earth"

What comes next?

Col

Tasting.........
Pass, I'll let the others play this one out.