Lew-T Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Malice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 14 hours ago, Robbored said: Is the largest not to have a professional football club? Okay, we're all in suspenders Robbo. What's the answer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Ahh, ah, is coming like a ghost town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Harchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, BigTone said: Okay, we're all in suspenders Robbo. What's the answer ? Slough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 16 minutes ago, Redpool said: Harchester I loved that show. Well, I say loved; it was entertaining. What surprised me was just how much the ramped up the levels of ridiculousness from the already bonkers to off the scale mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Funky town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Ahh, ah, is coming like a ghost town! The bestest intro to a single ever Dave, and a two tone classic. Love the flip side too. The hammond solo on "Friday night, Saturday morning" is skatabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 My balls are black and blue. I just hit them with a mallet. But what game am I playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, Robbored said: Slough How so? Population of Slough is 164,000 Population of Warrington is 209,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, Redpool said: My balls are black and blue. I just hit them with a mallet. But what game am I playing? Croquet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespa Red Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 @Robbored, you seem unsure of the answer...Were you therefore asking because you don't know or did you ask by way of a quiz but don't really know the answer? I'm not sure that Richard Osman would approve if the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 32 minutes ago, Redpool said: My balls are black and blue. I just hit them with a mallet. But what game am I playing? 19 minutes ago, Robbored said: Perverted Croquet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 I've encountered this in proper quizzes including those set in newspapers, though clearly not @TomF's excellent run of Lockdown quizzes last year, where the quizmaster actually has the wrong answer but thinks that they are right and you have to try to guess whether they will have the answer commonly thought to be right or the answer that is actually right. For example: In which colour were the first Model T Ford cars available? Most people would say "black" and that is usually the answer expected. But it's the wrong answer; you couldn't even buy one of the first models in black. By 1918, half of all the cars in the U.S. were Model Ts. In his autobiography, Ford reported that in 1909 he told his management team, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."[37] However, in the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the Model T was not available in black,[38] but rather only in gray, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Gray was only available for the town cars, and red only for the touring cars. By 1912, all cars were being painted midnight blue with black fenders. Only in 1914 was the "any color so long as it is black" policy finally implemented Coat got. Gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Is the RR asking which is the largest town in England with a team in the PL or EFL? Or are we covering the while of GB, the UK or even further afield? And what does the word 'professional' mean? For example, Warrington and Slough have been suggested. Both have football teams, it costs money to watch them, you can buy season tickets and they pay players (not much but they do). (Obviously we all have fallen into a trap here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 9 minutes ago, Calculus said: Is the RR asking which is the largest town in England with a team in the PL or EFL? Or are we covering the while of GB, the UK or even further afield? And what does the word 'professional' mean? For example, Warrington and Slough have been suggested. Both have football teams, it costs money to watch them, you can buy season tickets and they pay players (not much but they do). (Obviously we all have fallen into a trap here). I suggest you either differentiate or integrate to solve, Calculus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Red_Alligator said: I suggest you either differentiate or integrate to solve, Calculus. Yes, quite right - me being a pedantic git does have its disadvantages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 48 minutes ago, Vespa Red said: @Robbored, you seem unsure of the answer...Were you therefore asking because you don't know or did you ask by way of a quiz but don't really know the answer? I'm not sure that Richard Osman would approve if the latter. You’re right - I don’t the real answer but it’s been enjoyable reading the replies………. As I posted earlier I think it’s Slough but not everyone agrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, Robbored said: You’re right - I don’t the real answer but it’s been enjoyable reading the replies………. As I posted earlier I think it’s Slough but not everyone agrees. Warrington is officially a town (and has been for 900 years!), with a population larger than that of Slough. Those who have said Warrington currently have the closest to a correct answer so far. There is some conjecture around population size, due to semantics however, and the difference isn't as big as it seems, and so probably flip-flops between Slough and Warrington. The borough of Warrington has a population of 210,000, however the town itself has a population of around about 174,000. Slough town has a population of 164,000. In 2019, however, Warrington's population was estimated to be around 165,000 so it's possible that it's simply overtaken Slough to replace it as the correct answer! To further muddy the waters, if we take the borough as a whole, then the answer becomes Solihull which edges Warrington out by about 5,000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 29 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Warrington is officially a town (and has been for 900 years!), with a population larger than that of Slough. Those who have said Warrington currently have the closest to a correct answer so far. There is some conjecture around population size, due to semantics however, and the difference isn't as big as it seems, and so probably flip-flops between Slough and Warrington. The borough of Warrington has a population of 210,000, however the town itself has a population of around about 174,000. Slough town has a population of 164,000. In 2019, however, Warrington's population was estimated to be around 165,000 so it's possible that it's simply overtaken Slough to replace it as the correct answer! To further muddy the waters, if we take the borough as a whole, then the answer becomes Solihull which edges Warrington out by about 5,000! According to Wiki, Solihull Moors are professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 16 hours ago, NOTBLUE said: Poole? Liverpoole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 20 hours ago, Malago said: Dudley. Second largest town in the UK after Reading. Doesn’t have a professional football team. I've seen this a number of times, but Dudley is a borough. There is a Dudley town in it, but it is all part of the Black Country conurbation - a continuous built-up area that has WBA, Wolves and Walsall as clubs representing it. It's only the vagaries of how local government divides up the Black Country that mean there is no actual league side in Dudley Borough. As a stand-alone town, I always understood Chelmsford was the largest town never to have seen league football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturny Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 Bath? Edit: i just googled the answer, would've never guessed tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 What about in the South West? Bath, Truro, Taunton, Weymouth, Weston-Super-Mare all pretty sizeable Towns/Cities which have never made it to a football league standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Davefevs said: Ahh, ah, is coming like a ghost town! I not sure Diss is very big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 15 minutes ago, 2015 said: What about in the South West? Bath, Truro, Taunton, Weymouth, Weston-Super-Mare all pretty sizeable Towns/Cities which have never made it to a football league standard Truro is smaller than Yate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 minute ago, cidercity1987 said: Truro is smaller than Yate Very interesting stat, didn't realise Truro's population was as low as 20k. Trowbridge, Chippenham, Frome, and Bridgwater all being much bigger populations in the South West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 21 hours ago, Robbored said: It’s Slough I reckon………. I'm reading its Dudley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 21 hours ago, RedorDead BCFC said: So you opened a thread like a quiz, but you don’t know the answer to the question. Not a very good quizmaster are you. P45 and a good slap enroute for Robbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted September 23, 2021 Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Robbored said: Slough My kind of town, it's equidistant between London and Reading. And has Europe's largest trading estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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