Maroon Sailor Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 What Edinburgh based football team are known as the Jam Tarts ? Pass We seem to crop up more than Hibs on quiz programmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Drifter Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 What does GMS do when he gets the ball? Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132goals1958 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: What Edinburgh based football team are known as the Jam Tarts ? Pass We seem to crop up more than Hibs on quiz programmes Pity none of the three knew the answer. Deserved to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: We seem to crop up more than Hibs on quiz programmes Thats the type of claim that pops up on .nugget and we laugh our bollocks off at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Just now, been here before said: Thats the type of claim that pops up on .nugget and we laugh our bollocks off at them. I don't - I never go on there Just an observation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 35 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: I don't - I never go on there Just an observation Never laughed at the 'first floodlights, teaching Brazil, first to wear green' pish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC01 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 53 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: What Edinburgh based football team are known as the Jam Tarts ? Pass We seem to crop up more than Hibs on quiz programmes I seen it. It was a better question than the tipping point one. I wonder if they would have accepted heart of midlothian as an answer 🤔 💃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Daddy Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Englunnders are so ignorant when it comes to answering questions on Scotland, on these tv shows! ... and I say this (quietly) with an English wife!... although she claims she was conceived in Scotland. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Rogue Daddy said: Englunnders are so ignorant when it comes to answering questions on Scotland, on these tv shows! ... and I say this (quietly) with an English wife!... although she claims she was conceived in Scotland. 🤔 "Glasgow?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Daddy Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 minute ago, been here before said: "Glasgow?". Yes! Scotland’s capital city! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Vallance Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 14 hours ago, HMFC01 said: I seen it. It was a better question than the tipping point one. I wonder if they would have accepted heart of midlothian as an answer 🤔 💃 Obviously Brad didn't know the answer. Clearly Heart of Midlothian would have been the correct answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Fort Vallance said: Obviously Brad didn't know the answer. Clearly Heart of Midlothian would have been the correct answer. I was disappointed with that as well 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JALBO Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: What Edinburgh based football team are known as the Jam Tarts ? Pass We seem to crop up more than Hibs on quiz programmes Madam and I saw it, and were disappointed but not surprised that the contestants passed. Then again, we wondered how many Scots contestants faced with the nickname of an English premiership club (who get far more media exposure), and without any real interest in football, would get them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 minute ago, JALBO said: Madam and I saw it, and were disappointed but not surprised that the contestants passed. Then again, we wondered how many Scots contestants faced with the nickname of an English premiership club (who get far more media exposure), and without any real interest in football, would get them either. It's more the fact they didn't know the Edinburgh clubs rather than the nicknames of the clubs They had a 50/50 Hearts or Hibs If they knew that then Jam Tarts is pretty obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 We got a mention on Pointless last week. Our full and proper name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JALBO Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's more the fact they didn't know the Edinburgh clubs rather than the nicknames of the clubs They had a 50/50 Hearts or Hibs If they knew that then Jam Tarts is pretty obvious Fair point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasavallan Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Rogue Daddy said: Englunnders are so ignorant when it comes to answering questions on Scotland, on these tv shows! ... and I say this (quietly) with an English wife!... although she claims she was conceived in Scotland. 🤔 If I was on Pointless (or Tenable) I would always pick the Scottish based question (be it sport, politics or geography) as 100 people know mostly about SE England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 To be fair i don't know the nickname for Edinburgh City and we share a city with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I have said this before. When it comes to quiz shows on the telly. Scottish contestants know far more about English Geography, history etc, than English contestants know about Scottish Geography, history etc. They dont teach about Britain in English schools, they teach about England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Daddy Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Tasavallan said: If I was on Pointless (or Tenable) I would always pick the Scottish based question (be it sport, politics or geography) as 100 people know mostly about SE England. Golf as well.... for some reason (I'm talking Pointless here) nobody knows anything about golf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 21 minutes ago, John Findlay said: I have said this before. When it comes to quiz shows on the telly. Scottish contestants know far more about English Geography, history etc, than English contestants know about Scottish Geography, history etc. They dont teach about Britain in English schools, they teach about England. They always seem to refer to any place in Scotland as Scotland If a ship was going to Devonport it's going Devonport. If it was going to Rosyth it's going to Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackney Hearts Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, Jamie Walker Tash said: To be fair i don't know the nickname for Edinburgh City and we share a city with them. The Citizens. (I may have looked this up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: They always seem to refer to any place in Scotland as Scotland If a ship was going to Devonport it's going Devonport. If it was going to Rosyth it's going to Scotland Correct. My two eldest were educated in the English school system. They were doing history on Shipbuilding in Britain. They covered Liverpool, Newcastle, and Sunderland. Glasgow the second city of the empire and more famous for ship building in the UK than anywhere else never got a mention. I mentioned this to their teachers and both looked at me as if I was something they had found on the bottom of their shoes. There is a four years difference between my two eldest and in four years they never saw fit to alter what they were teaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 35 minutes ago, Hackney Hearts said: The Citizens. (I may have looked this up) If someone asked what team goes by that nickname I would have said Manchester City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 There was a 5-1 question on it one night. Lassie got it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryheart Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 1 hour ago, John Findlay said: I have said this before. When it comes to quiz shows on the telly. Scottish contestants know far more about English Geography, history etc, than English contestants know about Scottish Geography, history etc. They dont teach about Britain in English schools, they teach about England. I know that when I was at school in Edinburgh in the 70's I was taught all about English, European and USA history (repeal of the Corn Laws, 1848 revolutions, the American Civil War etc etc) and I loved it, but absolutely nothing about Scottish history. When I lived in England I played in a quiz league and, to be fair, I found out that most of my fellow quizzers knew more about Scotland than I did. The only exception was Scottish football as they tended to know almost nothing. whereas I was well and truly in my element. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, John Findlay said: Correct. My two eldest were educated in the English school system. They were doing history on Shipbuilding in Britain. They covered Liverpool, Newcastle, and Sunderland. Glasgow the second city of the empire and more famous for ship building in the UK than anywhere else never got a mention. I mentioned this to their teachers and both looked at me as if I was something they had found on the bottom of their shoes. There is a four years difference between my two eldest and in four years they never saw fit to alter what they were teaching. You could have put in a word for Belfast too. In Dubrovnik's impressive maritime museum models of Clyde-built ships outnumber those of all the English shipbuilding centres put together. Edited March 3, 2021 by Francis Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: It's more the fact they didn't know the Edinburgh clubs rather than the nicknames of the clubs They had a 50/50 Hearts or Hibs If they knew that then Jam Tarts is pretty obvious If a city's name is not in the team name, it's not really a 50/50. Knowing the teams and knowing where they play are two different things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Caine Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 10 hours ago, John Findlay said: I have said this before. When it comes to quiz shows on the telly. Scottish contestants know far more about English Geography, history etc, than English contestants know about Scottish Geography, history etc. They dont teach about Britain in English schools, they teach about England. Indeed. Whenever there's a question that starts "What Scottish city..." they answer `Glasgow` as it's the only one they can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 57 minutes ago, stan said: If a city's name is not in the team name, it's not really a 50/50. Knowing the teams and knowing where they play are two different things It was a lack of Scottish football knowledge with these particular contestants. If you are a football fan you will know Hearts and Hibs are Edinburgh clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 10 hours ago, John Findlay said: Correct. My two eldest were educated in the English school system. They were doing history on Shipbuilding in Britain. They covered Liverpool, Newcastle, and Sunderland. Glasgow the second city of the empire and more famous for ship building in the UK than anywhere else never got a mention. I mentioned this to their teachers and both looked at me as if I was something they had found on the bottom of their shoes. There is a four years difference between my two eldest and in four years they never saw fit to alter what they were teaching. I think Belfast will disagree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Salad Fingers said: There was a 5-1 question on it one night. Lassie got it right. It was a bloke, I'm sure I recorded it at the time. Edit: See if this works. Edited March 4, 2021 by graygo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 10 hours ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said: I think Belfast will disagree with that. Belfast can disagree all it wants😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Edinburgh football team Heart of Midlothian are commonly known as what ? Guy got it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedBoy Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Maroon Sailor said: Edinburgh football team Heart of Midlothian are commonly known as what ? Guy got it right I didn’t! I said Jam Tarts 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Just now, ShedBoy said: I didn’t! I said Jam Tarts 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Heard Heart of Midlothian mentioned twice on University Challenge. One was the name of Walter Scott novel, and the other was a mosiac where the old tollbooth was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) Sir Walter Scott novels were the theme of the finsl board on Impossible during the week. Ivanhoe & Waverley being the others required. Edit: Also on new QoS on Friday. Identify on a map where you would find Tyncastle and ER. First QoS that I have seen in donkeys and wont be in a hurry to watch again. Edited September 6, 2021 by Tommy Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said: Sir Walter Scott novels were the theme of the finsl board on Impossible during the week. Ivanhoe & Waverley being the others required. Edit: Also on new QoS on Friday. Identify on a map where you would find Tyncastle and ER. First QoS that I have seen in donkeys and wont be in a hurry to watch again. Haven't watched it for years myself and judging by the trailers for the new series probably won't bother this time round either. Looked more like a game show than a quiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
part_time_jambo Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 03/03/2021 at 12:33, Section N Rules said: To be fair i don't know the nickname for Edinburgh City and we share a city with them. I think it rhymes with City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamstomorrow Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Question on A Question of Sport a couple of nights ago: Who plays at Tynecastle Park and Easter Road? They did not know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobNox Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Ominous said: Heard Heart of Midlothian mentioned twice on University Challenge. One was the name of Walter Scott novel, and the other was a mosiac where the old tollbooth was Clearly the real question is what was the name of the dance hall that Edinburgh's big team took it's name from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 47 minutes ago, Jamstomorrow said: Question on A Question of Sport a couple of nights ago: Who plays at Tynecastle Park and Easter Road? They did not know. I saw that. They didn’t know. That aside, it was absolutely dreadful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrawleyJambo Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 03/03/2021 at 12:34, John Findlay said: I have said this before. When it comes to quiz shows on the telly. Scottish contestants know far more about English Geography, history etc, than English contestants know about Scottish Geography, history etc. They dont teach about Britain in English schools, they teach about England. I drove a cab in Crawley for nearly 20 years. American customers know about a certain R.Burns, as do Russians. However ask an English educated person about our Rabbie and they stare blankly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Don't think many English have heard of the Heart of Midlothian Hearts maybe - even that is met with - yeah I think I've heard of them. Nearly all English clubs are named after the town or City they play in whereas quite a few Scottish clubs are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, CrawleyJambo said: I drove a cab in Crawley for nearly 20 years. American customers know about a certain R.Burns, as do Russians. However ask an English educated person about our Rabbie and they stare blankly! Is there many American and Russian tourists that visit Crawley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Mikey Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 03/03/2021 at 12:34, John Findlay said: I have said this before. When it comes to quiz shows on the telly. Scottish contestants know far more about English Geography, history etc, than English contestants know about Scottish Geography, history etc. They dont teach about Britain in English schools, they teach about England. That may very well be generally true; but I saw a Scottish bloke on 'Impossible' answer 'Bathgate' to the Q: "Which Kent town is home to the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery: Bathgate, Margate, or Ramsgate?" I kid you not ... 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, Wee Mikey said: That may very well be generally true; but I saw a Scottish bloke on 'Impossible' answer 'Bathgate' to the Q: "Which Kent town is home to the Turner Contemporary Art Gallery: Bathgate, Margate, or Ramsgate?" I kid you not ... 😄 I wouldn't know the answer either but i could certainly rule out Bathgate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Mikey Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 27 minutes ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: I wouldn't know the answer either but i could certainly rule out Bathgate. Quite! Anyhoo, Margate is renowned for its connections to both Turner, Emin, and (in nearby Ramsgate) Van Gogh. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/apr/14/margate-art-kent-turner-contemporary However, as far as I'm concerned, Chas & Dave do it for me. @wattie exploitedhas WAY better tales to tell about Margate, but this is a classic of its ilk:- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Mikey Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 On 02/03/2021 at 17:53, Maroon Sailor said: What Edinburgh based football team are known as the Jam Tarts ? Pass We seem to crop up more than Hibs on quiz programmes Come to think of it, I remember that. The contestant didn't pass; they answered, "Hibernian". When the quizmaster retorted, "The answer is Hearts", the contestant apologised thus:- "Sorry, I thought you said, "What Edinburgh based football team are known as The Bum Farts, The Scuttling Rats, The Mangey Cats, The Sister-Fisting Warts, The Blood-Sucking Gnats, The Famous for Doing Everything First Deluded Twats ... my mistake." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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