The Great TANdabidozi Pub Quiz

100 yards by 65 yards?

that’s current size. think 150+yrs ago

12 parsecs?

simmer down Wookie

30 firkins x 250 bushels?

answer - interesting read

“The maximum length of ground shall be 200 yards, the maximum breadth shall be 100 yards.”

Thus, the dimensions of the football pitch – decided in 1863 at the founding meeting of The Football Association – were set out in the first printed version of the complete Laws of the Game. In metric measurements, this means 183m by 91m.

Mud, plastic and grass: the evolution of the football pitch | Inside UEFA | UEFA.com

That’s pretty much modern Australian Rules dimensions.

Ok, a rude one.

What is the connection between a castle in the East Midlands of England and female genitalia?

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Is it to do with some sort of carving or gargoyle? I have no idea where though. Belvoir possibly?

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Hint - It has to do with rhyming slang.

Aah I thought it was one of these…

Your first answer wasn’t bad.

No one knows the answer. Do I win a prize?

I think I know the answer, but it’s a crap question. :joy:

Is it Belvoir Castle (pronounced “beaver”) and that hideous American slang “beaver” for female bits?

Correct, but it’s not a crap question. It’s very erudite and fascinating.

Belvoir Castle, like many stately homes, has a fox hunt.
Therefore the rhyming slang ‘Belvoir Hunt’.

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I heard on QI that the cockernee rhyming slang for that word came from ‘Berk’ as in Berkshire Hunt? :thinking::sunglasses:

I’ll throw in another one.

The London Underground and the Paris Metro have just one station with the same name…

Elephant and castle?

I would have thought Victoria

Nope to both. Not a trick question. Both have same spelling.