Round 3 – Sport and Popular Culture
- Three points are up for grabs here. Red Rum, the famous racehorse that trained on Southport beach, won the Grand National 3 times. Name the three years and as a little clue they are all in the same decade. A: 1973, 74 and 77. Came second in 75 and 76.
- 2 Who is the current manager of Southport Football Club? A: Liam Watson
- 3 Southport singer Marc Almond was part of the synthpop duo Soft Cell. Who was the other member of the band? A: Dave Ball
- 4 What museum in Southport has the postcode PR8 5AJ? A: The Lawnmower Museum
- 5 In what year was Southport Rugby Football Club founded? Is it (A) 1872 (B) 1882 or (C) 1892? A: It’s A – 1872 one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world
- 6 Indie band Gomez hail from sunny Southport and won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 1998 for what album? A: Bring In On
- 7 Two points are available for this question. Southport is a mecca for golfers and has some amazing courses throughout the town. The Open Golf Championship was last held at Royal Birkdale in 2017. For one point who won it and for the other point, who came second? A: Jordan Speith was triumphant with Matt Kuchar second
- 8 Actor Miranda Richardson hails from our great town. What character did she play in Blackadder series 2? A: She played Queen Elizabeth I or Queenie
- 9 What month of the year is the 24 Hour Yacht Race on Marine Lake usually held? A: September
10: And finally, two points available here. Southport swimmer Fran Halsall claimed two individual gold medals in the pool at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. What disciplines were they in? So I need to know what strokes they were in. A: 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle
Thanks to Chris Harding for the quiz
Well done to John McCabe with 100% correct.