Thanks to our Chairman Chris Harding
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. .
- 2 Who is the current manager of Southport Football Club?
- 3 Southport singer Marc Almond was part of the synthpop duo Soft Cell. Who was the other member of the band?
- 4 What museum in Southport has the postcode PR8 5AJ?
- 5 In what year was Southport Rugby Football Club founded? Is it (A) 1872 (B) 1882 or (C) 1892?
- 6 Indie band Gomez hail from sunny Southport and won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 1998 for what album?
- 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?
- 8 Actor Miranda Richardson hails from our great town. What character did she play in Blackadder series 2?
- 9 What month of the year is the 24 Hour Yacht Race on Marine Lake usually held?
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.