Pub Quiz thread

Lovage - according to Google. Have to admit that I'd never heard of it...

 

It is Lovage BB. Hence the reason why people have thought it an aphrodisiac - the German name Liebstöckel lends itself to the same belief. The Latin name Levisticum Officinale - Levisticum is the old word for Liguria, where the plant still grows wild. There is a Ligisticum Scoticum which grows in your neck of the woods which is quite closely related. Often used in German cooking and has a stronger taste than celery, less used in France and England (though my Mother used a lot of it - but she belonged to the broomstick brigade ). A very imposing plant which, like a lot of its relatives (like Angelica, is better not harvested on a sunny day without gloves). Over to you.

 

Cheers cologne.

Born in 1984, he spoke his first words at four months;
At six months old, he told his doctor he had a left ear infection;
At ten months old had learned to read;
Graduated from university with a degree in anthropology when 10;
Graduated from university with a masters degree in biochemistry when 14;
Received a second masters degree in computer science when 18;
Received a doctorate in chemistry when 22.

Who is he and what is he doing now?

 

Micheal Kearney?
Precocious!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kearney

 

Beyond the late-2000s, Michael's online footprint amounts to a few bread crumbs. Nowadays, the BBC understands the 35-year-old lives a private life, his last known whereabouts in Nashville, Tennessee.

He did a load of game shows until a while back

 

Well that didn't take long...
Last heard of two years ago working as a stand up comedian in the Nashville Improv. Seems like a waste of education...

Over to you.

 

Looks like he had ADHD/Autism etc..... very hard for him to do anything conventional....

anyway...
What masters have a real conundrum ?

 

'we have to be flexible'

 

Footy master

 

The last two weeks were a phase challenge for this master..

 

a supremo

 

a footballing supremo....

 

I'm lost with this one!

Nigel Pearson?

 

No......

A Masters had a big decision to deal with. TD not happy

 

Football overlord

 

i will give it to you Bolton as the only one who attempted
THE Answer was Richard Masters the Premier League's chief executive who was struggling two plus weeks ago with the restarting football conundrum....

 

Thanks yorkie - couldn't get my head around that one, and I guess I wasn't the only one...

What's this and what is its claim to fame?

 

Something to do with a new species, but I cannot remember much about it.

 

A deep sea fish????

 

It is - but which one?