Post by Macmoish on Sept 29, 2010 6:53:36 GMT
[Edited: It didn't 'look' good!
Guardian
Wednesday's quiz
Just how much do you know about QPR legend Stan Bowles?
Football quiz: Stan BowlesToday's questions would be worth £50m in today's money ...
Evan Fanning guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 September 2010 00.10 BST
If Stan Bowles wasn't playing football or in a betting shop, he was almost certainly lying under a tree. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images
1. Which manager signed Stan Bowles for QPR?
Tommy Docherty Les Allen Gordon Jago Dave Sexton
2. From which club did he join QPR?
Manchester City Bury Crewe Carlisle
3. Bowles replaced Rodney Marsh in the QPR No10 shirt. Who did Marsh sign for after leaving Loftus Road?
Fulham Manchester City Tampa Bay Rowdies Cork Hibernians
4. How many times did Bowles play for England?
None Five 10 15
5. QPR's best season while Bowles was there saw them finish runners-up in the old first division. What season was that?
1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77
6. Bowles became a professional footballer after hearing he could make more money doing it than which job?
Horse racing trainer Bookies' runner Publican Builder
7. What did Bowles do in Sunderland in 1973 which, in his words, "caused a riot"?
Celebrated in front of the Sunderland fans Dribbled past a player and then went back past him again Knocked over the newly-won FA Cup with a football Put a Sunderland shirt in the rubbish bin
8. What club did Bowles join after leaving QPR?
Carlisle Nottingham Forest Leyton Orient Brentford
9. Which band released a singe bearing Bowles's name?
The Horrors The Others Babyshambles The Cribs
10. What was the name of Stan Bowles's 1996 autobiography?
Stan Bowles: The Maverick Stan Bowles: The Playboy of Loftus Road Stan Bowles: The One and Only Stan Bowles: The Autobiography
www.guardian.co.uk/football/quiz/2010/sep/29/stan-bowles-qpr-quiz
Guardian
Wednesday's quiz
Just how much do you know about QPR legend Stan Bowles?
Football quiz: Stan BowlesToday's questions would be worth £50m in today's money ...
Evan Fanning guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 September 2010 00.10 BST
If Stan Bowles wasn't playing football or in a betting shop, he was almost certainly lying under a tree. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images
1. Which manager signed Stan Bowles for QPR?
Tommy Docherty Les Allen Gordon Jago Dave Sexton
2. From which club did he join QPR?
Manchester City Bury Crewe Carlisle
3. Bowles replaced Rodney Marsh in the QPR No10 shirt. Who did Marsh sign for after leaving Loftus Road?
Fulham Manchester City Tampa Bay Rowdies Cork Hibernians
4. How many times did Bowles play for England?
None Five 10 15
5. QPR's best season while Bowles was there saw them finish runners-up in the old first division. What season was that?
1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77
6. Bowles became a professional footballer after hearing he could make more money doing it than which job?
Horse racing trainer Bookies' runner Publican Builder
7. What did Bowles do in Sunderland in 1973 which, in his words, "caused a riot"?
Celebrated in front of the Sunderland fans Dribbled past a player and then went back past him again Knocked over the newly-won FA Cup with a football Put a Sunderland shirt in the rubbish bin
8. What club did Bowles join after leaving QPR?
Carlisle Nottingham Forest Leyton Orient Brentford
9. Which band released a singe bearing Bowles's name?
The Horrors The Others Babyshambles The Cribs
10. What was the name of Stan Bowles's 1996 autobiography?
Stan Bowles: The Maverick Stan Bowles: The Playboy of Loftus Road Stan Bowles: The One and Only Stan Bowles: The Autobiography
www.guardian.co.uk/football/quiz/2010/sep/29/stan-bowles-qpr-quiz
