Just a bit of fun - if your name comes up please do not take offense as it`s not intentional.
RULES:
PLEASE DO THIS QUIZ BY YOURSELF - NO GROUP ANSWERS
Simply
e-mail me with your
answers
in the format:- (I suggest you print this sheet out first)
NAME:
ANSWERS:-
1) Your answer
2) Your answer
etc.etc
Some of the questions follow on from each other
There will be a Prize for the band member/ex-member with the highest score out of 40
This is your test of Poulton Band Citizenship
START OF QUIZ:-
1) Which ex-player was asked by one of our conductors to play with a duster over their
bell ? (first name only please)
2) What was the name of the conductor in question ?
3) Who allegedly booked two coaches in for a competition ?
4) What was the name of the coach company who was subsequently sent away ?
5) Which band player very clearly & obviously `missed the repeats` at a Whit Friday
Band competition in the late 1990`s ?
6) One of this conductors favourite sayings was: "It`s like a stick on park railings"
7) Which conductor chased and caught youths who were throwing coins into
the bells of the bass players ?
8) Which major `World Event` (disaster) was going on at the time the above conductor was
taking the band ? (Clue - Russian)
9) Which ex-conductor went on to conduct the famous Black Dyke band ?
10) Who adjudicated the mid 80`s Entertainment Competition that Poulton entered ?
11) What band was this adjudicator taking at the time ?
12) Who designed the Poulton Band Crest ?
13) Who was the band's shortest (in height) conductor since 1985 ?
14) And the band's tallest conductor since 1985 ?
15) What year was the band's website launched ?
16) During the early 1980`s there was a brother & sister in the band who both played
cornet. What was the christian name of the brother ? (short form of his name eg. Bob short for Robert)
17) And the christian name of his sister ? (short form of her name)
18) What did the bandroom used to be ?
19) Approximately (within 2 years) which year did the band move into its current Headquarters ?
20) What stupid mistake did the band's ex-Treasurer (Andy Moore) make prior to a St.Chads Church
Hall concert in the mid 1990`s ? (CLUE: it involved a light socket)
21) What year was the band formed in ? (CLUE: Over 100 years ago and Ilona may have been around at the time !)
22) Which Poulton player accidentally punched a Marton Mere Caravan Band (Blackpool Brass)
player at an inter-band football match ? (Poulton v Marton Mere Band)
23) Who won the match ?
24) What was the christian name of the Referee ? (CLUE: 3 letters in the name)
25) Which band player scooped up a pile of horse excrement in open-top sandals at a KIrkham Gala ?
26) Which Musical Director in recent years regularly fell asleep in the pub after the Area Qualifier competitions ?
27) What is the first name of the young player that the band `lost` at a competition prior to leaving on the coach ?
(CLUE: Female)
28) Where was the old Poulton Band Headquarters ? (the Headquarters prior to the current one)
29) Which players forgot to bring his Bass Drum stick for a Whit Friday March ?
30) What did that person do to recover the situation ?
31) What year in the 1970`s did the band qualify for the Nationals ?
32) What was the christian name of the Soprano player on the day ?
33) What was the name of the Musical Director at the time ?
34) What has been the main structural problem with the current band Headquarters over the years ?
35) Which Lottery Winner and ex-player was allegedly `abandoned`in Blackpool after a night out ?
36) Which town did they allegedly walk back to AND who abandoned him ?
37) What instrument did Glenn MacPhee play prior to Euphonium ?
38) What is the well known nickname of the ex-Poulton Bass player who moved to Black Dyke Mills Band ?
(CLUE: A long while ago and his nickname begins with `D`)
39) What year did the band collaborate with `The Alan Bell Folk Band` to record `The Band in the Park` ?
40) How old was Neil Jones when he first joined the Poulton-le-Fylde Band ?