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CONSTABLE QUIZ LEAGUE –
WEEK 15
SET BY THE HARE &
HOUNDS
ROUND 1 – RECENT NEWS
1.
2.
3.
1
2
3
1
2
3
PRINCE WILLIAM RECENTLY GAINED HIS
WINGS. IN WHICH RAF UNIT WILL HE BE
DEPLOYED
IN THE RECENT COLD SNAP WHICH
VILLAGE RECORDED THE RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE OF -22 DEGREES
WHO WAS TOLD BY THE HEAD TEACHER
‘IF YOU HAD WORKED A LITTLE HARDER
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A SECRETARY’
WHO IS CHAIRING THE ENQUIRY INTO THE
IRAQ WAR
WHICH IRISH POLITICIAN WAS FOUND TO
BE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A 19 YEAR
OLD
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE US HOSPITAL
SHIP THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO HAITI
WHO HAD TO RECALL 70,000 CANS AFTER
COMPLAINTS ABOUT ITS TASTE
WHO IS TO PLAY WINNIE MANDELA IN
THE FORTHCOMING BIOPIC
WHICH ‘VOICE OF RUGBY’ DIED
RECENTLY
SEARCH AND RESCUE
ALTNAHARRA,
SCOTLAND
DELIA SMITH
SIR JOHN CHILCOTT
IRIS ROBINSON
GRADUATE JOKES LOSE
ONE POINT
THE ‘COMFORT’
IRN BREW. THEY
BLAMED A PRODUCTION
PROBLEM.
JENNIFER HUDSON
BILL MACLAREN
ROUND 2 – FOOD AND DRINK
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
WHAT TYPE OF FOOD IS A COLCHESTER
NATIVE?
WHICH CUBAN COCKTAIL CONTAINS
RUM, LIME JUICE, MINT, SYRUP,
ANGOSTURA AND SODA WATER?
WHICH SWEET PASTRY DISH IS MADE OF
LAYERS OF FILO PASTRY, FILLED WITH
CHOPPED NUTS AND SWEETENED WITH
SYRUP OR HONEY AND IS POPULAR IN
TURKEY, THE BALKANS AND ARAB
COUNTRIES.
WHAT SHAPE IS FARFALLE PASTA?
CALASPARRA IS A VARIETY OF WHICH
FOOD?
OSSO BUCCO IS AN ITALIAN DISH MADE
OF WHICH CUT AND TYPE OF MEAT?
THE COBBOLD BREWERY WAS
1
OYSTER
MOJITO
BAKLAVA
BOW-TIE OR BUTTERFLY
SHAPED.
RICE
VEAL SHINS.
HARWICH
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2
3
ESTABLISHED IN 1772 IN WHICH ESSEX
TOWN.
THE VILLAGE OF BROCKWORTH IN THE
COTSWOLDS HOLDS A FAMOUS ANNUAL
CHEESE ROLLING COMPETITION. WHAT
TYPE OF CHEESE IS USED?
LA TOMATINA IS AN ANNUAL FOOD FIGHT
HELD IN WHICH SPANISH REGION.
DOUBLE GLOUCESTER
VALENCIA
ROUND 3 – SHERLOCK HOLMES
1.
2.
3.
1
2
3
1
2
3
WHICH WAS THE FIRST SHERLOCK
HOLMES STORY TO BE PUBLISHED
WHERE WERE THE MAJORITY OF THE
SHERLOCK HOLMES SHORT STORIES FIRST
PUBLISHED?
WHO FAMOUSLY ILLUSTRATED THE
STRAND MAGAZINE STORIES UNTIL HIS
DEATH IN 1908?
WHO WAS ‘THE ONLY WOMAN IN HOLMES
LIFE’?
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF SHERLOCK
HOLMES BROTHER?
WHERE DID HOLMES APPARENTLY FALL
TO HIS DEATH IN ‘THE FINAL PROBLEM’?
IN WHICH FAMOUS STORY WAS THE
PROTAGONIST SET TO COPY OUT THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA BY HAND?
IN THE ‘ADVENTUREOFTHE SPECKLED
BAND’ WHAT WAS THE SPECKLED BAND?
WHAT WAS THE PROFESSION OF
‘CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON’?
A STUDY IN SCARLET (IN
1886 )
IN
THE STRAND MAGAZINE
(FROM 1891 TO 1927)
SIDNEY PAGET
IRENE ADLER (FROM A
SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA)
MYCROFT HOLMES.
REICHENBACH FALLS
THE RED HEADED
LEAGUE
‘A SWAMP ADDER-THE
MOST POISONOUS SNAKE
IN INDIA’
ACCEPT POISONOUS
SNAKE.
BLACKMAILER.
ROUND 4 – RECENT HISTORY
1.
2.
3.
1
2
WHICH COUNTRY FIRST HAD A POST
CODE MADE UP OF LETTERS AND
NUMBERS
WHO IN 1964 WAS THE YOUNGEST
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
WHICH TRIBE DID RWANDAS MAJORITY
TRY TO WIPE OUT IN THE 1990’S
WHAT DID ‘RASPUTIN’ MEAN, AS A NAME
GIVEN TO GRIGORY EJIMOVIA
WHAT DID HAILLE SELASSIE’S TITLE RAS
TAFARI MEAN
2
GREAT BRITAIN
MARTIN LUTHER KING
TUTSI
DISSOLUTE
LION OF JUDAH
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3
1
2
3
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF FRANCO’S
FASCIST PARTY IN SPAIN
WHICH COUNTRIES WERE ON EITHER END
OF THE MAGINOT LINE
HOW IS THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES
ALSO KNOWN
IN WHICH AREA OF BELGIUM AND
LUXEMBOURG WAS THE BATTLE OF THE
BULGE FOUGHT
THE FALANGE
SWITERLAND AND
LUXEMBOURG
PASSCHENDALE
THE ARDENNES
ROUND 5 – MIX AND MATCH
QUESTION MASTER PLEASE HAND OUT
MIX AND MATCH SHEETS TO EACH
TEAM, 2 PER TEAM.
THE ANSWERS ARE:1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
AIDRIE
CLYDE
DUNDEE
DUNFERMELINE
LIVINGSTONE
MORTON
PARTICK THISTLE
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
NEW BROOMFIELD
BROADWOOD STADIUM
DENS PARK
EAST END PARK
ALMONDVALE STADIUM
CAPPLIELOW STADIUM
FIRHILL PARK
PALMERSTONE PARK
VICTORIA PARK
STADIUM
MCDIARMIRD PARK
ROSS COUNTY
10 ST. JOHNSTONE
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE -WRITTEN
ROUND 1
USE BACK OF MIX AND MATCH ROUND
FOR ANSWER SHEET
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
WHO WAS PRESIDENT OF USA DURING
WW1
WHO WROTE THE ‘RIME OF THE ANCIENT
MARINER’
WHICH ROYAL HOUSE HAS RULED
MONACO SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES
WHAT SEA SEPERATES AUSTRALIA AND
TASMANIA
IN WHICH CITY IS THE ASHMOLEON
MUSEUM
WITH WHAT IS A CARPETBAGGER STEAK
STUFFED
WITH WHAT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WAS
3
WOODROW WILSON
SAMUEL TAYLOR
COLERIDGE
GRIMALDI
BASS STRAIGHT
OXFORD
OYSTERS
TRUMPET
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8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
MILES DAVIS ASSOCIATED
WHAT DOES A FUNAMBULIST DO
WHAT SEARCH ENGINE DID MICROSOFT
LAUNCH IN 2009
WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN
COUNCIL
WHO ILLUSTRATED THE ST. TRINIANS
GIRLS
WHAT DOES A HYGROMETER MEASURE
HOW MANY CHROMOSOME PAIRS DOES A
HUMAN HAVE
WHO WAS THE FIRST WIFE OF TED
HUGHES, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN
1963
WHO DIED IN 1978 AFTER 34 DAYS AS POPE
TIGHT ROPE WALKER
BING.COM
HERMAN VAN ROMPUY
RONALD SEARLE
HUMIDITY
23
SYLVIA PLATH
JOHN PAUL I
HALF TIME – REVERSE ORDER
ROUND 7 – ASTRONOMY
3
2
WHICH SOLAR SYSTEM BODY WAS
DISCOVERED IN 1930
WHERE IS THE CASSINI DIVISION
1.
WHAT IS AN ASTRONOMICAL UNIT
3
WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF MARS IS AT
OPPOSITION
WHO DISCOVERED THE PLANET URANUS
WHICH IS KNOWN AS ‘THE HORNED
PLANET’
THE CLOUDS ON VENUS ARE MADE UP
PRIMARILY OF WHAT
WHAT MAKES UP MOST OF THE
ATMOSPHERE OF MARS
WHAT IS THE GIANT STORM ON JUPITER
CALLED
2.
1
3.
2
1
PLUTO
IT IS A GAP IN SATURN’S
RINGS
IT IS THE MEAN DISTANCE
FROM THE EARTH TO THE
SUN
IT IS EXACTLY OPPOSITE
TO THE SUN IN OUR SKY.
WILLIAM HERSCHEL
VENUS
SULPHURIC ACID
DROPLETS
CARBON DIOXIDE
THE GREAT RED SPOT
ROUND 8 – SAILING
3
2
1.
3
WHAT IN SAILING TERMS IS LEFT
CALLED
WHAT COLOUR IS A BOATS STARBOARD
NAVIGATION LIGHT
WHAT IS THE OLDER TERM FOR PORT
IN MODERN SAILING YACHTS WHAT IS A
SAIL RIG OF TWO TRIANGULAR SAILS
4
PORT
GREEN
LARBOARD
BERMUDAN RIG
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2.
1
3.
2
1
SET FORE AND AFT CALLED
IN MODERN SAILING YACHTS WHAT IS
DISTINCTIVE ABOUT A KETCH
WHAT IS THE SAIL RIG OF AN EASTERN
DHOW WHERE THE SAIL IS SUSPENDED
FROM A BOOM FORE AND AFT OF THE
MAST CALLED
WHAT TERM DESCRIBES WHEN A BOAT IS
SAILING AS CLOSE TO THE WIND AS
POSSIBLE.
WHAT TERM DESCRIBES WHEN A BOAT IS
SAILING WITH THE WIND DIRECTLY
BEHIND IT
WHAT IS THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES
THE ACTION OF A SAILING BOAT
CHANGING DIRECTION THROUGH THE
EYE OF THE WIND
IT HAS TWO MASTS
LATEEN SAIL
BEATING
RUNNING
TACKING
ROUND 9 – WINSTON CHURCHILL
3
2
WHERE WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL BORN
WHO WAS CHURCHILL’S FATHER
1.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST NAME OF
CHURCHILL’S WIFE
DURING THE GENERAL STRIKE OF 1926,
WHO DID CHURCHILL DESCRIBE AS “THE
ROMAN GENIUS – THE GREATEST
LAWGIVER AMONG MEN”.
WHO DID CHURCHILL DESCRIBE AS “..A
SEDITIOUS MIDDLE-TEMPLE LAWYER
NOW POSING AS A FAKIR OF A TYPE
WELL KNOWN IN THE EAST..”
IN 1936 WHO LED THE GOVERNMENT
DESCRIBED BY CHURCHILL
AS”..DECIDED ONLY TO BE UNDECIDED,
RESOLVED TO BE IRRESOLUTE,
ADAMANT FOR DRIFT, SOLID FOR
FLUIDITY, ALL POWERFUL FOR
IMPOTENCE.”
WHICH GREAT LITERARY AWARD WAS
CHURCHILL GIVEN IN 1953
IN SEPTEMBER 1898 IN SUDAN,
CHURCHILL TOOK PART IN A CAVALRY
CHARGE DURING WHICH BATTLE.
3
2.
1
3.
2
5
BLENHEIM PALACE
LORD RANDOLPH
CHURCHILL
CLEMENTINE
BENITO MUSSOLINI
GANDHI
STANLEY BALDWIN
NOBEL PRIZE FOR
LITERATURE.
OMDURMAN
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ST MARTIN’S CHURCH,
BLADON, OXFORDSHIRE
WHERE IS CHURCHILL BURIED
ROUND 10 – AROUND BRITAIN
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
WHICH LONDON RUNS TO THE SOUTH OF
THE MALL AND NORTH OF BIRDCAGE
WALK
CLIFFORD TOWER IS ALL THAT REMAINS
OF WHICH CITY’S CASTLE
WHICH TOWN, BIRTHPLACE OF CHARLES
DICKENS, HOUSES A MUSEUM IN HIS
HONOUR
A FAMOUS OLD STEAM RAILWAY ROUTE
LINKED CARLISLE TO WHICH OTHER
TOWN
THE M40 CUTS THROUGH WHICH RANGE
OF HILLS ONCE IT GETS BEYOND THE
M25
ON WHICH STREET CAN YOU FIND
HARRODS STORE
THE EUROROUTE E24 IS FROM
BIRMINGHAM TO WHICH COUNTY TOWN
WHICH SHIPPING AREA IS DUE NORTH OF
TRAFALGAR
WHICH IMPORTANT COLLECTION WAS
GIVEN TO THE CITY OF GLASGOW IN 1944
ST JAMES
YORK
PORTSMOUTH
SETTLE
CHILTERNS
KNIGHTSBRIDGE
IPSWICH
FINISTERRE
THE BURRELL
COLLECTION
ROUND 11 - THE TOP TEN ROUND.
PLEASE HAND OUT THE QUESTION
SHEETS
THE TOP TEN EARNING ESTATES, SINCE
THEIR DEATH, OF EXPIRED
CELEBRATIES (ACCORDING TO FORBES
MAGAZINE)
THE ANSWERS ARE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
YVES ST LAURENT
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
MICHAEL JACKSON
ELVIS PRESLEY
J R R TOLKEIN
CHARLES SCHULTZ
JOHN LENNON
THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL (DR SEUSS)
ALBERT EINSTEIN
MICHAEL CHRICHTON
6
£214M
£143M
£90M
£33.5M
£30.5M
£21M
£9M
£9M
£6M
£6M
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE – WRITTEN
ROUND 2
USUAL RULES APPLY. THE ANSWERS
TO QUESTIONS 6-14 CONTAIN A
CONNECTION THAT IS ANSWER NO. 15.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
WHICH GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL HERO
KILLED THE CRETAN BULL AND
OBTAINED THE GIRDLE OF THE AMAZON
QUEEN
WHO WAS THE PILOT OF THE AMERICAN
U-2 SPYPLANE SHOT DOWN OVER THE
USSR IN 1960.
WHICH WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH
FOOTBALL CLUB TO WIN A EUROPEAN
TROPHY.
‘DISCOVERIES IN THE JUDEAN DESERT’ IS
THE TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION OF 39
VOLUMES OF WHICH DOCUMENTS.
DRINKERS OF WHICH HIGHLY
ALCOHOLIC SPIRIT CONTAINING
WORMWOOD WERE CALLED ‘DEVOTEES
OF THE GREEN FAIRY’?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HORSE IN
TOY STORY 2.
WHICH SMALL SHINY SILVER BRITISH
FRESHWATER FISH HAS THE LATIN NAME
ALBURNUS ALBURNUS.
WHO HAD A HIT SINGLE WITH ‘LIDO
SHUFFLE’ IN 1976
THE SHAMEN RELEASED WHICH
CONTROVERSIAL SINGLE IN SEPTEMBER
1992, CONTAINING REFERENCES TO THE
DRUG ECSTACY.
WHICH SONG BY THE TOP NOTES WAS
ALSO COVERED BY THE BEATLES AND
SALT N PEPA
WHICH CITY IS HEAD OF THE
DEPARTEMENT OF MEURTHE-ETMOSELLE AND FORMERLY CAPITAL OF
THE DUCHY OF LORRAINE
WHICH POEM BY CAROL ANN DUFFY
STARTS – “BELOVED SWEETHEART
BASTARD.”
WHO WON ACADEMY AWARDS FOR
DIRECTING ‘PLATOON’ AND ‘BORN ON
THE 4TH JULY’?
WHAT IS THE STAGE NAME OF THE
7
HERACLES
FRANCIS GARY POWERS
TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS,
EUROPEAN CUP-WINNERS
CUP 1963.
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
ABSINTHE
BULLSEYE
COMMON BLEAK
BOZ SCAGGS
EBENEEZER GOODE
TWIST AND SHOUT
NANCY
HAVISHAM
OLIVER STONE
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ILLUSIONIST DAVID SETH KOTKIN?
15. AND THE CONNECTION IS ……
DAVID COPPERFIELD
CHARLES DICKENS
SPARES
1.
2.
3.
IN WHICH YEAR DID ITALY INVADE
ETHIOPIA
WHAT TYPE OF CREATURE IS A
CANVASBACK
MAURICE COLE WAS THE REAL NAME OF
WHICH POPULAR FUNNY UK RADIO AND
TV PERSONALITY?
1935
A DUCK
KENNY EVERETT
PLEASE EITHER PHONE OR TEXT THE RESULT ON 07970 557943
OR E-MAIL TO CRADBENT2000@YAHOO.CO.UK ASAP.
8
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TEAM:
TOP TEN DEAD PEOPLES ESTATES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
9
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TOP TEN DEAD PEOPLES ESTATES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
10
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WRITTEN ROUND 1
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4.
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9.
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12.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WRITTEN ROUND 1
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WRITTEN ROUND 1
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WRITTEN ROUND 2
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WRITTEN ROUND 2
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WRITTEN ROUND 2
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2.
3.
4.
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7.
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12.
13.
14.
15.
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MIX AND MATCH THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL TEAMS TO THEIR STADIUMS.
TEAM:
1
AIDRIE
CAPPIELOW PARK
2
CLYDE
ALMONDVALE STADIUM
3
DUNDEE
NEW BROOMFIELD
4
DUNFERMELINE
BROADWOOD STADIUM
5
LIVINGSTONE
FIRHILL STADIUM
6
MORTON
MCDIARMAID PARK
7
PARTICK
DENS PARK
8
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
EAST END PARK
9
ROSS COUNTY
PALMERSTONE PARK
10
ST. JOHNSTONE
VICTORIA PARK STADIUM
18
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TEAM:
1
AIDRIE
CAPPIELOW PARK
2
CLYDE
ALMONDVALE STADIUM
3
DUNDEE
NEW BROOMFIELD
4
DUNFERMELINE
BROADWOOD STADIUM
5
LIVINGSTONE
FIRHILL STADIUM
6
MORTON
MCDIARMAID PARK
7
PARTICK
DENS PARK
8
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
EAST END PARK
9
ROSS COUNTY
PALMERSTONE PARK
10
ST. JOHNSTONE
VICTORIA PARK STADIUM
19
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MIX AND MATCH THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL TEAMS TO THEIR STADIUMS.
TEAM:
1
AIDRIE
CAPPIELOW PARK
2
CLYDE
ALMONDVALE STADIUM
3
DUNDEE
NEW BROOMFIELD
4
DUNFERMELINE
BROADWOOD STADIUM
5
LIVINGSTONE
FIRHILL STADIUM
6
MORTON
MCDIARMAID PARK
7
PARTICK
DENS PARK
8
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
EAST END PARK
9
ROSS COUNTY
PALMERSTONE PARK
10
ST. JOHNSTONE
VICTORIA PARK STADIUM
20
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TEAM:
1
AIDRIE
CAPPIELOW PARK
2
CLYDE
ALMONDVALE STADIUM
3
DUNDEE
NEW BROOMFIELD
4
DUNFERMELINE
BROADWOOD STADIUM
5
LIVINGSTONE
FIRHILL STADIUM
6
MORTON
MCDIARMAID PARK
7
PARTICK
DENS PARK
8
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
EAST END PARK
9
ROSS COUNTY
PALMERSTONE PARK
10
ST. JOHNSTONE
VICTORIA PARK STADIUM
21
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MIX AND MATCH THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL TEAMS TO THEIR STADIUMS.
TEAM:
1
AIDRIE
CAPPIELOW PARK
2
CLYDE
ALMONDVALE STADIUM
3
DUNDEE
NEW BROOMFIELD
4
DUNFERMELINE
BROADWOOD STADIUM
5
LIVINGSTONE
FIRHILL STADIUM
6
MORTON
MCDIARMAID PARK
7
PARTICK
DENS PARK
8
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
EAST END PARK
9
ROSS COUNTY
PALMERSTONE PARK
10
ST. JOHNSTONE
VICTORIA PARK STADIUM
22
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MIX AND MATCH THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL TEAMS TO THEIR STADIUMS.
TEAM:
1
AIDRIE
CAPPIELOW PARK
2
CLYDE
ALMONDVALE STADIUM
3
DUNDEE
NEW BROOMFIELD
4
DUNFERMELINE
BROADWOOD STADIUM
5
LIVINGSTONE
FIRHILL STADIUM
6
MORTON
MCDIARMAID PARK
7
PARTICK
DENS PARK
8
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
EAST END PARK
9
ROSS COUNTY
PALMERSTONE PARK
10
ST. JOHNSTONE
VICTORIA PARK STADIUM
23