The Glastonbury festival quiz

[stuartbert two hats]

7 minutes ago, MrHew said:

What are the names of the 2 saunas on site? 

I don't know the answer (even though I donated to one of them last year), but I love the fact that it's a question!

[Crazyfool01]

(Fireman) sams and lost horizons ? 

[MrHew]

45 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

(Fireman) sams and lost horizons ? 

I was after Sam's Magic Hat and Lost Horizons but I think that's close enough. Over to you 😊

[Crazyfool01]

After recovering from stomach cancer , Michael stood as Labour Party candidate in the  city of Wells in 1997 .... how many votes did he get ? close enough guesses will be accepted  

Edited April 21, 2020 by crazyfool1

[parsonjack]

21 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

After recovering from stomach cancer , Michael stood as Labour Party candidate in the  city of Wells in 1997 .... how many votes did he get ? close enough guesses will be accepted  

Hmm.....I think Wells has been safe Tory for a long time, with some marginal Lib Dem leanings.  Based on what I know about Frome votes though I'm having a wild stab at around 10,000.

[Crazyfool01]

3 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

Hmm.....I think Wells has been safe Tory for a long time, with some marginal Lib Dem leanings.  Based on what I know about Frome votes though I'm having a wild stab at around 10,000.

Close enough 10,204 ... Nice educated guess PJ .... means I can make some supper ... over to you  

[parsonjack]

5 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Close enough 10,204 ... Nice educated guess PJ .... means I can make some supper ... over to you  

Wow.  Just looked at the stats.....he polled more Labour votes than any Labour candidate since 1974.  Ironically though had just 529 of his votes gone to the Lib Dem candidate instead Wells would have had it's first non--Tory MP since 1929.

Ok....maybe an easy one for some....in which year was the first Pilton Party held?

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, parsonjack said:

Wow.  Just looked at the stats.....he polled more Labour votes than any Labour candidate since 1974.  Ironically though had just 529 of his votes gone to the Lib Dem candidate instead Wells would have had it's first non--Tory MP since 1929.

Ok....maybe an easy one for some....in which year was the first Pilton Party held?

1970

[grumpyhack]

1984

 

[incident]

The first one I'm aware of was that the Stone Roses played in 95.. so I'll guess 1992?

[parsonjack]

17 hours ago, grumpyhack said:

1984

 

Sorry for delay.  1984 is correct although I've no idea who played. 

Over to @grumpyhack👍

 

[grumpyhack]

In 2014 Michael Eavis won the NMR Gold cup.  What for?

[Crazyfool01]

It wasn’t for horse racing I guess ...  something to do with milk quality and production ? 

[stuartbert two hats]

8 minutes ago, grumpyhack said:

In 2014 Michael Eavis won the NMR Gold cup.  What for?

 

5 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

It wasn’t for horse racing I guess ...  something to do with milk quality and production ? 

Damn, I knew this one.  It was for high milk yields, although the press release didn't mention the low butterfat levels.  Quantity over quality!  They needed to do something about their silage.

[stuartbert two hats]

And to be fair, he shouldn't even have won the cup - it was the farm manager who was responsible, not the owner.

[Crazyfool01]

is that acceptable @grumpyhack ? 

[grumpyhack]

I think Crazyfool gets it.

[Crazyfool01]

Thanks GH ... what was the name of Michaels first wife ? 

[Sawdusty surfer]

Ruth

 

[Crazyfool01]

6 minutes ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

Ruth

 

Yep .. thought u might get this one  

[Sawdusty surfer]

Who is known as 'Weirdbeard' 

Real name or what he's famous/notorious for.

Clue #1  He 'saved' the festival

Edited April 23, 2020 by Sawdusty Surfer

[parsonjack]

14 hours ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

Who is known as 'Weirdbeard' 

Real name or what he's famous/notorious for.

Clue #1  He 'saved' the festival

Ok....someone I asked said that LV used to be known as Weird Beard field (although I've never heard that).  So logic might suggest Roy Gurvitz may be who you are after? 

[Sawdusty surfer]

19 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

Ok....someone I asked said that LV used to be known as Weird Beard field (although I've never heard that).  So logic might suggest Roy Gurvitz may be who you are after? 

Spot on!

In about '97 wecouldn't believe that there was a sign on the Railway Line , clearly official as it was in Glasto type face saying 'Fiels Of Weirdbeard'.  That's when |LV started to becone official rather than underground.

Before those days he used to sell Richard's Castle wine at free festivals and in '94 he used to run The World  Cup Bar (unauthourised bar obs! ) in what is now Avalon. He actually had a couple of TV's in there to watch the games. Most unusual back then.

[parsonjack]

2 hours ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

Spot on!

In about '97 wecouldn't believe that there was a sign on the Railway Line , clearly official as it was in Glasto type face saying 'Fiels Of Weirdbeard'.  That's when |LV started to becone official rather than underground.

Before those days he used to sell Richard's Castle wine at free festivals and in '94 he used to run The World  Cup Bar (unauthourised bar obs! ) in what is now Avalon. He actually had a couple of TV's in there to watch the games. Most unusual back then.

Were they showing the football? 

Ok....where could you find the secret watering hole in Green Crafts....and what was it called? 

[incident]

7 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

Were they showing the football? 

Ok....where could you find the secret watering hole in Green Crafts....and what was it called? 

Hidden at the back of the Stone Masons stall, officially called Rock Worx, I've also heard it nicknamed the Stonecutters/Stonemasons Arms.

Still slightly annoyed that it's gone as it was a great place to stop in occasionally especially after hours - I believe that it was a victim of people openly posting about it's existence on here which for an unauthorised bar is death. Have some discretion people..