By Dragons' Den
December 21 2009

A we enter the festive season we bring you the first part of the 2009 London Welsh Christmas Quiz. Instead of spending your evenings eating and drinking too much and playing endless games of Monopoly, test your LW knowledge against Mark W-J's questions.

1.     Who scored London Welsh’s first try of the 2009-10 league season?

2.     Name the other five teams in our British & Irish Cup pool.

3.     Who was voted Players’ Player of the Year for 2008-09?

4.     Against which team did Paul Doran Jones make his England début last month?

5.     Who were the opposition who drew the largest crowd to ODP in 2009?

6.     Tom Brown scored five tries in the home win over which club?

7.     Which four players previously shared the club record of four tries in a league match?

8.     Which three Premiership clubs did Phil Greening play for?

9.     What was the score in the 1985 John Player Cup final?

10.  In what year did Paul Sampson win his first England cap?

11.  Old Deer Park aside, at which three grounds have Welsh played ‘home’ league games?

12.  Who scored the decisive try against Met Police which clinched promotion in 1994-95?

13.  Against which Welsh club did we score 100 points in January 1998?

14.  Which two players scored two tries apiece in the 4^th round cup-tie with Gloucester three weeks previously?

15.  Who has made the most appearances for London Welsh in league rugby?

16.  And who has scored the most points?

17.  How many times have London Welsh won the Middlesex Sevens?

18.  Who were the opposition in our first match in October 1885?

19.  Which club have we played the most times in league rugby?

20.  There are six clubs against whom our league record is ‘played one, lost one’: name three.

Answers will be published next week together with Part Two of the quiz

London Welsh Christmas Quiz - Part One

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Dragons' Den
30/12/2009 19:21

Here are the answers. How well did you do?

1. Errie Claassens, versus Bristol
2. Aberavon, Bedford, Llanelli, Moseley & Ulster
3. Michael Tagicakibau
4. Argentina
5. Bedford (2,240)
6. Manchester
7. Mickey Bell, David Lubliner, Lennie Woodard & Andy Currier
8. Gloucester, Sale & Wasps
9. Bath 24 London Welsh 15
10. 1998, versus South Africa
11. Chiswick Polytechnic (University of Westminster), Esher & Twickenham Stoop
12. Steve Thomas
13. Blackwood
14. Matt Vines (London Welsh) & Rob Jewell (Gloucester)
15. Chris Ritchie (128)
16. Craig Raymond (916)
17. Eight
18. London Scottish
19. Exeter (28 times)
20. Sale (88-89); Vale of Lune, Askeans, Nuneaton, Roundhay (89-90); Maidenhead (90-91)

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dottigirl
31/12/2009 14:41

Maybe three or four...

(I have a really bad memory.)

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