Topic Title

[tonto]

Punt at New Zealand?

[Buzzie]

Nooo......

[tonto]

Australia?

[Buzzie]

Yep, it truly is a mountain circuit with the height gain bring some 500+feet and a max uphill gradient of 1:6. It also features some fearsomely quick downhill straights where touring cars can touch 180mph. In-car footage on YouTube is well worth a look, particularly as cars go down "the Dipper"

[tonto]

Which member of Englands world cup winning team of 1966 also played first class cricket for Essex?

[wildrover]

Ye Olde Sports Quiz Chestnut alert! Geoff Hurst...

[tonto]

The old ones are the best, although he only played once it still counts.

[wildrover]

Here's the other half of the chestnut - In the mid 1950s Hurst had played cricket for the Essex youth side but was only the second most famous person to play in that team. This person also did not gain fame as a cricketer - who was he?

[wildrover]

He was also a footballer...

[Buzzie]

Jimmy Greaves?

[wildrover]

Not Jimmy - he was also in the 1966 winning team

[Buzzie]

How about Bobby Moore then?

[wildrover]

It was Bobby Moore - Geoff Hurst said in his autobiography the first time he played alongside Bobby Moore it was for Essex schools cricket team...

[Crackers32]

Bobby moore

[John Williams]

I think Ron Atkinson