GLASGOW QUIZ A N S W E R S O N P A G E 1 0 5
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Think you know Glasgow? If so, you can pit your wits against these fiendish questions, set by real Glasgow insiders. To find out the answers, and see how you did, turn to page 105 Illustration: Lizzy Stewart
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 3
MUSIC
Set by Bratchy and the Wee Man, organisers and hosts of The Arches’ Comedy Pub Quiz
1 Glasgow has a reputation for being a tough crowd for comedians, (although those comedians have obviously never played Fraserburgh, where sometimes jokes must be delivered from within a burning Wicker Man). But what performing brothers endured the scathing (and rather hilarious) heckle ‘Christ, there’s two of them!’ as they took to the stage of the Glasgow Empire?
2 We can often be found in The Shed nightclub in Shawlands, regaling women of questionable virtue with astonishingly feeble chat. But what was the original name for the building that now houses The Shed?
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Glasgow has a long and fruitful history in the music industry. We even foisted the ponderous mediocrity of Snow Patrol upon the world. But what bunch of glaikit Mancunians were famously ‘discovered’ by a ginger in King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut?
4 Believe it or not, the world’s first international football match was held in Partick. Yes, Partick. But who was the match between?
5 The Wee Man likes nothing better than cruising up the West End, relieving students of their student loan money. Glasgow University tends to provide rich pickings, as it contains the highest number of greasy bookish whelps. But what is the main campus of Glasgow University? ■ The Arches Comedy Pub Quiz, Thu 5 Aug, 8pm.
Set by Eugene Kelly, founding member of The Vaselines
1 The third track on The Vaseline’s first EP was a cover of a song by an American performer whose name is also the same as Glasgow’s longest running club, held at the Glasgow School of Art. Name the performer.
2 Nirvana played one show in Glasgow. Where?
3 Bobby Gillespie from Primal Scream used to run a club in Glasgow. He named it after a song by an American rock band. Name the club and the band.
4 Which US rock star allegedly received a pay-out from