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Post by ko25 on Dec 28, 2020 15:54:45 GMT
Post your answers below or if you're worried about copying send me a PM it's only short but hopefully it can bring a bit of fun and get some cogs turning. I can't take credit for the anagrams as they were previously provided by Gonk.  1. Who won the first ever BBL Championship? 2. Who wore number 21 for the 2001/02 Manchester Giants? 3. In the year 2002 at Sheffield Arena who set the Guinness world record for the longest basket ever scored? 4. Who previously head that record? 5. What team was that last team to exit the BBL but continue to survive in D1? 6. What kind of Duck played for the Brighton Bears? 7. What team did the Leicester Riders play in their last game before moving to the Morningside Arena? 8. Nick Nurse now coaching in the NBA but what 4 BBL teams did he coach? 9. Before the use of Molten balls were used in the BBL what was the official game ball for the BBL? 10. Where were the 2001 BBL play-offs held? 11. What year was the BBL cup invented? 12. Name all the different names of the London Lions. 13. London Lions have been mentioned but can you name all other cats that have been teams in the BBL? 14. What sweet treats used to sponsor the London Towers? 15. What Christmas themed player holds the record for total rebounds? 16. Newcastle Eagles are renowned for winning but who coached the team before Fab? 17. In their pervious guise what were the Cheshire Phoenix called and what colours did they play in? 18. This year saw the 20th anniversary of Whats Bev but what date was the first ever post made? 19. Who played the character Cager for the Washington Generals? 20. Name 3 Christmas themed BBL players. 21. We all know Nick Nurse is an NBA coach but name 5 players who have played in both the BBL and the NBA 22. In the season 2000/01 the National Cup was sponsored by what company? Anangrams: 23. Porn star reboot 24. Planed boner 25. A sushi devil 26. Cloth hen farmer 27. Saintly boa 28. Fallacious porn toy 29. Unaltered dog 30. A puke ball 31. Melt our shipyard 32. Unravels wild 33. a lazy rioter 34. Slit her chasm |
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Post by Solly on Dec 28, 2020 17:10:47 GMT
Post your answers below or if you're worried about copying send me a PM it's only short but hopefully it can bring a bit of fun and get some cogs turning. I can't take credit for the anagrams as they were previously provided by Gonk. 1. Who won the first ever BBL Championship? 2. Who wore number 21 for the 2001/02 Manchester Giants? 3. In the year 2002 at Sheffield Arena who set the Guinness world record for the longest basket ever scored? 4. Who previously head that record? 5. What team was that last team to exit the BBL but continue to survive in D1? 6. What kind of Duck played for the Brighton Bears? 7. What team did the Leicester Riders play in their last game before moving to the Morningside Arena? 8. Nick Nurse now coaching in the NBA but what 4 BBL teams did he coach? 9. Before the use of Molten balls were used in the BBL what was the official game ball for the BBL? 10. Where were the 2001 BBL play-offs held? 11. What year was the BBL cup invented? 12. Name all the different names of the London Lions. 13. London Lions have been mentioned but can you name all other cats that have been teams in the BBL? 14. What sweet treats used to sponsor the London Towers? 15. What Christmas themed player holds the record for total rebounds? 16. Newcastle Eagles are renowned for winning but who coached the team before Fab? 17. In their pervious guise what were the Cheshire Phoenix called and what colours did they play in? 18. This year saw the 20th anniversary of Whats Bev but what date was the first ever post made? 19. Who played the character Cager for the Washington Generals? 20. Name 3 Christmas themed BBL players. 21. We all know Nick Nurse is an NBA coach but name 5 players who have played in both the BBL and the NBA 22. In the season 2000/01 the National Cup was sponsored by what company? Anangrams: 23. Porn star reboot 24. Planed boner 25. A sushi devil 26. Cloth hen farmer 27. Saintly boa 28. Fallacious porn toy 29. Unaltered dog 30. A puke ball 31. Melt our shipyard 32. Unravels wild 33. a lazy rioter 34. Slit her chasm I feel the real challenge is to answer from memory alone. Therefore my only current answers are 3. Ian McKinney 5. Worthing 6. Randy 8. Derby (Bucks?), Birmingham, Manchester, Brighton 9. Spalding 10. Coventry 12. London Docklands, London Leopards, London Towers, Hemel Royals, MK Lions 13. Leopards, Panthers, Wildcats, Tigers, Pumas, Lynx 14. Haribo |
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Post by Solly on Dec 28, 2020 17:12:14 GMT
16. Garbo, Elderkin and the guy who looked like Bill Murray
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Post by Solly on Dec 28, 2020 17:39:56 GMT
21. Loren Meyer, Dwayne Morton, Dirk Liggins, John someone from Bullets of the 70s/80s
22. Sainsbury's
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Post by Solly on Dec 28, 2020 17:51:25 GMT
20. Tony Holley
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2020 18:04:07 GMT
12 and 13 are way out, solly
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Post by bullets92 on Dec 28, 2020 18:10:31 GMT
1 Portsmouth
2 (didn’t Giants fold that season....that’s a toughie!)
15 Tony Holley
19 Paul Sturgess
20 SANTA ataha, Holley, TREEvon Wright, Levi NOEL
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Post by bullets92 on Dec 28, 2020 18:19:21 GMT
Anagrams:
Rob P
Brandon Peel
Elvisi Dusha
Fletch
Atiba Lyons
Caylin Raftopolous
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Paul Blake
Raiders
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Charles Smith
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Post by ko25 on Dec 28, 2020 19:58:29 GMT
I feel the real challenge is to answer from memory alone. Therefore my only current answers are 3. Ian McKinney 5. Worthing 6. Randy 8. Derby (Bucks?), Birmingham, Manchester, Brighton 9. Spalding 10. Coventry 12. London Docklands, London Leopards, London Towers, Hemel Royals, MK Lions 13. Leopards, Panthers, Wildcats, Tigers, Pumas, Lynx 14. Haribo You've quite a few wrong there at the moment Solly! |
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Post by ko25 on Dec 28, 2020 19:59:33 GMT
1 Portsmouth 2 (didn’t Giants fold that season....that’s a toughie!) 15 Tony Holley 19 Paul Sturgess 20 SANTA ataha, Holley, TREEvon Wright, Levi NOEL They did indeed fold that season.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2020 21:34:15 GMT
Only ones i could guess without Google 5. Worthing Thunder 14. Haribo 15. The fat lad from Worcester 16. Tony G 17. Gold 19. Deandre Medlock 21. Deandre Liggins, Dennis Rodman, Juliius Hodge, John Ameachi, cant think of a 5th who's played a game in both so I'll throw Preist Lauderdale in who played nba and nbl 3 for oxford 22. Playboy Anangrams: 23. Rob Paternostro |
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Post by ko25 on Dec 29, 2020 15:37:56 GMT
Only ones i could guess without Google 5. Worthing Thunder 14. Haribo 15. The fat lad from Worcester 16. Tony G 17. Gold 19. Deandre Medlock 21. Deandre Liggins, Dennis Rodman, Juliius Hodge, John Ameachi, cant think of a 5th who's played a game in both so I'll throw Preist Lauderdale in who played nba and nbl 3 for oxford 22. Playboy Anangrams: 23. Rob Paternostro There's a couple wrong there too! |
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Post by allstring on Dec 29, 2020 19:01:06 GMT
21. Nobody got the (I believe) only NBA player to play for the Thames Valley Tigers yet? He may be the only one to have made his debut in the British top division before his NBA debut; but I'm not particularly sure if he did it in that order to be fair; it wouldn't have been a full season.
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Post by MansfieldMike on Dec 29, 2020 20:45:24 GMT
21. Nobody got the (I believe) only NBA player to play for the Thames Valley Tigers yet? He may be the only one to have made his debut in the British top division before his NBA debut; but I'm not particularly sure if he did it in that order to be fair; it wouldn't have been a full season. Steven Lee Bucknall |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2020 6:21:02 GMT
A few that haven't been (correctly) answered
11. What year was the BBL cup invented? 2003/4 season.
12. Name all the different names of the London Lions. Hemel Hempstead Lakers, Hemel Hempstead Royals, Hemel & Watford Royals, Watford Royals, Milton Keynes Lions and (obviously) London Lions. Ovaltine were one of their sponsors, I think they were Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead Royals. Vince made spurious claims to the Embassy/London Latvian side of the 60s/70s but it's hard to see a real link.
13. London Lions have been mentioned but can you name all other cats that have been teams in the BBL? Leopards, Tigers (x2), Wildcats, Panthers. I think the Pumas refereed to by Solly were Guildford/Sutton who never made it above D1, and Lynx is his aftershave when he's on the pull
17. In their pervious guise what were the Cheshire Phoenix called and what colours did they play in? Chester Jets, then Cheshire Jets. Hard to remember their colours as they'd turn up with so few players.
22. In the season 2000/01 the National Cup was sponsored by what company? NTL
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Post by allstring on Dec 30, 2020 18:12:58 GMT
12. Name all the different names of the London Lions. Hemel Hempstead Lakers, Hemel Hempstead Royals, Hemel & Watford Royals, Watford Royals, Milton Keynes Lions and (obviously) London Lions. Ovaltine were one of their sponsors, I think they were Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead Royals. Vince made spurious claims to the Embassy/London Latvian side of the 60s/70s but it's hard to see a real link.
I believe they were actually the Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead Rebels, although they may have dropped the "Rebels" during the Ovaltine era. At the same time the Watford Royals existed. I suspect the Royals came about from that merger. Some fun memories of that team. That stunning outside shooter Sam Smith. The Mid American Conference Player of the Year Harvey Knuckles. In my opinion currently the twelfth best of the 32 conferences in the NCAA; don't know how it rated forty years ago though. Future Wolves Chief Executive Jez Moxey. Giant Mike Spaid. The delightful and popular Cedric Frederick. High scoring youngster Drew Sewell. A season of a Lloyd brother (David) sandwiching Sunderland before and Warrington after. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2020 20:05:48 GMT
Rebels appear to have played in the second tier in 1982/3 & 1983/4 with Hemel in the top flight (source: SM11 & wiki). I think I read somewhere there was fallout that lasted a couple of years (hence "Rebels") before they all patched things up and appear to have been called Poundstretcher Hemel (& - depending where you look)Watford Royals. They kept that name the following season (1985/6) and were Alphaprint Hemel Hempstead Watford Royals for the final season before the BBL started. They were (apparently) Hemel & Watford Royals for their BBL debut, and dropped the "& Watford" before reviving it for a year in the mid-90s.
I assume KO knew all of this before setting the question 
Cedi Frederick was an agent (I think) when we restarted in 2004, his son Tom was pretty decent. Mike Spaid had a username on here paying homage to him, I think, |
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Post by allstring on Dec 31, 2020 3:19:07 GMT
Rebels appear to have played in the second tier in 1982/3 & 1983/4 with Hemel in the top flight (source: SM11 & wiki). I think I read somewhere there was fallout that lasted a couple of years (hence "Rebels") before they all patched things up and appear to have been called Poundstretcher Hemel (& - depending where you look)Watford Royals. They kept that name the following season (1985/6) and were Alphaprint Hemel Hempstead Watford Royals for the final season before the BBL started. They were (apparently) Hemel & Watford Royals for their BBL debut, and dropped the "& Watford" before reviving it for a year in the mid-90s.
I assume KO knew all of this before setting the question
Cedi Frederick was an agent (I think) when we restarted in 2004, his son Tom was pretty decent. Mike Spaid had a username on here paying homage to him, I think, British basketball name history is certainly a minefield. The only season I know that "Rebels" was linked to Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead was 82-83. They were being advertised as the Rebels, but whether that was being done correctly I don't know. Ovaltine were still sponsoring in 83-84, but no sign of the "Rebels" in the name then. Do you know where the second tier Rebels of the early eighties played, were they also Hemel? I think the Watford Rebels started in the late eighties. I believe Cedric played for Milton Keynes prior to Hemel. Possibly the top league Embassy All-Stars version, so Vince could use that as his tenuous link! |
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Post by allstring on Dec 31, 2020 3:20:53 GMT
21. Nobody got the (I believe) only NBA player to play for the Thames Valley Tigers yet? He may be the only one to have made his debut in the British top division before his NBA debut; but I'm not particularly sure if he did it in that order to be fair; it wouldn't have been a full season. Steven Lee Bucknall Yep, that's the one. |
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Post by baldereagle on Dec 31, 2020 9:33:41 GMT
From an Eagles point of view, 26 has to be Fletch and the pre-Fab Bill Murray lookalike coach was Tom Hancock.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 10:02:32 GMT
British basketball name history is certainly a minefield. The only season I know that "Rebels" was linked to Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead was 82-83. They were being advertised as the Rebels, but whether that was being done correctly I don't know. Ovaltine were still sponsoring in 83-84, but no sign of the "Rebels" in the name then. Do you know where the second tier Rebels of the early eighties played, were they also Hemel? I think the Watford Rebels started in the late eighties. I believe Cedric played for Milton Keynes prior to Hemel. Possibly the top league Embassy All-Stars version, so Vince could use that as his tenuous link! That's a bit weird, because that was the first season of the Watford Rebels who appeared to be a breakaway from Hemel and lasted two years before linking back up with Hemel. I'll ask a couple of people I know from the area. I imagine Watford Rebels played at Watford Leisure Centre where Hemel & Watford played for the year between leaving Hemel and moving to MK. The Watford Rebels name reappeared in the national league third tier in 89/90 (neither me or SM have tracked down the league table but they finished 4th) before moving to Wodson Park and became the first version of Ware Rebels. In a desperate attempt to bring this back on topic, Tom Hancock also coached at MK and once walked in to Wodson for a pre-season game and announced one of the baskets was too low. It wasn't
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Post by sm11 on Dec 31, 2020 10:47:44 GMT
As far as I understand Watford Royals date way back, and they didnt use the name Rebels yet. They were included and won the first ever attempt at the National League in 1960/61.
Hemel Hempstead exact origins im not sure but I gather at this point was seperate to Watford Royals and entered the modern NBL in 1977.
Reading the Pawprints I acquired recently, it says that the Watford Royals attempted to enter the league in 1981/82 but Hemel Hempstead blocked their entry. Watford Royals finally managed to enter the following season in 82/83. Then in 84/85 Watford Royals took over the Hemel Hempstead franchise and the name changes to Hemel and Watford Royals (My blog has them down simply as Hemel Royals at this point as they seem to take off and re add the 'and Watford' part over and over again).
I think the Watford Rebels of 89/90 onwards are some kind of Phoenix offshoot of the Hemel Royals a few seasons on from the merger of 84.
Like All String says name history is a minefield at that time in British Basketball history. I tried not to get too involved and just referred to the Hemel franchise between 77 and 84 simply as Hemel Hempstead although I can see names such as Lakers and apparently Rebels may have been used. I try making more of an effort with the names from 96/97 as i then have websites to go by and have personal memories from 98/99 onwards which is where my British Basketball fandom starts.
The names of clubs would change mid season some times and different publications seem to sometimes honour and sometimes ignore the change, making it near impossible to completely follow for someone like me who has no first hand account of it all. The worst one of all was in Womens Div 1 85/86 when Bath (I think) must have moved to Swindon at some point that season. The newspapers one week had them as Bath, the next week as Swindon, the mags kept changing as well. I know that Bath and Swindon are not miles apart but they are very much two different places so I dont know what was going on there. I settled on calling them Swindon in the end.
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Post by retsek on Jan 3, 2021 18:04:42 GMT
Post your answers below or if you're worried about copying send me a PM it's only short but hopefully it can bring a bit of fun and get some cogs turning. I can't take credit for the anagrams as they were previously provided by Gonk. 1. Who won the first ever BBL Championship? 2. Who wore number 21 for the 2001/02 Manchester Giants? Travis Conlan 3. In the year 2002 at Sheffield Arena who set the Guinness world record for the longest basket ever scored? Justin Phoenix 4. Who previously head that record? Ian McKinney 5. What team was that last team to exit the BBL but continue to survive in D1? London Leopards 6. What kind of Duck played for the Brighton Bears? A Randy one 7. What team did the Leicester Riders play in their last game before moving to the Morningside Arena? 8. Nick Nurse now coaching in the NBA but what 4 BBL teams did he coach? Bullets, Storm, Giants, Brighton 9. Before the use of Molten balls were used in the BBL what was the official game ball for the BBL? 10. Where were the 2001 BBL play-offs held? Sheffield 11. What year was the BBL cup invented? 12. Name all the different names of the London Lions. Hemel and Watford Royals, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes Lions 13. London Lions have been mentioned but can you name all other cats that have been teams in the BBL? The big cats (London Leopards) Doncaster Panthers 14. What sweet treats used to sponsor the London Towers? Haribo 15. What Christmas themed player holds the record for total rebounds? Tony Holly 16. Newcastle Eagles are renowned for winning but who coached the team before Fab? Tony Garbaletto 17. In their pervious guise what were the Cheshire Phoenix called and what colours did they play in? Chester Jets and Black - changed this answer after the edit - the kit was a dirty grey colour (at least it was when Calvin Davis played for them, that's the team I always think of) 18. This year saw the 20th anniversary of Whats Bev but what date was the first ever post made? 19. Who played the character Cager for the Washington Generals? 20. Name 3 Christmas themed BBL players. Tony Holly 21. We all know Nick Nurse is an NBA coach but name 5 players who have played in both the BBL and the NBA - Loren Meyer (**** knows), Steve Bucknall (Lakers), John Amaechi (Jazz & Magic) Voice Winters (Toronto) 22. In the season 2000/01 the National Cup was sponsored by what company? Anangrams: 23. Porn star reboot 24. Planed boner 25. A sushi devil 26. Cloth hen farmer 27. Saintly boa 28. Fallacious porn toy 29. Unaltered dog 30. A puke ball 31. Melt our shipyard 32. Unravels wild 33. a lazy rioter 34. Slit her chasm **** anagrams! Wish I'd have seen this sooner, probably didn't do as well as I thought I did! To make it easier to read: 2. Travis Conlon 3. Justin Phoenix 4. Ian McKinney 5. London Leopards 6. A Randy one 8. Bullets, Storm, Giants, Brighton 10. Sheffield 12. Hemel and Watford Royals, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes Lions 13. The big cats (London Leopards) Doncaster Panthers 14. Haribo 15. Tony Holly 16. Tony Garbaletto 17. Chester Jets and a dirty light grey colour 20. Tony Holly 21. Loren Meyer (**** knows), Steve Bucknall (Lakers), John Amaechi (Jazz & Magic) Voice Winters (Toronto) |
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Post by retsek on Jan 3, 2021 18:07:33 GMT
When do you plan on dishing the answers out? Very much enjoyed this!
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Post by sharkball on Jan 3, 2021 21:16:32 GMT
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Dwayne Morton played for Golden State and Towers/Eagles
Voise Winters played for the 76ersand Sheffield Sharks
Loren Meyer ex Dallas- Chester
Steve Bucknall - Various BBL and LA Lakers
John Amaechi - Various NBA and Sheffield Sharks
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