Family Quiz

[Cate_gory]

I have two queries on this quiz,if anyone can help please.Around the british isles. 70 what are auctioned at Tattersalls and what is rolled Coopers Hill in Gloucester.Answers are Around the British Isles

[puternut]

SImple 30 second google found -

Tattershalls - is a horse fair / auction
Coopers hill is an annual race down a very steep Coopers hill chasing an 8lb round piece of Double gloucester cheese

[puternut]

JUst found out - Coopers Hill has been banned for the last 2 years as too dangerous !!!!

[chelle7272]

yes but they went ahead anyway a couple of weeks ago, in spite of the Health and Safety concerns, and it looked like they had a great time as ever!

[Euphemia]

Tattersalls : bloodstock (racehorses)

[jake-the-peg]

Health and safety gone mad ?

//The Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake is a real laugh, but is a lot more dangerous than it looks. When we did it in 2002 at least one person wound up being karted off in an ambulance after almost every run - and considering only 15 people participate in each run the odds of being injured are not favourable. The injuries are more than scrapes and briuses. In the run that I did Stuart Anderson broke bones on both sides of his right ankle and was taken to hospital where he received a metal plate and 9 screws.Yikes.... //

http://www.doctordang.../other/CheeseRoll.htm

[Cate_gory]

thankyou puternut,chelle 7272,Euphemia and jake-the-peg.You have all confirmed what I thought, so I do appreciate your help.

[Avatar]

Why not post in Quizzes and Puzzles next time.

[chakka35]

Avatar will understand what I mean when say that I feel like a pedantic bore whenever I have to ask "What has this to do with Science?". But someone has to make the sacrifice and do it. So WHAT HAS THIS---- oh, all right, I'll shut up.

[chelle7272]

Sometimes it's a genuine mistake - it's only a click away from Q&P....

[chakka35]

chelle 7272, I cannot imagine a more charming way of being mildly corrected than by a supporter of the team that I have supported since my childhood, having been born and bred in that fine city.