Now we've reached the knock-out stage of Euro2016 here's a question I've never been sure about. If a bookie offers odds on the full time result of a match, does that mean the eventual result, or how...
What's the difference between a single red line and a double red line? I thought a red route meant no stopping, full stop, but my local authority are introducing red routes, and some of the lines are...
I read somewhere the other day that in the days before extra time and penalties, it took six replays (or maybe it was the original match and five replays) to settle one particular cup tie. Does anyone...
Can anybody help me with this query - when you have a football match which in the event of a draw after 90 minutes will go to extra time, and if still drawn after that to penalties, does the price a...
Although I'm not a novice at betting on the horses, one thing I've never understood is the "bar" price. If a bookie quotes 2/1 against horse A, 7/2 against horse B, 5/1 against horse C and 8/1 bar,...
Quite often when batsmen are running between the wickets - particularly when taking a quick single - they come close to running into one of the fielders (usually the bowler). Do the laws of cricket...
Come on Green Moss - how did it go? I have to take my holidays vacariously these days so come on give ,how was Puerto Pollensa. where did you go, what did you do? Where did you stay? I'm envious but I...
Come on Green Moss - how did it go? I have to take my holidays vacariously these days so come on give ,how was Puerto Pollensa. where did you go, what did you do? Where did you stay? I'm envious but I...
Can anyone explain to someone who has little knowledge of modern pop music just what it means when someone is said to "cover" a song? Is it just a modern way of saying they have recorded it, or does...
This may seem a silly question (and possibly is) but why do roses have thorns? Why do nettles sting you? Presumably these are both self-defence mechanisms, but as they have been around long before...
There are so many TV channels now dedicated to showing old TV shows - which would you like to see repeated. For me, the American show "Soap" - to my mind one of the cleverest and funniest things ever...
At the end of the BBC's broadcast of Churchill's funeral, I recall Richard Dimbleby reciting a poem, obviously specially written for the occasion - all I can remeber is the last line, I think it was...