Quiz Question

[The binman chronicles]

Well done, top of the class, can you guess which one everyone got wrong and do you know why?

Would presume Villa as most would have put it as Warwickshire which came later or even West Midlands?

 

[Littlesue]

Would presume Villa as most would have put it as Warwickshire which came later or even West Midlands?

Correct, when Villa was formed they played in Little Aston an area in Handsworth/Perry Barr which until 1912 was an area of Staffordshire, when Villa moved to Villa Park the area is in Birmingham which is Warwickshire

 

[gonetomorrow]

I always think of places the county cricket sides used to play.
I don't remember Warwicks playing at Wolverhampton or West Bromwich so they must be Staffs.

 

[Preki]

Preston - Lancashire
Aston Villa - Warwickshire
Wolverhampton - Warwickshire
Blackburn - Lancashire
Bolton - Lancashire
WBA - Warwickshire
Accrington Stanley - Lancashire
Everton - Lancashire
Burnley - Lancashire
Derby - Derbyshire (maybe Murcia)
Notts County - Nottinghamshire
Stoke - Staffordshire

I don't think Mercia has been a thing since pre 1066?

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

I don't think Mercia has been a thing since pre 1066?

They used it in Monty Python’s Holy Grail and that was mid 70’s wasn’t it

 

[Littlesue]

I always think of places the county cricket sides used to play.
I don't remember Warwicks playing at Wolverhampton or West Bromwich so they must be Staffs.

Yes Stoke, Wolves and West Brom historically Staffordshire