10/27/09 Celtic trivia question?

The number 988 carries great significance to any player who has ever wore Celtic green and played on the famous parquet. It was even a top issue in a particular episode of "Cheers." What is the significance of the number 988?

Number of pieces in the parquet floor?

Bob

a wonderful guess but wrong

(there are actually 264 squares that make up the playing floor)

beat

Beat,

Number of bolts holding the floor together.

gyso

It drove Kevin crazy on that episode.

Pete

Pete

Correct!

Did you actually remember the episode?
And if I'd just mentioned the number with out the Cheers reference would you have known?

beat

beat,

Believe or not, yes. But. gyso actually answered before me, but I'm hoping that between mine & his winnings, it will get us to Bermuda.

Pete

OOPS

Sorry to GYSO for the flub.
The correct answer obviously was yours!!

Well that is the first mistake I've made today........that I know of.

beat

Geesh this is hard comming up with questions that are a little challenging yet interesting. I shall continue to have a question Monday thru Friday and post it around 11 am or later. Will be no question Friday as I will be away.
(And will hopefully have good news upon my return)

beat

PS. anyone with suggestions for an interesting question just PM me and I will consider using it and giving you full credit for it, and of course you would be inelligible to answer it.

Beat,

My guess was inspired by Bob's answer. It was the next logical guess.

I don't remember the episode (or very much else from the '80's for that matter) but that is best left for another time.

gyso

Another story about the bolts.

I was at the last game at the garden, a friend of mine who works there, tried to get a hold of the bolts before they threw them out. He was told at one time he could have them, but someone intercepted, said they we going to be monitored as they went into the trash, so that no one could get them.

I don't know if this really happened or not, but it would have been great to have one.

Pete