Father and son Willie and Laurence Jackson won Winter Olympic gold medals in which sport?
William Kilgour "Willie" Jackson (14 March 1871 in Lamington, South Lanarkshire – 26 January 1955 in Symington) was a Scottish curler. He was the skip of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
Jackson ran his family's farm in Symington. He was one of the top skips in Scotland at the time. He served as vice president of the Royal Club in 1922–23 and 1931–32 and served as president from 1933–34.
He was the father of fellow gold-medallist Laurence Jackson. Laurence was also part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team that won the first Olympic Gold medal in 1924.
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Denise Currie
Six out of the ten questions in this quiz were from Lilly which gave me a good start, and I got the other four correct too, one using a 50/50 so Thanks to Lilly I got a full 10
Pat Salloum
Not really a time in the memory of most quizzclubers!