Another early start this week, this time we all went to the same place and settled in the Rectory for some cricket and football watching. I had some very fruity cider which proved to be about the best drink of the evening.
Onto the JF and after some musical chairs, the Hound table became free and we pounced. The first pint offered was some very vinegary Pride, the next was an improved Youngs but still not spot on. Pete's certainly felt the worse for wear later and I was forced to switch to Guinness. Anyway, we disgress, onto a generally successful Round 1, we correctly identified it was CK Obsession which attracts big cats and that Meryl Streep played Karen Blixen in Out of Africa and Justin Timberlake kicked things off in N'Sync. Scores ranged from 25 to 28 with us just first.
Onto music and Daren pulled a stormer identifying Sixpence None The Richer. More difficult to identify were "Darlin'", the singer of "Don't Upset The Rhythm" and the usual 70's disco number, we put the Drifters, it was the Tavares. Whatever. Scores ranged from 56 to 64, offering hints of a slightly more objective scoring system with Hounds poised on 62.
Onto the last round and I've forgotten all the questions but we didn't do badly. We bagged all the last ten, four out of five of the true or false and I think only three wrong on the whole round. Not bad and hopes were high but somehow we managed to finish joint 3rd, again. Bah! Anyway, we'd gone long on the raffle with only four keys but unsuccessful there as well, as was the winning ticket though he did get £20 for his trouble. Can't remember what we talked about afterwards but it kept us there until about a quarter to twelve.
Friday 18 June 2010
Thursday 17 June 2010
10th June 2010 - Terry & June's Hound
With the World Cup starting the following day The Hound did the obvious thing and turned to a distinctly average late 1970's BBC sitcom for the inspiration for its name this week - thus Terry & June's Hound comprised myself, Daren, Robson and Pete.
Regular readers of this blog could almost write for themselves the report of the actual quiz proceedings...
In the first round scoring we were given an accurate 26 and were joint second one behind the leaders. We had a better than average music round and were out on our own in the lead by one as we started the last round, during which, despite four out of five on the True/False and getting the anagram correct (MATRICIDE) we slipped to equal third, one point behind second and a point behind the winners. We'd bought seven raffle tickets between us and needless to say weren't even close in that either.
As a quiz evening it was a flat affair - as a warm-up to the Hound's World Cup Shenanigans two evenings later it was a success.
Regular readers of this blog could almost write for themselves the report of the actual quiz proceedings...
In the first round scoring we were given an accurate 26 and were joint second one behind the leaders. We had a better than average music round and were out on our own in the lead by one as we started the last round, during which, despite four out of five on the True/False and getting the anagram correct (MATRICIDE) we slipped to equal third, one point behind second and a point behind the winners. We'd bought seven raffle tickets between us and needless to say weren't even close in that either.
As a quiz evening it was a flat affair - as a warm-up to the Hound's World Cup Shenanigans two evenings later it was a success.
Sunday 6 June 2010
Three Hounds On My Shirt
Bit of an unusual start this week. Pete stipulated a 5.30 meet to "get things going", then overlooked that the pre quiz meet was in the Rectory to catch some cricket at then didn't get there until 7pm. No matter, we were in situ at the usual table in good time for the start. After a brief flirtation with "Hounds On The Rampage" to achieve topicality, we settled on the slightly less controversial name above.
With last year's cash to be handed out it wasn't a normal week. It turned into a bit of a love-in with the pub's gaffer getting on the mike and thanking Theo, Theo thanking us etc. We just wanted the cash.
Given the not entirely scientific nature of the scoring, I was expecting a fairly even distribution of funds, in actual fact the Usual Suspects took £500 and, on our behalf, Daren accepted an envelope with 5 £20 notes inside. I've been reassured it's a sufficient budget for the end of season Hound-do.
Onto the quiz and a middling first round. USA is the largest exporter of wheat (don't they eat it all themselves?) and Usain Bolt only holds two world records, the 4x100m clearly not counting. We were, as usual, in the pack.
Onto music and Theo caught the mood with unleashing all his favourites. So we had Girls Aloud, The Saturdays and Britney. We took all those in our stride but found the Detroit Spinners and Ne-yo less recognisable. Food had also been provided for the quiz teams and, despite my pre-quiz curry, it was very welcome.
Onto the 3rd round and was it John Travolta or Bruce Willis who appeared in both Pulp Fiction and Three Men and a Baby? Daren and myself were divided, Pete had the casting vote and incorrectly went Willis. He made up for it though with the anagram of RANTED. Onto scoring and the, now inevitable co-third ensued. So a low-key start to the new season but something to build on.
With last year's cash to be handed out it wasn't a normal week. It turned into a bit of a love-in with the pub's gaffer getting on the mike and thanking Theo, Theo thanking us etc. We just wanted the cash.
Given the not entirely scientific nature of the scoring, I was expecting a fairly even distribution of funds, in actual fact the Usual Suspects took £500 and, on our behalf, Daren accepted an envelope with 5 £20 notes inside. I've been reassured it's a sufficient budget for the end of season Hound-do.
Onto the quiz and a middling first round. USA is the largest exporter of wheat (don't they eat it all themselves?) and Usain Bolt only holds two world records, the 4x100m clearly not counting. We were, as usual, in the pack.
Onto music and Theo caught the mood with unleashing all his favourites. So we had Girls Aloud, The Saturdays and Britney. We took all those in our stride but found the Detroit Spinners and Ne-yo less recognisable. Food had also been provided for the quiz teams and, despite my pre-quiz curry, it was very welcome.
Onto the 3rd round and was it John Travolta or Bruce Willis who appeared in both Pulp Fiction and Three Men and a Baby? Daren and myself were divided, Pete had the casting vote and incorrectly went Willis. He made up for it though with the anagram of RANTED. Onto scoring and the, now inevitable co-third ensued. So a low-key start to the new season but something to build on.
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Boom-bang-a-hound!
We arrived at 7pm for, alas, the last night of the quiz league. We found our usual seats and discussed Robson's trip to Seville. Robson was looking somewhat jaded - complaining that Spain was too hot and he struggled to sleep. Bless! A Eurovision reference seemed appropriate after we had gone through the newspaper and found nothing inspiring in the headlines. There were no discussions about food; but the Young's, Kronenbourg and wine wine and soda were flowing at the usual rate! There were also different bar maids again this week - I think they must rotate between Tescos, the Farmers and Munch!
The team composed of Robson, Kevster, El Barnetto and, Mrs B arrived to provide further strength. She arrived a little later at 7.40pm demanding a large glass of white wine and soda. It turned out that we would need all the help we could get; half way through the first round, Kevster's mobile was ringing furiously. The bad news arrived and poor Kevster's house had been burgled. His father (Mr Hamster) took him home immediately to survey the wreckage.
This event was suitably reflected by the state of the notes, which show 3 different people's handwriting; Kevster's sudden departure left us all in a state of shock. We hounded our way through the first round as best we could.
After Kevster had queried the scoring with Theo last week, I thought that we might be in for a rough ride. Funnily enough, Theo got it spot on this week as we scored 28 out of 30, which agreed with our count. On this occasion, we were outdone by the Pickled Eggheads, who gained the maximum 30 points. Stilton is made in Leicester, but English is the main language in Belize rather than Spanish. Robson started to count the number of bones in the body and of course was accurate with the answer of 206.
We bought some raffle tickets and then proceeded with the music section and this is where we dropped a few marks, however, we did get full marks in the name that tune round. Either Theo was up to his old tricks again or, everyone else struggled a bit. We were only 3 points off the pace and the Pickled Eggheads marched on!
From our final round, we only dropped 3 points and got 3 out of 5 in the true or false, but this wasn't enough and we ended up with 105 points - 4 points off the Pickled Eggheads, who romped home.
The raffle was not won again, which was nice and the team can collect the dosh next week at the final presentation. The quiz will continue as normal next week along with the presentation.
The team composed of Robson, Kevster, El Barnetto and, Mrs B arrived to provide further strength. She arrived a little later at 7.40pm demanding a large glass of white wine and soda. It turned out that we would need all the help we could get; half way through the first round, Kevster's mobile was ringing furiously. The bad news arrived and poor Kevster's house had been burgled. His father (Mr Hamster) took him home immediately to survey the wreckage.
This event was suitably reflected by the state of the notes, which show 3 different people's handwriting; Kevster's sudden departure left us all in a state of shock. We hounded our way through the first round as best we could.
After Kevster had queried the scoring with Theo last week, I thought that we might be in for a rough ride. Funnily enough, Theo got it spot on this week as we scored 28 out of 30, which agreed with our count. On this occasion, we were outdone by the Pickled Eggheads, who gained the maximum 30 points. Stilton is made in Leicester, but English is the main language in Belize rather than Spanish. Robson started to count the number of bones in the body and of course was accurate with the answer of 206.
We bought some raffle tickets and then proceeded with the music section and this is where we dropped a few marks, however, we did get full marks in the name that tune round. Either Theo was up to his old tricks again or, everyone else struggled a bit. We were only 3 points off the pace and the Pickled Eggheads marched on!
From our final round, we only dropped 3 points and got 3 out of 5 in the true or false, but this wasn't enough and we ended up with 105 points - 4 points off the Pickled Eggheads, who romped home.
The raffle was not won again, which was nice and the team can collect the dosh next week at the final presentation. The quiz will continue as normal next week along with the presentation.
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