The "Grey"Hound

The end of Q3 took us to Carshalton to continue our road theme. Our requirements were, a quiz that started and finished at a reasonable hour, a convivial atmosphere, acceptable beer and a chance to be competative. Whisper it, but we may have achieved those goals, read on.

We were depleted in number, Daren had bits of his leg removed and Pete was tired from entertaining tradesmen. So it fell to Kevster and myself to fly the flag; we'd warmed up with one in the Coach & Horses (pass on that quiz but good music!) and were ready.

The rather attractive quizlady took a businesslike approach to things, we named our joker round, sport naturally, and we were off! First up was a picture round of guest Simpson stars. Us and pictures don't mix but we muddled 7/10 and were away. Off to "Happy Families", I think we confused our answerers with Mercutio and Brugnoli as the Romeo and Juliet families but otherwise we were away. Literature and Kevster identified Charles and Gerald as Mills and Boon and I identified National Velvet as about Horse Racing and with 9/10 on the key sport round, we gathered ourselves at half time.

Along the way we had some help from the random bloke at the bar but otherwise accumululated steady 7s or 8s/10. Scoring up and excitement developed; we'd actually won by a clear 9 points! The prize was about £30 food token plus £12 cash. Well we'll be back for that, plus it was all very friendly and convivial.

The oddest thing about the whole evening was the rant from some bloke in the C&H about people bringing kids into pubs, I agreed but the delivery was strange. Definitely, definitely worth another visit.