It was a trip to the Crown & Sceptre in South Croydon this week as Tony returned to his old manor but hasn't yet got to grips with bus timetables. More squad rotation this week as Daren wasn't considered fit enough for two quizzes in a week but Pete returned to join Kevster and myself.
This was my week at home so with time on my hands, I expected to be first there but Tony and Kevster had already bagged a table, Pete turned up around 8.30 after a marathon day at work. Can't remember what the pre-quiz chat mainly comprised but being the C&S there was time for lots of it as we didn't get going until gone 9pm - Tony's mates Dick and Dom were going to join us but in the end thought better of it. Onto the quiz and the usual mix. It was a charity thing with a "Movember theme" - both the quizmaster and his wife seem to have entered the spirit of it, quite strange.
Pictures we ok, though we failed to spot the close up of a tomato and we manage to unpick the connections round. The key round would be "wipeout" which we mucked up spectacularly last time. Older and wiser we had 8 we were confident on, a strong inkling that Bonnie was the first woman shot by the FBI but no idea whatsoever on who played Doctor Who on film. Our 7 dropped points on this round was roundabout the margin of our defeat as we settled for third.
The C&S is a nice pub, affable clientele and the location is good but yet again, the bar had closed before the quiz finished so no post mortem opportunity. We're not really charity people either, Hounds like winning things and having some tangible reward for the evening. Decent chicken burger though and the beer is always up to the mark.
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