Didier Dogba's Virtual Hound

It being the 24th April the quiz was naturally based mainly around Georges

Washington? Yes

Lucas? Yes

Bernard Shaw? YES

Peppard? Yes, yes, yes

Clinton? You’re damned tootin’

Hamilton? Naturellement

Lazenby, Foreman, Harrison & Burns? You better believe it

Boy? NO

And so the Hound managed a full house on the pictures round.

On to the quiz proper and as usual the Current affairs round threw up some oddities alongside the obvious;

1) Who this week took over from David Moyes?

2) What’s the aboriginal name for Ayres Rock

3) Which County of England has been officially recognised as a minority etc, etc

The only one that tripped us up was something about a Coronation Street actor being arrested for drink driving. Apparently it was some Barbara Knox who was arrested whilst picking her daughter up from court where she, herself, was on trial for drink driving. Some people!

There then followed another round connected to George’s which must have been rather dull as I can’t recall a single question asked. Something about St George’s Chapel being in Windsor Castle but our indifference to this round may have proved costly in the final reckoning.

The Connections round proved to be a bit more tricksy than normal. Try this one at home.

What connects the following?

Alaska

Jaguar

Gonzo the Great

Oasis

Novella

Abraham Lincoln

Geneva Convention

Twinkle, twinkle little star

I cant recall the 9^th one but we were confident we had all 9 clues but no connection. Robson hypothesized it was some sort of ‘code’ whilst Kevster ejaculated that it was ‘types of car’. Taking these advices on board I plumped for Strawberries (little Star suggesting some sort of Fruit/Veg).  The actual connection was……Peas. Well done to anyone who got that.

The Big 10 Pointers were dispatched fairly easily although there was some lively intercourse with regards the largest UK birds Egg, which did indeed turn out to be the Mute Swan’s.

Inexplicably the second half of the quiz is always a bit hazier than the first so you’ll need to bear with me on this.

The top 10 was ‘Countries that give foreign aid’. In our deliberations I think we managed to name 195 or so but settled on 10 that we all fully agreed were indeed countries. The actual answer was;

U.S.

U.K

Japan

France

U.A.E

Germany

Sweden

Netherlands

Canada

Spain

We got the first 6 but much to Kevster’s chagrin we ignored Canada (again – it’s always bleedin’ Canada). Who even knew that Spain had enough money to be giving foreign aid?

The Wipe-out round was played tactically and we did well to heed Robson’s advice to steer clear of the ‘Last Port the Titanic left’ question. If only they’d done so well with the iceberg.

A Hendecagon has 11 sides apparently and we correctly identified Officer Mallory as appearing on the Monopoly Board.

The music round was relatively easy and we scored 18/20. I can recall Itchycoo Park, Dreams by the Cranberries, Edward Collins, Blockbuster and that’s about it I’m afraid.

The final question for the chocolates was how many words can Punch the Parrott talk – 1,728 is the somewhat surprising answer which is only about a 1,000 more than I could manage by that stage of the evening.

Second by a point – 142 to 141. Onwards to next week although there is the Charity quizthis Saturday night at which the hound will be represented. More of that in next week’s edition.