Thursday 11th September 2014
Purley Arms
With D2 away on holiday the four gathered hounds were delighted to have their number swollen to five with Lord Peterkins of Fatherhood making a welcome and gorgeous appearance just before kick off.
Thereafter though the evening's sport was relatively straightforward, bordering on perfunctory...
The picture round - just bog-standard celebs in black and white photos - Sara Cox, Ronnie Ancona, Ross Kemp, Dave Gorman, Richard E Grant - you get the idea... 8/10
Round 2 - History - 7/10 - we got wrong the year in which women over 21 were given the vote (1928), the year construction started on the Berlin Wall (October '61) and something about South America where I distinctly remember saying 'INCA?' but everyone ignored me and we got it wrong but guess what the answer was...
Round 3 - Connections - one round earlier than usual I think (isn't it usually the fourth round?) - we got all nine AND the connection so for those that weren't there see if you can connect these answers; Brian, The Spanish Inquisition, Holy Grail, John Parrot, Albatross, Nudge, Liberty Bell, Spam & lumberjacks...
Round 4 - Food & Drink - 7/10 again (I think) - we got wrong; something about rotten Chinese eggs (?!?), the meaning of the term 'liaison' in cooking (something to do with sauce thickening) and something to do with a 'Green Fairy' cocktail...?!?
Bonus ten pointers - 2/3 - mistakenly thought that Billie Jean King had the most Grand Slam (tennis) titles - it's actually Margaret Court...
Round 6 - TV catchphrases/programmes - 10/10 - all far, FAR, too easy
Round 7 - Jeopardy - 6/10 - played this quite well - swerved four questions and rightly so as it turned out - a couple that tempted us (the four blood groups? - how many universities make up The Ivy League?) we maybe knew but weren't 100% so hedged bets... Special shout to Robson for knowing that the footballer named in the Only Fools And Horses theme tune is Trevor Francis.
Round 8 - music - 18/20 - all very straightforward - think we missed out on a 'Miracle of Joey Ramone' by U2, and that was it.
Second place scored 134 - the Hound pulled a smooooooth 145.*
(* In actuality, and only after an eloquent pointing out, from G-Force, of my utterly inexplicable brainstorm, it was the Hound who came second on 134 and thereby lost by 11 points - although apparently we took some small consolation in winning the sweets for the second week running...)
Nothing else to say other than my notes have 'Daren out - Pig in' written in very large letters on the only, otherwise, blank page - any ideas anyone?!
K
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Last Thursday's action now in words...
ReplyDeleteThe pig would have known the cooking questions being a chef and all
ReplyDeleteOf the frying pan?
ReplyDeleteI still have absolutely no recollection, or vague imagining, as to what the 'Daren out - Pig in' is about - if anyone can shed any light on it on Thursday I'd be relieved - otherwise I fear madness is setting in...
ReplyDeleteSurely it relates to the Hound quiz team collective, with the pig being more knowledgeable and reliable than Daren, not having such frequent holidays and the like. Who proposed this though?
ReplyDeleteBlog now corrected...
ReplyDeleteVague recollections now about the friendly little lady who speaks to us every week possibly starting a conversation about pigs which lead to "Daren out - Pig in"... Anybody?