Purley Arms
Apologies for the tardy arrival of this update - it was only yesterday when I found the notes from last week's quiz in my jacket pocket that I realised I had completely forgotten my report responsibility - sorry folks...
In the week that Game of Thrones returned to the screen, House Hound sent four protagonists, Robson, Green, D2 and I, into the latest battle for the control of Iron (Quiz) Throne against such formidable and other-worldly opponents as Johnny of the House Moon-Dog, the Ladies of the House Tramp, the mighty Runners of the House Oooosh and a few random Wildlings and at least one White Walker behind the bar...
G-Force Hound had sent advance apologies for his absence, preferring as he did to do solo battle for the evening with the beasts of Bellowhead, at The Halls of Fairfield - this prompted the collective Hound to ponder briefly all manner of terrifically amusing word-play around brother Force and 'bellowing' - tiny minds being pleased by tiny things. Hound Peterkins, Father Of All The Puppies, was fondly remembered once again.
So House Hound answered the rallying cry and trekked from our respective keeps and castles using the traditional routes, by now well worn through the ages - a couple of pre-match meals were declared (Singapore Fried Rice for our Robson whilst D2 smashed back a Thai Red Curry) and pre-battles nerves were assuaged by ale and discussions around recently partaken television (Bear Gryll's latest Island survival thing), a Chevy Chase film called Foul Play and how comes it was that the fatal-car-crash-fellatio scene from Peter Benchley's 'Jaws' novel never made it into Spielberg's film version...
Chief Poser of the Questions for this week was guest Grand Meister Tony - allowing the Lady Siobhan and hubby to take an active part in the week's joustings.
Round One - pictures as usual - name the nine cartoons below (plus the tenth picture of Scooby Doo on the flip side of the paper, which I've scribbled notes all over...) - standard 7/10 for House Hound
Round Two - Food & Drink - another 7/10 (or thereabouts) round from House Hound - most notable though was the tangential discussion thrown up by a question about rhubarb, i.e. what exactly is rhubarb?! Herb? Weed? Fruit? Flower? Vegetable? Salad? Brassica? *
Round Three - books - think it was an 8/10 here - one of our mistakes being that we mistook the 'Dragon Tattoo' trilogy for what was actually, apparently, The Hunger Games.
Round Four - full house here - 10/10 - trickiest moment being Gavin & Stacey's surname (we eventually dredged up that the two families were 'amusingly/morbidly' named after two of Britain's most prolific serial killers...) **
The Three Ten Pointers - Boom, boom, BOOOOOM - got all three... What do the following three songs have in common, "God Save The Queen", "Relax" and "My Ding-A-Ling"? Who appeared twice at Live Aid? What is the largest dolphin? ***
Half-time arrived - one of our number went to replenish refreshments, one scouted the activity and progress of the various Houses immediately surrounding us in battle, our third member used his magic glass window to scout all manner of quiz activity in the wider world whilst I sat and twiddled my thumbs for five full minutes.
Round Five - a return to the much disliked 'Top Ten' but, not a bad one this... Name ten out of the 18 USA States that do NOT have the death penalty... House Hound was good, once again, for 7/10 ****
Round Six - Jeopardy - can't entirely remember but piecing it back together bit by bit I'm pretty sure we either swerved one and got nine correct or got all ten of them - who actually knows...
Round Seven - Music - this was split into two rounds of ten questions - ten verbal and ten 'audio' - again, can't be 100% sure from the notes but seems like House Hound was good for 18/20. In particularly BIG lettering in my notes I have written 'Many of Horror' by Biffy Clyro but quite why is anyone's guess - I like to think some sort of emotive, but brutal, fight scene was being won by House Hound to a Biffy Clyro soundtrack but, to be honest, I don't remember that happening...
Box of chocolates question - closest answer wins - How many films did Laurel & Hardy make? We said 34 and were nowhere close... *****
When battle was concluded, the dead counted and survivor's wounds licked and strapped, it transpired that seven Great Houses had contested this latest battle for the Quiz Throne of Purley but, as ever, there could be only one - and so it was that, at the risk of horribly mixing fantasy fiction franchise tag-lines, House Hound wrestled back control of the Quiz Throne with a body-count of 172 points...
And so it was, again (!), that House Hound added 50 more gold widgets to the collective coffers although, during a parlez with representatives of another participating House it was decided their need was greater than our own and this week's prize was donated to their London Marathon requiring cause. ******
We supped up, bade brotherly farewells and trekked out across the hinterlands, ever watchful for Wildlings, White Walkers and Bus Drivers.
* Hilariously (?!) Rhubarb seems to be more than one thing depending on your sanity/nationality - most of the world considers it a vegetable whilst the USA classifies it as a fruit which may, or may not have, something to do with the difference in importation taxes on the two classifications...
** Gavin & Stacey Shipman
*** All three songs were banned by the BBC, Phil Collins, the Killer Whale
**** USA States with/without the Death Penalty
***** It's either 107, or 106...
****** Support the lads London Marathon fund-raising activities here - on Facebook - Fund raising donation page...
Last week's nonsense finally blogged...
ReplyDeleteI think the question was which xfactor winner sang "When we collide" by Biffy Clyro when the original song is titled "many of horror"
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