The Hound and the Tramp

A fairly late convening this evening. Graham was keeping his powder dry for a weekend of hard boozing and football in Switzerland. Naturally jokes about Young Boys were kept to an absolute minimum, there really can't have been more than 10 or 12. Other than your correspondent that was it, to use previous analogies, this week we'd be in the style of The Carpenters, Peters and Lee, Erasure and Take That if they lose anyone else.

Well not quite, we hadn't been there long when Mike of The Lady and The Tramp announced he'd been deserted by his lady friends and offered to join forces, an offer we were not going to turn down. Onto the quiz, it had to start somewhere, so let's start it there:

Kind of, what is it if you like. Well we struggled.

Ok, confession time. I've lost all my blogging notes. What a Muppet! So apologies up front, this may be brief.

Current Affairs - tough! Be surprised if we got 6.

Next round - can't even remember what is was. But that wasn't easy either!

Connections - it was stamps. Think we got nearly all the answers but not the connection.

Ten pointers - we got all those. Who played Lukewarm in Porridge was the only one I can actually remember.

So halfway, a strong finish to a poor half. Not so different in fact to Man U's performance against Liverpool which had claimed Daren. Other than the finish.

Right, by way of filler, time for another name the thing type conundrum.

So on we go:

The last letter/first letter thing - Good. Think we got them all. The capital of Cambodia nearly sent us down a blind alley with its trappy spelling though.

- Jeopardy - In the Countdown vernacular we took the safe 5 over the risky 7. Though I give you, "In what year was Queen Victoria crowned"?

- Music - Maybe a 17. Though by now I'm guessing.

Another easy miss on the chocolates. I'll spare any false creation of suspense and confirm we didn't win. Maybe third. Those answers.

- Christopher Biggins

- A Spanish omelette and my, it tasted good.

- Phnom Penh - see what I mean?

- Well she became Queen in 1837 but was crowned in 1838. We briefly contemplated swerving it but were given correct with 1837. Sometimes you're looking for banana skins that aren't there.

So another miss. Maybe a Harry Redknapp style bleat about being down to the bare bones should come here but frankly I always enjoy the quiz regardless. No Daren next week, either Dominican Republic or Guatemala so a spike in the blog stats please and see whoever can make it, if not there, then at Cheltenham (sort of).