Pre match banter was no more enlightened than usual. 3 Hounds, let's call them D,R & G, attested to differing degrees of fondness for those parts of an animal usually described as offal (which doubles as awful if you are aware of the frequently quoted Scottish joke). Marginally more enthusiasm was expressed for various pea-derived products. The least well-known, to me at any rate, being a Black Country dish called Grey Peas (pronounced something loike grey pays) often eaten with bacon.
Poor on the Film Studios (see above) and Current Affairs, and not sure we ever really made it up on Lady & The Tramp, though they also scored more heavily than us on the Jeopardy round. Normal service resumed for the rest of the first half. Couldn't remember who plays The Penguin in the sixties Batman TV series, but got most of the rest. Pretty sure Steve would have known Burgess Meredith. R's turn to have a eureka moment in the connections round, recognising Christian names of prime ministers' spouses. This was despite my garden path pointing to Coronation Street legends (well we had a Liz, an Audrey and a possible Jack). Redeemed myself by being the first to remember Beats International for a ten pointer.
Yes, that is Norman Cook/Fatboy Slim!
Chain letters round successfully negotiated. None of us knew that Jane Lynch played Sue Silvester in "Glee", but we backfilled successfully. A poor Jeopardy round with only 5 answered, all correctly at least. Could have got more, even turning down a World Cup Finals question. Could have played and got the Greenpeace question wrong as well (originated in Canada not New Zealand), but didn't.
The Music round can be best described by the single word irony. Despite having exhausted the many ways that peas can be made delicious earlier on, we failed to spot a Black-eyed peas number. And having also discussed the 'Mandella effect' where things are collectively remembered wrong, and frankly poo-pooing it slightly, R & G both managed to remember Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygene IV as Space's Magic Fly, D's protestations being repelled by a firmly parked bus with the handbrake on.
Winning margin for L&T was convincing, second place for Hound. Quick reminder that Plumpton is on Sunday 18th September.
G-Force
Would have been significant self-flagellation had the margin of defeat just been a question or two. Well played to LATT though.
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ReplyDeleteCould do an 18:00 start in Pear tree to watch first half and then bus to Purley Arms
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