World turned upside down Hound.

Had to get up early to take the kids to school this morning. They usually walk, but clowns in the vicinity and the possibility of a police presence today. Didn't see diddley squat in the end, but the school is taking the clown threat very seriously.

Lifts to our doorsteps from Kevster much appreciated, though I think that Robson thought he was being kidnapped. Newsnight depicts outpourings of grief in Thailand, and novelist Margaret Atwood claims that Bob Dylan's nobel prize for literatureis a political decision intended to give a message to the US electorate. I know, that's what I thought.

A win by 11 points, comfortable considering we missed a ten pointer. Importantly, we all got solo answers, the numbers made a difference. Easy full marks for the music round, all nailed on first listen.

Jeopardy round successfully negotiated. We left out four. A couple of theme tune questions. Robson correctly thought Tina Turner for 'Goldeneye', but could have been Bassey. Daren correctly thought Coronation Street for Eric Spier, but not 100%. Maklamore & Edgerton started up Burger King in 1954, and Who's Sorry Now? was the autobiography of Connie Francis, not Helen Shapiro or Cilla. Kevster on his game here with Hussein as Obama's middle name.



Full marks on the link-ups, Robson pulling out Shirley Heights as the 1978 derby winner ridden by Greville Starkey, but unable to cap it with a prediction of Kapil Dev for question ten despite looking very good at one stage. Another US president middle name question, it's James Earl Carter.

QVC = Quality, Value, Convenience. Didn't know it, but we got the other two ten pointers, sapper and Captain Cook.

A good connections round only fully solved as Gin at Question 8. A bit of licence spelling wise e.g. Hendrix/Hendricks but no matter. James Watt and Michael Boulton are on the back of the £50 note, all that stopped a clean sweep.



Round 3 was an extra music round, questions rather than tunes. We only missed the musical that 'I Could Have Danced All Night' came from, My Fair Lady not The King and I. Lulu played Adrian Mole's mum on TV, and the Sheffield 80's scene featured somewhat coincidentally as we had discussed this at length earlier. A timely arrival by Kevster around this point, to back fill 'Woman's Hour' for the current affairs round (Radio 4 show celebrating 70th anniversary).

Creditable 14 for the current affairs round, not overly obscure this week.

I don't have the pictures to upload, but they turned out to be celebrities starting with the letter F. Knowing this inspired some great guesswork, especially Nigel's call of Frankie Valli, and whoever first said Flo-Rida for number 10. Only missed Frances Farmer Cobain, no doubt Seattle will suffer for this at some point.

Pre match banter topics included Human League et al., a whistle-stop guided tour of the Periodic table, and whale watching/hunting in the Faroes. Daren now knows a little more about both Chemistry and Bridge than he previously did. Cue bad jokes about Ah! the element of surprise, and dummies.

To round off, an extra curricular quizzing event is planned for this Sunday, 16 October at the Wattenden Arms, soon to become Big D's local. All are welcome. Subject to D getting the required passout, the plan is to gather at his current gaff and take a taxi from there. Not sure re starting time, anybody know?