Grizzly Hound

First things first. The PA quiz is under threat due to diminishing attendance. We could move on but it is a good quiz and not many places offer £50 first prize. If we can get a few of us out next week may at least mean a stay of execution.

Only three teams this week, a full complement of Ladies & Tramps, Busters who had dwindled to 1 by the end, plus myself and Robson.

Board games up first, par score of 7 out of 10. We missed Cranium, Sorry! and one other. Unremarkable current affairs round, though not quite sure how Robson persuaded me to put trousers for what the speaker had said was unnecessary in the House of Commons.

Rd 3 is "Cult TV". No it isn't, it's famous duos. Cult TV will apparently come up next week so feel free to swot up. Phil & Don, Sooty & Sweep, Mork & Mindy, Black & Decker etc.

Connections had a familiar feel from way back, all cricketing terms. Oldest gentleman's club in London, 1949 film featuring character Harry Lime etc. We missed rapper with birth name Tracy Lauren Marrow. Ice-T not 50 Cent, still think that ours was the better cricketing term.

10 pointer missed, middle band on German flag is red not yellow. Got a feeling that we've got this wrong once before. R comes before Y in Germany, that's how I will remember it from now on. No damage done apparently, other teams got it wrong too.

Had to break sweat a little in the chain letters, didn't get that ahi/albacore are types of tuna straight away, had to amend apocalypse to Armageddon to keep the chain going, and had to dig deep for the space shuttle that never took off. Even first UK frozen food in 1937 was a bit of a guess.

Bear Traps did for us in the Jeopardy round. We fell for two. Who was the successor to Annabel Croft in Treasure Hunt? And, the release of which hostage was campaigned for by Jill Morrell? To compound this we left out two innocent correct answers suspecting bear traps that weren't there. The real life couple who played husband and wife in the 1996 film Matilda anyone?

Music round perfunctory, win for Lady & Tramps by 8 points (German flag q would have been enough). Bag of toffees went to someone who knew how many las were in the 1996 Spanish euro entry.

Answers not given above as follows;

Ties
Whites
The Third Man
Enterprise
Asparagus
Suzy Perry
John McCarthy
Danny de Vito & Rhea Perlman.

Support is growing for a Sunday recce to The Wattenden quiz. Daren, over to you for suggested dates. Possibility of another afternoon at Robson Towers for the final day of The Open, 23 July.

G-Force