Open All Hounds

A bit late again, working long hours at the mo. No, none of your sympathy thanks. Lost the pictures, various comedians as I recall, we mistook a Scottish one for another Scottish one. Good effort Hound.

Couldn’t remember the offending rugby star missing the Grand Final - Zak Hardaker, not sure he would have bridged the rather large gap between Leeds and Cas had he played. Just a shame that the really loud Cas fan from the last play-off wasn’t around when I was watching that, given his size I wouldn’t have said anything but I could have at least smirked.

Round 3 was ‘Top Row’. Not gentleman’s leisure reading as I originally thought but ten answers starting QWERTYUIOP. Rotten Row, the glorified horse track in Hyde Park probably the hardest get.

The connection this week eluded us and everyone else. I think I was tantalisingly close when this fella came up...

... but Status Quo and Tim Burton switching the Blackpool illuminations on, who’d have guessed it.

Meissen might have been the European pottery in the chain letters round, or maybe we put that and it was something else. Ecclesiastic caused some trouble but fit in the end.

Did I mention that we got the ten pointers? I did not, but I am now.

So, not necessarily flat out in The JPD round, but going well after 7. ‘Hushabye  Mountain’ is from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Petticoat Lane the market in Middlesex Street, and the 13th amendment abolished slavery. Then this fella came up...

...just what is the characters Christian name? Daren, did Tina get it because Clare and Jane both did? Turned out to be Albert. Daren had the initial sorted. 9 right plus a solid music round felt good enough and so it proved. Lady & The Tramp apparently let Henry VIII’s last wife scupper them talking themselves out of the right answer. A close one with 5 points covering the top 4.

Next up would be the cub quiz in Bynes Rd, read about that elsewhere.