Herculeberry Hound...

2nd nights quizzing in a row. After Quiz Bingo at the Wattendon Arms, where we reduced the average age of the clientele, back to the relative normality of the PA. Robson and I present and largely correct. As the temperature falls here, a warm welcome to any Caribbean readers we may have this week, I can almost taste the nutmeg. Any answers not revealed in the blog can be found at the end.

Picture round was musical trios...

... We got them all, Anoraks missed no 3. 5 and 10 the only ones that made us think.

Par score of 7 for Current Affairs. I’d heard the lost submarine story but never noted it’s nationality. What subgroup of shoppers are put off by self-service checkouts according to the Housing Association? And, who will perform their first Changing of the Guard imminently? Daren scored a point in his absence as we applied his, if in doubt on supermarket questions default to Asda, successfully to a question about proof of ID for tasting mince pies. A good bit of detective work to get Joey Barton as footy player turning down £0.5m for IACGMOOH. Said he would only eat witchety grubs for £1.0m. 

No connections round this week. Occupations of fictional characters and British comedy for rds 3 and 4 respectively. What is the occupation of the following;

John H Watson

Ebenezer Scrooge

Kermit the Frog

Barbara Gordon

Hot Lips Houlihan

Samwise Gangee

Mary Poppins

Alfred Pennyworth

Dr Daniel Jackson

Derek Wilton

Who knew this fellow had a job?

We got 7 with reasonably generous marking. British comedy proved easier. We only missed an Allo Allo reference relating to the catchphrase ‘You stupid woman’. I got Shameless as the comedy drama set on The Chatsworth estate, and Robson pulled out Carry on Screaming as The one where Harry H Corbett plays the lead. 

Ten pointers. A slightly fraught 3 minutes, but fortunately R was on fire for 2 of them. Pulling out Elton John’s middle names from thin air followed by Julienne for the method of cutting foods into thin strips. Nobody else got all 3, don’t think any others got this fellas middle name....

Chain letters nearly went awry due to my insistence that Gulles means yellow in heraldry. It doesn’t and the other answers fitted much better with red. Jeopardy questions got harder as the round progressed. First 6 never taxed us much, then we got Canada as only hosts not to win a summer Olympics gold medal, and Gold as the metal known as Tears of the Sun by the Incas. Two great swerves for 9 and 10, What part of the body contains the pisiform and hamate bones? And Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame in 1987?

19 from 20 for the music, and a good 8 point win over King Kong Balls, who seem to be now consistently raising their game. 3 other also rans, including Anoraks bemoaning too many popular culture questions. Unusual that for a pub quiz! 

Missing answers as follows..

Picture 3 - Depeche Mode.

Picture 5 - Nirvana

Picture 10 - Andrews Sisters.

Submarine - Argentinian

Shoppers - Elderly

C of Guard - Royal Marines I think.

Occupations;

Doctor

Moneylender

Theatre Manager

Librarian/Superhero

Soldier/Nurse

Gardener/Farmer

Nanny

Butler

Archaeologist 

Salesman/shopkeeper

Elton - Hercules

Pisiform/Hamate - Wrist

First Woman.. - Aretha Franklin

Always good to win as a duo, and relatively sober as well.

G-Force.