RaceHound

28 December, it must be a Hound inbetweener at the Racehorse in Carshalton. A few in The Hope over the road first and we are ready to rumble. Pre quiz banter about obscure but loved songs, and former Croydon record shops amongst the usual drivel.

Six rounds of fifteen questions each, mainly music and GK with a strong Christmas flavour. Well within our comfort zone. An unusual picture round to start with. Unusual in that the questions are related to the pictures but can be answered without reference to them. On our way to 12.5 out of 15 we identified the following star as the worlds first million pound player.

For rd 2 the first letter of each answer is given and collectively they spell Happy Christmas X. 13 doubled up to 26 due to Hound Joker being played.

Rd 3 is musical pot luck. Some had more idea than others as to when Glastonbury started. 1970 proves to be the year, we were out by 3. 12 scored, didn’t know that Greece has the longest national anthem or who wrote the following autobio.

14 correct in Christmas related songs round. Only a couple of half points dropped for guessing wrong years. The answer given for one of these required invokement of the quizmaster is always right proviso. We went 1984 for Wham, Last Christmas, answer given 1986, check it out for yourself.

With admirable consistency we scored 13 on Christmas pot luck. We were way out on the tallest ever Christmas tree. 20 feet of margin was given but 120 wouldn’t have been enough for us. 

Just songs for the last round as the clock showed midnight, I eventually got home about 1.30 am. 13 points, out on a couple of years again, plus my bad mistaking the Sensational Alex Harvey Band for Nazareth. Easily done.

11 teams all told. An emphatic win for Hound on 90.5 points with second place in the mid-seventies.

A round of drinks for winning, and a possible case for a revisit. Quiz is held last Thursday of each month, so good if no PA quiz or just for change of scenery and late drink sometime.

G-Force