SmurfHound

The Quiz takes place centre stage  at the PA these days. The pool table occupies the right hand side now. 5 teams with thirty pounds up for grabs should mean a decent competition. Including a new team of 6, pretty enthusiastic looking. Only 2 Hounds again this week.

September birthday pictures non too taxing.

Robson picked up the film stars, Keaton, Firth, Hardy. We didn’t get the middle one, Dahl apparently.

Current Affairs always likely to be a bit of a comedown after the recent clean sweep, we missed 3. Swaziland is celebrating 50 years of Independence from the UK, so we raised a glass to Mswati III the current reigning monarch. Manchester is Britain’s bike stealing capital, though we think our answer of Liverpool must at least be as good. Tony Blair thinks there should be a further Brexit referendum.

Round 3 was Birds, the feathered variety apart from Pretty Flamingo. Others featured were Quetzal, Nightingale and Pelican. I’m currently reading Mythos, Stephen Fry’s take on Greek myths & legends. This paid immediate dividends due to the story of  Leda & the Swan, the latter being the form taken by Zeus in order to dupe said mortal into his wicked clutches, no rohypnol in those days.

We didn’t get Kingfisher as being the bird closely associated with Rome, don’t think anyone did.

This painting, of which I have a jigsaw, Nighthawks also featured.

Return for the connections round this week, instead of guess the year. Items of clothing. We were slow on the uptake before remembering Balaclava as being the Crimean setting for the Charge of the Light Brigade, and a tricky US state question was backfilled as New Jersey.

10 pointers negotiated calmly, only slightly tricky one being the background colour of the Isle of Man Flag, which is red.

Schipol, Leyton Hewitt, Sandra Bullock and kebabs all featured in the Chain Letters round.

In good stead then heading to the Jeopardy round and it only got better. 9 fairly bog standard questions. First Daniel Craig Bond film was Casino Royale, and Vietnam claimed independence from France being the trickier ones. Hoping for a nice easy 10th question then, but better still a hard one which only we know (the Royal we, Robson not particularly up on Smurfing). Who is this nemesis of The Smurfs?

Answer Gargamel.

A welcome (?) return for The Lighthouse Family in the music round, 19 out of 20 scored.

A comfortable win. Anoraks left cursing our little blue friends but reality is they would still have been just short.

G-Force