WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League QUIZBIZ 18th November 2004 |
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Results & Match Reports |
Snoopy's Friends lost at home to the rapidly improving X-Pats FCEK kept up their challenge at the top, beating St Caths down at the White Swan in far-flung Ladybarn** Fifth Finger beat Electric Pigs in a high-scoring game at the Griffin Opsimaths lost heavily at home to third-placed History Men Albert went down at home to Ethel Rodin
** Really worrying news from the White Swan where a drunken siren decided to use the showcase, top of the table, clash between FCEK and St Caths to boost a flagging showbiz career by launching her ample frame at the reclusive Megson. Apparently she mistook him for George Best. Eventually FCEK stewards rugby-tackled her to the ground and hustled her off the pitch. Quizbiz would like to express their disgust at this dreadful incident and, if the culprit should surf her way to this site, then I can tell her here and now that such behaviour would never be tolerated at the Albert Club (Old Lansdowne Road, about half way down on the left, straight through the car park, knock 3 times and ask for the Treasurer). So there!! |
Quiz Paper Verdict |
This week the paper was another Bingo quiz set by Albert Park. Apart from Ethel Rodin, and the Park's Albert Club rivals, the Opsimaths, the paper got a strong thumbs up. "More like this please" was one comment - "a very good quiz" was the view at the Griffin. On reflection I think it is the sniff of a pop music question dealing with anything later than Hoagy Carmichael that upsets the Opsies and Ethel. "What about proper music?" I can hear Roz's cry ringing in my ears. One little quibble (which may have been a typo): David Lean directed Summertime in 1955 NOT 1995 as stated (I checked this when I got home from the Club and have entered the correct date on the page on this site). I'm not too sure but I believe the peerless Lean was dead by 1995. Certainly A Passage to India was his last film in 1984. So, being objective, a pretty good quiz paper from the Park, if not quite up to their excellent setting form of last season. |
The Question of the Week |
The nomination this week was for Question 43: Jennie Jerome invented the Manhattan cocktail. What was her other claim to fame? Click here to see the answers to this and the rest of the week's questions and answers. |
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Letter from the Baltics |
A Chairde, Bitter disappointment for all Withquiz junkies this week as Fr. Megson returns still jobless from the Baltics. His last hope of gainful employment disappeared after the Chairman of the legendary FC Skonto Riga admitted that he would probably be hanged drawn and quartered if he were to appoint the much reviled cleric. "Maybe now you should let the Wolves have him", he sneered uncharitably, as Fr. Megson responded with a visible wince. Some brief impressions of Latvia and Lithuania (I ran out of time and will have to save Estonia for next time):
Fr. Megson |