Withington Pub Quiz League - quizbiz 27/10/05

Results & Match Reports

Opsimaths came close to upsetting the Fingers, getting within a point of taking the lead at the three-quarter mark - but then Withquiz's very own version of Chelsea stepped on the gas and eased home

X-Pats fought out a thrilling tie at the Sun in September against Albert Park - in the end it all came down to the last question and neither team could get it right

FCEK overwhelmed poor Ethel Rodin by a 32 point margin - FCEK's Damian commented charitably that:

"With it being Madame Ethel's first outing of the season she was probably a bit rusty - normal service from the dear old French lady will probably be resumed in a week or two"

St Caths trotted out a comfortable win over Albert in their first home match

Snoopy's Friends got off the mark with a home win against Electric Pigs - and apologies to all the Friends for making their defeat last week to the Fingers sound so overwhelming - apparently it was a pretty close affair!!

Quiz Paper Verdict

This week the History Men set the paper. Another good 'un by all accounts. A genuine spread of topics with plenty of answers fitting into the desirable "tip of the tongue" category. FCEK commented favourably though they found some of the questions "a bit intellectual" (Ed: What, like "Name the hosts of Celebrity Love Island"?) and they thought some pairings "a tad predictable".

The Question of the Week

Both teams at the Albert Club were unanimous that the prestigious QOTW award should go to (Round 7 Q3):

Which woman currently completes the following quartet:

George IV, General Charles Napier and Major General Sir Henry Havelock?

Click here to see the answers to this and the rest of the week's questions and answers.

Fr Megson

Ethel well and truly FCEKed

A Chairde,

On the night that Chelski at last stumbled Fr. Megson moved to within a possum's prostate of proving himself a worthy successor to Mourinho's mantle of invincibility with a 52 to 20 win over the hapless Ethel. Two wins out of two now and surely ein Tausendjahre Reich at the Swan is at last becoming a realistic dream for the modest monk and his severely tonsured team. Well maybe not ein Tausendjahre but they are certainly looking good for another 168 hours until they meet their annual Nemesis in the grisly guise of Friends of Snoopy Dog (we always seem to wilt in the presence of Tony's motley crew). Maybe we have more skeletons in our closet than most teams but we can never handle the psychological pressure of a judge chanting "you're goin'down, goin'down, goin,down" before the start of a game!!! So come on Tony, it's only a fcekin quiz after all - leave your gavel at home next week and let Roisin enjoy her drink in peace.

Hearty commiserations once again to Ms Rodin. A good team who frequently have the beating of us, they got off to a bad start last night and proceeded to have the kind of evening that only Robert Pires could fully empathise with. Even after defeat their bad luck continued - baby Tolan was given a two match suspension for appearing to shake his rattle in a sarcastic manner right under the nose of the QM and Roddy chose the wrong week to reveal that all the team felt as sick as a parrot - leaving the landlord little choice but to wring their necks immediately and burn their carcasses in the charabanc parking area. We can only hope that our beloved Swan has not become infected.

Fr. M.