WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League QUIZBIZ 3rd November 2005 |
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Results & Match Reports |
St Caths slipped up at home against Ethel Rodin who have now recorded - possibly - their heaviest defeat and heaviest victory of the season in just 2 games X-Pats notched up a win against last season's wooden-spoonists, Opsimaths Snoopy's Friends found the table-topping FCEK too much to handle Albert continued a miserable start to the season by losing at home to the History Men Albert Park came close, but ultimately failed to dent Fifth Finger's 100% record |
Quiz Paper Verdict |
This week it was the
turn of the Electric Pigs.
Everybody seemed to enjoy this one. The word 'eclectic'
cropped up a couple of times in the comments I received
(possibly as much to do with its similarity to the setters'
forename as its meaning). Certainly the abruptness
of the switches in topic and style from one question to the next
was dizzying. FCEKer Damian reported:
".....something in it for everybody, managing to appeal
to the old rock groupies, computer and maths geeks, and
devotees of 19th century literature and art among us as well
as providing a fair assortment of contemporary sports stuff. A good
balance indeed!"
My own favourite
moment came with the pair of Bob Dylan questions in Round 8. The enigma of Dylan
is summed up perfectly in the 2 songs referred to in these
questions.
Positively 4th Street was his childish and
petulant rant against Joan Baez - who by that time must have
truly had enough of him. At the other extreme, the
sublime Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (which you
should be able to hear as you read this) with its
heartrending tale of American injustice beautifully and
simply told, arguably did more to advance the cause of the civil rights
movement than even Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. For those
younger WithQuizzers whose memories do not extend back to the
music and events of the 60's here are the full lyrics of Dylan's
Hattie Carroll song:
William
Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
For
more information about the actual events of 1963 that lie
behind this tale click
here |
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