Withington Pub Quiz League - quizbiz 08/12/05

Results & Match Reports

At the top of the tree Fifth Finger really are under threat, losing their unbeaten record last night to league leaders, FCEK. The race is well and truly on. Could we have new champions at last?

Meanwhile at the foot of the same tree Albert Park, with a good grace that belies the intensity of recent Albert Club derbies, succumbed to the inevitability of an eventual Opsimaths victory - and, indeed, did so in style as the wooden-spoonists romped to a 15 point margin. "Bring on Ethel" the oldsters were heard to cry as they bought the opposition a round for the first time this season.

Whilst recently dumping many of the trophies that bedecked the Club's lounge, the management committee have managed to retain the famous Withquiz "Orkney Dark Cup" played for at least twice each season between the 2 Albert Club home teams. The contents of this ancient and hallowed bottle, brought back from the Northern Isles in the 1980s by Messrs Seed, Jackson and Bath, are beginning to look somewhat volatile these days. Nevertheless its label was duly updated straight after the match by Opsimaths' chief engraver, Brian McClintock.

Snoopy's Friends enjoyed a debut victory over the History Men in their new venue (The Didsbury - see above). The 3-man Historians were sportingly topped up by a floating Friend but still managed to lose and thus dent their chances of catching the league's top two.

Ethel Rodin lost out in a high scoring match to Albert - who, as is their tradition, start the season terribly, beat the Opsimaths and then just get better and better

Electric Pigs picked up some much-needed points by beating the X-Pats and moving 3 places up the table

Quiz Paper Verdict

This week the paper came from St Caths. At the Club we felt it was an excellent straightforward paper of the "old school" - up to St Caths' best standards. No themes, no nonsense and precious little delay other than that caused by an unwillingness on the part of both teams to accept that 'M' was the rightmost letter on the bottom row of the keyboard. This short interlude was ended by Mark ringing his daughter at home - and, of course, she confirmed the answer as given!

Other comments on the paper have come in to me with your emails and all were favourable. The average aggregate score over the 5 games came in at 75.0, the second highest of the season so far.

The Question of the Week

The vote this week (courtesy of FCEK's Damian) goes to Round 5 Q2:

Which US artiste sang the theme tune to TV's Rawhide series?

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

Chatterbox

Please Note............

Tony informs us that, as from this week, Snoopy's Friends will be playing all their home games at The Didsbury on Wilmslow Road. If you read this please spread the news to your Withquiz colleagues as soon as possible. Thanks.

Fr Megson

Everyone is human.............even Kieran's lot

A Chairde,

Proof that everyone is human - part one:

In an unprecedented show of humanity last night, Sir Alex Ferguson allowed his team to take the first half off in Lisbon to listen into live coverage of the table-topping CLASH OF THE TIGHT'UNS at the Griffin. He admitted afterwards to feeling a tad put out that the team had once again taken advantage of his easy going nature by taking the second half off as well. Football.........bloody hell.

"That Kieran looked a bit tasty tonight",

commented a jovial Sir Alex in the shower after the game,

"but I still feel confident that few teams will have a chance of beating us in Europe for the rest of the season.

"Our main aim here tonight was to ensure that we would not have to travel to Middlesborough in the next round of the UEFA Cup. My lads achieved that goal with something to spare and that means a great deal to this club. I have always said that success is not just about winning, and you lot in the pressbox will have to start believing me now..........I thought the questions were OKish tonight but them two about European airports were a bit irrelevant, weren't they? Who gives a shite about flying to Europe nowadays when you can get to Burton-On-Trent for less than a fiver with National Express........"

Proof that everyone is human - part two:

In an exclusive interview with WITHQUIZ yesterday afternoon God said:

"Without wishing to sound omniscient, I have stuck 20 spondulicks on Benfica and The Fingers coming good tonight. Yes, I know 20 spondulicks is a big gamble for a Godhead currently on a losing streak (thank you, Opsimaths!!!) but Barry from the Griffin shares my confidence. As you know, I have spent years moulding Barry in my likeness. Still can't quite get the ears right but he is as near as dammit to looking divine. As Barry said on Monday night as we shared a glass of nectar in The Pie and Porringer,

'If God had meant FCEK to beat the Fingers He would have given them brains.'

"Quite right, Barry. I might have done a lot of silly things during my stint as God but I have never gone that far. Megson with a brain to play with would be an absolute logistical nightmare"

God was talking to Fr. Megson.........and Sir Alex still isn't.

P.S. If anyone can lend God 20 quid until His next payday in 4004 BC he would be very happy to grant you a plenary indulgence. Protestants will have to make do with a Boots gift voucher.