Withington Pub Quiz League - quizbiz 07/05/08

End of Season

A great time was had by one and all as WithQuiz collectively buried the 2007/08 season last night at the Albert Club.

The Napier Girls collected the League trophy, the Electric Pigs collected the Val Draper Cup and the Opsimaths (at last) got onto the scoresheet by picking up the Plate, their first trophy after a mere 29 years of quizzing. John Mellor from Ethel Rodin (one of our longest serving quizzers) did the honours and awarded the trophies.

Highlight of the presentations, however, was a heartfelt tribute to Gerry Hennessy from Dave Rainford. Gerry, who was in at the start of the Withington Quiz League, has just had his 60th. He received a fine glass trophy from Dave inscribed:

“To Gerry Hennessy KWE (Knight Commander of the Withington Empire) commemorating his 60^th birthday and acknowledging his immense contribution to quizzing in South Manchester and profits in the Red Lion – The Withington Quiz League May 2008”

An award also to Ethel Rodin for setting the Question of the Season. The top Questions of the Season (selected by ballot on the night) were:

	Question	Answer	Team
1st	What links the Sahara Desert, Lake Nyasa, the River Avon and Pendle Hill?	They are all tautologies (i.e. ‘Sahara’ means desert, ‘Nyasa’ means lake, ‘Avon’ means river and ‘Pendle’ means hill)	Ethel Rodin
2nd	What repeated first line precedes these lyrics: “Heyla, heyla sheyla, heyla sheyla heyla ho. [Repeat] Shali walli, shali walli, shali walli, shali walli, [Repeat] Oompha, Oompah, Oompha, Oompah. [Repeat]	*“Ging gang gooli gooli gooli watcha, ging gang goo, ging gang goo” (The Ging Gang Goo song* from the Scouting for Boys Song Book)**	Opsimaths
3rd	Where would you find Karl Marx ‘rubbing shoulders’ with Oliver Hardy and H G Wells?	He’s standing between them on the cover of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	Albert
4th	Which Spanish word meaning ‘good weather’ is used in English for a rich source of wealth suddenly gained?	Bonanza	Albert
5th	Which iconic fictional characters live at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan?	*Wallace and Gromit*	History Men

The evening's quiz itself was a close fought competition with The Getaways (Albert Park's new name) and the Napier Girls sharing top spot just one point ahead of the Charabancs of Fire. After a tiebreaker the Girls came out on top and duly collected the evening's wine.

For those of a less nervous disposition this link will take you to some photos of the celebrations.

So that's it for now. The website will take its traditional summer break and be back with you late September/early October.