Withington Pub Quiz League - quizbiz 08/06/11

End of Season Evening

We laid the season to rest in the usual way with an end of season quiz-cum-presentation evening at the Albert Club. SPW's Kieran Dillon (assisted by Historyman Ivor Cartmill) did the honours presenting the silverware and assorted gongs at the halfway mark. Kieran delivered a thorough and enthusiastic summary of the season. His enthusing reached fever pitch when describing Fr Megson's chef d'oeuvre which launched the Ladybarn 'European Suburb of Culture' programme in March this year. If you haven't already read Waiting for Biffo you are really missing a treat and you should follow the hyperlink immediately.

The clear winners of the evening's quiz were The Bards, with Ethel Rodin second, and a tie for third place between The Prodigals, SPW and The Historymen. The tie breaker ("What is the 100th prime number?") elicited a variety of wild guesses (27,001 - The Historymen; 3,811 - The Prodigals; 1,959 - SPW) . The actual answer is 541 so SPW duly clinched third place.

During the evening teams voted for the 'Question of the Season', the results being:

Team

Question

Answer

1

Electric Pigs

Which sexual practice is referred to in the Liverpudlian expression “get off at Edge Hill” and why?

Coitus interruptus; Edge Hill is the last station before the terminus Lime Street

2=

Charabancs of Fire

Which MO when translated into Welsh is a popty ping?

Microwave Oven

2=

Charabancs of Fire

Which ’B’ was a 1923 novel written in Austria and filmed in America in 1942? It was banned by the Nazis as a political allegory of their treatment of the Jews.

Bambi

...and if you can't bear the wait until the autumn to see everybody again here are some piccies taken during the evening.

Finally we resolved to start the 2011/12 season a tad earlier so that we can round things off mid May 2012 rather than early June as has been the case this year. On which subject the WithQuiz v Stockport League pre-season friendly is already fixed for Monday September 19th so it would seem reasonable to start League matches on Wednesday September 21st. The website will now aestivate but expect to see something stirring early in September.