Val Draper Cup - Round 1
Electric Pigs lost to History Men
History Men go through; the Pigs set for next week's Round 2
Ivor
and co. earn the right to kill a giant next week...
Despite losing twice to the Pigs in the league we Historymen came into this cup match with a four point handicap AGAINST us, so we were certainly not the favourites to win. We were also playing in the only match of the evening so that we could earn the right to take part in 'the cup competition proper' like those minnows in the various football leagues who win match after match only to play a behemoth in the first round of the FA Cup (and indeed the winner of tonight’s match must face the mighty KFD next).
He would only play sitting on the chair his father had made
(R4-5/QGG)
An even worse fate awaited the losers tonight: the right to set next week’s quiz. This was an even bigger incentive to try harder. Andrew PIg does have three rounds ready but the Historymen are down to only one round in reserve (Anne’s long awaited theme round, still in a state as raw as eight strands of cane sugar).
The handicap was eroded point by point until we got ahead at the end of Round 5. Then, very unlike us, we just hurtled onwards to what was a comfortable victory. Going first we got 13 twos to the Pigs’ 6, and 4 steals to their 1. There were 13 unanswereds, so quite a hard quiz, but these broke fairly evenly 6-7. As always 'wrong seat syndrome', 'zigging instead of zagging' and 'lucky/unlucky guesses' all played a role. It would be a boring world otherwise if we all demonstrated our potential and tied each game 64-64.
"A classic tale of struggle, power, personalities and tripe"
(R2/Q4)
