WIST Champions Cup Final
Prodigals lost to Albert
Albert retain the WIST crown having won it last in the 2019/20 pre-COVID season
Mike
tells us how his regime of harsh discipline finally paid off...
It sounded like a good quiz as the QM valiantly fought against the crazed Lycra clad mob indulging in one of their heathen sacrifice ceremonies next door (Lycra! Really?). On balance it looked as if going first was a good decision. For the first time in living memory we managed to do well in the Withington section of the paper.
Once again Eveline has managed to make the rest of the team look like obsolete misogynists by refusing to pick her own question in the Bingo round. But as she gleefully informed us later this is exactly her intention. The rest of the League has to understand that we are having to deal with a skilled and ruthless opponent within our own ranks.
The scores were close for most of the quiz. We did manage to build a lead of 8 points in the Withington section but this was being eroded by the Prods at the end.
One remarkable point which emerged in the female Oscar Winner round is the number of British winners who were not born in Britain (e.g. Vivien Leigh born in India).
Best of British
(Round 2)
WIST Lowly Grail Cup Final
History Men beat Opsimaths
The History Men ease their way to a comfortable victory
Ivor
tells us how the Parrswood Snug's 'Lucky Seats' won it ...
Once again occupying our lucky seats in the snug of the Parrswood has produced a satisfying result; sometimes the satisfying result is for our opponents, but not tonight. Although we 'won' all the differing formats of the quiz the margin of victory was relatively modest. As befits this being a contest for the Lowly Grail our combined scores fell somewhat short of the combined score of those quiz behemoths, the Prodigals and the Albert, playing in the WIST Champions Cup. For the record we won Round One 24-22, Round Two 7-5 and the WithQuiz Rounds 17-13.
Tonight was also the eve of QM Mike H’s birthday. A mere youngster compared with some quizzers (he was too young to be recruited by the Bards) and rather younger than Jared. In the words of Star Wars: "Mike, May the 4th be with you!”
As some might think we were lucky to overcome a very strong team (the Opsimaths do have a superior record in matches against us). Mrs C thinks we should try our luck with a John Lewis Prize draw where the first prize is a hamper and two tickets to Wimbledon Court 1 on the last Sunday. Not sure what goes on on Court 1 on the last day; knowing our luck they will be cutting the grass and picking up the empty strawberry punnets.
As close to Old World as you can get
(R4/Sp)
Brian,
too, is trying to be philosophical ...
Last night consisted of a series of 2's...
Two weeks. Two finals. The only two competitions that our team has never won. Two losses. To round it off, the only two I scored was on the last question: What is the fear of the number 13 called. Better luck next year?
Ruth, Issa and Sadako
(R4/Q3)
