Quiz Night
Saturday, 11 November 2006
in the Morrell Rooms, Streatley

Following the successful high-tech formula from the previous year, a packed house of ten tables wrestled with the intriguing questions posed by  Mark T, who was ably supported by his wife Sue and daughter Jo.

The teams consisted of (in no particular order):

• You Cannot Be Serious: Caroline and Paul, Janet, Lesley and Steve, Dominic G
• Purple Patch 2:  Helle and David, Lene and Tim, Jan and Nigel
• The Good Guys: Ian and Wendy, Tamara and Tabitha, Jon, Liz and Louise
• The Eggheads: Andy and Anisa, Shannon and Guy, Jon H, Mike
• Gut Reaction: Anne and Ernst, Sammy and Richard W, Ann and Paul S
• Three Generations: Annabel, Richard and James W
  plus Grandparents: Richard M, Ivor and Ilene W
• Phil’s Flyers: Mary D with Kevin, Phil T with Pam, Hazel and Don S
• MADSODS: Bernice and Sam H,  Margaret, Ros and Bob G
• No News! Joe, Charlie and Doris M, Tony H and Phil
• The Latecomers: Sarah and Peter, Sonya and Ivor, Nikki and Ollie

The success of the Quiz Nights must have circulated far and wide, as many non tennis club members also attended. Thank you all for your support.

The Purple Patch were into a Purple Streak taking an early lead with their joker and maintaining this lead under heavy pressure to win for the second year running. Don’t ya just hate them! Just joking and well done.

The bottom of the heap was also keenly fought, with No News! taking the wooden spoon by a mere one point. They were however awarded the honour and prize for supplying the most amusing answer.

On being told their answer, “South Kensington”, did not contain the vowel “A”, they retorted that it was “Sarf Kensington”. Unfortunately this did not get them any points either!

You may also be surprised to find that Brazil does NOT produce the most Brazil Nuts! Trick question???

Jon H had actually climbed Mount Cotopaxi, but could not quite remember which country he was in at the time. Must have been the altitude!

To round it off, there was even a Limerick contest.

Final Scores as displayed by the computer in order of merit: