Quiz Night 2007

Quiz Night
Saturday, 10 November 2007
in the Morrell Rooms, Streatley

The tried and tested high-tech formula for the Tennis Quiz, saw a full house of nine tables wrestling with the ever intriguing questions posed by Mark T, who was, as usual, ably supported by his wife Sue.

The teams consisted of (in alphabetical order):

Foot in Mouth: John & Janet C, Paul J & Caroline H, Doris M, Angela J
Half & A Hauf: Crawford & Fiona R, Joe & Susan R, Steve & Lesley H
Just Friends: Ernst & Anne K, Paul & Ann S, Graham F, Sammy W
The Dim Wits: Phil & Margaret R, Ian & Chris T, Bob & Ros G
The Go-ons: Kevin & Mary B, Don & Hazel S, Phil T & Lynn C
The Purple Patch: Nigel & Jan B, David & Helle W, Mickey & Julie
The Sugar Daddies: Ian & Jax M, Ty U & Anna H, Peter & Sarah D
The Unbelievables: Mike & Norma C, Bill, Peter, Chris & Elaine F
Thick Cut: Chris & Zoe W, Glyn & Nicki J, Peter & Sallie L.

In a close fought finish, Foot in Mouth emerged as this year’s winners.


	Scores Round by Round

Team Name	1	2	3	4 Musical	Marathon	5	6	7	Total
Foot in Mouth	16	20	18	17	33	18	10	17	149
Thick Cut	12	20	20	19	34	18	12	8	143
The Go-ons	16	18	18	14	27	16	12	16	137
The Purple Patch	14	18	18	16	30	12	14	15	137
The Sugar Daddies	16	20	14	14	35	16	10	12	137
Half & A Hauf	11	16	20	18	33	12	10	13	133
Just Friends	10	16	18	17	32	14	8	12	127
The Dim Wits	14	18	18	5	28	14	14	10	121
The Unbelievables	15	10	18	6	30	12	8	16	115


	Accumulative Scores

The Purple Patch, the winners for the last two years, hit a sticky patch this year, but still came a very creditable joint third. It all looked very close until the Music Round.

At this point, The Dim Wits came badly unstuck only managing a mere 5 points, but only one point worse than The Unbelievables, who had received 5 discretionary points for dancing. These two then fought it out for the Wooden Spoon.

Foot in Mouth went neck and neck with Thick Cut, both pulling ahead of the rest of the field. In a brain bursting final effort Foot in Mouth came from behind, taking the vital extra points in the last round.




		Progress Chart High or Full


	The Questions & Answers

Each round came with a theme, which helped; but only if you got enough answers to spot the theme in the first place. Dastardly cunning!

Having narrowly missed out on the Wooden Spoon, The Dim Wits took the accolade for the most amusing answer. “The film in which a board game brought the jungle to life?” was of course “Jumanji” not “Jumbalaya”!

In the Marathon, Jax M was convinced that JT was John Thomas not Jack Twist - (the 'Jake Gyllenhaal played Jack Twist in the Brokeback Mountain' question).

Although being a member of the aptly named Dim Wits, Ros G not only knew how many daughters King Lear had, but also their names: Cordelia, Goneril and Regan. Sorry Ross, no extra points for that!

The ex-rugby player, who once played at loose head, concedes that this jersey is indeed numbered one and that he was probably playing in
the wrong position at the time.

No lesser authority than the BBC, declares that the loose head is “usually the stockiest member of the team, whose head typically joins his shoulders without recourse to a neck. He thrives on physically intimidating his opposite number” Nuff said!

The sneakily worded question, ”Which number must you stay below to survive at pontoon?”, fooled no one apart from the eventual winners. The rest of us all got the answer “22”!

Had a Tie Break been required, the clever final question would have been “What is the World Record for skimming stones?”. It was 40, but this was beaten on 1st October 2007 and now stands at 51. Nearest but less than would have won!

I wonder how many of us would have got that!

Where does he get them from?


	Photographs




	Mark T setting up the equipment High



	The Dim Witts in contemplation High



	Purple Patch avoid a victorious hat trick High



	Just Friends praying for enlightenment High



	Mark waiting for the answers High or Full

The grub, Ploughman’s Supper High

The Go-ons looking happy High

The Sugar Daddies think it is all a trick High

Phoning a friend for enlightenment High

Nearly the final scores High




		Ready for the first question High or Full



		Half & a Hauf in half a mind High



		Foot in Mouth in brain bursting mode High



		The Unbelievables waiting for enlightenment High



		The winner is declared High or Full

Again they were a good number of non-tennis players in attendance, some from such far off places as South Korea and Whitchurch Hill.

Thank you all for your support and thanks again to the Quiz Master, Mark T, for a thoroughly entertaining evening

See the previous Quiz Night 2006 and Quiz Night 2005.


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