It was a little disapointing only having four teams at The Albert last night after such a great turnout the previous week. Our eventual winners were The Alliance with 83pts, second place went to VCJD two points back on 81, Third were Drunks Aloud with 72pts and last but not least Ellie's Heroes came fourth with 69pts. My suggestion to increase the final picture round from 10 to 20 pics seems to have been warmly recieved and I plan to implement that in the next few weeks. Obviously as there will be 20pts up for grabs teams will not be able to play their jokers on it. I have already made a start on next weeks quiz. In fact, I only need to compile the picture round, find a question for the Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold and find 20 more questions. The music tape is finished as is the guest round which next week is Celebrity wordmatch. I'm a little concerned as how next week's quiz will go as it will be on Valentine's Day. I'm hoping for a good turnout but I don't want to speak over a couple gypsy violinists.
Leprechaun's Pot 'O' Gold
I'm going to cut the time allowed to answer the question from 90 seconds to 60 seconds. This is because last night someone in the bar was blatantly trying to connect to the internet on their mobile phone to find the answer and I'm not having that. Last night's question was In degrees Celsius and to two decimal places what is the melting point of silver? We had three answers that were very close. Third closest was Viv from VCJD who guessed 706.01, second closest was Kate the boss with 708.27 but our winner with a guess of 760 degrees was Lisa from Ellie's Heroes. The answer is 961.78 degrees Celsius. A total of £22 was collected last night so Lisa left £11 better off. The other £11 rolls over to next week. Questions or comments? Email me at quizard_97@yahoo.co.uk
Questions and Answers
Last night's pictures were: 1. June Brown who plays Dot Branning in Eastenders 2. Hattie Jacques "Oooooh Matron." 3. Arthur Lowe famous for playing Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army "You Stupid boy." 4. Monopoly logo Rich Uncle Pennybags 5. Arsenal's Ivorian defender Kolo Touré 6. Myleene Klass 7. Welsh fly-half James Hook 8. Orson Welles 9. Pete Postlethwaite 10. Senator Barack Obama
Three for Fun (Monday's answers)
In legal terms, and in relation to names, an agnomination is A surname.
John Steinbeck got the title for his novel The Grapes of Wrath from 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Maria Fitzherbert was the secret wife of the future nineteenth-century king George IV.
Today's questions (answers on Monday)
1. Baba the Turk, Nick Shadow and Anne Trulove appear in which Stravinsky opera?
2. What is the name of the modern exhibition centre in Paris housing the French National Gallery of Modern Art and the Centre for Industrial Design?
3. What term describes representatives of news media who have the authority of the Sergeant at Arms to Enter the Member's Lobby of the House of Commons when the house is sitting?
Joke of the Day
An accountant was on remand in prison awaiting trial for fraud. He was disturbed to find himself sharing a cell with a mean-looking psychopath. He timidly kept quiet until the psychopath asked"What are you in for?" The Accountant not wanting to engage in conversation but not wanting to offend him said" I committed a white collar crime." The Psycopath responded with "That's a coincidence, so am I. A litle intrigued, the accountant asked "White collar crime? what did you do?" The psychopath looked him in the eye and said:"I murdered a vicar."
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