That's my quiz sheet from last Sunday night. The sheets cost £2 each and they are self-duplicating.
You win two beer tokens for a line, two for the four corners and four for the most points plus all the entry money collected. As it happens this sheet won the four corners:-
Q25 Who is the gamekeeper at Hogwarts School?
Q4 What JOTB describes what someone does when they decide to follow a current trend?
Q23 Which range of mountains separates France from Spain?
Q11 Name the iconic sit-com whose co-creator recently said that she was embarrassed about the lack of diversity on the show.
As you can see, supported by my three teammates, I scored 21 points out of 25 overall. The four I got wrong included: What kind of foodstuff is a morel? I put cherry when the answer was mushroom. I could have kicked myself.
Q 17 was a "true" or "false" question, that question being - There is a service station in Berlin, Germany where motorists are attended to my topless women - true or false? The answer was surprisingly, "true".
It's fun to focus on a quiz with three or four friends. The quiz provides a focus for the night so it's not just about drinking beer and general conversation.
Mick and Mike and I cannot remember exactly when we started quizzing together but it was certainly in the last millennium. And there's always time for catching up on things - family news, hobbies, the state of the nation, holidays, sport and male grooming products.
The fourth member of our team is Danny but he has only been with us eighteen months or so. He was once one of Mike's closest neighbours. Recently it was his seventieth birthday and he invited us to a slap up lunch at "The Prince of Wales" where Mike, Mick and I quizzed together before the place became a fairly posh restaurant.
By the way, if you hadn't already guessed, I was lying about male grooming products. We don't need them.
Was question 22 about a politician or the man from Del Monte?
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! The question gave you two choices. In the preservation of food, which came first - freezing or canning? (Nobody thought to consult with Inuits!)
DeleteMy first reply was going to be about male grooming and then you totally ruined my witty and cutting comment.
ReplyDeleteI would have correctly answered questions 23 and 11. Not a clue about the other two. It sounds like a fun night out. I am sure you needed that.
I wish I had read your witty comment!
DeleteI would not have known the answer to Q11 but all thenothers (including morel).
ReplyDeleteWhen my friends and I meet on quiz night, we usually have not seen in each other in several weeks, sometimes months, and have plenty to catch up on. I love those quiz nights as much for the company as for the quiz. At my pub, the quiz breaks up for the summer, so we‘ll meet again only in September.
A quiz is a good focus but mostly it is about catching up. We won the top prize again tonight.
DeleteThese quiz nights sound like a lot of fun. I admire people who are good at trivia. Sadly, I'm not...particularly under pressure.
ReplyDeleteEverybody knows something Melinda!
DeleteOut of your four corners questions, I would have gotten 'Friends.' I hang my head in shame.
ReplyDeleteIf the questions had all been about GOP and Thing45, I feel sure you would have come out on top Bob!
DeleteAre you quite sure about the male grooming products? Do you have any mirrors at home?
ReplyDeleteDoes toothpaste count as a male grooming product?
DeleteEvery time I read about one of your quiz nights, I can't help but wonder what you men would think if you were suddenly transported to one of Hank's trivia nights. I think you would be beyond words at the queer-friendly, never staid, always interesting and thought provoking quizzes he presents.
ReplyDeleteWe would be out of our depth Ms Moon but good on Hank for his quizzing creativity!
DeleteI would have gotten morel, but I'm not sure I would have figured out that JOTB! I love a good pub quiz. Haven't done one in a while, actually.
ReplyDeleteYou and Dave should check out local pub quiz venues while you are still on holiday.
DeleteThat sounds like fun and I would fail miserably, while having fun.
ReplyDeleteYou could join our team if you bought us all a pint River!
DeleteI've been exiled to spam again :(
ReplyDeleteThey used to make "spam" from humans.
DeleteSounds like fun but how could you not know a morel is a mushroom? You cook.
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised that Germany has a topless gas station. I work in a sometimes topless clinic. Last week there was a patient who had put her gown on backwards. She was waiting for mammogram and fell alseep in a chair with her breast hanging out. Nobody batted an eye. I wasn't going to wake her up.
I don't use morel mushrooms. I would not have batted an eyelid either - while staring at the naked breast.
Delete