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The season came to a suitably jolly
conclusion with the usual presentation evening at the
Albert Club. Trophies were awarded, memories swapped,
great feats of setting, as well as of solving, were
celebrated - and all to the background of a light-hearted
quiz which unashamedly took our league, its teams and its
folklore as the backdrop.
During the evening there was a vote for the WithQuiz
Question of the Season from a menu of the questions chosen by website correspondents as their Questions of
the Week.
The most popular
Questions turned out to be:
|
Pos |
Question |
Answer |
Team |
|
1 |
Complete
the following quotation from Brian Clough when talking
about Trevor Brooking: "He floats like a butterfly
and....." |
"stings
like one" |
Snoopy’s
Friends |
|
2 |
What part
does sodium ricinoleate play in British television
history? |
It’s the
SR in Gibbs SR – the first advert to appear on British
television |
Opsimaths |
|
3= |
Which two
surnames, identical but for the initial letter, link a
prominent TV presenter who has worked for the BBC
since 1977 and an international cricketer who shot to
fame in 2001 when he scored 281 against the might of
the Australian attack? |
Paxman and
Laxman |
Electric
Pigs |
|
3= |
The line:
“From Lake Geneva to the Finland station” (from
West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys) refers to
what? |
Lenin’s
journey home in 1917 |
X-Pats |
...and so
Snoopy's
duly walked off with the bottles of wine for producing the
most popular Question of the Season.
As reported last
week the prize for the best round in the 'Knocked Out
United' paper used in the Cup Finals went to the
Charabancs
for their Football Grounds themed round. Gerry
collected the wine and chocolates on behalf of his team.
As for the
actual quiz on the evening the honours went to
History Friends
(a joint team made up of History Men and Snoopy's Friends).
In second place (for a change) were SPW, and in third, Ethel
Rodin.
Tony handed down the
main sentences of the evening presenting the WithQuiz Plate
(to the Opsimaths) and the Val Draper Cup and League Shield
(both to SPW).
Many thanks to
Andrew (as ever) for helping out with the logistics on the
evening - and for taking the photos, a selection of which
can be viewed by clicking
here.
Meanwhile in
another galaxy the 2 finalists of the WIST Champion's Cup,
the Tiviot and Chunky, were slugging it out to see which was
the best team in the whole of the South Manchester and
Stockport area. True to form Chunky won thus earning
the title of WIST Champions for the second year running.
The paper for this final looks pretty good to me. You
can inspect for yourself by clicking
here.
That's it for
another season. Have a good summer and do let me know
of any team name or venue changes well in advance of next
season (The Getaways have already announced that they wish
to be known as The Prodigals
next year and will be returning to the Albert Club as their
home venue).
The website will now
go to sleep until late September. Au Revoir!!
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