Please note:

• Electric Pigs and FCEK will fight out the Val Draper Cup Final on May 17th at the White Swan (though if they wish to play on neutral territory, the Albert Club would be delighted to act as host)

• The Pigs (as the lower scoring of the 2 semi-final winners) have to work for the honour of being in the Final first, by setting the Plate Round 3 paper next week

Val Draper Cup - Semi Final & Plate Round 2

The Results

In the Cup:

Ethel Rodin and FCEK fought out a friendly Cup derby at the Swan with the league runners up, FCEK, cantering home comfortably.  Our correspondent, Damian, writes....

"A most convivial evening Chez Swan as is usually the case when we play a derby match against Madame Ethel and her ladies.  Both teams were quorate and were evenly matched for the first three rounds after which the FCEKers gradually built up a lead that was sustained right to the end.  Roisin's decision to go second after winning the toss was obviously vindicated (mind you we would have beaten her senseless with one of her Holstein Pils empties if this had proved not to be the case!).

 

Madame Ethel probably jinxed her chances right from the start by committing the incredible faux pas of OPENING THE CURTAINS and letting in daylight on a scene that had not encountered such a phenomenon for at least 45 years.  This immediately attracted the attentions of one of the establishment's unearthly female residents who promptly sidled up to Father Megson and drunkenly asked in a loud voice, "Is THIS the LADIES'?"  When assured that it wasn't, she proceeded to offer us her quiz services before passing out at the good reverend's feet!  This isn't the first time that our saintly leader's charisma has attracted the unwelcome attentions of the local female clientele but, fortunately, the innkeeper arrived in the nick of time to chase her off with a large clove of garlic (or maybe it was the offer of another double brandy).

 

Snoopy's questions were good, straightforward quiz questions albeit the pairings were sometimes a little obvious (e.g. it was fairly easy to predict that a question about the Best Supporting Male Oscar winner would follow one about the Best Supporting Female Oscar winner).  A query too about the question asking for first Briton to win a GOLD medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.  Our belief is that Shelley Rudman (the answer given) won a SILVER medal, and that that was the only medal won by ANY Briton at those events!  But all in all a most entertaining evening.  We look forward to the finals with eager anticipation."

History Men slipped up at home to the Electric Pigs who now move into the Cup Final on May 17th to play FCEK

....whilst in the Plate:

Mad Dogs were beaten at Fortress Griffin by Albert Park and have now lost 2 games in a row (can anyone remember a losing streak of 2 games or more for the mighty Dogs?  Kieran?)

Opsimaths just sneaked it by a single point against an Evelyn-weakened 3-person Albert

The Paper

This week the paper came from Snoopy's Friends.  Lots of literature (if you can call the Famous Five literature) - with a few art galleries thrown in for good measure.  I can't complain though, because a Scottish island question came my way, and I'll challenge anyone in the league (even Martin) to best me on Scottish islands.  It was noticeable that the results were all pretty 'nip and tuck' so there seemed to be plenty of balance in the way the questions fell.  Damian's comments above confirm that the paper gave for a good evening's entertainment.  Like the Pigs (see below) I particularly liked the question that linked John Lennon, Robin Hood and Ronald Reagan.  These sort of quirky inventive questions always pep up the evening for me.

Question of the Week

This week the Electric Pigs make the award, and their vote goes to Round 3 Q6:

What do John Lennon, Robin Hood and Ronald Reagan have in common?

Click here to see the answers to this and the rest of the week's questions and answers.