Withington Pub Quiz League - quizbiz 25/04/07

Results & Match Reports

Plate (Semi Final)

History Men and Opsimaths decamped from the noisy and football-obsessed Red Lion to the Albert Club where the away team felt more at home with the questions - the Opsimaths are in sight of a trophy at last!!

2 FCEKs just crept past Snoopy's Friends in a close run thing at the Stadium of Murk

Quiz Paper Verdict

Ethel Rodin set the paper. Excellent!! Good aggregate scores (best yet in the knockout competitions this year) and loads of variety and cogitation. I noticed a much greater than average "oh, I know that.......just a minute, it's on the tip of my tongue" moments than usual. The boxer theme was just about the right level of difficulty - as was the 'girl's name' theme. We had a few doubting moments - for instance don't the zygomaticus major and orbicularis oculi muscles lead to winking rather than smiling? History Men's Rupert obliged with a sickly smile and his orbicularis oculi didn't budge an inch!! And, by the way, 3 of the Men are medicos.

When the game was over and the Opsies had been confirmed as winners, Jitka (miffed that her name hadn't appeared in Round 5) inflicted a very strict "Nearest the Bull's Eye" tiebreaker question on the teams. Somehow neither team felt like handing scraps of paper to Jitka at such a late hour. Mayhem ensued.

The Question of the Week

More for its Anglo-Czech pronunciation than for any intrinsic virtue, the vote this week goes to Round 7 Question 1:

What is the name of the fictional hero who first appeared in a short story entitled The White Fokker?

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

Chatterbox

Important - Change of Dates!!

(Last updated 7.45 pm 26/04/07)

Due to Manchester United's involvement in various crucial end of season fixtures we are flexing our own arrangements to ensure as many of you as possible can get to both the Cup/Plate Finals Night and the End of Season Night. Following some debate on the Message Board the revised arrangements are as follows:

Finals Night -

Tuesday May 1st - the Val Draper Cup Final

Thursday May 3rd - the Plate Final

Both games will be at the Albert Club and start at the normal time (i.e. 8.15pm for 8.30pm). The setters (i.e. the History Men) have offered to bring the paper to the finals and, if required, do the QMing - even if this means being bought free booze on both Tuesday and Thursday!!

End of Season Night - Wednesday May 16th 8.15pm at the Albert Club

Also next week, for those of you who can manage it, there are 2 other quiz events:

Monday April 30th - the Monthly Albert Club Quiz evening at the Club starting at 8.30pm
Thursday May 3rd - the Stockport Quiz League End of Season Quiz evening starting at 8.30pm at The Heatons Sports Club (Green Lane,
Heaton Moor, Stockport SK4 2NF, Tel: 0161 432 1757) - the Stockport League Secretary writes:

"It would be great to see a 'guest' team or two from the Withington League. If you are coming please remember to bring a raffle prize (bottle of wine or similar)"

For those of you who remember the famed episode of The Likely Lads when Bob and Terry were trying to avoid hearing the football result (only to find the game had been called off) you will not be surprised to find Opsimaths and FCEKers wandering the streets of South Manchester on Tuesday and Wednesday trying to avoid contact with Pigs and Girls. Don't talk to them - let them suffer!!