Shock!  Horror!  The Girls lose at home to second-placed History Men

The Results

Albert lost at home to the Albert Park

Charabancs of Fire won at the Stadium of Murk against the Electric Pigs - Damian writes:

Ethel Rodin beat the X-Pats to enhance their chances of a place in Europe (well Stockport, actually) next season

Napier Girls lost by 2 points at Fortress Griffin to their closest rivals the History Men - Ivor writes:

"An interesting game - which is usually the case with a Snoopy quiz. I was a non-player tonight (school play) but arrived to support at about 9.30 to find that only two rounds had been played and the score was 6-2 in the History Men’s favour.  The Girls pulled back and were 3 ahead by round 6 but it all slipped in the last round with David’s 'Taste of Honey' answer sealing victory.  However there were only 3 Girls tonight so this just demonstrates how strong they are.  Nevertheless our unexpected victory should make the chase for the minor places go to the final wire."

Opsimaths had a comfortable home victory against The Men TCH

The Paper

Snoopy's Friends set this week.  I sat out and QMed at the Albert Club.  A mixed bag and some fairly low scores all round.  Round 2, in particular, seemed to be a stinker with only 3 points scored in our game.  It picked up as the evening progressed, however, with some reasonable scoring later on.  Round 6 with the pictures of national leaders was a good idea but pretty tough.

Both Ivor and Kieran (from the Girls v History Men match) commented on the paper.  Ivor's comments are repeatable:

"The Quiz itself was rather variable with 22 unanswered - but quite a few 2s as well.  QotW (although no one knew the answer) was deemed to be the paragraph which had the answer 'Worcester Sauce'.  There was an honourable mention to the 'What the butler saw machine' question (again unanswerable).  I wonder if it'll be possible to drop that phrase into a conversation in the future?"

...and the comments from the Charabanc/Pigs Stadium of Murk match:

"As is often the case with Snoopy's questions, the quality was variable.  The 1st half went painfully slow and most of us doubted whether the fact that Worcester sauce was on the table in Lhasa when the Brits came a calling, or that Andy Warhol and some obscure Italian painter shared the wall of a Milan convent with Leonardo's Last Supper, could actually fit the description of  'General Knowledge'.  Did anybody actually answer those two questions correctly?  I'd really like to know.

Things picked up slightly in the 2nd half.  But then again, did anybody actually know that a scot was a type of 'tax'?

So very much a hodgepodge of the general and the obscure was the verdict from Ladybarn....but I guess we've survived worst!"

Question of the Week

The vote this week - courtesy of the Ethel Rodin/X-Pats teams - goes to Round 2 Question 2:

From where did water melons (which are 92% water) originate?

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