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This week the paper was set by the
Electric Pigs.
"Pretty good stuff" was the Albert Club verdict. A
cracking start to the paper with a well constructed
theme round followed by pairs in Round 2 - only one
question unanswered (the Salford prison that opened in
2000).
The Picture Round was right up some streets (e.g.
Opsimath Nick's) but I can imagine it left some feeling
a bit excluded. Perhaps a whole round on album covers
was a little OTT.
In Round 4 Question 7 there was controversy over the
hills. I maintain that there are 4 English mountains
over 3,000 feet (Scafell Pike, Scafell, Helvellyn and
Skiddaw - nothing outside the Lake District gets above
3,000). Referring to Wikipedia I find much confusion
over what counts as a mountain and what a mere top.
All this is minor bellyaching, however, when set against
the universal mirth enjoyed at the unwitting hands of
Dion Dublin. The male section of the Getaways were
perplexed as to the identity of the 'capital' Coventry
striker (Round 5 Question 2) but it seemed that Cheryl
had heard that a certain Coventry footballer was
renowned for having the largest member in the
Premiership - and as far as she knew he was called
Dublin. Well it went downhill from there. Orchitis,
plums, Hancock - and then when we thought things were
settling down a little, Jitka pulled a picture of a
banana out of her envelope and thrust it at Cheryl. So
thank you Pigs - an excellent evening.
Ivor writes in from the History Men's match:
"The paper was very well received (especially by us!)
and a future PhD thesis writer analysing quizzes of
the 21st century would spot the Gerry Hennessey
influences in the cadences and balances of some of the
questions (Ed:
Round 4 Question 1 being the giveaway as to Gerry's
involvement).
We certainly welcomed the science questions
presumably from the engineer/scientist half of the
Electric Pigs. Unfortunately this did not suit
Snoopy’s who have lost their medic/scientists and are
now wholly legal/arts. Very few unanswerable
questions tonight and not many 'constipaters' either,
which meant the quiz ended early enough for Tony’s
rapid-fire quiz from the Southport League - and
plenty of time for drinking and chatting. A perfect
way to while away the dark nights.
Our QotW, however, is one of the unanswerables. It is
the one based on the fact that Nelson had statue
commemorations in Montreal and Hereford before London.
I
am happy to report that young David did not know that
orchitis is inflammation of the testes. This is still
commonly seen, and is usually due to mumps in an
unvaccinated adult. Victims tell me it is no fun to
have a testicle (albeit temporarily) the size of a
Hereford bull
(Ed: I presume Ivor means the testes of a bull not the
whole bull)."
Kieran chips in from the Fletcher Moss:
"Pretty good all round - plenty of twos and not much
messing around. Particularly liked the clever final
pair - Tungsten / Osmium - the elements of light bulbs
- very nicely matched."
....and from the Stadium of Murk Damian's rounds off the
evening's review:
"Another excellent quiz courtesy of the Electric
Pigs. There was an excellent variety of questions
and only one unanswered question the whole evening.
Our nomination for QotW went to Round 4, Question 4
- the Cleopatra's Needle question - mainly because
there was a clue to the answer in the question (box
of pins etc.). It had us guessing all kinds of
possibilities. We had great fun speculating over
the identity of the 12 best-looking women in 1878
England. The consensus was that HM Queen Victoria
would probably not be one of them! No doubt she
would not have been amused!!"
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