Quiz Night 16th January 2009

From Tennis

Some Feedback from the Examiner ...

In attempting to wrap up Friday's quiz before daybreak descended I may have scrimped on some detail (e.g. what was the music round connection?) In the sober light of day I was able to review some of the answers & amend scores. Although the overall positions weren't altered I have attached the original 'final scoreboard' & confirm the slightly re-adjusted scores:

• 1st: Slumdog Ditton 139pts
• 2nd: Flirty Love 132pts
• 3rd: Chairbreakers 131.5pts
• 4th: Hudson Bathers 126pts
• 5th: Bar Stewards 113pts
• 6th: Ditton Tigers 111pts
• 7th: Double Fault 109pts
• 8th: Claygate Crashers 105
• 9th: Harvesters 96.5pts

Plus, some of the answers submitted I think warrant a mention:

Round 1. Current affairs

• Q. Who is to become the new Dr. Who?
• A. Barack Obama (Claygate Crashers)

• Q. Who is the new presenter of Countdown?
• A. Boring guy in suit (Chairbreakers)

Round 2. General Knowledge

• Q. What were Eugene Cernan & Harrison Smitt the last men to do?
• A. Shop at Woolworths (Flirty Love)

• Q. Name Popeye's nemesis
• A. Pluto (Ditton Tigers)

Round 4. Sport

• Q. What was unusual about last year's 3rd round match between Hewitt & Baghdatis in the Australian Open?
• A. Bagdatis went off for a kleftiko (Bar Stewards)

• Q. What did Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt say was his pre-race speed enhancing food?
• A. Baked beans (Claygate Crashers)

Round 5. 2008 & All That

• Q. PL quotes Steve McClaren, impersonating affected Dutch accent, with signature Wally with a Brolly as a prop
• A. Sean Connery (Claygate Crashers)

Final Remarks

Bar Stewards thought Leona Lewis was Dire Straits & that Dr. Neil Fox was Elvis Costello. In Family Fortunes, one team thought that what men do more than women was 'bullsh*t'.

Finally, Flirty Love's suggestion for the '350,000' question/answer was indeed inspired but a little contentious for public consumption....

Thanks

Peter Light

Correction (20-Jan-09)

"It is with a degree of embarrassment that I have to concede Richard Rowley is absolutely right. It would appear that the mathematical brains behind the Light/Davenport partnership made a crucial error at round 5 & undercalculated Richard's team's score by 10 points. Their final score should've been 119.5. This would've placed them 4th. However, Hudson Bathers (just behind on 119) were awarded an additional 5 points for the funniest caption & therefore claimed 4th spot with 124 points. Please pass on my apologies to Richard & his esteemed team mates. I hope they will gain some satisfaction from the knowledge that Peter Davenport has been summarily dismissed from his number-crunching role.

My sober review of answers & scores revealed that Double Fault had been mistakenly awarded a point in the Sport round for saying McGuiness was Alex Ferguson's predecessor. I did, however, award an additional half point for their '350,000' answer (expected unemployment increase - many teams had this as the answer, though I'm yet to see this figure quoted anywhere)

Final revised scores & positions:

• 1st: Slumdog Ditton 139pts
• 2nd: Flirty Love 132pts
• 3rd: Chairbreakers 131.5pts
• 4th: Hudson Bathers 126pts
• 5th: Double Fault 119pts
• 6th: Bar Stewards 113pts
• 7th: Ditton Tigers 111pts
• 8th: Claygate Crashers 105
• 9th: Harvesters 96.5pts