Wednesday, 10 June 2009
My team, Jossy's Giants, enjoyed a famous victory at the Dartmouth Arms quiz last night. With a strong showing that put us in the top spot after the first six rounds we stumbled on the picture round, failing to identify the country of origin of any Scandinavian newspapers. So, with all to play for in the final 15 general knowledge questions we played a blinder of combined team brain power and triumphed with a six-point lead.
We didn't get all the answers right though. Things I learn last night include:
- The cancelled 1940 Olympic Games was scheduled for Tokyo (not Paris)
- Tippi Hedren is Melanie Griffith's mother (not Janet Leigh, she's Jamie Lee Curtis' mum, though I knew there was a Hitchcock connection)
- Flowers in the Rain, the first song played on Radio 1 is by the Move (not Manfred Mann)
- Carthage is on the site of modern-day Tunis (and not Algiers)
We were robbed of two points. Answering "What's the name of Barbie's sister?" we went for "Skipper". The answer given was Shelly but looking at this thorough Barbie history website it looks like were were right. Sadly, Rule 2 at the Dartmouth Arms is that "the quizmaster is always right".
My favourite wrong answer from those I marked was the team that thought Hercules was the name of the Duke of Wellington's horse. They'd confused the Waterloo warrior's steed with Steptoe and Son's nag.
We'll be defending our crown in two weeks time.
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