Penguins and Pasta
The Word Round this week offered teams an opportunity for penguin redemption, which I am pleased to say most grabbed with two flippers.
Two tie breaks were required to separate Caroline’s and Alastair’s teams on 31 points each. They were equally adjacent on the time of the fastest half marathon run by a man in an elf costume (1 hr 15mins), but the cost of James Cleverley’s 11 hour round trip by private jet to Kigali sorted out the actuaries from the accountants (£161,500).
And to demonstrate that setting quizzes means moving beyond one’s comfort zone, you will see that I have ventured into the noisy world of motor sport.
Lastly, many thanks to Dan Ballard for his efforts on Tuesday night. Just about got my voice back for last night’s quiz.
Cheers
Frank
Conclave
In true Conclave fashion: quiz sheets in liturgical purple, teams sequestered in the Elm Tree for the evening, and after several high scoring rounds, tie-breaks needed to separate 1st and 2nd on 34 and 3rd and 4th on 32. No burning of quiz sheets though.
Cheers
Frank
The Quizzing Forecast
Here is the Quizzing Forecast at 21.00 GMT.
Shipping Forecast 100th anniversary quiz moving slowly and filling.
High scores in round 1
Low in quiz areas elsewhere.
Wind north east
Occasional rain.
Sardines in South Utsire
Sauerkraut in German Bight
Hasenpfeffer in Portland.
Slightly confusing.
Top scores 34, 27, 27.
A bit of a toughie.
No more sea areas for a while…
Frank
Another cracker from John
Many thanks to John for last night’s quiz, including for continuing the Quiz’s Reithian approach to penguins.
Ties for 1st and 2nd with 34 each, and for 3rd and 4th with 31.
The Supreme Court will shortly rule on the definition of ‘man’ and ‘boy’ on Round 6.
All the best
Frank
Squawk!
Quieter night last night. Disappointing no-show from Charles and Camilla notwithstanding they are in Durham for this year’s Maundy Thursday service.
Scores 34, 33, 30, 29…
But still demonstrable gaps in knowledge of penguins. If and when you get to round 3 of this week’s quiz, just a hint… penguins are birds.
Yours squawkingly
Frank
Ye Old Elm Tree
