Still plenty of quizzers around
Another full Elm Tree last night with just under 80 quizzers in 18 teams.
Top scores 32, 31, 31, 30, 28.
Round 6 comes with best wishes and virtual sunscreen factor 50+ to those quiz regulars presently off the coast of Ibiza.
Cheers
Frank
Record turnout as temperatures rise
Pleasantly warm and record-breaking evening in the Elm Tree last night with 21 teams.
Top scores of 30,29,28,27,26.
And with due regard to high society’s social season the beer round tested teams’ knowledge of what to wear at Royal Ascot. Please note horsey fancy dress is not permitted.
A strict quiz dress code is currently in draft form.
Frank
The Semaphore Penguins bid you adieu
The Elm Tree served as an oasis of relative calm last night amidst the University’s end of term/year frolicking.
Twelve teams took part with at least six in with a shout until the GK round. Final scores 31, 30, 28 and lots of 27s.
And there was a special message in the beer round for students who are leaving Durham at the end of their degree.
Cheers
Frank
Saints and Ambassadors
Busy quiz again last night, with 73.9 people taking part. John was in charge this week, so a welcome return for bad cryptic clues and hagiographic geography. Plus a niche beer round featuring sound effects from sci-fi films.
Nice to see such interest taken in 16th century portraiture.
Top scores were 35, 34, 34, 34, resulting in a 3-way tie break for 2nd and 3rd place.
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger. Oil on oak, 1533.
Busy Busy Busy
Almost ran out of answer sheets last night with twenty teams in the pub. And new winners, which is always good to see. I’d like to think that from week-to-week the quiz contains considerable variety so it is not always the same teams that prevail. By my reckoning there have been some eight or nine different winning teams so far this year.
Winning score this week 31. See if you can beat that.
Cheers
Frank
Ye Old Elm Tree
