Penguins and Pasta

15 May 2025

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