Tie break tension

8 December 2022

Last night saw tense tie-break activity at the Elm Tree Quiz as both the Beer Round and Quiz proper went down to the wire.

An early seasonal appearance by the Christmas Semaphore Penguins resulted in the Beer Round tie break: what’s the longest time spent balancing a pool cue on your forehead?

The answer: 2 hours 15 minutes. The teams’ answers: 1 hour 27 secs, and 3 hours 2 minutes respectively.  So 48 mins out loses to 47 mins out by one minute.

Then a three-way tie break late in the evening with three teams tied on 31 points. In cm, what’s the tallest recorded mohawk hairstyle, perfected by Joseph Grisamore of Park Rapids, Minnesota?

Answers offered: 66 cm, 121 cm, and 125 cm. Correct answer 129.4 cm.

Heads up, literally, for next week’s tie-breaker: what’s the record for balancing a pool cue on your head whilst sporting a mohawk haircut? Only kidding. Maybe.

Cheers

Frank