Question master duties were shared by Pat Jeater and Brian Bogie and it must be said that this was an outstanding double act and it would be good to see them sharing responsibilities in future Cup or Plate games – perhaps the finals? With light humour and an excellent balanced set of questions the game sped along interspersed with snippets of memory from all around the room. This really was a most enjoyable evening and will be long remembered.
The winner of each of the six rounds swung from team to team, scores being (home team first) 12/22 12/24 20/17 13/17 17/19 and 21/13 – final score 112 to 95 for the Lemmings.
The game was rounded off with a varied selection of sandwiches and general agreement that it had been a most enjoyable evening. Many thanks to the landlord (who came to wish us farewell as we left), the Horntails and especially to Pat and Brian.
2 comments:
Agreed - a really fun game and I look forward to the opponents coming back up next year. Pat's performance as a wistful nostalgic pining for the days of pink on the map (Lesotho was actually Basutoland)was genius - if he can't get a gig on Test Match Special he should definitely (along with Brian, a more conventional wisecracker of high calibre) be pushed forward for the final - Alice and Haydn look like they may well be unavailable. John White and Bob put in notable supporting performances.
Enjoyed the questions which ran the full gamut from Arthurian legend to plumbing - something for everyone. it was noted by an opponent that there were a few where there were only 2/3 possible answers, so once passed over, life was a bit too easy.
Anyway, the last standard-bearers of the C league gave way to the last standard-bearers of the B league - we await the draw with trepidation.
Many a slip, Matt, we've still got the semi final to negotiate. Don't want to carp about the questions, but our very close game could have gone the other way thanks to my dismissing the correct answer to our penultimate question on the grounds that Zadie Smith has never won the Booker prize. Just goes to show that question setters should check everything, even things they think they know.
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