........Captain's choice...........

I finally admitted defeat today............for about 5 weeks I've been nursing a very sore right elbow.........tubi-grip bandage and Ibuprofen and Paracetamol.......but today nothing would shift the pain....so I phoned the doctor and I have an appointment for 8.30 tomorrow morning.

Quiz League again tonight.....against table toppers Coach and Horses...and we lost....2nd game in a row!............slipped from 2nd in the League to 3rd.

But here's the thing....we lost by 5 points, 49-54......at half time for the first time this year we were ahead by 4 points. I wasn't Captain this week....also for the first time this season.....and the Captain on the night...turned down two four point answers in order to play safe and get the second clue.....and one of our team in the individual round offered no answer to a question about a spin off from an ITV soap...which was picked up by the C & H for a bonus point.....now what would you guess in a question about ITV soaps?....that's right ......Coronation Street...so if the Capt had been brave...and we were behind and needed to take a risk......and the team member had guessed we would have had 6 more points....the opposition would have had one less...and we would have won 55-53!!!!!.

Needless to say there were a few recriminations after the match!

Here's a few for you to try....

1. Which children's tv show has had 9 versions of its signature tune in its 55 year run, including two versions by Mike Oldfield.
2. Which early 19th century slang term for a fist first appeared in the book Boxiana?
3. The Portugese phrase Joga Benito in its English translation has become synonymous with of football. What does it mean?
4. Where in a casino would you see the sequence 3,26,0,32,15?
5. Which nonsense lyrics follow the lines "There she was just a -walking down the street singing........"to give the title of the song?
6. Which nonsense lyrics follow "I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still......" to give the title of the song.
7. Which fast food item is used by The Economist as an informal way of comparing the purchasing power of currencies?
8. In 1609 which playwright described London as "the city of Kites and Crows"?
9. On 14th July 1867 dynamite was tested as a potential explosive for quarrying by which scientist?
10. The explosive Amatol is made from a mixture of Ammonium nitrate and which other explosive?

9 and 10 are too show that there was still an imbalance in some of this weeks questions....the opposition got number 9....we got number 10!


Das vidanya moy padruga.




The answers.
1. Blue Peter
2. A bunch of fives
3. The beautiful game
4. On a roulette wheel
5. Do wah diddy diddy
6. Da doo ron ron
7. Big Mac.
8.William Shakespeare
9. Alfred Nobel
10 Trinitrotoluene (TNT)