Previous Events - a Pictorial History

 

Music Quiz - 20th April 2010

 

Welcome back my friends to the quiz that never ends... Ladies and gentlemen I give you the return of the City of London Friends of Cancer Research Music Quiz.

(Could be snappier, but we’ll live with it for the moment)

 

It was an increasingly dark and volcanic ash laden night as a fully sold out return of the yadda yadda (see above for full name) attracted 23 teams (what happened to the other one, we ask - were they leaving on a jet-plane??)  to The Poet to compete like Simon Cowell’s performing monkeys for the fabulous Golden Ear.

 

I’d love to tell you that it was nip and tuck all the way, and this time I can - a quick glance at the scoresheet (available here) would tell you that that six of the 23 teams scored more than 80% overall, and the top five were separated by a total of only six points.

 

The music in the quiz ranged from Lord Rockingham’s XI to Owl City, running the gamut of styles and genres from A to G (a little musical joke there - I’m not sure I realised quite how small!!).

 

There were gasps of annoyance, astonishment and delight throughout the evening and the night raised ummm... Well as soon as they let me know how much we raised I’ll pass that information on to you ‘cos y’all deserve to know.

 

Welcome back to an old friend - don’t stay away so long next time

 

Keep checking back for the next quiz and see you next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Knowledge Quiz - 11th November 2009

 

The General knowledge Quiz at the Poet was another of those entertaining nights that I don’t remember so well thanks to the good offices of Mr Beer.

 

I’m sure it was a dark and stormy night - well heck it was in November after all - and we did all assemble at the Siegfried Sassoon - sorry, The Poet (11th November, war Poet, see what we did there?) to do battle (ok, we’ll stop those references now) for the Golden Brain.

 

I’d love to tell you that it was nip and tuck all the way, but a swift perusal of the scoresheet (available here) would tell you that that isn’t really the case, and some of you may recognise some of the reprobates who appear in the photo below.

 

And nearly £600 was raised for the cause, so a good night all round!

 

Keep checking back for the next quiz and see you next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Film & TV Quiz - 6th October 2009

The Film and TV Quiz also returns  to grace the presence of the City of London.

 

It was a dull and stormy afternoon which became a dark, but quieter (weatherwise) night when 25 teams descended once more upon the Poet to battle for the amazing Golden Video.

 

And battle they did in one of the trickier quizzes of recent times - full marks were few and far between but decent marks seemed to be generally obtained.

And we had a good, fun night (speaking as a competitor on this occasion)

 

And we raised plenty of money for the cause (I’ll update the figures when I get them)

Scoresheet here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sports Quiz - 23rd June 2009

The return of the Sports Quiz seems to have gone well; I enclose the words of Chairman/presenter Geoff and hopefully soon some pictures

“A massive thank you from me and Gina to our intrepid group of markers last night. A very smooth evening from my point of view and everyone enjoyed the quiz.

For your interest I attach the completed score sheet and the accounts showing a profit of more than  £400 which although modest is still a tidy sum and most importantly we have got the event back on the calendar.

In terms of scoring, Round 4 (1-10 round) was best with 7 maximums and everyone else scoring 18. There were 7 teams that bought an answer though.

Round 7 (First & Last) proved to be the most difficult with no maximums and 6 answers bought. The highest score was 17.

Ian - it was a very successful evening and I assume you would like to post the scores on the website. Remarkably I remembered to take a camera so will send you the photos at the weekend.

Looking to do a TV/Film Quiz next. We’ll look for a Tuesday in mid-late September?”

The scoresheet can be perused here

 

 

If you were the winner of one of the above, appear uncredited in a picture, or have any photographic evidence of a past quiz then please let me know!

 

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