Corporate Quiz Review
UIB Quiz 27th February 2007
It was dark & wet, but stormy would be pushing it a bit. Our corporate debut in The
Poet was enjoyed by an enthusiastic bunch who almost had me reaching for the tie
break questions as we reached the end of round 7 with 2 points separating the top
5 teams! However the last round sorted the men from the boys & saw "Back For More"
open up a 5 point gap as others failed in the Outros round. Why "Back For More" as
a name? When you've finished consistently in the top 3 without coming out as winners
in the past, it tends to get to you a bit. Very appropriately, Oscars for the winning
team ... plus a tipple. Digital camera still not available -
©Text from our Quiz Chairman -
To see the results sheet please click here
HSBC 26th September 2006
It was a night showing that autumn is approaching, but not categorisable as stormy,
much to the chagrin of the Bulwer-
...through the magic of phone photography you might have believed that it was a mite foggy!
The nice people above are the winning team (Floccinaucinihilipilification [the act
of estimating something to be worthless]) and what is described in the e-
FFW Quiz Night 7th February 2007
Well, it was a dark & snowy night for a change, but the dark & snowy morning had inevitably resulted in few teams going missing, but a good time was had by all. A boisterous crowd of some of the finest legal brains (& some of their colleagues) got together to show off their general knowledge & raise money for charity. An impressive performance, including 3 maximum score rounds, saw "Conveyancers But Proud" retain the Field Fisher Waterhouse Quiz Trophy, although they were pushed hard to the very end. They very nearly slipped up in the final round, but "The Brainy Bunch" couldn't quite gather enough points to pip them on the post, with "Satan & His Little Helpers" & "Delta Bravo" hot on their heels just one point behind.
Lansons -
It was a dark and, yes, stormy night (we have solved the water shortage -
The event was promoted by Lansons International, a leading PR consultancy and the
teams consisted of their contacts in the media, plus their clients, some of whom
are household names (see the Entries sheet in the attached file). A pretty lively
bunch, who seemed to enjoy themselves. Quite competitive too... The evening also
featured the first known deliberate attempt at sabotage! 3 teams handed in their
answers for the final round claiming to be team 21 … but the ever-
As well as the usual champagne for the winners & wooden spoons for the losers, there
were various other "spot prizes" as well ….. I'll not embarrass (all) the teams but
the categories were:-
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Well done to the winners, Dirty Pretty Protest. Full results are available here
Fitch Ratings -
It was a dark night -
The winners (above) were Fitch But You Know It, with what appears to be largesse
beyond the dreams of Coleridge as their prizes!
Third place was taken by Rogue Trainers (left) on a tiebreak from TP & the Structurally
Subordinated (what?). Last, but apparently happy, were the traditionally named Universally
Challenged. Better luck next year. Enjoy your prizes, see you all next year.
JLT -
Somewhat after the perfect time (01:02:03 on 04/05/06), it was
a hot and sultry night. It may have been dark as well, at least that's what my memory
tells me, but my correspondent was somewhat vague on the subject.
You often hear me
ramble on about how teams did from round to round, but today you can view for yourself!
Click here to see the scores; decide for yourself what the best team name was. Do
the percentage arithtmetic in your spare time! Oh -
Field Fisher Waterhouse -
In a darkened basement (is there any other kind) people don't give you weather reports,
so let's assume it was a dark and stormy night when 34 (yes! 34!) teams of the finest
legal minds in Crutched Friars battled it out for the Field Fisher Waterhouse Trophy.
The
winners, Zical, cunningly concealed their hand until a couple of rounds from the
end, when they burst through to take it (final score 100 out of 120, or a pretty
impressive 83.3333%!), proving that steady scoring is often more effective than the
odd maximum round here & there.
As we have no pictures of the evening, I am just going to chuck in a few random team
names that caught my eye. These include:-
Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap
Flambé and
the Meer Kats
Bonfire of the Inanities
Speak Shy Tall Knight
(blast from the past)
P Please Bob
and one about a lady whose surname is Hinge and is involved with a club
for diving (I'm a bit nervous here!)
Thanks for the donations, and apparently I have
to apologise for the feedback. Sounds like Pete's practicing for the Music Quiz!
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Second were Charlies Angels (Charlie, or an angel above right), three points behind the winners. The team name winners were The Titanic Deckchair Attendants, a representative of them shown above left
HSBC Quiz -
On a dark-
©Text from our Quiz Chairman -
...and once again, the digital camera failed to put in an appearance.
To see the results sheet please click here
Fitch Quiz -
Once again many thanks to our friends from Fitch Ratings who continue to support the cause (and, one trusts, to enjoy themselves in the process)
At some point the evening turned dark, and I can assure you that in the south of
Spain (where I was that very evening) it was stormy, but of the London weather I
can tell you little. Our esteemed quiz chairman, however, had this to say:-
“As you can see, it was a perfect example of how to win without winning any rounds,
without scoring any maximum point rounds, & without ever leading until the only point
when it matters -
Sadly, I am still without camera, but they did take some pics themselves, so I will be asking.” <see below!!>
©Text from our Quiz Chairman -
To see the results, please click here
JLT Quiz part 1 -
Our friends at JLT have again organised two evenings of quizzical shennanegans, the first of which is reported on by our genial quizmeister below. Click here to see how you did! No pix tho’, so perhaps those in the second quiz could help us out?
“As you can see, Major Ignorance nosed in front in round 5, then ensured they wouldn't
be caught by scoring maximum marks for the rest of the quiz. They only dropped 7
points all night -
JLT will be having another quiz in 3 weeks time, with their overall champions being the team scoring the highest points out of the two winners (if you see what I mean). Major Ignorance have set an extremely tough target. “
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JLT Quiz part 2 -
A cosy evening at JLT Towers saw 12 teams battling it out in the second part of their 2007 general knowledge quiz. Despite all the glass in the magnificent atrium, it was difficult to tell whether it was stormy from the quizmaster's position, but the dry pavements outside afterwards suggest that it wasn't. Neither was it dark, as the summer evenings are well & truly with us.
Keen competition saw a number of teams hovering around the top spot, with The Shergar
Tinned Dog Food Company finally seeing their challenge beaten off after a not-
"Lower down" the scoreboard, The Julie Penfold 6, & The Flaming Galas were involved in the relegation dogfight from the early stages. However, following a maximum 20 in the first round, Only Smarties Have The Answer showed the real worth of an evening's thirst quenching by lurching to the foot of the table & clinching last place.
The JLT 2007 champions are decided by a simple "who scored the most points" system this year. So, despite a magnificent 145 out of 160 total for Take What, the winners of the first quiz, Major Ignorance (with a mind boggling 153) were crowned 2007 champions, with all that entails. (Not at all sure what that entails, but I'm sure it's a good thing.)
©Text from our Quiz Chairman -
Click here to see how you did!
HSBC Quiz -
Apologies -
Well, when I say reports, I’ll give you what I’ve got which is a short burst from
an e-
“Report is the usual cr@p Nigel Arnold's team won. No photos, thank god. Milan had
a run in with the law when he invited a team member up to see if she could do better
at reading out the questions -
Oh -
Fitch Ratings Quiz -
I’ll continue letting Pete tell the story in his own words...
“Last night we jammed the Poet to the rafters with the Fitch Ratings corporate quiz, the results of which are attached. We raised £1,000 & a good time was had by all (as far as we know).
It got darker &, while not exactly stormy, the rain did come down to allow us a quick
smirk at the bedraggled Ripper Walking Tour as it passed by. As you will see, the
lead changed hands on a fairly regular basis, with the eventual winners coming through
by virtue of a consistently strong second half. Winners of the best team name were
Rogue Trainers, perhaps reflecting the topicality of their Marathon-
Oh, & while we were there, Poet manger Simone gave birth to a baby boy.”
Naturally, as a pedant that only his mother (and a few others) could love I had to challenge the last statement
“All the world loves a pedant ... well, when I say "all the world" I actually mean
all the people in the world ... sort of. Actually, it was right there in front of
us on one of the team tables -
Oh -
JLT -
JLT are one of our best supporters, and this year they have carried on their “tradition” of three quizzes in the form of two Semi finals and a final.
The Semis were contested in May -
The final contested by... No, let’s hand over to Pete again!...“I thought it was a pretty tough quiz before the start, but maybe I was wrong! Although I suppose we are talking about 25 teams who had won their way through the two semis, so they must be pretty good to start with.
As you can see, a stunning performance from It's ITS saw then drop only 2 questions on the night & take the trophy. Both questions in the same round, & I know for a fact they talked themselves out of the right answer for one of them.
However, I think the stars of the night were Brains of Bracknell, who consisted of one player for at least the first round, & only two for the rest (travel problems between Bracknell & the City I think), so to post a whacking 71% is a pretty tasty effort methinks. They came so close to rising from last position at one point as well.”
Scoresheet available here! Thanks, see you next year!
JLT Music Quiz 9th November 2008
It was a bright and pleasant night -
A group of 26 or 20 or 21 teams (some confusion there surely) gathered in the atrium
of JLT Towers (it’s probably not called that but...) to show that they could deal
with six rounds of musical teasers, a round of gibberish-
The Winners (Natural Born Losers) fought back well against Dave Bee, Dozy, Beaky
Matt and Fish to take the lead at the perfect time -
And my camera finally died while taking the photo of the winners -
