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Corporate Quiz Review

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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 - sorry!

©Text from our Quiz Chairman - thanks Pete

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-Lytton fans amongst us. Although...

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...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-mail I got as the Aviation team who according to the results sheet that you can see here finished fourth! Good prizes guys, hope you had fun, see you next year!

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.

 

 

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Lansons - 24 May 2006

 

It was a dark and, yes, stormy night (we have solved the water shortage - it was hiding in the sky all the time - until that night, when it all fell outside The Puzzle, creating Lake Cutlers. It was great fun to watch the miserable bedraggled mob go past on their Jack The Ripper walking tour)

 

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-efficient markers sorted that one out with the minimum of fuss!

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:-

- "team that ordered the most drink"

- "most rowdiest team"

- "most perfect team"

- "worst answer"

- "worst team name" [Norfolk In Good - for services to a complete lack of originality]

Well done to the winners, Dirty Pretty Protest. Full results are available here

Fitch Ratings - 9th May 2006
It was a dark night - these things tend to happen that way as the evening draws on - and the weather website reports storms in the Bay of Biscay, when 22 teams of fine individuals formed up for the Fitch Ratings Quiz. As is now our wont, you can see the full results here (coming soon [possibly])

 

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The winners (above) were Fitch But You Know It, with what appears to be largesse beyond the dreams of Coleridge as their prizes!
 

 

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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 - 4th May 2006
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 - you'll need Excel (available at all good software shops, and some rubbish ones as well) and to come back here you'll need to use your browser's back button. Good Luck - and well done to Take What (below)

 

 

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Field Fisher Waterhouse - 6th March 2006

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

 

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HSBC Quiz - 14th March 2007

On a dark-but-getting-lighter-these-days-and-isn't-the-weather-lovely sort of night, our friends from HSBC took part in a pretty challenging music quiz for their evening's entertainment at The Puzzle in Middlesex St. The round requiring a detailed knowledge of song lyrics proved particularly tough, requiring the immediate relief of an interval with food to follow. Having displayed their prowess in this area (lyrics, not food ... although...), halfway leaders "Up Jacob's Creek Without A Paddle" opened up a sizeable lead. They were immediately let down by their inability to deal with the whistling round, finding themselves in second place with one round to go. However they stormed back to take the title by a single point in a tight finish, narrowly beating "Shazam 2580" ... hmm, wonder how THEY did so well with a name like that? At the other end of the table, "The Air Heads" started with around that lived up to their name, but managed to haul themselves up the table as the rounds progressed - another 67 rounds & who knows what they might have achieved. Thus, the enigmatically named "D A Y S" brought up the rear, fighting off stiff competition from "W A W".

©Text from our Quiz Chairman - thanks Pete

...and once again, the digital camera failed to put in an appearance.

To see the results sheet please click here

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Fitch Quiz - 7th April 2007

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 - the end! So, last year's winners retained their trophy, captained by The National Lottery People's Quiz star Julia, on TVs near you this Saturday (& beyond!).

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 - thanks Pete

To see the results, please click here

 

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First - Our Other Mate's Dawn French
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JLT Quiz part 1 - 15th May 2007

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 - impressive stuff! Perhaps more impressive than the accuracy of their team name. Impressive scoring all round, as last placed Jardine's Angels scored a none-too-shabby 96/160. Highlight of the night goes to a team who actually managed to pick a team name that was the same as one of the answers - Hotel California!

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. “

©Text from our Quiz Chairman - thanks Pete

JLT Quiz part 2 - 5th June 2007

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-so-meaty 6th round score. Never Been Quizzed kept neck & neck with the leaders, & the tie break questions were prepared & ready, but Take What managed to ease ahead by a single point at the end. Proof once again that steady scoring wins the day over the course of the quiz.

"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 - thanks Pete

Click here to see how you did!

HSBC Quiz - 8th Arpil 2008

 

Apologies - I think we may have lost some of these reports in the great web-crash of 2008; hopefully this will be the first of a new, regular series of reports!

 

Well, when I say reports, I’ll give you what I’ve got which is a short burst from an e-mail:-

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 - turned out she's a special constable. She was better, so he asked another one up later. She was better too.”

Oh - and we have the result sheet here too!

Fitch Ratings Quiz - 15 April 2008

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-related-ish sort of choice. Special mention must go to The Beauty School Dropouts who, although finishing with a tremendous last round score, still couldn't get off the bottom ... however the art work on their answer sheets was worthy of Domenicos Theotokopoulos himself.

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 - unfortunately we had to disqualify the team immediately for having more than the permitted number of players.”

Oh - and we have the results here

JLT - 19th May, 22nd May, 16th June

 

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 19th and the 22nd and their scoresheets for the easily fascinated are available by clicking on the dates.

 

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 - for once your correspondent had dragged his sorry a*se away from the joys of Dave (the home of witty banter) to actually assist at one of these functions. So for once we’re going to have some pictorial representation of the evening, for which more apologies later (you’ll see why)

 

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-ish lyrics and a story with holes in it. Some, as is always the case, coped better than others, and you can see how your favourites went by clicking here (you’ll need Microsoft Excel - available at all good Computer stores and some rubbish ones as well)

 

The Winners (Natural Born Losers) fought back well against Dave Bee, Dozy, Beaky Matt and Fish to take the lead at the perfect time - the final round

 

And my camera finally died while taking the photo of the winners - I’m so sorry about the stripey nature of the winner’s photo, but at least it hides my complete lack of photography skills. Click the picture to open a pop-up.

 

The Winners (Natural Born Losers)
Lots of People
The Atrium (looking up)