Quiz Night (10) Crispless in Stoke

Chris was in charge for this weeks artificially flavoured Meakins Cricket Club Quiz.

Our 3 opposing teams were all again at full strength. We were however without Debs through a dodgy tum. So it was just me and Vicky, who was still suffering from PTERD (Post Traumatic Emu Related Disorder), so I guess we were handicapped.

We were off. Chris's quiz consisted of categories of 5 questions each. It was an eclectic mix of very particular themes.

Food-T Shirts-Odd one out-Sport-Magic-Doctors-Geography-Banned-Beer-Tools-4 letter words-Clothing.

It takes some sort of genius to be expert in all these. Sadly not our sort of genius! Anyway for a change we didn't take scores at half time so after some sandwiches and chips (fries Brad) we plodded on. After the main 60 questions there was a tension filled gamble round. This was three questions that had slowly revealed detail. If you ran up and presented your answer (guess) earlier you got 10 points, going down to 5 and then 3. This proved a crucial round and our earlier guessing on the answer Bermuda bagged us 10 points.
The scores came in for the main part of the quiz. Muppets - 35, non Blondes - 38, Campos - 40 and SixthSense - 40.

Now to the throwouts. We were initially given 3 different one. Pics of famous people (and Abi Titmus), Proverbs to guess from initial letters (and we were without our resident wordsmith Debs), and best of all, Guessing the flavour of a variety of Crisp based snacks from pictures of the packets! We had found our strength. Vicky and me (well Vicky really) had an encyclopedic knowledge crisp flavours. (Who needs to know History and Geography? This was real general knowledge!)
Then the bottom fell out of our world! Chris decided that this part would not be included in the quiz main, but would be for a bottle of wine! Screw that! I would take the quiz points every time. We got 14 out of 20, nearly double that of everyone else and victory would have been ours!! But no, all we have is a promised bottle of wine which only Debs will drink anyway.

Anyway rant over. The final scores were in. It was going to be close.
Muppets - 49 points, Sixth Sense - 55 points, 2 Blonde Nuns - 60 points and ring out the bells! The Campanologists - 66 points

+ Which sport is raced over 1000 metres but timed over only 200 metres ?
+ What nationality was Harry Houdini ?
+ Which 2 South American countries are landlocked ?
+ Where other than the USA is Budweiser or Budvar brewed ?
+ Which is the only 4 letter film to win the Oscar for best picture ?
+ Which proverbs initials are ABITHISWTINB ?
+ What colour crisp packets are Walkers Prawn Cocktail crisps ?

Sixth Sense 9 wins, 3 non Blondes 4 wins, The Campanologists 2 wins, The Muppets 0 wins