Quiz Night (9) Muppet's Feast

Tonight It was turn of Muppet Norma to do the honours in this weeks Gluttonous Meakins Cricket Club Quiz
I was great to see John from the Campanologists back. We, on the otherhand were without Vicky, who had to work. It was clear we were going to have our work cut out, with all the other teams at full strength

The quiz started with a round which answers were names of flowers that were also names of people (I'm still not sure how it worked 3 hours later). One answer was Daphne Du Maurier! Who on earth has heard of a plant called Daphne! The next round was Words and Phrases which immediately filled us with dread. We completely failed to identify what Felucca, Hookah and Drupe are. A round on Numbers came next. Ok for us, but The Muppets managed to estimate the weight of a human brain to be 15lbs! Which means they must have really strong necks. We were aided in the science questions by Debs professional knowledge of the medical term for bed wetting. History questions finished off the first half and just about finished off our chances. Half time scores were read out : Muppetts 34, 3 non Blondes 35, Campanologists 38 and you guessed it, Sixth Sense 43.

So to the half time food. Due to a mix up, both Muppets and Campos provided the food so we had double rations, and we all feasted heartily.
With the heavy heart of impending defeat resting on our now bloated tummies we lurched into the second half. 20 hard core Pot Luck questions. We held our own, and finished with a flurry on the classic innuendo question of "Who invented the bra", with the so obvious and hilarious answer Otto Titzling (clearly pronounced Tit Sling). The 1st Throwout was another eclectic collection of famous people to identity, with Bill Gates next to Maude Flanders. The second throwout was the hardest yet. We had to match Grand National winners to their year. We managed 2 out of 15. Even the mighty Six Sensers struggled and got only 1 out of 15. We figured they could have got that many if they had put the same 1 answer for all 15!

The final scores were in. Tied for last place, or equal third or even better joint Bronze medal went to 3 non Blondes and The Muppets, both with 59 points. 2nd was the Campos with 62 and runaway winners were Sixth Sense with 72 points (just don't ask them to pick a Grand National winner for you.
Sixth Sense 9 wins, 3 non Blondes 4 wins, The Campanologists 1 win, The Muppets 0 wins (but really heavy brains)

Sample Questions from the night

+Which flower's name was the mistress of Edward VII ?

+How many individual coloured squares make ip a Rubik's Cube ?

+ Who was nicknamed the Little Corporal ?

+ What does the cry Eureka actually mean ?

+ Who first instigated the tradition of the relay of the Olympic torch ?

+ Which country was the first to give women the vote ?

Apologies that the ongoing quest to include a bad film title pun for the title of each quiz post has resulted in this the most obscure one yet. Triple points for the film reference from "Muppet's Feast"