Anthony Clarke
Quiz Report – Hamish and Dougal
[Continuing the theme of ‘different’ quiz reports, I was asked to do one with a Scottish theme, in honour of our follower, Sheila Munro. What follows is my attempt. She may never forgive me.] “Hae ye had yer tea?” quoth Hamish, swiftly closin’ the door tae trap the heat, as Dougal stepped intae his wee…
The Mystery of the Disappearing Quiz Team
Doctor Watson, clearly preparing for a lengthy discourse, settled himself back in his armchair, and fixed his listener with a meaningful look which plainly indicated that no interruption would be brooked. “One of the strangest cases,” he started, “must be that of the disappearing quiz team. “It was dark and horrendously rain-lashed evening in February,…
Quiz Report – Hi-de-Hi
Bong, bing, bing, bong Good mornin’, Campahs. Hi-de-hi! Gladys Pugh ‘ere. I’m delighted to introduce today’s programme of excitin’ activities put on for your entertainment by Joe Maplin ‘imself. ‘Owever, before I do, I ‘ave to tell you all about last night’s quiz ‘eld in the Maplin’s Ballroom last evenin’. Oh! Excitement or what, Campahs?…
On Corporal Punishment
I received plenty of rods/rulers to the palm of the hand from the psychotic nuns I have talked about elsewhere in this group, but I was only on the receiving end of the cane on the bottom once. Flipping heck! (That’s as far as I’m prepared to go on this forum, but please feel free…
What an angelic soul!
First Holy Communion picture. I was probably 6/7. It was taken in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. We’d moved there from Kent in 1959 while I was still aged 5. I was inordinately proud of that belt which had been given to me as a souvenir from Holland. It had clogs, windmills, and ladies in traditional Dutch clothing…
Born in the 50s Facebook Posts
I recently joined a FB group for people born in the 50s. It has been a good experience and I thought I’d share some of my contributions here. Grunty Pig begs to introduce himself. Bought for me in the early 60s, during a family holiday in Mablethorpe, Grunty has lived with me ever since. He…
So here it is…
So here it is… “So here it is, ‘Merry Christmas’, everybody’s having…(‘fun’?).” Permit me a degree of scepticism about that lyric, for, in my experience, there’s quite a lot about Christmas that doesn’t match such a description these days. I could go on about Christmas starting in August, and all the commercialism, and those blooming…
Facebook Fiend
Yes, I regret to say I am a Facebook fiend. In my retirement, I spend far too much time on FB. I play Quiz Planet with a couple of friends, and I get to see the life progress of many of those I have taught in the past. Time was you sent your pupils out…
Pingu-The Quiz Team Mascot
We have a team mascot whom we rather unimaginatively call Pingu. He accompanies us to most quizzes. Whether he brings us luck or not is very much open to debate, but he is now a permanent fixture in the team. Why a penguin? At one of our early forays into quizzing, a team member (who,…
Only Fools…No Horses
Those who know me (and/or follow me on Facebook) will know that, in the winter months, I belong to a team which competes in a Sunday night Quiz league. This is great fun and brings some custom to pubs which might otherwise be quite empty on a Sunday evening. We are not the world’s most…
