"The Rookies" Win Again! "Ciderphobia" Gets The Jackpot!

Rita S

The quiz started with a quick realisation that the teams slightly more faraway couldn't hear me very well. After some running back and forth, we graduated from repeating the questions to moving teams closer to be within the mic range; independently, the amazing venue staff worked out the issue, so - squeaky noises aside - we were able to get on with the business of playing! Somebody stepped up to the newly working mic to give a spirited rendition of 'Silent Night'; we also sang 'Happy Birthday' to Ryan, a bar staffer who is known to all quiz regulars. A favourite question was, I think, the badly explained film plot: apparently Top Gun volleyball scene lives on in the collective memory of quizzers!
"The Rookies" won again, by one point - honorable mention to teams "Ben" and "23 Days To Quizmas", who shared the second place. The quiz regulars "Ciderphobia" - sad-seeming after failing to get neither wine nor the £50 prize - were blessed with luck and won the jackpot! Their drinks and quiz entries will be funded for quite some time, and so it's worth to know that quizzing regularly can pay off. :) See you next week!