Weekly Roundup - Week 4, W/E 26/01/2018

Pub Quiz Results

Quiz #10- Monday 22nd January, Kings Arms, Dalbeattie (Team: 3. Host: S)

Round 1: General knowledge, 15/19
Round 2: Famous 1sts, 10/15
Round 3: TV, 10/15
Round 4: Food & drink, 9/10
Round 5: Pictures - car logos, 20/30
Round 6: Music (unplayed), 8/10


Total Score: 72/99 (72.73%), tied 2nd/9

Quiz #11 - Wednesday 17th January, Granary, Dumfries (Team: 3)

Round 1: Characters from TV adverts, 7/10
Round 2: Linked answers: birds, 5/10
Round 3: Answers all begin "arm" or "leg", 8/10
Round 4: Film plots, 9/10
Round 5: Closest football ground to given British landmark, 8/10

Total Score: 37/50 (74%), 2nd/11

Quiz #12 - Thursday 25th January, Anchor Hotel, Kippford (Team: 3)

Round 1: General knowledge, 3.5/8
Round 2: Film & TV 3.5/8
Round 3: Scotland, 6/8
Round 4: Cryptic bands, 6/8
Round 5: Dingbats, 10/16
Round 6: Link theme - dragons, 7/8

Total Score: 36/56, 5th/9

Quiz #13 - Friday 26th January, Grapes, Springholm (Team:1)

Round 1: General knowledge, 54/102

Total Score: 54/102, 1st/3

Overall Weekly Score: 199/307 (64.82%)

Month-To-Date: 591/902 (65.52%)
Year-To-Date: 591/902 (65.52%)

Addy's Proxy Pub Quiz

Hi everyone, I'm delighted to announce the 2nd edition of what I call, "Addy's Proxy Pub Quiz"!  APPQ is an opportunity to do a British-style written pub quiz, in conditions mirroring those of the actual pub, wherever you are, at a time that suits you. I've done this once before, within the Trivial Warfare Army Facebook group and that was a huge success, so I'm expanding it now to readers of my blog/my Twitter followers! This post is mostly a copy-paste of the announcement thread in the TWA group I admit. The quiz itself is the one I host in Dalbeattie at the Kings Arms - the exact same quiz.

To participate, you just need to provide me an email address that I can send the quiz to. Might be best to do this via Twitter, since you won't want to post your email in the comments here. Or maybe you can contact me directly via Blogger? I'm not sure. Oh well, here's the rules (below the cut):

Weekly Roundup - Week 3, W/E 18/01/2018

Pub Quiz Results

Quiz #7 - Sunday 14th January, Turf Tavern, Carlisle (Team: 3)

Round 1: Pictures - People (Mixture), 7/10
Round 2: Current Events, 6/10
Round 3: Brit Awards (Music), 2/5
Round 4: US State Capitals, 5/5
Round 5: Alpha Links, 10/10
Round 6: Hidden Link Connections, 5/5
Round 7: Wipeout (General Knowledge), 7/10 

Total Score: 42/55 (45.45%),1st/8

Quiz #8 - Wednesday 17th January, Granary, Dumfries (Team: 3)

Round 1: Words ending in "ology", 18/25
Round 2: General Knowledge, 17/20

Total Score: 35/45 (77.78%), 2nd/11

Quiz #9 - Thursday 18th January, Anchor Hotel, Kippford (Team: 6)

Round 1: General Knowledge, 4.5/8
Round 2: Fictional People, 6/8
Round 3: Link Theme - Fire, 7/8
Round 4: Answers containing consecutive letters "eek", 7/8
Round 5: Map of UK (Joker), 12/16
Round 6: World Geography, 2/8

Total Score: 38.5/56, joint 3rd/7

Overall Weekly Score: 115.5/156 (74.04%)

Month-To-Date: 392/595 (65.88%)
Year-To-Date: 392/595 (65.88%)

Weekly Roundup - Week 2, W/E 12/01/2018

Pub Quiz Results

Quiz #3 - Sunday 7th January, Turf Tavern, Carlisle (Team: 3)

Round 1: Pictures - People (Mixture), 6/10
Round 2: Current Events, 8/10
Round 3: 2017 News, 0/5
Round 4: Childrens TV, 2/5
Round 5: Alpha Links, 5/10
Round 6: Hidden Link Connections, 4/5
Round 7: Wipeout (General Knowledge), 0/10 

Total Score: 25/55 (45.45%), 3rd/6

Quiz #4 - Monday 8th January, Kings Arms, Dalbeattie (P) (Team: 3)

Round 1: General Knowledge, 15/20
Round 2: Map of Africa, 17/21
Round 3: Quotes/Sayings by Literary Figures, 9/20
Round 4: 2017 News, 14/22
Round 5: Played Music, 14/21

Total Score: 69/104 (66.35%), 3rd/9

Quiz #5 - Thursday 11th January, Anchor, Kippford (Team: 6)

Round 1: General Knowledge, 7/8
Round 2: Food & Drink, 4/8
Round 3: Lyrics, 2/8
Round 4: Acronyms, 3.5/8
Round 5: Dingbats (Joker), 14/16
Round 6: Human Body/Medicine, 3/8

Total Score: 33.5/56, 2nd/5

Quiz #6 - Friday 12th January, Grapes, Springholm (Team: 1) 

Round 1: General Knowledge, 37/68
Round 2: General Knowledge, 39/50

Total Score: 76/118, 1st/3

Overall Weekly Score: 203.5/333 (61.11%)
Month-To-Date: 276.5/439 (62.98%)
Year-To-Date: 276.5/439 (62.98%)

Weekly Roundup - Week 1, W/E 05/01/2018

Pub Quiz Results

Quiz #1 - Wednesday 3rd January, The Granary, Dumfries (Team: 4)

Round 1: Disney Films, 3/10
Round 2: Unplayed Music (General), 6/10
Round 3: Film & TV, 7/10
Round 4: True or False, 8/10
Round 5: General Knowledge, 9/10

Total Score: 33/50 (66%), 3-way tie for 4th/9. Winning score: 36

Quiz 2 - Thursday 4th January, The Anchor Hotel, Kippford (Team: 2)

Round 1: General Knowledge, 5/8
Round 2: World Geography, 4/8
Round 3 (Joker): James Bond Films, 16/16 
Round 4: Science & Technology, 5/8
Round 5: Spelling, 5/8
Round 6: Cryptic Sci-Fi Films, 6/8

Total Score: 40/56 (71.43%), tied 2nd/9. Winning score: 45

Overall Weekly Score: 73/106 (68.87%)
Month-To-Date: 73/106 (68.87%)
Year-To-Date: 73/106 (68.87%)

New Year, New Beginnings

Hello everyone, yes, I'm back, again! Not for the first time, this blog has risen from the ashes, like a phoenix. They've always my favourite mythological creature, since their powers of resurrection make them resilient, like me. A setback doesn't need to mean defeat, after all. You may be wondering where I've been these last few months, why my reasonably regular posting came to a shuddering halt, but I'll get to that in what is a bit of a stream-of-consciousness style post akin to my occasional "Life Update" posts last year.

There's a few quotes that have been running through my mind, lately; one in particular: "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all"