Quiz Night

Petersfield CC annual quiz night

The weekend before the freezing Easter holiday saw the traditional opening to the new cricket season – the Petersfield Cricket Club annual quiz, held this year at the rugby club.

Around 60 club members and their family and friends took part, which saw the ‘Seeking Clarification’ Stratford-Tuke/Friend/Cox super-team of about 17 people win an exciting and tense competition, which went right down to the wire.

The contest ended in an unprecedented dead heat, but Seeking Clarification correctly guessed the tie-break question*, narrowly pipping quiz specialists 'Dead Bats' to the big prize. Cries of “Google!” rang out across the room – an outrageous slur, obviously (ahem).....

In an entertaining and educational evening, we learnt some fascinating facts: the meaning of gynophobia (fear of women); what dancer born in 1899 won an Academy Award (unfortunately for Team #Dench, not Dave Squires but Fred Astaire); and, most controversially of all, how many ml are there in one unit of wine (125ml, not 175ml).

This was the cause of much debate and some frenetic research by Ash, who eventually succeeded in over-ruling the Mensa-qualified all-knowing quiz masters, Judith Squires and Lisbeth Thomas. By this stage, never mind one unit of booze, most of the teams were well into double figures….

It was an evening of notable achievements and incident. The colts' team (the aforementioned #Dench), after many years of propping up the table, somehow managed to scrape out of the relegation places.

Team member Nicky Caddick was delighted with his team’s performance: “We were the Wigan Athletic of quiz night. Next year will be our year for sure.”

The club’s ruling elite of the Salmons, Sampsons & Freestons pushed the top two teams all the way before eventually slipping into mid-table obscurity. And quiz master, Richard '30-3' Thomas, gave everyone a fright by threatening to show off his Fandago.....

As ever, a fun evening was had by all and over £300 raised for the club.

Club president Nick Blakstat commented: “To raise £300 is a great result. Everyone had a good evening and it was an excellent way to get everyone in a positive mood for what lies ahead ¬– lots of good winning times with one’s friends!”

(*How high to the nearest metre is the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth? Answer = 170m. Allegedly.)