.....This old heart.......

The Boss got this through the post today........her silver badge for making 25 blood donations. So proud of her!

Regular readers may be pleased to know the Quiz League has started again tonight.
First match.....away to last year's runners-up St. Mary's. I was Captain for the night.

First round: Consultation 8-8
Second round: Individual.....my question was on Sporting Police Men. Terry had East African sea ports, Ann had Presidential Initials and Bob went with 50 years ago Pop Music....two points each for Bob and I and a bonus 1 for Ann Round score 5-5
Running Total: 13-13
Third round: Disaster!...lost 6-2
Running Total 19-15
Fourth round: 8 pointer...we wiped out on an Alanis Morrisette song'''' 0 points.
Half time score 23-15

Fag break.......motivational team talk.......the Alex Ferguson hair dryer treatment.

5th round: absolute blinder...won 9-2!
Running total: 25-24
6th round : Four point questions Drew 10-10
Running total: 35-34
7th round: Individuals...I had Historic Duos (Gilbert and Sullivan), Ann had Bodily secretions, Terry got Private eyes and Bob had Chryso-geography! Drew 6-6.
Running total 41-40
Final round......won 5-3!

Final score 44-45....nicked it by a point. Phil says I'm now the full time captain and can do a pep talk any time!

So a few for you.

1. The alliterative initials of which US president are on the Treaty of Versailles?
2. The alliterative initials of which US President are linked with the Wall St Crash?
3. Which animal star of the 1930's died in Florida aged 80?
4. Who is the Patron saint of the Boy Scout movement?
5. St.Pirin is the patron saint of which miners?
6. Which Nottingham police man won and Olympic Ice skating gold medal?
7.Which Welsh police man was world snooker champion several times in the 1970's?
8.In the 1933 FA Cup Final numbers were used to identify players for the first time. Which Everton player became the first to wear Number 9?
9. Situated in Tanzania which is the largest caldera in the world?
10. In the Cornish language which number is PIMP?
11. In the Cornish language which numb is Whegh?


Lady Lala and the Baking Bird should score a few points tonight.

Das vidanya moy padruga.





Oh, the answers!.....nearly forgot.
1. WW (Woodrow Wilson)
2. HH (Herbert Hoover)
3. Cheetah (Tarzan's chimp)
4. St George
5 Tin miners
6.Christopher Dean
7. Ray Reardon
8. Ralph "Dixie" Dean
9. Ngorogoro crater
10. 5
11. 6