19th January 2024
We all gathered at Coleshill Village Hall at 7pm for our first engagement of the year.
30 of us formed into 5 teams to do battle in Colin Picton’s Quiz Evening.
We were pleased to welcome some new (and newish) members and their guests –
Lorraine Boyd and her partner, Ian, also Heather Roberts with her son Mark Roberts and daughter Susan Paul.
Chairman Gwyndaf John opened proceedings and handed over to Kate Picton to give an update on Jonathan Pegler’s progress in hospital. We all wished him a speedy recovery
Colin set us the first task of coming up with team names.
Team names were:
Lloydia (reflecting Gwyndaf and Janet John’s adventure finding a rare lily on Snowdon)
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (thanks to Bill Jones)
Wyddfa (Snowdon)
Old Speckled Hen (reflecting the team’s tipple of choice)
The Magnificent 7 (the team having a numerical advantage)
Colin’s quiz had a definite Welsh theme with rounds on…… Welsh Celebs, Welsh Geography and Welsh History.
There were 8 rounds of questions plus a picture round. However, the questions were not as difficult as some that we have had in previous years and even the English players were able to answer most of the questions.
At 8pm the Fish and Chips were delivered, and we paused to enjoy them. The Village Chippy at Three Households really does a fine job.
After our meal, the quiz continued, and in the end, Lloydia won by a comfortable margin.
The final scores were:
Lloydia 172
Llanfair pg 164
Wyddfa 130
Speckled Hen 123
The Magnificent 7 150
There were no prizes, just the honour and bragging rights for winning (I have to say that Mr John did look rather smug).
Gwyndaf then thanked Colin on behalf of all the participants for all the work that he had put in to devising and running the quiz and we cleared up and went home just after 10pm.
Thanks again to Colin for all his hard work.