On Friday 17^th January we held our Quiz Night.

We all arrived at Coleshill Village Hall around 7pm and it did not take long to arrange the tables and chairs in a semi-circle around the question master.
We eventually organised ourselves into 4 tables of 5.

Colin Picton had created the quiz and was acting as question-master, assisted by his glamourous assistant Kate, though she introduced herself as ‘Samantha’ (after the fictional assistant on Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I haven’t a Clue).

As is traditional, each team then had to think of a team name. These included the Red Dragons, the Floribundas, and the Annesiacs.

By the time this task had been completed, the Fish and Chips had arrived, so we all took a break to enjoy them, before the quizzing started.

As well as the 9 rounds, there were two table rounds to ponder. The first was a set of cryptic clues to Welsh towns or places. The second involved maps of Wales with twenty missing place names, plus a list of 25 places all starting with Llan……. It was quite amazing how difficult this was.

Kate came round with our question papers and Colin read the questions out. Colin had made many of the questions multiple choice this year, which made it a bit easier.

There were several rounds on Wales and Geography.

Questions included:

Where did Dylan Thomas die? (New York)

Who played Nessa Jenkins in Gavin & Tracey (Ruth Jones)

What is the longest road in Wales (the A470)

What is Buckinghamshire’s oldest railway station (Cheddington 1838)

Name the London Underground line that extends into Bucks (Metropolitan Line)

Which WWII aircraft was substantially made in High Wycombe (the Mosquito)

After each round we passed our answer papers to the next table and the scores were declared.

When all the question sheets had been gathered in, there was one team clearly in the lead – The Floribundas were way out in front.

We all thanked Colin and Kate for their efforts and making the evening so enjoyable and we ended the evening at about 9:30.