Parents’ Association Quiz night

March 12, 2010

Was it the lure of a fish and chip supper or a streak of sado-masochism that dragged us back to an evening of humiliation and disbelief that Mr Tobin can continue to dream up such impossibly hard questions? Does he inhabit a parallel universe that has a completely alternative bank of knowledge to us? How could he be so cruel as to combine a geography round with a working knowledge of the World Cup teams and venues?

The PA Committee who usually come last with such lame excuses as having to man the bar, go for the fish and chips, hand out the salt,vinegar and ketchup came fifth, only three points behind the winning team ‘Team GB’ (nothing to do with nationality, more to do with being George Bennett’s father).It was a close run thing at the finish with the staff team of Mrs Culek, Miss Smith, Mr Florance and supportive other halves only half a point behind the winners.

The reason for the meteoric rise in the fortunes of the Committee team was due to the foresight of Mrs Shackleton in inviting Miss Thompson to join them, adding her vast wealth of general knowledge and trivia (she owes a lot of it to her 11 year old godson and watching a lot of television) to their more limited range! Who else would have recognised the theme tune of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates quite so quickly or been able to unravel the connection between the voice of Bugs Bunny, a book by Jane Austen and a film goer’s guide?

Mr Stotts invited a Canadian guest who also contributed by answering questions on anything vaguely North American and who couldn’t believe we would put ourselves through all that agony on a Friday night after a gruelling week at school!

Feel you may like to join us with a team next year? We’d love to see you, but Miss Thompson is ours, so hands off!  

If you’d like to know the answer to the brain teaser I’m sure she would explain it to you!