| | | Quiz Night - Wednesday 17 September 2014 |
We
had five teams competing for our coveted Smart Alec of the Year Teddy
Bear Trophy. The team names were Box Cleverers, Kickers,
Socialites, Cabbage Ha’ and 5 No’s (a reference to the
following day’s referendum).
Once again Gordon MacDonald
was quizmaster and Agnes Ovenstone kept the scores. We began with
the first round entitled “Birds” with questions like
“A greedy Person” and “Could describe a couple of
beers”, the answers of course being “Gannet” and
“Toucan” – easy once you know them.
 The
next round was entitled “Miscellaneous” covering subjects
such as Acids, Trivia, Flags, Medical Matters and General
Knowledge. A lot of discussion took place during the Acid
questions e.g. what is dilute acid better known as? –
Vinegar.
One of the trivia questions was what is the
largest island in the Inner Hebrides? There was a lot of
whispering over this one, the answer of course being Skye. When
we came to Flags one of the questions asked what bird is shown on the
flag of Uganda. A whisper was heard from one team saying
it’s a long legged one which is correct but we really needed to
know which long legged one. Not many got a crane.
Medical
matters also caused a lot of thought and a lot of laughter with such
questions as what are you doing if you are pandiculating which caused a
lot of oh’s when yawning was revealed.
We then stopped for
refreshments where there was a great selection of loaves baked by the
ladies of the social committee together with tea or coffee.
General
Knowledge started off with a question on what cocktail is made with
vodka, galliano and orange juice. A lot of heads were banged
together before the answer Harvey Wallbanger was reached. Another
question asked what an infant whale is commonly called. There
seemed to be a lot of discussion taking place on this one which we
thought was strange as the answer of a calf seemed quite
straightforward. It turned out that a few teams had misheard the
question and thought they had been asked for the infant of a quail and
all that could be thought of was a baby bird. The hall was filled
with laughter for quite a while.
 Then
came the bible questions. This was where Hugh our minister had to
leave his team as apart from being able to answer all of the questions
he had set them so he was banned. There were easy ones such as
what is the sixth commandment and how many books in the New
Testament. The Sunday School charts for both of these questions
are on the wall but there were many complaints that they could not be
seen properly because of the curtain or that the print was too small to
read from a distance. You know the answers but suddenly you doubt
yourself and you can’t you be sure that you shall not kill is the
sixth commandment or that there are 27 books in the New Testament.
The
team from St. James the Less took the overall prize, Smart Alec of the
Year, which they will keep until the quiz night returns next year.
Thanks to all who came along and supported this entertaining event
| |
Home
| Services | Church Groups | Events | News
| History| Contact Us 
