Veni Vino Vici

That's right people, we came, we drank, we conquered¹. The relevant Gaussian Eliminators \ {Dave} statistics now stand as follows:

Trivia nights entered: 2
Trivia nights won in a spectacular display of PWNAGE: 2

Turnout was at possibly the highest it's been all year (I think about 11). We were joined early on by some random Law student who, we subsequently discovered, was only there in an attempt to steal our mojo (bitch!!). Later arrivals included a biology student and friend who awarded Sam with a high-five for being a Jew² - something he assures us happens all the time.

There were many heroes in our team last night. All were impressed and, yes, just that little bit scared by Claire's encyclopedic knowledge of Winnie the Poo, for instance. But for my money, the nights' paragon of awesome was - much as it pains me to say this - Nick. We were awarded a total of 2 unjustified points this evening - a 1/2 mark for answering "Soul-brother Rupert" to a question about some soul singer shot at the age of 33 (the correct answer being "Sam Cook") - another 1/2 for stating that the name of the strip-club from the movie Striptease was "Scores, New York" (thanks Chris). The remaining point we owe to Nick. The question asked for the title of the song to which David Brent from The Office, danced in a well-known scene. We didn't know the answer but pledged that, if awarded the point, Nick would re-create the scene for the viewing ...... pleasure(?)...... of the Red Room. Let's just say that we got that point, baby. And Nick, if you're out there, there ain't no-body except Harry Kinsman himself would have been able to out-impersonate you at a sad middle-aged middle-management exec dancing appallingly to Disco Inferno. You go, girl.

We scored 28 over-all (including a perfect ten the tie break being one by us when Nick out-skulled two competitors proving that those years spent in College weren't a complete waste of time). Next closest team: 25. I kind of wish it was at least 26, though, given the above.

(Other) Notable Correct Answers:

1. What fruit goes by the latin name Ribus-Nigum? Thankyou, Ribena, the correct answer was, indeed, blackcurrant.
2. On What River was Babylon on? Tigris, no Euphrates, no Tigris, no,........ Euphrates!!!!
3. What City means, in Arabic, "Sanctuary"? Mecca, no Medina, no Mecca, no ......... Mecca!!!!!!
4. What was the name of the Wood in which Winnie the Pooh lived? See previous comments about Claire. Not only did she know the wood's name - she knew the entire back-story of the naming process.

Notable Incorrect Ones:

1. What is Limnophobia a fear of? Surprisingly, the answer is not a fear of the island of Limnos. And, incidentally, in the cold light of sobriety I now think that the island I was thinking of was "Lemnos", anyway.
2. What is the collective noun for a group of wood-peckers? Hint: it isn't a "Peck"
3. What band, when asked to mime on Top of the Pops in 1977 performed with their guitar strings removed in protest? We answered the Sex Pistols. Again in the cold light of sobriety, it occurs to me that while we were right on the money in thinking that this would be something the Sex Pistols would do - what the cock would they be doing on Top of the Pops?
4. What part of the Sphinx is, according to some emininent engineer whose name escapes me, likely to fall of by the year X - X being a number not much greater than 2007? The correct answer is not "The Beard". The correct answer is, in fact, the head. The entire goat-blighting head, no less.
   

¹To the reader now inclined to point out that the actual translation of the post title from the latin is more like "I came, wine, I conquered" - you are cordially invited to go and fuck yourself.

²Yay team Zion!!!!