Summer, as you know, is a quizzing wasteland. There must be something in the Irish psyche which is uncomfortable with being in a pub doing a quiz while it’s still bright outside. Not that we have any problem being in the pub in the first place, mind you.
So, anyway, September has arrived and already I’ve heard about three quizzes this week! Two of those were on last night (one in Ballinrobe, one in Castlebar) and it was off to Castlebar that we headed.
The quiz was held in aid of the ISPCA and it took place in Bar One on Rush Street. It’s a lovely place, by the way. The quiz was generally pretty easy, with the exception of the picture round (see below), which was pretty novel. It featured two audio rounds: one-hit-wonders and film clips. These were quite well done (and very loud!) albeit a bug cropped up in the dialogue round when the first 8 were replayed (as if that was all) before we were treated to clips 9 and 10 (and just once each at that).
There was also a ‘Tricky’ round. This was, alas, not a round based on one of Bristol’s most creative musicians, but one composed of 10 questions were from the great big book of riddly questions. Some that I can remember were:
- How many of each animal did Moses take on to the Ark?
- If you have 20 apples and you take away 4, how many have you?
- What happened in 1961 which won’t happen again until 6009?
- Why are 1939 pennies worth more than 1938 pennies?
- What cheese is made backwards?
- How many birthdays does the average person have?
- What word do all university graduates spell incorrectly?
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Right, seeing as we’re now back into the swing of the quizzing posts again, here’s the cart that follows that particular horse. As always, the answers can be viewed after the jump.
