Movie Quiz II: The Bloodening
April 5, 2011 in Movies, Quizzes
Do you recognise her?
Kelly’s Bar, Galway, hosted the second quiz in their late-in-the-year movie series last night. We were the defending champions, having beaten off all competition last month, when the quiz was initiated (or perhaps resurrected, for those of us with long enough memories).
By half-time, we pretty much knew that we wouldn’t be winning again. By then, we were in fourth following a shocker of a round – 5/10 in ‘Film Scores’. Just like the All-Ireland final last November, one (terrible) round was to prove the difference between winning and not winning.
That said, we did manage to grab third place. We actually ended up in joint-third, on 66/80. Mind you, we thought we’d scored 67* but, no matter, our main man Mike bravely went up to the stage to take part in a play-off. The tie-breaker was to involve the playing of yet another film score excerpt. As soon as one of the guys taking part put up their hand the music would stop and they could give an answer. However, if they got it wrong, the other side automatically won. I don’t think Mike will be too offended if I suggest that the tune they did play (the theme from Bridge On the River Kwai) was towards the easy end of the spectrum and, sure enough, he won the race to get his hand into the air. 
