From Dogger Bank to Rockall to answers
February 17, 2011 in Gilligan's, Quizzes
Here are the answers to the questions posed in yesterday’s blog post.
As I said then, my team ended up winners on the night. Our 94 points was enough to leave us four points clear at the end. This margin was a good thing, for reasons I’ll explain in a moment.
My team-mates, Andrew, Colin and Aidan, all contributed to the win. Just for the record here are the things I learned at this quiz:
- The debris from a glacier is called a moraine (Colin)
- Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926 (Andrew)
- Roy Keane comes from Mayfield (Aidan)
- Silvio Berlusconi is the politician who is embroiled in the ‘Rubygate‘ scandal (the tired and emotional man at the next table)
It’s that last fact that is slightly bothersome. We didn’t know the answer, that’s true, but we didn’t seek it out. This chap was in the process of leaving the bar and, after putting on his coat, he glanced over at us and, presumably, saw the blank looks on our faces. So he just told us. Now, once you’ve heard the right answer, you can’t just forget it again! So we walked the moral tightrope and put it down on our answer sheet.
Still, I’m glad we didn’t win by a single point. 🙂
