The evening was of course devoted to the Quiz, an event organized and very efficiently run by Dianna and Donna. The latter’s introduction included an invitation to inspect the facility and to direct us to the table d’hôte. There were liberal libations to be enjoyed before we sat down to a quiz of a decidedly esoteric nature. As on a previous occasion, the questions were fair and unbiased, though our learned quiz-mistress had to exercise on occasion the final determination of unwarranted objections with a firmness which we have all learned to know and love. Your correspondent does not recall the names of the tables and teams (though some were of a decidedly singular type - 2 Englishmen and 3 Visigoths, or something like that, and the Lucky Duckies are but two examples) but it was easy to discern the pattern of the evening, inasmuch as the group that had the lead throughout was demonstrably the youngest collectively by about five decades as opposed to the remnant). This is not to forment a cry of age-discrimination, but for his own part your correspondent had great difficulty in recollecting details of Canadian legislative history and popular music of the 70’s and 80’s, this not because of a failure to recognize the music in the case of the latter, but a complete failure to come up with anything satisfactory within the nano-seconds our quiz-mistress permitted for responses.
It seems only reasonable to conclude the issue of the quiz itself by saying that the best team undoubtedly prevailed. But, more importantly, it was a very well organized (and actually instructive on the part of Donna in taking us on a short tour of what appears to be a happy and comfortable home for many residents) and suitably difficult quiz, very expertly managed by Dianna, but to whom a stentorian voice was more of a necessity than she would have perhaps liked. Many thanks are due to both Donna and Dianna (who amongst you knows of a relatively unknown opera ‘Donna Dianna’ by the the worthy Reznicek? Be it known the the last-named is not the only one with a knowledge of obscure and unneeded factoids!).
It seems only reasonable to conclude the issue of the quiz itself by saying that the best team undoubtedly prevailed. But, more importantly, it was a very well organized (and actually instructive on the part of Donna in taking us on a short tour of what appears to be a happy and comfortable home for many residents) and suitably difficult quiz, very expertly managed by Dianna, but to whom a stentorian voice was more of a necessity than she would have perhaps liked. Many thanks are due to both Donna and Dianna (who amongst you knows of a relatively unknown opera ‘Donna Dianna’ by the the worthy Reznicek? Be it known the the last-named is not the only one with a knowledge of obscure and unneeded factoids!).
winners: FUNCTIONAL DISFUNCTIONALS
TEAM GRANT
LUCKY DUCKIES
BLINKING BOTTLES
3 BRITS + 2 IMPORTANT PEOPLE
THE ALCOHOLIDAYS
