In the last six years I've attended the
Bailey Pub Quiz over 200 times. It has been a staple of my Monday nights. During all this time my team and I have won a startling, zero times. That's correct, zero times, despite the fact that we're all university educated young professionals. However in an astonishing change of fortune we finally won last night. There were some premonitions of this momentous event: a win (eight bottles of wine) at the Wexham Park Pub Quiz on the 22nd, and second place (£30) at the Bailey on the 25th. However finally last night we avenged years of pain and humiliation with a glorious £70 win. (Actually we're still smarting from the time
The Guardian "Dream Team" of quiz champions destroyed us.) To celebrate I thought I'd challenge you with some of last night's more inventive questions:
Which word can follow mid, fort, and over to make three new words?
What was Casanova's first name?
How many one-way streets were there in London in 1827?
What was Horatio Nelson's illegitimate daughter called?
In which US state is Brownsville?
Which Cluedo weapon begins and ends with the same letter?
Answers in the comments as ever.
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