We are the champions!!
 
We went to our old local last night with another couple, it's a nice, quiet village pub - that has 'activities' on every night of the week.

Last night was POP QUIZ NIGHT.

We weren't that bothered about entering, but were joking about the last (and only time) that we did - and won... and were nearly lynched for it.

They don't like 'non-regulars' winning these things. 
 
We were eventually pursuaded to enter by the manager, who knew one of our friends.
We came joint first, and had a tie breaker.  The other team were the Pub Champions, and there were 9 of them on their team.

So - the tie breaker.... the Quiz Master played a piece of music, and the first team to write it down and get the piece of paper to him won.

Easy.

The tune was 'China In Your Hands' by T'Pau.   Claire snatched the piece of paper off me and ran to the quiz master.  To calls of 'What chance have we got - she's half our age, there should be a handicap on that team'

!!

So - the Quiz Master changed the rules.  It wasn't a race.  Just get the piece of paper to him, and the first one to be wrong, was out.

??

Next tune was 'Manic Monday' by the Bangles.  Claire took the piece of paper and went to the Quiz Master. 

The other team were still sitting, with one member again grumbling 'What chance have we got.', with the other members still debating amongst themselves as to what the tune was...

The Quiz Master kept calling over to them - 'Come ON!  You know it.  I know you know it.  Think of an 80s, American girl band.'

All the time we were sitting there, laughing, a bit dumbstruck at such blatant cheating... wondering if we would be given the same amount of chances.

They eventually conceded defeat - and we won.

The prize?  8 pints of draught beer.  Or rather, vouchers for 8 pints of draught beer.
THEN the other team came over to us, complaining that we were closer to the speakers, and they couldn't hear anything... yadda yadda, and they've CHALLENGED US to go back for  the full quiz tonight, which is worth £50.  They made such a big deal of it all, that Claire felt sorry for them, and offered them our beer tokens!!
 
(I think not baby puppy!)

So - do we go tonight, and whup their arses, or let them stew?  Taking into considerating that they'll probably have their CHAMPION quiz team in attendance...

I think we'll let 'em stew.