This evening was the Christmas quiz at Bath City’s clubhouse, Charlie’s.
About 12 teams took part, made up of 4 to 6 members each, with a variety of knowledge and ranging from ages 18 to 80.
My 4-man team finished 4th overall, just missing out on the prizes of mince pies and bottles of Carlsberg.
Questions we were proud to get right included, ‘What is the capital of Turkey?’ with nearly every team, apart from us, choosing Istanbul. The answer is, of course, Ankara (although I didn’t know that!)
Controversy was rife after the question ‘What Christmas song did John Lennon perform with Yoko Ono?’ Apparently the answer Happy Christmas (War Is Over) was not good enough as the late Beatle abbreviated his song title to Happy Xmas (War Is Over).
There was confusion over the question ‘What was the name of the snowman in the song Winter Wonderland’ with our suggested answers ranging from Charlie Brown to Farmer Brown. We failed to get the correct name of Parson Brown.
I offered a fair contribution to my team, knowing that The Darkness sung ‘Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End)’, the kids’ carol telling the story of Mary and Joseph’s trip to Bethlehem is ‘Little Donkey’ and, most embarrassing, the Crimbo song on Susan Boyle’s album is ‘Silent Night’…. this was a pure guess (honest). I did NOT buy or even illegally download her album… and that wasn’t a hint for anyone to buy it for me.
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Butchers, bakers, candlestick makers – you took one hell of a beating! gave me one hell of a scare!
An unjust score line and a match which, until the final 10 minutes, gave millions of Leeds fans worldwide, including myself, a major fright!
Still, we must keep the faith in the holy one that is Simon Grayson (Leeds manager). Just like when Moses parted the sea, Jesus turned water into wine and Noah built the ark; Saint Grayson this evening called upon his disciples Mike Grella, Tresor Kandol and Jermaine Beckford to score four goals in 11 minutes and turn a humiliating cup exit into a thrashing.
This paves the way for Simon, Mike, Tresor and Jermaine to continue their FA Cup success into January and face Lucifer’s representation on Earth – Alex Ferguson and his demons at Manchester United.
Hopefully next month good will overcome evil and Leeds will win 🙂
As everyone’s favourite evil dictator, Hitler, found out last week, Bath City will be playing Braintree away tomorrow night.
Unfortunately, this fixture is going to have to be put on the very small list of matches I will not be attending this season.
If I was valiant enough to make the effort, I would need to be at Twerton Park by 2pm, where I would return after the game some 12 hours later. Not worth it (even for Bath City), especially as I have no annual leave or lieu time left (having booked all of Christmas off and am starting my new job in January).
Luckily my Tuesday evening will not be totally without excitement – Leeds play Kettering in the FA Cup Replay, and best of all, it’s televised. Thank you, ITV.
A final warning for those making the trip – don’t expect an enthralling victory for City. Since I have started regularly attending away games, the few matches I have missed in recent years have all been worth avoiding…
Tue 12th Aug 08 – Maidenhead (away) – Drew 0-0
Sat 6th Sep 08 – Havant (away) – Drew 0-0
Sat 20th Dec 08 – Welling (away) – Lost 2-1
Sat 28th Feb 09 – Basingstoke (away) – Lost 1-0
Tue 6th Oct 09 – Bridgewater (away) – Lost 3-0
Sat 31st Oct 09 – Bromley (home) – Drew 0-0
No victories and, coincidentally, the four most recent games (including tomorrows) all against team’s whose name starts with the letter ‘B’.
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