MURKY WATERS

21st April 2024 Quiz Master John 0

MURKY WATERS Who knew that the Boat Race, established 1829, would suddenly become an extreme sport quite as dangerous as off piste skiing? Campaigners like St Fearghal have warned us for years of the idiocy of Britain’s unregulated privatised water industry. Now in the days before the Boat Race, the [ … click here to read more … ]

IRISH EYES

21st March 2024 Quiz Master John 0

IRISH EYES+ Bob Brewer closes this update reporting on a day of glory as English rugby held off the all conquering Irish in a classic Six Nations match. Could English National Hunt trainers do the same in the four day Cheltenham Festival? Well, on the Thursday, they could and did-five [ … click here to read more … ]

Six Nations 2024

17th March 2024 Quiz Master John 0

Six Nations 2024 Let’s get the Quiz out of the way first so that those wholly uninterested in my ramblings can move on. Q5 The FRENCH Ramos top scored with 65pts followed by Fin Russell on 55. Q6 IRELAND were worthy Champions. To the rugby enthusiast it seemed strange to [ … click here to read more … ]

The opening shots

15th February 2024 Quiz Master John 0

1)England finished third in the 2023 World Cup, the highest placed European side. But that owed much to a lopsided draw and convinced very few quizzers that England were a likely answer for Q6,where you are asked to predict the winning side in the Six Nations. The reasons for your [ … click here to read more … ]

Quizzers Line up 2024

8th February 2024 Quiz Master John 1

abbey allan 6666 ABREY DAN 6895 agnew john 6418 anderton ellis nathaniel 6810 anderton marian 6934 anderton nigel 6842 bains richard 6888 baird phil 6796 baker david 6836 baker julia 6800 bark ian 6845 bartram john 7001 bayliss karl 6812 bayliss scott 6842 beddis mark 6850 birch mark 6945 booth [ … click here to read more … ]

QUIZ TIPS 2024

1st January 2024 Quiz Master John 0

1)England scored thirteen tries in their five Six Nations games of 2023.Five of these came in the game against Italy at Twickenham. Your first question will be decided in Rome where you might hope Italy will put up a sterner defence, but based on their feeble performance in the World [ … click here to read more … ]

PRIZE DAY

21st November 2023 Quiz Master John 0

But first some heartfelt thanks. 1)To Henry the Webmaster at www.snedsquiz.net which adds so much to the gaiety of the nation. You could even visit to download your 2024 quiz RIGHT NOW. Henry is a man of so many interests- How does he find time to rescue a computing ignoramus like [ … click here to read more … ]