Another night with Simon & Co., this time to the dodgy Kings Cross district for a pub quiz. This particular quiz had been selected because it was held at an Irish joint and some of the questions had a bit of a British bent.

A few of the questions I can remember:

• Which car manufacturer makes an ‘El Dorado’ model?
• What is the French word for ‘Scotland’?
• What was Johnny Rotten’s real name?
• What did a ‘wainwright’ make?
• What are the first 5 words of “American Pie”?
• On which body of water is Glasgow located?
• What musical of film and stage involved Sally Bowles of the Kit Kat Club?
• Where is “Home & Away” set? Where is it actually filmed?
• What is David Hasselhoff’s character’s (full) name in “Baywatch”?
• Name the 4 sovereignties that begin with ‘V.’

Under the team name of “The Good, The Blonde, and The Lanky” (Simon has freshly dyed blond hair, and the other two are tall and trim), we took first place and collected a prize of 50 drink vouchers — a retail value of roughly A$200.

There was also a special bonus question that involved some Heineken/Rugby World Cup schwag (cap, rugby squeeze, bottle cozy and soft-side cooler.) That question was “Which actor has appeared in all of the following films? Object of My Affection, Murder at 1600, Canadian Bacon, And the Band Played On, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Crimes and Misdemeanors…” I won that one. (It’s Alan Alda.)

So I guess I know where we’ll be next Monday night.

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