Barking Mad Quiz Night

A review of sorts – Barking Mad Charity Quiz Night

On the evening of Saturday 6th April, Broom village hall was packed.  Just over one hundred of us, friends, villagers and customers of Barking Mad, turned out for quiz night.  The hall was set, and in we all trooped (with food and alcohol aplenty), for an evening of quizzical fun and fund raising.    

We were ‘Team Doggie Style' (aka Friday 12.30 class), and you might have noticed us industriously and quietly setting up our table; Burgeoning with champagne, vodka jelly, table confetti, Tia Maria profiteroles, candles, cocktails, and all manner of other luxurious party nibbles and other essential quiz team paraphernalia.  A quiet and unassuming bunch, we dressed in a befitting manner (tuxedos, suits, tweed and evening dresses) and chose a table near the back of the hall where we blended in inconspicuously. The scene was set and the quiz was on!  

All in, there were seventeen teams and the quiz kicked off with a picture round of 'name the celeb with a dog', followed by a written round of 'cat' related questions. Then there were a number of rounds of general knowledge and trivia covering all sorts of topics – from books, to sport and music.  Questions were asked and we even managed to answer a few (and with a modicum of success).  

The night was going well and the volume and high jinx got higher. The charity collection buckets were passed around, and the raffle was in such demand that tickets sold out before sales even got to our part of the hall! Some fantastic prizes had been donated and the tickets went like hot cakes.   A game of  'heads or tails' was played and the lucky winner bagged a cash prize.  (Alas, this was not me; I did manage to get down to the last three and can now conclude that standing on a chair at the front of the hall did nothing to aid my attempt to scoop the cash bounty.  I will employ better tactics next time)!

The atmosphere was good and the quiz rolled on to its end with ‘team Aguilera’ coming out on top (69 points).  Well done guys!  In second place were ‘team confused.com’ (66 points) and in third place ‘team 2Tired’ (65 points).  We,  ‘team Doggie Style’, came in 6^th, which isn’t half bad (all things considered).

All in all, a very successful and enjoyable evening; Big thanks to all the organisers, to Les for co-ordinating (and trying to keep some order), to all who donated raffle prizes, to those who helped setting up/clearing away - and to all who attended and took part.  We raised a total of £583.63 for a very worthy cause - St Johns Hospice in Moggerhanger.  A job well done and a great night out to boot!

Check out the photo's on the Barkingmaddts Broom Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/barkingmaddts.broom?fref=ts

You might just find a picture of your own smiling face posing reluctantly with a small yellow Easter Chick on your head!

Donna Armitage

‘Team Doggie Style’

Friday 12.30 Class