After two months of new names on the trophy, August’s picture round was called Order, Order! and the result followed suit. Cobley Wanderers won, and Friends of Maddie finished second. The natural order, some might say. Not Friends of Maddie, obviously.
It was the Wanderers’ third win of 2024, and nobody else had more than one.
By the numbers
When these two finish first and second, it’s usually the Wanderers in front, and August made it 7 to 3. Friends of Maddie’s eighth second place was double anyone else’s tally.
A flavour of the questions
The Olympics had just finished, so the quiz opened with a couple of Olympic questions. The Order, Order! picture round asked teams to sort lengths, weights, inventions and Nobel Peace Prize winners, and there was a round where if a bird wasn’t in the question, it was in the answer.
- OlympicsDo athletes run around the track clockwise or anticlockwise?
Answer: Anticlockwise - General knowledgeWhat are the prongs on a fork called?
Answer: Tines - General knowledgeAlphabetically, what’s the last village in Devon?
Answer: Zeal Monachorum - Order, orderPut these in order, earliest first: diesel engine, hovercraft, battery, Levi’s jeans.
Answer: Battery (1799), jeans (1850), diesel engine (1892), hovercraft (1955) - Order, orderPut these anniversaries in order, earliest first: crystal, pearl, china.
Answer: Crystal (15), china (20), pearl (30) - BirdsWhich instrument did the jazz musician Charlie Parker, known as Bird, play?
Answer: Saxophone - BirdsThe bummalo fish, salted and dried, is eaten as a relish called what?
Answer: Bombay duck - General knowledgeWhat is the name of Popeye’s baby boy?
Answer: Swee’Pea
And the wipeout round? Every single question was about Gary Numan or Gary Oldman, from Tubeway Army to Sirius Black. So by the time the traditional last question came round, nobody had any excuse at all.
The music round: country
Nine country classics, plus one from a modern star who started out in Nashville. Name the song and the artist. Yee-haw.
- Rhinestone CowboyGlen Campbell
- Stand by Your ManTammy Wynette
- (I Never Promised You A) Rose GardenLynn Anderson
- MeanTaylor Swift
- The GamblerKenny Rogers
- King of the RoadRoger Miller
- JoleneDolly Parton
- Folsom Prison BluesJohnny Cash
- Fortunate SonCreedence Clearwater Revival
- Take Me Home, Country RoadsJohn Denver
And finally
Next up was September, and a night of disco.
Every question from the night is in the questions archive, every winner is on the monthly winners board, and there are more photos in the gallery.