Same top two as April, same order. Cobley Wanderers won again and Friends of Maddie finished second again.
That made it two in a row for the Wanderers, and the first team in 2024 to win more than once.
By the numbers
Friends of Maddie were starting to collect second places the way some people collect beer mats. Their seventh was the most of anyone by a distance.
A flavour of the questions
The picture sheet was honestly titled the erroneously named Picture round, because it had no pictures at all: just missing words from Oranges and Lemons, famous opening lines of novels, and lost Scottish place names. There was also an alphabet round heavy on geography.
- General knowledgeWhat is a toque blanche?
Answer: A chef’s hat - General knowledgeName the two Monopoly streets with colours in their names.
Answer: Whitechapel and Whitehall - Alphabet roundWhat’s Italian for 500? The Fiat might help.
Answer: Cinquecento - Alphabet roundWhich berries give gin its main flavour?
Answer: Juniper - General knowledgeThe two halves of a coat of arms have names beginning with S and D. What are they?
Answer: Sinister and dexter - General knowledgeWhich famous children’s book is about a caveman living in a rubbish tip?
Answer: Stig of the Dump - General knowledgeSpell Johannesburg.
Answer: J-O-H-A-N-N-E-S-B-U-R-G - General knowledgeWhich element has the chemical symbol Sn?
Answer: Tin, from the Latin stannum
The wipeout round was all things Man, from Manhattan and Manfred Mann to the Isle of Man and the Michelin Man. And then, as ever, the two Garys.
The music round: 8-bit
Ten famous songs, played as if by an old games console. Name the song and the original artist. Strangely catchy, every one.
- FlashQueen
- AfricaToto
- Billie JeanMichael Jackson
- WonderwallOasis
- Don’t Bring Me DownElectric Light Orchestra
- Down UnderMen at Work
- HappyPharrell Williams
- ManeaterHall and Oates
- Riders on the StormThe Doors
- Personal JesusDepeche Mode
And finally
Next up was June, and a rare Saturday night quiz for the Village Fayre.
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.