pub quiz

okay so we got 19 last night – sounds good when you compare it to wendy’s pop teasers but we had 51 questions 🙁 so not an especially good score at all. Although we were down 3 team members so that just left dumb and dumber – aka 2 of 5 last night. Jack came too of course but he was no help – he just wandered the pub looking for snacks and strokes.

2 of the questions which stick out in my mind are…

Who was the 1972 Miss USA winner who went on to play wonder woman?

I got this one correct can you?

What does a cooper make?

We were stumped on this one can you?

All in all a good night though.

i think I may just redirect all my traffic to Ian

iansie.com tackles political correctness in the light of recent media attention.

I’ve decided I do not pay enough attention as I can hardly remember the conversation I have just had let alone one I had on Saturday. Either that or I’m just discovering I’m not quite so deep as I thought I was when I compared myself with ahem shallow people.

festive shag

last night in the pub we managed to discuss how shops are cashing in on christmas to the point of being absurd. Spence noticed sainsbury’s selling christmas scented bleach and then we decided in the style of turkey and stuffing crisps they could do turkey flavour condoms for when you are being stuffed with cranberry flavour lube. marketing mans dream us lot you know!

Lord of the Rings Vocabulary at toloth tAMPicirc;w

Hobbits Frodo, the hero, is a hobbit. Officially, they are about two to four feet tall, have pointed ears, oversized feet and curly hair.

Westron The dialect spoken by hobbits.

Halfling Slang for a hobbit.

Merry, Pippin and Samwise Frodo’s hobbit friends who help destroy the Ring so Lord Sauron can’t get his hands on it.

Gimli, Galadriel and Gandalf the Grey Not to be confused. Gimli’s a dwarf, Galadriel’s an elf and Gandalf’s a wizard.

Legolas, Arwen and Elrond Galadriel’s fellow elves. Just so you know, elves are immortal and grow wiser and more beautiful with age.

Mordor The place Frodo (our hero) must go to destroy the Ring.

Witch-king Leader of the Ringwraiths.

The Ringwraiths Remember the Dementors?

Middle-earth The land where The Lord of the Rings action happens.

Hobbiton, Bree, Weathertop and Wendell Locations within Middle-earth.

Nazgul and Blackriders Other names for Ringwraiths.

Anduril Sounds like a painkiller, granted, but is, in fact, the ancient sword used to cut the Ring from the Dark Lord’s hand.

Dark Lord Sauron Think Lord Voldemort, but scarier.

Sindarin dictionary which translates toloth tîw to 8letters 🙂