Universally Challenged

Never was the phrase “Out of the Cup to concentrate on the League” more appropriate as the Millers made it consecutive first round exits from the Village Quiz.

Manager Laddy was left fearing the worst, in more danger than Rafael Benitez for the chop, after his squad rotation system backfired.

Boss Hogg Leggy kept his place as captain, on the grounds that if you can’t win fairly, then cheat. Club President Barry Baker was drafted in to help with questions from ‘during the war’. Laddy dropped himself to the bench to allow his better half Vicky to answer questions on cooking. Whilst somehow Drurs kept his place for smiling vacantly.

Up against the Local History Society we were delighted that the first round was on ‘pubs’. Drurs answered his only question of the night, correctly identifying ‘The Air Hostess’ as Tollerton’s public house.

Unfortunately the next round was on Latin, which played right into the hands of our venerable opposition. However, Vicky amazed us with a ‘bona fide’ knowledge of phrases: later revealing an A-Level in the subject. Pizza Express was the nearest the rest of us had come to Latin culture.

‘On the buzzer’ plumbed new depths of general ignorance, but Vicky kept the scores respectable with more right answers. Barry managed to score one over the quizmaster, correctly asserting that Notts County is the oldest club in the world, not just England.

In the end we lost 56-45, almost doubling our score from last year, but leaving the Chairman of Selectors with much remedial work for next year.

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