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LOST THE GAME – WON THE QUIZ – AGAIN!

LOST THE GAME – WON THE QUIZ – AGAIN!

March 24, 2022

AFTER A DISAPPOINTING EVENING WHEN TROJANS 3 WERE HAMMERED BY RUGBY RAGE 86-46 THE MAIN EVENT SAW THE VETERANS’ QUIZ TEAM TAKE TO THE LOUNGE IN THE NEWLANDS PUB IN TILE HILL FOR THE DEFENCE OF THEIR QUIZ MASTERS TITLE.

HAVING WON FOUR TIMES IN SIX WEEKS THERE WERE AUDIBLE GROANS WHEN THE PLAYERS FINALLY STARTED ARRIVING ALBEIT A LITTLE LATER THAN USUAL AFTER A GAME WHICH DRAGGED ON AND ON, STIPPLED WITH FOULS – 35 OF THEM IN ALL, AND WHICH BROUGHT LITTLE FOR THE HOME SIDE TO CELEBRATE, OTHER THAN A FINE OPENING QUARTER WHICH SAW THEM 23-24 DOWN.

THE REST OF THE GAME WAS FORGETTABLE AS RUGBY ASSERTED THEMSLEVES WITH GUNTARS TRABLIKS HITTING 39 ON HIS OWN AS TROJANS WENT OUT LIKE THE TIDE.

HOWEVER, BACK IN TROJANS’ SECOND HOME, THERE WAS A THRILLING FINISH TO THE QUIZ WITH NO FEWER THAN THREE TEAMS ENDING LN 61 POINTS AND LEVEL PEGGING, WHICH PROMPTED A TIE-BREAKER.

THE TENSION MOUNTED AS THE TRIO ALL GUESSED THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, AND CAME UP WITH EXACTLY THE SAME WRONG ANSWER. SO TIE-BREAK NUMBER TWO, WHICH WAS “IN WHICH YEAR DID ALCOHLICS ANONYMOUS HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING?”

THE THREE RETORTS WERE ALL DIFFERENT THIS TIME – 1922, 1937 AND 1950.

THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS 1935 AND THE NEAREST WAS – TROJANS BASKETBALL!!!!

SO FINALLY, A WIN ON THE NIGHT FOR THE CLUB, BUT WHAT A SHAME THEY WERE NOT ENJOYING A DOUBLE CELEBRATION!