Roleystone Theatre Quiz Night
Mon, 14 July 2003, 11:54 amWalter Plinge2 posts in thread
Roleystone Theatre Quiz Night
Mon, 14 July 2003, 11:54 amWHAT: Roleystone Theatre Quiz Night
WHEN: Saturday, July 12
WHERE: Roleystone Country Club, Roleystone (duh), WA
I just wanted to post a quick thank you to Roleystone Theatre, and especially Quiz Master/MC/organiser, Paul Treasure, for their Quiz Night.
The evening had an unusual, but enjoyable, format. Instead of ten rounds of ten questions, interrupted by the wait for tables to hand their answers in, Paul tried something different. There was a "Super Round" of 30 questions, followed by a "Super Round" of 20 questions. After a short interval, this was repeated. Each "Super Round" was broken up into mini-rounds of five themed questions.
Overall, the questions were very good. Some easy, obvious questions, some to make you think, and some that were bloody difficult! The winning table only got 70 out of 100. However, very few of the questions were ungettable - you usually had a chance of "working them out." (Although I could see the spirits sink at some of the older tables when Paul introduced his Harry Potter mini-round.)
It was fun to do the "Super Rounds" but I don't know how successful it was at saving time - the evening still finished close to midnight. I wouldn't have held the auction so close to the end of the evening, either, but that's a personal preference.
Huge kudos to the staff of the Roleystone Country Club. Believe it or not, at the end of the evening, just as the prizes were being announced, the venue was hit with a power blackout! The staff quickly came to the rescue with plenty of candles and a few torch-bearers.
Because of these unfortunate closing circumstances, Paul and his hardworking helpers (Peter, Steven, Nicola and others) didn't get the thanks they deserved. I just wanted to rectify that.
JB
WHEN: Saturday, July 12
WHERE: Roleystone Country Club, Roleystone (duh), WA
I just wanted to post a quick thank you to Roleystone Theatre, and especially Quiz Master/MC/organiser, Paul Treasure, for their Quiz Night.
The evening had an unusual, but enjoyable, format. Instead of ten rounds of ten questions, interrupted by the wait for tables to hand their answers in, Paul tried something different. There was a "Super Round" of 30 questions, followed by a "Super Round" of 20 questions. After a short interval, this was repeated. Each "Super Round" was broken up into mini-rounds of five themed questions.
Overall, the questions were very good. Some easy, obvious questions, some to make you think, and some that were bloody difficult! The winning table only got 70 out of 100. However, very few of the questions were ungettable - you usually had a chance of "working them out." (Although I could see the spirits sink at some of the older tables when Paul introduced his Harry Potter mini-round.)
It was fun to do the "Super Rounds" but I don't know how successful it was at saving time - the evening still finished close to midnight. I wouldn't have held the auction so close to the end of the evening, either, but that's a personal preference.
Huge kudos to the staff of the Roleystone Country Club. Believe it or not, at the end of the evening, just as the prizes were being announced, the venue was hit with a power blackout! The staff quickly came to the rescue with plenty of candles and a few torch-bearers.
Because of these unfortunate closing circumstances, Paul and his hardworking helpers (Peter, Steven, Nicola and others) didn't get the thanks they deserved. I just wanted to rectify that.
JB
Re: Roleystone Theatre Quiz Night
Tue, 15 July 2003, 08:16 amWalter Plinge
Oh... and of course a big congrats to Jarrod Buttery and those on his table for actually winning the Quiz Night...
Big Thank You to: Peter "Pear" Carr; Stephen Carr; Simon Gobby; George & Dianne Harrison; Marilyn Hermet; Daniel Ramsell; Nicola Oxley; Sherrill Wallis; Zyg Woltersdorf; the staff at Roleystone Country Club, and everyone else who helped.
Now that we've finished the Quiz Night we can worry about the Car Rally. 31st August 2003, Starting point is Roleystone Theatre. More details later...
Paul Treasure
Secretary
Roleystone Theatre
Big Thank You to: Peter "Pear" Carr; Stephen Carr; Simon Gobby; George & Dianne Harrison; Marilyn Hermet; Daniel Ramsell; Nicola Oxley; Sherrill Wallis; Zyg Woltersdorf; the staff at Roleystone Country Club, and everyone else who helped.
Now that we've finished the Quiz Night we can worry about the Car Rally. 31st August 2003, Starting point is Roleystone Theatre. More details later...
Paul Treasure
Secretary
Roleystone Theatre