Rotary Quiz Night

It is slightly (way) past my bed-time. Well, not really -- just past my Worship of the Pajamas time. (j'adore les pajamas!)

Cardiff Bay Rotary has beaten Llandaff Rotary in the semi-finals and will now face Cardiff Rotary for the privilege of going to regionals. My role was Switzerland and overtly supported neither team as would have felt like betrayal of friends either way. As well, I would have been risking my ride home since it was with a Cardiff Bay person, even though am attached to Llandaff. Tricky business, you know. This was a very serious Quiz Night. Teams were not just willy-nilly, everyone is involved -- three members serve on each team and the remainder of us were in the audience. No faffing about and cracking jokes (unless you whispered -- we are being vewwy, vewwy quiet).

Questions were madly impossible. The first traffic lights were installed in Detroit in 1919. (will now be able to remember that since Oma was born in 1919! quite proud of self for coming up with mnemonic device.). Romania was the only former Soviet Bloc country to participate in the 1984 Olympics in L.A. DVD does not stand for "Digital Video Disk". A Mr. Sutter started the California Gold Rush in 1848 (it was phrased really obtusely or i would have known it). I did know that: the Battle of Antietam was in the American Civil War; the Great Plague in London was in 1665; and (although a guess, it still counts) for a 20th wedding anniversary, you get china.

Additionally, the Quiz Master was the picture of Al Ogden in, oh, 30-40 years. Quite eerie; and yet amusing! This can be a father-daughter practice-for-retirement activity after Eloise arrives in -- eek! -- less than 2 weeks? She'll be a brilliant child.

Have been invited to another Quiz on Saturday night. Shall have to see if can mentally and schedule-ly manage. We'll think about that tomorrow.

Although this is not me (to R), it is how I feel after eating crisps, pastys, tiny sausages, finger sandwiches and beer for dinner. Is actually picture of Emily's cat, Ollie, with tongue out, on a very hot day in the 'Port.

Other points of interest:
two people have told me today of their engagements. (if anyone else is loitering around to make it a trilogy, just go ahead and get it done with, so it can be catalogued in an orderly fashion in my head. at the moment, am looking at everyone quite suspiciously... Hoorah, though, to Katie B and Sam! May Katie not pick a horrid color of taffeta.).

the brown smudge is almost gone from my forehead.