Wednesday, February 14, 2001

Four acts which must be carried out by the previous week's winners of the Retro Bar pop quiz:

1. Sit in the same place as last week, because:
a. it was lucky for you last week.
b. queens have fickle memories - they need the visual aid to be reminded who won last week.
2. Wait till someone shouts out across the crowded bar "no, the money didn't go last week - someone won a bottle of wine," before swaggering to the bar to collect your wine.
3. Carry the wine ostentatiously to your team, wine glasses clinking loudly. Then toast each other smugly.
4. Win again.

Well, three out of four ain't bad. And 18 out of 20 ain't bad either. But not enough. Our knowledge of crap British films with Boyzone theme tunes proved lacking, and I think that's something to be proud of.

Last night's quiz was movie-related, and contained some really quite complex questions: "You're going to hear two songs. Add the two together, and you'll get the name of a film star." For instance, they played "History Repeating" by Shirley Bassey, followed by "Thieves In The Temple" by Prince, making Shirley Temple. We failed on this one: the first clue was to take one of the names mentioned in "Starfish And Coffee" by Prince, the second was "I've Got A Girl" by Lou Bega. Name that film star! We couldn't.

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