The event was aimed at raising funds, and also the profile, of Compassion, the charity which aims to combat domestic abuse and support victims in the Babergh area. Charity Administrator, Elaine Jones, who worked really hard to make the evening a success, is shown here with the Volunteer co-ordinator Caroline and two of her colleagues.
I am not really able to comment much on the quiz itself. About two weeks ago our preferred Quiz master, Bryn Hurren, was taken ill, and we had to decide whether to go ahead or cancel the event. Since, after a slowish start, ticket sales had picked up strongly I took my life in my hands and offered to act as Quiz Master. Nick devised an excellent electronic scoring display on the computer and we decided to give it a go.
I enjoyed making up the questions, and I don't think anyone found them impossibly hard, although those who were hoping for questions on pop music and sport would have been rather disappointed. I was troubled in advance by a couple of e mails from well wishers warning me of the dire consequences of making the questions too difficult. I did however try to make the quiz a little different by creating rounds where the emphasis was broader than the usual categories of ' History' 'Geography' etc. I hope this made the process more interesting and instructive for all. It certainly made playing the joker more tricky for some.
Two teams were very close in the end, both scoring over 50 marks out of a possible 70, but the team seen below, Alison and David Carse, Frances and Roland Bee, Fran Gregor Smith and Tim Harbord (temporarily absent from the table), just pipped Elaine Henson's team to the winning spot.
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