September 19 2004 - Inter Society Quiz
The five teams taking part in this year’s quiz were Huddersfield, Barnsley, Hull, York and, new-comers, South Lincs. Mike Shepherd was the quizmaster and with his usual jovial humour he managed to put the contestants at ease and provide some ongoing entertainment. Almost an hour of questions made up the first half. Rapidly fired at the fifteen individuals, they could pick from categories of Magical History, Magical Literature, Magical Dealers, General Magic and Magicians, Old and New. A quick interval provided much needed refreshment, with a veritable feast laid on by our friendly innkeeper, Dave, and enjoyed by the teams, local supporters and visiting friends.
Mike started the second half by showing various replica magic posters and he asked the teams to come up with the date of the subject of the poster. Examples included Kellar’s Golden Butterfly (1906), Nelson Downs – King of Koins (1900), Chung Ling Soo and his Ten Assistants (1905) and the Davenport Brothers Cabinet Séance (1865). The second half closed with one more round of individual questioning. Then it was time for the scores, in reverse order, South Lincs., York, Barnsley, runners-up Huddersfield, and the winning Hull team of Arthur Setterington, Eddie Dawes and Richard Morrell. Second place Huddersfield were the proud recipients of the now legendary CD, and if you are passing through Huddersfield listen for the sounds of Scottish Bagpipe melodies! And for first place Hull received the Castle Magic Quiz Trophy, and each team member an ornamental paper-weight.
Throughout the evening Mike also ran an audience quiz, including the question ‘Who is the current I.B.M. International President?’ The fact that Tony Wilson, the current I.B.M. International President, happened to be sat in the audience was no coincidence, I wonder if he got that one correct? The audience quiz came down to a tie-break between Jan Stott, and Roxanne Broadbent, Jan finally relented when she found out the prize was… a Scottish Bagpipe CD and a Paper-weight!The whole evening was being video taped by Bernard Reuben to show to our member Chris Pawson who is currently too ill to attend meetings. Eddie thanked the other teams, and quizmaster Mike for another superb evening of fun and camaraderie.
Mike started the second half by showing various replica magic posters and he asked the teams to come up with the date of the subject of the poster. Examples included Kellar’s Golden Butterfly (1906), Nelson Downs – King of Koins (1900), Chung Ling Soo and his Ten Assistants (1905) and the Davenport Brothers Cabinet Séance (1865). The second half closed with one more round of individual questioning. Then it was time for the scores, in reverse order, South Lincs., York, Barnsley, runners-up Huddersfield, and the winning Hull team of Arthur Setterington, Eddie Dawes and Richard Morrell. Second place Huddersfield were the proud recipients of the now legendary CD, and if you are passing through Huddersfield listen for the sounds of Scottish Bagpipe melodies! And for first place Hull received the Castle Magic Quiz Trophy, and each team member an ornamental paper-weight.
Throughout the evening Mike also ran an audience quiz, including the question ‘Who is the current I.B.M. International President?’ The fact that Tony Wilson, the current I.B.M. International President, happened to be sat in the audience was no coincidence, I wonder if he got that one correct? The audience quiz came down to a tie-break between Jan Stott, and Roxanne Broadbent, Jan finally relented when she found out the prize was… a Scottish Bagpipe CD and a Paper-weight!The whole evening was being video taped by Bernard Reuben to show to our member Chris Pawson who is currently too ill to attend meetings. Eddie thanked the other teams, and quizmaster Mike for another superb evening of fun and camaraderie.
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