QUIZ RECAP

And lo, though t’were a slow night at the little pub called Lion & Crown, yea verily dids’t the people come therein.  For Lion & Crown was beknownst throughout the shire as host to the King Trivia Pub Quiz; Wherein, dids’t the people come to eat, and drink and play trivia. 

But on this night, though there be nor rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night (for the moon shone brightly), yet; There was dread upon the air!  Wot dread this be, none can say for twas not the dread of plague, nor war, nor ‘een the dread of frightful computer viruses…  T’were some, unnamable, intangible dread whose ephemeral fingers settled like a soft, silk sheet fluffed upon the air, then lit softly o’er the scene to fill the soul with apprehension…  Or, it could be that folks just stayed at home that night.  Don’t know.  Can’t say.  Just a feeling. 

 E’en so, when only four regular teams appeared, the Quiz Meister did beat about the land, mongering for players.  So pitiable was he that the publicans, Derek the Mighty and Nicholas the Serious formed their own team, (Da Bar) and threw their gauntlet upon the list!  And so the die was cast and Round One was just about to start when…  In they walked!  A lovely couple.  Bright, full of promise and optimism!  “Can we play?” they humbly begged.  Quiz Meister Llewellyn, emboldened and empowered by their fortuitous entrance asked, “What’s your team called?”  The lad looked lovingly at his nubile companion and asked, “What do we call our team?”  And the lovely lass spake saying, “Pick a name.  I don’t care.”  And her man, seizing the day proclaimed, “Pick a Name – I Don’t Care!” 

And so, the new comers, thus baptized Pick a Name – I Don’t Care!, eschewing the registry of Triviahood and sacrificing their two point bonus, went on to grab Third Place!  And lo, the dread was lifted, the patrons returned and the people rejoiced!  And they all lived happily ever after…   Until the following Thursday…