Prizes all round!

A rainy Sunday evening greeted Quizmaster at Lizard Lounge this week, with just three teams competing for prizes on the evening. The question was, who would win which prize?!

We tried out something new this week as our Spot Prizes were introduced after round two and round four! The questions challenged players individually to compete against each other and hand in an answer after 30 seconds, rewarding the player closest to the number with a FREE cocktail.

Yasna and Sophie won our spot prize questions this week!

It tastes better when it's free.

After a thick 'n' fast bonus round of Advertising Slogans, regular quizzers Fact Hunts climbed to the top to claim their crown as quiz champions once again, winning a £30 voucher!

Best team name winners It's always great to win a £10 bar tab for being the only team without a prize :) combined forces to rack up 27 points and of course, their £10 bar tab!

Runners up Go on Ms. Loveheart cheered on trainee Quizmaster Danny, as he learned the ropes with Quizmaster Sam. They finished just two points behind our winners and were gifted a £20 voucher!

Quiz night resumes Sunday 1st March, at 7:30pm! Bring your mates!

Until next time South Woodford, drink while you think...

Sunday 22nd February 2015 scores:
1. 49 Fact Hunts
2. 47 Go on Ms. Loveheart!
3. 27 It's always great to win a £10 bar tab for being the only team without a prize :)

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Chigwell CASH!

Our Double or Nothing quiz challenged the patrons of Lizard Lounge this week, as they gambled their answers for the prizes on offer!

Six teams took part on the evening, as Lizard Lounge offered up their signature 2-4-1 cocktails & delicious 3-4-2 food dishes!

We saw the return of last week's winners the Shy Ted's, who finished up in fourth place this week. You can't win all the time!

Quiz regulars Get outta my pub won best team name, taking a £10 voucher for the prize!

Zoom zoom ma zoombie in ma mour mour a loombie finished up with 13 points...

They joined our winners Chigwell Gash in celebrating their win of a £30 voucher, as they gambled their way to victory!

This left trivia masters Fact Hunts in second place, gifting them a £20 voucher and a week's dose of heartache and shame.

It's all about the gamble on a double or nothing quiz! We return next Sunday at 7:30pm.

Until next time South Woodford, drink while you think...

Sunday 15th February 2015 scores:

1. 61 Chigwell Gash
2. 51 Fact Hunts
3. 48 Get outta my pub
4. 36 Shy Ted's
5. 22 Lucy Locket
6. 13 Zoom zoom ma zoombie in ma mour mour a loombie

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Article of the Week - Jeanne Calment

Jeanne Louise Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human lifespan on record, living to the age of 122 years, 164 days.She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, outliving both her daughter and grandson by several decades. Calment became especially well known from the age of 113, when the centenary ofVincent van Gogh's visit brought reporters to Arles.

Calment became the last living documented person born in the 1870s when the Japanese supercentenarian Tane Ikai (born 1879) died on 12 July 1995. Her lifespan has been thoroughly documented by scientific study. More records have been produced to verify her age than in any other case.

Calment was born in Arles on 21 February 1875. Her father, Nicolas Calment (28 January 1838 – 22 January 1931), was a shipbuilder, and her mother, Marguerite Gilles (20 February 1838 – 18 September 1924), was from a family of millers. She had an older brother, François, (25 April 1865 – 1 December 1962). Some of her close family members also lived an above-average lifespan, although none lived anywhere near as long as Jeanne: her older brother François lived to the age of 97, her father to six days shy of 93, and her mother to 86.

According to Calment, she met Vincent van Gogh at the age of 13, when he came into her uncle's shop to buy canvas in 1888. She found him to be "Dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable.

Calment's remarkable health presaged her later record. At age 85 (1960), she took up fencing, and continued to ride her bicycle up until her 100th birthday. She was reportedly neither athletic nor fanatical about her health.Calment lived on her own until shortly before her 110th birthday, when it was decided that she needed to be moved to a nursing home after a cooking accident (due to complications with sight) started a small fire in her house. However, Calment was still in good shape, and continued to walk until she fractured her femur during a fall at age 114 years 11 months (January 1990), which required surgery.

Calment smoked cigarettes from the age of 21 (1896) to 117 (1992), though according to an unspecified source, she smoked no more than two cigarettes per day towards the end of her life. After her operation, Calment needed to use a wheelchair. In 1994, age 119, she weighed 45 kilograms (99 lb).

Calment ascribed her longevity and relatively youthful appearance for her age to a diet rich in olive oil (which she also rubbed onto her skin), as well as a diet of port wine, and ate nearly one kilogram (2.2 lb) of chocolate every week. She also credited her calmness, saying, "That's why they call me Calment." Calment reportedly remained mentally intact until her very end.

On 4 August 1997, at 22:45 Central European Time, Calment died, aged 122. After her death, 116-year-oldMarie-Louise Meilleur became the oldest recognized living person.

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Do your homework!

Quizmaster Sam got our weekly trivia night underway at Lizard Lounge in South Woodford this week at 7:30pm sharp!

Seven teams took part this week, all vying for the lucrative bar vouchers on offer!

Newcomers Long Lie-In joined us all the way from Canada this week. Since they made such a long trip to the quiz we gifted them a £10 voucher for best team name! AND they learned that The Rolling Stones ARE English. Who'd thought it, eh?

Quiz regulars I killed Lucy Beale finished up as runners up this week, winning a £20 voucher!

Lizard Lounge offered up their delicious 3-4-2 food dishes until 10pm for all quizzers, including their delicious signature burgers and tasty mac 'n' cheese!

Elsewhere, The Tourists gathered 31 points as a duo in the game, seeing them finish third. Not bad for a double act!

But it was quiz regulars Gobi Desert White Water Rafting Team, who won our quiz this week with a smashing 43 points! They gained an advantage by reading our free hints on Facebook & Twitter prior to quiz. It's a winning formula people, do your homework!

We're back at Lizard Lounge next Sunday at 7:30 sharp!

Until next time South Woodford, drink while you think...

Sunday 8th February 2015 scores:
1. 43 Gobi Desert White Water Rafting Team
2. 40 I killed Lucy Beale
3. 31 The Tourists
4. 28 Bar Skittles
5. 27 Long Lie-In
6. 27 Roserie
7. 25 Loaders Ltd

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Article of the Week - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band best known for popularizing the southern hard-rockgenre during the 1970s. Originally formed in 1966 as the The Pretty Ones in Jacksonville, Florida, they then went through two name changes: The Noble Five and One Percent, before coming up with Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1968. The band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tunes "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird". At the peak of their success, three members died in an airplane crash in 1977, putting an abrupt end to the band's most popular incarnation.

In the summer of 1966, teenage friends Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington formed the earliest incarnation of the band in Jacksonville, Florida as My Backyard. The band then changed its name to The Noble Five. The band used different names before using One Percent during 1968.

In 1969, Van Zant sought a new name. The group settled on Leonard Skinnerd, a mocking tribute to a physical-education teacher at Robert E. Lee High School, Leonard Skinner, who was notorious for strictly enforcing the school's policy against boys having long hair. Rossington dropped out of school, tired of being hassled about his hair. The more distinctive spelling was being used at least as early as 1970. Despite their high school acrimony, the band developed a friendlier relationship with Skinner in later years, and invited him to introduce them at a concert in the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum.^[8] Skinner also allowed the band to use a photo of his Leonard Skinner Realty sign for the inside of their third album.

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Full house at Lizard Lounge!

A full house of quiz patrons greeted us at Lizard Lounge this Sunday, with nine teams of nearly 40 players gathering at the South Woodford bar & restaurant...

And it was double trouble this Sunday evening, as Quizmaster Sam introduced Quizmistress Tina to the crowd as a host!

We saw some newcomers, with Jon + Darren are the winners showing us that they haven't quite finished their formula to predict the future as they unfortunately finished up in sixth. Good effort for a duo though!

TEN time winners Fact Hunts failed to put together the numbers for a winning score this past Sunday, as 37 points saw them just miss out on a winning place. Failure is not an option for this hardcore quiz team, so it was time to go home and cry. Sorry lads! It was that bloody dog question!

Bloody canines!

Elsewhere, we saw Sky sky sky! finish in fifth place, acquiring 29 points as a dynamic duo!

It was the controversial (but hilarious) I wish this microphone was a giant horse cock! that took our best team name prize this week. The quiz regulars won a £10 voucher.

We also saw One smart bloke and a couple of retards take part in our quiz, finished in seventh with 22 points.

Mr. Competitive & Friends did enough to collect 38 points for the game, winning them a £20 voucher!

Newcomers The Japanese Slippers took our quiz by storm as they won with a massive 41 points!

We're back with our quiz night at Lizard Lounge next Sunday at 7:30!

Until next time South Woodford, drink while you think...

Sunday 1st February 2015 scores:

1. 41 The Japanese Slippers

2. 38 Mr. Competitive & Friends

3. 37 Fact Hunts

4. 32 I wish this microphone was a giant horse cock!

5. 29 Sky sky sky!

6. 25 Jon + Darren are the winners

7. 22 One smart bloke and a couple of retards

8. 19 Nul point

9. 14 Marcus + Co

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