Still winning was never the real point of going to the pub quiz, although it has now become an obsession so much that I am refreshing a random fact generator as we speak. Did you know that Green is the colour least used by plants in photosynthesis, therefore more light is reflected of the green pigments to our eyes making the plants appear green. The real point of going to the Quiz is to meet up with some really cool people have some fun, get drunk and then try and wake up for work the next morning. Note: I have now determined that 5 pints of Kronenberg is enough to get me reasonably drunk and still be able to get up easily the next day. The time I drank 12 Heineken was hell, Heineken gives me a headache in small doses but in those doses my head felt like there was a Frenchman living in it.
The beer is probably the reason why we don't do as well as we could in the Quiz. The "Other Team" are all slightly older and more sober than us which does help a lot. Also we all tend to think we know the answer to the questions which means we can need several minutes to thrash out the arguments for a particularly contentious question. Also we do quite well in the music rounds usually, which is bad because it doesn't count towards the overall score and you get a free shooter for every answer you get right.
However despite the humiliation each week it is really good fun. I think I enjoy it more than a full blown night out in many ways (mainly because I am a lazy arsehole and the opportunity to sit down and get drunk appeals).
The Music section:
Last week I had two songs highlighting my earlier musical days and also what that developed into. This week I thought I would continue that with my love of instrumental guitar music. The song below is Always With Me, Always With You by Joe Satriani. This the first instrumental guitar song that I learnt to play, back when I was in school. Playing this song I became the first person ever at my rather old fashioned school to get to the final of our annual music competition. I entered myself in the strings section, against some very decent classical musicians and won, this didn't go down to well as it meant that there wouldn't be a senior violinist etc. at the end of year concert. So they made a new category for the guitar for the first time, something which they have kept going ever since. I didn't win the overall prize but I enjoyed the experience of being able to show some rather old fashioned people a snippet of what is possible on the electric guitar.
