Post by Chara Damian on Feb 20, 2020 16:10:11 GMT
Mention of blurts in the comments on the Home Page prompted me to try and start a thread about favourite blurts we may recall from Withquizzes recent and not so recent.
I'll kick off:
Going back a good few years now, back when we were still quizzing in the big front room (parlour would sound inappropriately posh) of the White Swan, I remember being asked to quote the next line that followed on from "Stands the clock at ten to three" from Rupert Brooke's famous poem, "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester". Without missing a beat, and without a single thought about any sugary substance of an insectivorous origin, I called out confidently, "And are there buttered scones for tea?" and was utterly dumbfounded not to be awarded an immediate "two" and have it thrown over for a steal to our smug, giggling opponents. The looks on my fellow Charas' faces might have prompted a poem of another kind but I remain dumbfounded to this day.
Come on Rupert, surely buttered scones are much more mouth-watering and traditionally English than boring old honey???
So, any other takers with similarly amusing recollections of things you confidently thought you knew only to find to your consternation that you didn't know as much as you thought you did?
I'll kick off:
Going back a good few years now, back when we were still quizzing in the big front room (parlour would sound inappropriately posh) of the White Swan, I remember being asked to quote the next line that followed on from "Stands the clock at ten to three" from Rupert Brooke's famous poem, "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester". Without missing a beat, and without a single thought about any sugary substance of an insectivorous origin, I called out confidently, "And are there buttered scones for tea?" and was utterly dumbfounded not to be awarded an immediate "two" and have it thrown over for a steal to our smug, giggling opponents. The looks on my fellow Charas' faces might have prompted a poem of another kind but I remain dumbfounded to this day.
Come on Rupert, surely buttered scones are much more mouth-watering and traditionally English than boring old honey???
So, any other takers with similarly amusing recollections of things you confidently thought you knew only to find to your consternation that you didn't know as much as you thought you did?