Trivia night

Sue & I attended a trivia night organised by the girls' school on Saturday night - as with all schools, they have a 'P&C' committee (Parents & Citizens Association) who organise the occasional evening event, although this is the first we had attended. We had arranged a table of 4 couples, only one of whom were Aussies, so we had a distinct disadvantage on some questions and we're sure we were also up against some tables using mobile phones and Internet connections!

Many of the questions were challenging and although our table didn't finish last, we weren't far from it! The quiz was organised and run by an external group of people and the lady MC was quite strident and 'full on' so we felt verbally battered by the end of the evening! There was also a range of silent auction items around the hall - mostly sporting - including a signed Don Bradman bat, but unfortunately we'd hadn't brought enough money for the opening bid of $1,300 (about £600 at the current exchange rate)!

Still, the school must have made a lot of money for the evening (which will mostly go towards the canteen renovations) and we had a good social evening with the other couples.