David Cross is in the house everybody!

Quizmaster Sam was back this week to resume his pub quiz duties following his week off on holiday!
And we had six rounds of action packed trivia ready for our quiz hungry Londoners...

We had 8 teams of nearly 30 people gather at The Owl & Pussycat to take part in our Pub Quiz...

We had our first celebrity quizzer this week as Actor David Cross featured at our pub quiz, playing a part in the winning team of 'Sorry, I meant second place.' They won a £30 bar tab! 

Second place went to 'Made in Shoreditch' who won a £20 bar tab...

Best Team Name winner 'Lone Wolf Club' won Best Team Name prize of a £10 bar tab. Brilliant effort of 27 points from the one man team!

Last but not least we had 'It's only our 2nd date and you expect me to think of a team name?' featured in 8th place.

We are back next week at the same time of 8pm! Swing by for more triumphant drinking and thinking.

Until next time London, drink while you think...

1. 44 Sorry, I meant second place
2. 36 Made In Shoreditch
3. 31 Einsteins, Bitches!
4. 30 21A Represent
5. 27 Lone Wolf Club
6. 23 Monkey Tennis
7. 22 So Much Pleasure
8. 12 It's only our 2nd date and you expect me to think of a team name?

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Article of the Week - Keith Moon

Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician best known as the drummer of the English rock group the Who. He was noted for his unique drumming style and his eccentric, often self-destructive behaviour. In 2011, Moon was voted the second-greatest drummer in history by a Rolling Stone readers' poll. His drumming continues to be praised by critics and musicians.

Moon grew up in Alperton a suburb of Wembley, northwest London, and took up the drums during the early 1960s. After playing with a local band, the Beachcombers, he joined the Who in 1964 before they recorded their first single. Moon remained with the band during their rise to fame, and was quickly recognised for his distinctive drumming style. He occasionally collaborated with other musicians and later appeared in films, but considered playing in the Who his primary occupation and remained a member of the band until his death. In addition to his talent as a drummer, however, Moon developed a reputation for smashing his kit on stage and destroying hotel rooms on tour. He was fascinated by blowing up toilets with cherry bombs or dynamite, and by destroying television sets.

On 4 January 1970 Moon accidentally killed his friend, driver and bodyguard, Neil Boland, outside the Red Lion pub in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Pub patrons had begun to attack his Bentley and Moon, drunk, began driving to escape them. During the fracas, he hit Boland. After an investigation, the coroner ruled Boland's death an accident and Moon received an absolute discharge after being charged with a number of offences.

Those close to Moon said that he was haunted by Boland's death for the rest of his life. According to Pamela Des Barres, Moon had nightmares (which woke them both) about the incident and said he had no right to be alive.

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Article of the Week - Davide Gualtieri

Davide Gualtieri (born 27 April 1971) is a Sammarinese former footballer. He is best remembered for scoring the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup qualification history, against England on 17 November 1993.

In the match, which took place in Bologna, Italy, San Marino had the kick-off and the ball was quickly played through the inside-right channel. England defender Stuart Pearce attempted a back-pass to goalkeeper David Seaman. Pearce's pass was under-hit and Gualtieri ran on to touch the ball past Seaman. The goal was timed at 8.3 seconds, which remains the fastest World Cup goal scored in either qualifying or the finals. England took 20 minutes to equalise and eventually finished winning the match 7–1. Both England and San Marino failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup.

Gualtieri continued to play for the San Marino national team until 2000, when he retired due to injury. He now works as a computer salesman in San Marino.

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Neuken in de keuken with Jennifer Lawrence!

It was a full house this week at the Owl & Pussycat, as Quizmaster Trivia UK took charge of hosting its Quiz night to 9 teams of nearly 40 players...

And we had an array of teams taking part, including Ebola Cornflakes who ended up finishing in fourth place...

As well as Quiz + Beer who mustered up an impressive 40 points as a quiz duo at the East London Pub...

We also saw the familiar faces of The Quizards of Oz at The Owl & Pussycat in Shoreditch...

And then it went down to the wire, testing teams of great quizzical magnitude to really prove themselves as contenders... Unfortunately for MH370, Hide & Seek Champions they missed out on a prize by finishing in third place. They were still very enthusiastic to have a team photo though...

Our Best Team Name accolade went to Neuken in de keuken after they explained to the crowd that it means "F*cking in the kitchen" in dutch. Classy people. Very classy. They won a £10 bar tab for the name!

Finishing in second place with 46 points was Isis Isis Baby. The team won a £20 bar tab. Get in!

But our champions were surprisingly the duo of Jennifer Lawrence's Tits are surprisingly like my Mums. The team won a £30 tab as champions. Hooray!

Until next time London, Drink While you think...

Tuesday 2nd September 2014 scores:

1. 50 Jennifer Lawrence's Tits are surprisingly like my mums

2. 46 Isis Isis Baby

3. 42 MH370, Hide & Seek Champions

4. 40 Ebola Cornflakes

5. 40 Quiz + Beer

6. 34 The Quizards of Oz

7. 29 Mother Flakers

8. 27 Neuken in de keuken

9. 9 Let's get quizzical

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