Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar: The Nights Gig

Friday 23 January 2009

The Nights Gig

You know, I can tell if the ‘AKA’s’ are having a slightly difficult week; – Neil, Steve and Dave do what they did tonight, and come with first with a score of less than sixty. OK, they got fifty-nine, but that sport round didn’t help …

It didn’t help ‘The Noble Pedants, either, with their second place score of fifty-three, either, although the GBB –Becky herself, with Michelle, Mat, David, Aurora and Mark, in the next two photos, under them, didn’t do too badly off the back of it, with forty-nine points, and three points for that round. The ‘Domestic Blisters’ –and, BOY, do I wish they’d keep their name consistent, bless ’em – came in fourth, with thiry-four points, with the ‘Steam Brains’ –the effectively renamed ‘Joyce’s Gang’– bringing up the rear, with 32•5 points. And they’ve been known to do well …

Anyway, just so you know, tnext weeks bonus is at £14•50 –all good, as far as I’m concerned– as a result of this; – “Austropotamobius pallipes is the only species of what, native to Britain?” It’s Britain’s only native crayfish, and also known as the White Clawed, or Atlantic Stream, Crawfish.

Moving on, here’s tonight’s President Obama table round.

Q1) In 1979, Barack Obama graduated Punahou High School; – in which Hawaiian town is this school?

A1) Honolulu

Q2) In which animated state capital did Barack Obama announce his candidacy for the President of the United States?

A2) Springfield, Illinois.

Q3) Who has Senator Obama pick as his vice-presidential candidate?

A3) Senator Joe Biden.

Q4) Obama says that his alternate career choice would have been what; – Pastor, Architect, Doctor, Lawyer or Psychologist?

A4) Architect.

Q5) Who has Barack Obama recently named as his Secretary of State?

A5) Hilary Clinton

Q6) How many Grammy’s has Barack Obama won?