As many of you will already know, last night saw the final of the 16th Oxford Inter-Collegiate Quiz. As
chocaholic7 took some delight in pointing out, this was my seventh outing in that particular competition. The results can be seen
here.
In summary - we (SJC A) made it to the final fairly easily, and were then comprehensively out-played by Balliol. I can't really be terribly upset about the loss, though - not when we lost to such a very good team. It's appropriate that Balliol should win this year, as they'll be keeping the current trophy (which will be full with their name added again). Having won the competition six times in the last nine years, no one else deserves that trophy.
Highlights of Finals night:
- The person formerly known as
omap identifying 1963 on the basis of a white paper on railways, causing every quiz geek in the room to look at him and think "saddo."
- Questions on Radio 4!
- The Weakest Drink afterwards
As ever when thinking of the ICQ, many thanks go to the above-mentioned
chocaholic7, whose heroic efforts produced the questions for this year's competition and to
ktroo85, now officially known as Morris Oxford, who was the tournament director.