Royal Park Golf Club Triva Night 2005

Est. 1903

Situated in picturesque Royal Park, the course is both attractive and challenging, only 3 kms from the city, with the honour of being possibly the only golf course with a tram and train line running through it. The Club has been the nursery for many golfers who went on to make a mark in the golfing world, including Peter Thomson (club champion at the age of 16, in 1945) who won the British Open 5 times, Gus Jackson and Mick Ryan. Peter and Mick were both included in the VGA's Victorian Team of the Century in 2002.

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TRIVIA NIGHT RESULTS
Friday August 12th 2005

Congratulations to all involved for a great night and raising over $1400 for the Club.

The Walsh Street Gang got away to a good start in Round 1 but were quickly overhauled by the Handicappers who proved far too good in the Music Round and then went away to a narrow win over the Cummaudo Family in second place. President's 2 performed an important task all night of holding the up teams up, but at least they were consistent with Round scores of 5, 6 1/2 and 6. When last seen they were proudly and gleefully drinking their prize for coming last. Click here to see a complete round up of scores for all teams for all rounds.

Overall winners:	Handicapper's team
NAGA (last placed team):	President's 2 team
Noise pollution award: (Loudest table)	Golf Pro Shop team - for constant impersonation of Lleyton Hewitt while answers were being read out - hitting their heads and screaming "Come On"
Einstein award: (Stupidest answer)	President's 2 team - for their answer to Q4 below)
Dummy spit award: (Most controversial player)	Alan Watts (from Walsh Street team) - for daring to incorrectly suggest the Trivia Master had added the scores up wrong.
Martian award: Weirdest answer)	Nine Holers team - for suggesting Caesar's wife had to be related to him (Q 6 below)
Heads 'N' Tails winner:	Bruce Fleming (from Handicapper's team) after a coin flip was required with Bronwyn Evans
Who am I? (Winner 1)	Jim Murphy - for guessing Peter Thompson
Who am I? (Winner 2)	Barry Coley - for guessing William Wills of Burke & Wills

Some of the stranger/funnier answers on the night include:	Correct answer in capitals, followed by funniest/weirdest answers.
1. Where, according to Greek mythology, do the Greek gods live?	MT OLYMPUS ( Endeavour Hills)
2. What word, starting with "a", is used to describe a chasm?	ABYSS (A hole)
3. In English, what is the name of New Zealand's national anthem?	GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND ( I'll Never Find Another Ewe)
4. What is the collective noun for a group of witches?	A COVEN (Wives) (A Convent - President's 2)
5. He only played 182 league games, but what AFL record does Collingwood's Ted Potter hold?	MOST GAMES WITHOUT A GOAL (Potted more women than any other AFL player - Walsh Street Gang)
6. According to the proverb, what did Caesar's wife have to be?	ABOVE SUSPICION (A good chef and a whore - Captain's) (A cook, a whore, submissive and a nursemaid - House Committee) (A Dominatrix - President's 2) (She and Caesar had to be related - Nine Holers)
7. What word, ending in "ism", is given to blurred vision?	ASTIGMATISM (Alcoholism)
8. In which civilisation did the greyhound breed originate?	EGYPTIAN (Sandown)
9. What is the world's oldest existing city?	JERICHO (Moe)
10. What term is given to money or gifts offered by the bride's family to the groom's family in a marriage arrangement?	DOWRY (A bribe)
11. If you ordered "pollo" in an Italian restaurant, what would you receive?	CHICKEN (The bill)
12. What is the collective noun for a group of moles?	A LABOUR (Answers included blondes/ a paradise/ a whore house/ a Kylie/ molecules/ molestations)
13. Based on recent research, what is the average number of minutes between a man's thoughts about sex?	EIGHT MINUTES (30 seconds - both Nine Holers and Captain's)