MCC quiz night run down
MCC Quiz night run down
MCC held a quiz night on the last Saturday evening of the school holidays. For this reason, we did wonder how many people we’d get, but we needn’t have worried. Riverside Cafe, where the quiz was held, was packed and overflowing! We had over 50 people with 8 teams. What a great turn out!
Glen Barthgate was our quiz master and he did a great job at keeping things moving, with a few laughs thrown in while warding off arguments about the answers…. along with the odd complaint about the very specific nature of some of the questions! Good on you Glen!
The Outsiders, made up of a team of mostly Moutere residents, surged ahead. They called themselves that because we actually couldn’t fit their table in the main cafe and they had to sit in the outside area. But that didn’t seem to affect their points!
Other teams included a group from Dovedale, Pokororo, Brooklyn, and Riverside. Here they all are:
There were questions about German settlers to the area, the length of rivers including the Motueka, and the obligatory music round.
It was a noisy evening while everyone debated answers and ate the lovely platters provided by the Riverside / Komitimiti people.
In the end the Outsiders kept their lead, winning by a fair margin. In a late dash helped by some great music knowledge, the Brooklyn BOMB squad ended up in second place after struggling somewhat with the earlier rounds.
We had some lovely prizes to give out. These went to 1st and 2nd place getters, along with some raffle prize winers. Prizes included:
- Bottles of wine from Anchorage Family Estate
- Beauty products from Nora Biocosmetics
- Glen’s blistering tongues hot sauce
- Some vege seedlings from Crafted Earth
Ngā mihi nui to all who came and supported this fun event celebrating and learning about the Moutere and Motueka catchments.
Thank you also to the Riverside Komitimiti crew who supported MCC with this event with a lovely venue and yummy food and service. Make sure you check out what the Kōmitimiti Riverside Cafe has coming up.