Brains exercised for gym club
Just X, a team of Raetihi living encyclopaedias, took first prize for the third time in the Ohakune quiz night recently. The team, Lou and Katheryn Most, Rosalind Foster and Nigel Gunn, amassed 88 & 1/2 points to beat the other 34 teams in the event, organised by Turoa Tumblers to raise funds. Second place were "Feylures" - Peter and Alison Barnes, Martin Fey and Stephanie Rodgers. Third were Whakken Wharry - Sue Murdie, Craig McDonald, Vera and Korty Wilson. The Ohakune Fire Brigade team did not come last. In past years an entertaining feature has been some of the bogus answers to quiz questions and this year the Tumblers decided to reward those with imagination, handing out bags of Minties to teams with the best. Some examples: Who killed Billy the Kid? - Bobby the Goat; Which is the warmest continent? Not ours. Where are a snail's reproduction organs? "Don't know but you can tell where they have been. Where is the Sea of Tranquillity? On our water bed, at the bottom of a Tequilla bottle, What is a Kassbohrer? the latest condom. What was Ruth Richardson's budget blowout figure? 42-38-36.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 436, 12 May 1992, Page 12
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