Annual Charity Quiz – Feb 25th 2022
The annual PPA Quiz (sponsored by Clive Emson Auctioneers) was a fantastic full-house of members and guests, as they battled their wits against amazing questions set by our Chair Sam and delivered by the quizmaster Rob Marchant.
This year’s venue was the Portchester Community Centre, and the hall was full with eager quiz contenders, 25 teams (of up to 4 people) all eager to be the winner of the prestigious Charity Quiz trophy, and all were wondering if Churchers Solicitors would retain the trophy, with a hat-trick win this year?
With approximately 100 attendees, supporting this evening, we were able to sell over 750 raffle tickets (raising over £600 pounds) towards the grand total of £1,324.11 ! With special thanks to our sponsor Clive Emson Auctioneers, providing their sponsorship and support for the event.
Would you have known, “What animal is the Canary Islands named after?” … or “Which Island is larger, Hayling Island or Portsea Island?” … these were the types of questions that stumped, amused and bemused our contenders.
Rob Marchant delivered the quiz expertly, with humour and good pace with his grandson Freddie being a superb helper too. Iain Morrison and his partner Jen were on hand to count the scores, and Nicky provided the IT support, collating the scores and telling Rob who was where during the evening!
It was a tense evening as the top 5 teams were announced, it was everything to play for… we had a picture round, we had a local Portsmouth and surrounding areas round, sport, movies… you name it, we probably had a round for it!
Also at hand, Sau-Wan provided support, and social media activities, as well as assistance to Sam, our Chair in endeavours to make the evening run smoothly and a success. Sam did a wonderful job and her efforts were not missed.
Local takeaway Castle Takeaway provided close to 100 meals for the attendees, which was no mean-feat and apart from a little timing issue, everyone was fed! and the evening was a huge success. The final tally of the funds raised is still to come.
Who were the winners?
Who was the top teams? What was the score rankings? Read on to find out.
In reverse order, with a score of 79.5 (half scores?) was Large & Gibson B, a commendable effort! (25th)
McAndrew Martin – 89 –
Andrew & Andrew – 101
Churchers B – 108 – 22nd And there was a prize for 22nd place too – the wooden spoon and many random items!
Holloway Iliffe and Mitchell – 112
Lundi Architects – 114
Motiv8 Charity – 117 and Glanvilles B – 117
Belcher Frost – 118
Now Legal A – 119
Biscoes – 120
Now Legal B – 124
Large & Gibson A – 124
Chandler Hawkins – 129
Churchers C – 130
HantsWight – 132
Belcher Frost B – 134
Glanvilles A – 138
McAndrew Martin A – 139
Clive Emson – 139
Large & Gibson B -141
Neil Hawkins & Team – 141
Top 3 teams
Drum roll please, who were the top three teams that won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes?
We are delighted to see that Biscoes Solicitors (A )– were third place winners with a score of 147. Photos of Biscoes Team and prize supplied by Alison Lee, Biscoes.
The second place winners were Handlesbanken with a score of 159, very well deserved indeed, wonderful team photo by our webmaster Sau-Wan Lai.
And finally, the winners of the Annual Quiz, once again is Churchers Solicitors (A). Their Alpha team it seems did a sterling job, with a massive score of 178 to top the leaders table. Well done indeed to Churchers Solicitors, three times champions so far…
Thank you to all the members who supported the evening and the efforts to also tidy up the venue once it was all over, a great effort. To the committee members who organised and fundraised for the charities, and once again with thanks to our sponsor for the evening, Clive Emson Auctioneers, for their sponsorship, contributing not only to the funds raised but handy pads and pens for the quiz.
Chairman’s charities are:
Portsmouth Counselling Service, Children & Young People
