Willoughby Arms Quiz : 05/03/2013
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So you actually want to know something about me? Why? Are you bored? Oh well. Just to satisfy your idle curiosity and my manic egotism I’ll tell you something about me!!!
I am a 44-year-old guy, who lives in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire England. I was born in Lancashire, England, during September 1979. Most people don’t believe me that I was born in England due to my strong Scottish accent. My star sign is Libra. I am 5’9” tall, 30″ waist, with blonde hair, which is sometimes short, sometimes long. I have light brown eyes. Which most people think are very sexy. I just don’t see it, myself.
Willoughby Arms Quiz Report : 05/02/2013
It was a bitterly cold windy evening, six teams ventured out to take part in the quiz.
We are always mindful that our quizzers come from a wide range of ages so this month we wanted to shake things up a little bit.
For the picture round we had Dingbats; the regular music round was a bit of a grueller with two tracks by the same artist being played simultaneously (not as easy as some might think) ranging from Kate Bush, The Sweet and Elton John to the Beach Boys and Bay City Rollers. We even had a round dedicated to Harry Potter; a member of one of the teams seemed shocked and said “a whole round?” Harry has been around for a few years now so why not?
It’s surprising the amount of useless trivia we remember and some of our quizzers now know that dactylion is the name for the tip of the middle finger, Robert LeRoy Parker was Butch Cassidy and the dot on a lower case i or j for that matter is called a tittle.
At the end of the evening third place went to The Lincs Effect with 105 points, in second place United Staits with 106 points but congratulations this month go to Nearly Men with 136 points (for the record they would still have won without the points from the Harry Potter round).
Thanks to you all for turning up and taking part, to those who couldn’t make it we hope to see you next time, the date for next month’s quiz is Tuesday 5th March.
East Midlands Freeview Retune Date revealed
Viewers in the East Midlands have today been informed when some Freeview channels will be moving frequencies in order to make way for new 4G mobile services launching later this year.
Digital UK, the organisation overseeing the changes, confirmed that most viewers receiving Freeview in the East Midlands will need to retune their receivers on the Wednesday 29th May 2013 in order to continue watching BBC One East Midlands on Freeview alongside BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC/CBeebies plus the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliamant.
More information can be found at www.a516digital.com/2013/02/east-midlands-to-retune-freeview-on.html.
Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways
If you missed the great “Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways” on TV last night at 9pm on BBC2/BBC HD. You missed seeing Little Bytham on it. But not to worry, it’s on the BBC iPlayer for the next 7 days.
Watch the program on-line at www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01qh3z3/.
It’s also on BBC HD again tonight (Wednesday 30th January 2013) at 11:20pm. If you want to record it. Freeview/YouView (102), Freesat (109).
Couple’s plea to flush away sewage problem
A couple whose lives have been blighted by sewage bursting through their drains have appealed for a solution to their problems.
Mervyn and Sue McFarland have had to deal with overflowing drains in their home in Creeton Road, Little Bytham, for more than 20 years.
Read more from the Stamford Mercury website.
Transmitter Work East Midlands : 16/01/2013
The Freeview signal in parts of the East Midlands is being broadcast at reduced power as engineering work continues at the Waltham transmitter mast, to the north-east of Melton Mowbray.
More information can be found at www.a516digital.com/2013/01/freeview-service-update-16012013.html.
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