Quiz Night

Quiz Night

Quiz evening.

Anticipation mounts.

Teams of 6 gather together,

head to the school hall and cram on in. 

A buzz of conversation

emanating.

Laughter from one table already,

the social groups already firing,

some with wine,

some with beer.

All have a platter to snack from.

Each table has a collection of minds,

some keen on sport,

others are competitive general knowledge buffs.

I like geography.

Organisers flit about, ferrying information to and fro, ant like.

Markers waiting watching, the praying mantis of the quiz night.

MC approaches the microphone,

the rules are set out:-

no smart phone use,

put your group name on the paper,

it's a fundraiser so spend your money!

The questions begin

and I am at a loss tonight.

I don't know that or that.

Wrong on easy ones,

my team eyes

the bottom of the table

with acceptance and hilarity.

We develop a devil may care

 attitude, it is of no help and 

we produce some scores and 

neither stay on the bottom rung

for the booby prize

nor climb far enough for a place

We all have a fun night out anyway.