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Quiz Update

Quiz Update

The quiz resumed on Wednesday night last (19th November) in conditions that were frosty and unwelcoming. Inside the club the conditions were just frosty - at least for former champions Celtic Boys who had an appeal to popular acclaim roundly dismissed when they argued that all plants are trees. The quiz hierarchy could not stretch the conventions of quizzing to give them the point they would need to fend off the inevitable march to victory of other former champions Wizard. The Quizmaster will not be on Christy McDonnell’s Christmas card list – nor will Michael or Sara.

 

With Wizard beating Celtic Boys by a point, it was left to much improved Quiztopher Columbus to take third spot on the night. Reigning champions Corner Boys finished fourth, and honourable mentions go to Celtic Warriors and the returning Stars of the Sea. Another honourable mention must go to Harmerang because they asked for one!

 

Erstwhile champions Wizard take a commanding lead in the overall leaderboard (available on the club Noticeboard), but with discards still widely available there are opportunities for all teams to improve their positions.

 

Finally, although Martin McCarthy must remain nameless, it should be noted that Motor Buoys  - note the name of the team! – were not able to answer the question that called for the correct spelling of ‘buoy’.

 

The next quiz will take place on December 3rd, at 8pm sharp!

 

The Quizmaster

21 Nov, 2025 | 2 min read

Quiz update

Quiz update

A quiz surprise occurred on Wednesday, with Chancellors taking home the spoils, beating T.B.M. in a tiebreak (no surprise!) to win the second of our series of table quizzes. The Dirty Ruckers, Grasshopper, and Wizard all tied for a close third. We welcomed The Quizard of Oz as a new team, and family pride was at stake with the Madigan’s being represented on three different teams. To avoid controversy, the father moved from his own team to join his son’s, and the scores of both teams went up!

Our next quiz takes place on the 19th November, at 8pm sharp. All are welcome to join – come along singly or as a team, and enjoy the fun and prizes.

The current series leaderboard can be found on the noticeboard or on social media

The Quizmaster

07 Nov, 2025 | 1 min read

Quiz Update

Quiz Update

Quiz Update

The NYC’s winter quiz season kicked off again last Wednesday, when the regulars and the newcomers all packed into the dining room for a hectic table quiz.

The heat of the room must have got to the participants as the winning score, from perennial table-toppers Wizard, reflected a lowly 72% rate of correct answers. Well, either the heat or the particularity of the questions themselves!  

Some competitors rose above the conditions. Following Wizard home were T.B.M. and Quiztopher Columbus, with the debutante two-woman team The Trenchers achieving a noteworthy 4th place finish. Stars Of The Sea completed out the placings and deserve a commendation for their orthography.

The next quiz will take place on Wednesday, the 5th November at 8.00pm sharp! All are welcome to join us for a fun evening – true or false?

The Quizmaster

23 Oct, 2025 | 1 min read

Quiz Update – Brains Of The Bay

Quiz Update – Brains Of The Bay

The boats are lifted out. Dark evenings confine the spirit. Sailors loosen the shrouds. And the blinds go down on the NYC like the drooping eyelids of a soon to be hibernating giant. Does anything stir through the short winter days and cold winter nights?

 

You bet it does! Anyone present at the NYC quiz nights from October through to March would feel the thumping heart of a giant that is racing inside. 22 teams. 11 quizzes. Over 1,300 competitors. About 600 questions. And a suspenseful, dramatic, and epic finale that brought the Brains of the Bay down to one, single, isolated, straightforward question. Could you answer it?

 

Well Patrick Madigan’s Corner Boys could. Going toe-to-toe with Páid Cassidy’s Wizard into the last night, both of these teams had a chance to be the winning-most team in the Quiz’s 40-year history. If either team won last Wednesday (26 March), then they would be the Brains of the Bay champions. At the end of evening, there were two teams tied for the lead – and it will not surprise you to learn that it was Wizard and the Corner Boys who made that tie. A tie that had to be broken. Four questions later, there was no give: still tied. 2-2 in the tiebreak. Last Question. One Question. One answer. One trophy. One Champion. And one place in history. A tremendous cheer of commiseration for the vanquished champions Wizard. A louder cheer of congratulations for the new champions Corner Boys. Even the Commodore got in on the act and presented the trophy (see pic). A late night. A great night. The beating heart of the sleeping club.

 

The giant stirs. Sailors appear on the yard. Spring kicks the hour forward. Soon, a swarm of insect-like boats will spew into the bay. One of them could perhaps yet be the youngest Olympic gold medallist.

Ends

28 Mar, 2025 | 2 min read

Quiz News!

Quiz News!

Quiz update

Following the quiz on Wednesday night (12 March), everything is poised for an epic finish to the season when the final quiz takes place in two weeks. On Wednesday, the Corner Boys took a commanding lead after the forewarned round on academy awards, and never looked back. Reigning champions Wizard took second place to set up a clash for the ages when the quiz goes down to the wire. The other places went to Enchantress, Teamtastic and T.B.M., for each of whom the ambition of capturing the Brains of the Bay trophy must now be extinguished.

 

Wizard retain their top spot in the overall Leaderboard (below), but with the impact of discards, the competition is set up for a show-down. For Wizard and the Corner Boys in two weeks’ time, “if you win, you win!”. The Quizmaster, when contacted in their winter residence in Morocco, sent congratulations to the Corner Boys, but was reluctant to call the winner next week: “I have always felt that it would be close over the final weeks”, she (or he) said. “Wizard and the Corner Boys are former Brains of the Bay champions, so they know what it takes to stay in the fight over a full season. For the final quiz, I will set the questions to be as fair as possible, so it is difficult to know who will win out”. “I think,” she (or he) said, somewhat bluntly, “that luck may a play a part in the final destination of the trophy. I wish all teams the best for the final.”

 

Editor adds: If, at the final quiz, either Wizard or the Corner Boys win on the night, they will finish top of the Overall Leaderboard and win the Brains of the Bay. If the Corner Boys finish second on the night, and Wizard finish no better than second, both teams will be tied on the Overall Leaderboard. In that event, there will be a play-off round to determine the Brains of the Bay champion. A play-off round will comprise 5 questions.

 

The final quiz on Wednesday 26 March is a dinner-quiz (7.00 for 7.30) with the quiz starting at 8.30, after which the Commodore will present the Brains of the Bay trophy to the winners. All are welcome to participate. For those teams intending to dine, please let the Club know in advance, so that they can cater for numbers.

14 Mar, 2025 | 2 min read

Quiz News!

Quiz News!

True champions know when to shine. When competition gets serious, the true champion can go up a gear and put their opponents under pressure by simply competing at a consistently high standard. Those opponents who cannot go toe-to-toe fade in the heat of battle. So it was with our reigning champions Wizard who opened up a commanding lead during the quiz on Wednesday, 12th February, and who never looked back. The Corner Boys stayed in their corner, T.B.M. turned back meekly, Enchantress fell under a spell, and The Dirty Ruckers couldn’t clean up their act.  Wizard answered an impressive 48 of 51 questions correctly. The Quizmaster will have to take stock.

In the overall series Leaderboard, Wizard cemented their lead, but with discards coming into play there are a number of teams who will have aspirations to challenge. The Corner Boys and T.B.M. are joint second with some valuable discards available, and Chancellors, Teamtastic, Harmerang, Enchantress and The Dirty Ruckers can all dream of mounting a challenge.

Three evenings to go! The next quiz is on Wednesday, 26th March, at 8.00pm sharp!

All are welcome.

The Quizmaster

14 Feb, 2025 | 1 min read

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