Thirty people came along to our quiz night in Oxfordshire, with the proceeds split between WATSAN and social enterprise Damascus Rose Kitchen.
Hosted by WATSAN trustee Kate Parrinder and her family, the quiz took place on Friday 24th May at Eynsham Village Hall. The quizmaster was Dr Bryn Harris, who gained a DPhil in Classics from the University of Oxford and made three appearances on the BBC’s University Challenge representing Wadham College in 2006, making it to the quarter finals. Bryn also has the more important accolade of being Kate’s husband.
Five teams took up the challenge, pitting their wits against the quizmaster with six rounds of questions covering general knowledge, film and TV, history, science and technology, and music (plus a picture round). Just for fun, here is a question from each round – can you spot the theme?
Which British city is said to have a greater combined length of canals than Venice?
Which 2016 Disney film tells the story of an island princess who embarks on an adventure to reunite the goddess of nature with her stolen heart?
Which 19th century Scottish missionary famously got lost trying to find the source of the Nile?
The cause of which water-borne disease was famously discovered in an experiment by physician John Snow?
Which disco ‘smash’ of 1978 takes its lyrics from Psalm 137 of the Bible?
During the break, a delicious buffet was served provided by Damascus Rose Kitchen, an Oxford-based social enterprise serving traditional Middle Eastern dishes made with love by Arabic-speaking refugee women.
During the break, a spectacular buffet was served provided by Damascus Rose Kitchen, an Oxford-based social enterprise serving traditional Middle Eastern dishes made with love by Arabic-speaking refugee women.
Well done to the winning team, Nigel, Caroline, Susan, Roger and Ian, who won a voucher for dinner at The Talbot in Eynsham, and to Tim Fergusson, who won a game of Heads or Tails and got a bottle of fizz from Bridewell Organic donated by Kate’s employer Oxfordshire Community Foundation.
Huge thanks is owed to quizmaster Bryn for devising the ingenious and challenging quiz, and to Posy, Kate’s mum, for sponsoring the hall hire and providing gorgeous flowers for the tables.
Proceeds of the event were shared between Damascus Rose and WATSAN, and will help to fund WATSAN’s target project, Kazuru gravity flow scheme, which will serve a large, remote community on the DRC border with its first supply of piped water.
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