This week the club had its annual quiz night, hosted by quiz-master Jim Innes, who was on last year’s winning team. Jim had devised 50 questions on various subjects, ranging from photography and science to history, sport and pop culture. Did you know that the “P” within “JPEG” stands for “Photographic”, or that the “K” in “CMYK” means “Key”? We also learned that Henry Fox Talbot’s photographic printing process was demonstrated only 5 years before the first Penny Black stamp was issued, and that a standard golf hole is only 4.25 inches in diameter. Club members split into 4 teams of 3 or 4, who marked their answers on a handy score sheet provided by Jim. After Jim had revealed the answers and the scores had been added up, the final result was:

• 1st place (35 points) – The Blue Team (Ed Robertson, John Fowler, Rick Riley and George Smith).
• 2nd place (25 points) – The Red Team (Kevin Johnston, Janet Ferrier, Mary Riley and Steven Beard)
• 3rd place (23 points) – The Yellow Team (Jennifer Davidson, Charlie Baird and Gavin Marshall)
• 4th place (21 points) – The Purple Team (George Todd, Mike Clark and Derek Muller)

Well done to the Blue Team, who won some chocolate and the right to host next year’s quiz. Although the 4-person teams did have a little bit of an advantage over the 3-person teams, the Blue Team was still way ahead of the rest of us. Rick Riley offered to be next year’s quiz-master. Well done again, and thanks to Jim for compiling a very entertaining and enlightening quiz.

Next week, 12th February, we will be hosting Penicuik Photography Club at the Fisherrow Centre for our joint audio visual evening. We’ll be starting at 7pm in room G3 as usual.