The Naughty Trivia Quiz of Saturday Sept 18 passed without incident or VicPol needing to intrude or arrest any of the 24 attendees on morals charges. We were pleased that everyone eventually got into the  Kahoot system OK, with some novice IT users like President Mel and Pam finally managing the feat.
The winner was Renaissance man Spike Sparkes who kept ahead of the pack almost throughout. Maybe he was self-administering a “jigger” which Question 19 alerted us to the meaning, an electric prod used on cattle, race-horses and AirBNB visitors to Docklands towers.
In second place was Terry O’K and her consort Dan and falling into third was Jim & Karin D. As you can see from the winners’ podium, Spike cracked 42 questions – and so did Jim & Karin. Obviously Spike’s speediness on answers gave him the edge via Kahoot’s relentless timing. 
The first half questions were such benign stuff as the capitals of Tonga and Yemen (Sanaa and Nuku'alofa  respectively) and Australia’s first Prime Minister (E. Barton). The temperature then rose with questions about Victorian Parliament’s mace disappearing in 1891 (by rumor, to a Little Lonsdale Street brothel) and VicPol Police Commissioner Thomas Blamey’s badge being found in a similar bawdy-house 34 years later. Our quizmasters caught most responders out with next question, namely did Blamey have a watertight alibi for being elsewhere at the time. (Answer, yes). 
In the modern era nothing beats the saga of Malcolm Fraser losing his pants in Memphis and this was closely examined. Incidentally Malcolm never thanked or acknowledged the kindly bellboy who lent him his own pants, and Malcolm never returned them or paid for them or tipped the bellboy one cent. There were also questions on what Tourist Minister John Brown used his desk for.
 
Federal Parliament sex frolics from 50-100 years ago were closely examined -- although there is no shortage of current examples we judiciously refrained from more current examples.
US Presidential peccadillos were paraded, from Roosevelt to Johnson to Clinton to Trump. In deference to Democrat-friendly members we left Joe Biden out. Osama bin Laden’s domestic household arrangements proved of interest, as he had five wives simultaneously whereas our male Bearbrass members tend to acquire them consecutively.
All round, a thrilling evening with a repeat likely but not definitely for October 2. 
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