Quiz Night

Last night, me and most of the other scouts were helping at a quiz night hosted by the parents of, one of the other scouts going to the Jamboree. It was a lot different to what I expected.

Basically, we went to the church room of the village and set up eleven tables. There were going to be eleven teams of seven, and the other scouts and I had to read out quiz questions, and collect in their sheets. The room filled up quickly, and the quiz laws were shown on a projector screen. These were the first 2 laws:

1. The quiz master is always right.

2. Where in doubt, refer to law 1.

When the quiz actually started, we had to read out the questions. There were 10 rounds (5 rounds then supper), and 10 questions in each. All scouts (except 1. No, it wasn't me) had to read out 2 questions. Each table had a picture sheet, e.g flags of the world, filled in the sheet, and passed it to the next table when the round finished.

We had to do 5 rounds, then we had chilli con carne, but there was a disaster. THERE WAS NO SALAD LEFT! Well, it was first come, first serve.

After the actual quiz, we held a raffle, and the host had been using a prize to cover up the projector so that the spreadsheet with the scores on was covered, so that's why we finished about a minute late. Overall, it was a fun night, and I got filled up with jacket potato and chilli con carne (and no salad) and a soft drink. Also, this morning, I was told that i have another £90 from the quiz night, and i was given over £91 from the bag packing on the night.  

 

Paracord, Bags, Bags, Bags, Bags & Bags.

I am really excited for the Japan Jamboree (If I raise the money), as I like the Japanese culture, way of life, and really, Really, REALLY like Anime and Manga, as you may be able to tell from the image in my previous post

To help with the fundraising, my Mum and I have been making things out of paracord (parachute cords) and selling them. This will help with the fundraising, as we still have a lot of paracord left, and we have ordered some more colours. (although the paracord is expensive, almost £10 per roll!) Right now, we only have red and black, but we have ordered yellow, purple, and green (I think).

Also, yesterday, me and the other scouts in Charnwood, I am going to Japan with, went to the supermarket local to my scout hut, and did some bag-packing, and we will earn some money between us. My parents have taken me to the supermarket a few times, and have now trained me in the art of bag packing. Hoo-yah!

And, next Saturday, we are going to be holding a quiz night, and I don't know much of what we will be doing, but I think it's gonna involve a quiz (Surprise, surprise), and I think we will be serving drinks, as well. What I am expecting is a trivia sort of thing, and us serving food and drinks.

Although the fundraising is fun, and the jamboree will be fun, raising the £3,500 is going to be a massive challenge because of those deadlines, and the massive total of the money, but I hope that people will support me as well, because we are very low on money at the current time, and I want to go a lot, as this is a once in a lifetime chance for me.