Oxford Mail Pub Quiz League

Bicester Civil Service ended the first half of the Oxford Mail Quiz League season as they began.

They won their match against the House of Windsor 86-52 and extended their unbeaten run to a spectacular eight wins out of eight, remaining the team to beat.

Elsewhere, the Blue Boar overcame the Chequers 71-66 and the Jolly Postboys defended their position as leaders in the Oxford Division by beating the Rose & Crown 63-57.

The closest match of the week was between the Wise Alderman and the Woodman which ended in a 71-70 victory to the Wise Alderman.

In the Blockbuster competition, Bicester Civil Service holding the top slot but are being hotly pursued the Woodman, Red Lion, Kings Arms and Cherwell Club who are all within striking distance.

The competition resumes on Thursday January 10 after the Christmas and New Year break.

Blockbuster scores in brackets

EAST DIVISION

Kings Arms 61 Rising Sun (Ickford) 58 (15-13)

Clifden 70 Kings Head 47 (17-12)

Rising Sun (Haddenham) 54 Lamb 74 (12-18)

Red Lion 74 Eight Bells 62 (18-13)

Chandos 66 Chinnor Sports 54 (15-17)

BICESTER & KIDLINGTON DIVISION

Jolly Sportsman 45 Cherwell Club 77 (13-17)

Wise Alderman 71 Woodman 70 (13-14)

White Hart v Wendleberries (Late Result)

Dashwood Arms 51 Royal Sun 66 (13-17)

Bicester Civil Service 86 House of Windsor 52 (15-16)

NORTH-WEST DIVISION

Stones 41 Sun Inn 65 (5-12)

Plough v Crown (Late Result)

New Inn 60 Bell 58 (14-16)

Blue Boar 71 Chequers 66 (17-17)

OXFORD DIVISION

Shelley v Globe (Late Result)

Thatched Tavern 80 Woodstock Arms 69 (17-15)

Postboys 63 Rose & Crown 57 (16-13)

St Cross 60 Seacourt 65 (17-15)

Last time's questions answered 1 Name Aled Jones's only UK top 10 hit of 1985, which was used in the film adaptation of Raymond Briggs book The Snowman?

2 Who discovered the South African province of Natal on Christmas Day 1497?

3 Which actress performs the song Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in the 1944 film Meet Me In St Louis?

4 Name the wife of George III who is believed to have put up Britain's first Christmas tree at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 1800?

5 What is the birthsign for somebody born on Christmas Day?

6 In which children's film does Michael Keaton play a father tragically killed in a car crash, who comes back to earth in the form of a snowman?

7 Which English king did Peter O' Toole portray in the 1968 film The Lion In Winter?

8 Which British radio detective of the 1940s had a sidekick called Snowey?

9 The Grossglockner is the highest peak of which European country?

10 Which British actor played Ebenezer Scrooge in Brian Hurst's 1951 film adaptation of Dickens book A Christmas Carol?

11 Alice Fitzwarren is the sweetheart of which pantomime character?

12 Who composed the Christmas Oratorio?

13 Which saint's day is celebrated on December 26th?

14 What carol contains the line What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb?

Answers

1 Walking In The Air; 2 Vasco da Gama; 3 Judy Garland; 4 Charlotte; 5 Capricorn; 6 Jack Frost; 7 Henry II; 8 Dick Barton; 9 Austria; 10 Alistair Sim; 11 Dick Whittington; 12 Johann Sebastian Bach; 13 St Stephen; 14 In The Bleak Mid-Winter.

BLOCKBUSTER TABLE

Bicester Civil Service 120

Woodman Inn, North Leigh 109

Red Lion, Haddenham 108

Kings Arms, Wheatley 108

Cherwell Club, Kidlington 107

Jolly Postboys, Oxford 105

The Thatched Taverners 102

Woodstock Arms, Oxford 100

St Cross College 98

Seacourt Bridge, Botley 98

The Shelley Arms 97

Clifden Arms, Worminghall 97

Rose & Crown, Didcot 96

Chinnor Sports & Social Club 95

Chandos Arms, Oakley 95

Rising Sun, Haddenham 94

The Bell Inn, Hook Norton 92

Wise Alderman, Kidlington 92

Eight Bells, Long Crewdon 92

The Sun Inn, Hook Norton 89

Blue Boar, Chipping Norton 89

Royal Sun, Begbroke 88

The Chequers, Chipping Norton 87

The New Inn, Westcote 87

The Lamb 86

The Dashwood Arms 81

The Crown, Church Enstone 80

White Hart, Eynsham 76

Jolly Sportsman, Enysham 71

The Plough, Kingham 70

The Rising Sun, Ickford 69

The Globe 67

Kings Head, Haddenham 67

House of Windsor, Witney 66

The Wendelberries 35

The Stones, Chipping Norton 20