Quiz Night for Fountain of Life

A warm and balmy night on June 16, saw an enthusiastic and boisterous, nay, competitive throng of 95 PILC members, partners and family descend upon the Foundation of Life Centre bursting and bridling with anticipation to “beat the world”, well, just all the other tables really, for the annual Quiz Night; alias, I know more than you do!

Fountain of Life had been polished and decorated to within an inch of its life; tables were strewn about the room (thank you to the local wat) and beautifully set, there were balloons galore (thank you Party Shop and Amber) pretty posies of flowers adorned the tables and room (thank you Sr Joan and Cindy).  There was a table drinks service, which given the warmth of the evening, was very much appreciated, and 1/3 of the takings from this were donated to the Fountain of Life.  We supped on a marvellous array of scrumptious food, provided for us most graciously by Michael, from the fantastic New Orleans Restaurant; not an easy task to prepare food elsewhere for such a large throng and then transport it to the Fountain of Life, hot and ready to go -  Fabulous effort.  Then having been contentedly fed and watered, it was time for the real business of the evening to begin……. The Quiz.

What a great night it was!  SO much noise that our more than able and proficient MC for the evening, Gillian, had to put on a schoolmarm voice and scold to get us all under control.  There were moments when Gillian thought she might have to call in the local riot police (are there any in Pattaya?) when overly passionate and or could we say obsessive (?) participants did not concur with the MC’s answer sheet.  Well, okay, I admit I was more than a little perplexed with the Blue Flyer answer, as were all the other Australians I might add.  Never heard of it!!! The questions were tough, they were gruelling, they were curly, but most of all they were entertaining. Our table thought it was just as much fun trying to work out an answer, hoping it might be the correct one, as it was in knowing the answers.

During the evening the Yamaha Motor bike raffle was drawn.  The winning ticket was one that George McDonald had sold at his workplace to a colleague, Punnapha Manbumphen from Rayong.  The raffle raised 62,160 Baht, a truly enormous effort, and our many thanks Roseanne for ‘cracking that whip’ so well on ticket sales.

The Quiz Night itself raised 74,000 Baht on the evening.  A great success in any one’s estimation.  The winning table was formed from the Regents school teachers (unfair advantage I say!!!, ha ha), at Table #7 “Good for Nothings”.  Hmmmm, I think not!  Obviously their superior general knowledge skills payed off for them.  Second was table #8 “AM-U-KA (comprising, as the name eludes too American, British and Australian players).  Third was table #9 “Lucky 9ers” and Fourth, table #3 “Pink Ladies”.  A big round of applause for your adept answers and your expertise in so many varied and staggering fields.  Bravo!!!!!!

It is so wonderful to enjoy a PILC function and a night out with the men there too.  And many a man was heard to enthuse about what a great time they were having and there should be more opportunities like this evening.  A very big thank you to Paul Wilkinson, the General Manager of AGS Four Winds International Movers for the generous sponsorship they give this event every year.  Not only that, but Paul also books a table, ‘Team 6 winds’ and participates himself.  Our sincere thanks once again, Paul.  A gigantic thank you to Cindy and the Welfare Team for all their work!  Many thanks to Gillian for doing such an admirable job MC-ing; you are a brave woman!  A big thank you to Sr Joan and her staff, in fact, a HUGE thank you to all involved in this fantastic evening.  Thanks also to Michael from Café New Orleans for donating 30% of the bar takings for the evening.  Can’t wait until the next quiz night, and I know I’m not the only one.

Faye Vawdrey