Tonight was the third pub quiz I have attended in Helsinki, organised at Molly Malone's by IESAF, the International English Speaking Association of Finland. On our first outing in February, we came a creditable fourth out of fourteen teams. Last week, my team came last, though at least that meant we won our €10 entry fee back, though that was little compensation. Both of these evenings were the regular "first Wednesday of the month" quiz.
This evening, IESAF organised a special event for St. Patrick's Day, Molly's being an ideal venue. Of course, St. Pat's isn't until tomorrow, but the pub has a party on then, so our team joined a couple of dozen others (or so it felt) for a quiz based on a broad Irish theme. And we won! As well as winning Molly Money for highest or joint highest scores on three rounds, our winner's prizes were four return flights with Aer Lingus to Dublin, plus vouchers to spend at (non-Irish retailer) Ikea. Not bad for a Monday evening.
It seems the prize may cost me a little though, as I shall now need to work out when Stephanie can join me for a long weekend in Dub, sometime between now and the end of June. The year is beginning to look busy!
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