Quintin Jardine's blog

I am not a regular church-goer. Indeed, I rarely discuss my religious beliefs, which are not exactly conformist. However I was persuaded (it wasn’t a hard sell) by my friend Eric to be on his team at a quiz night in aid of the local episcopalian church. I also volunteered my wife, for which I will be doing penance for some time. There were four of us, and since two were called Eileen we didn’t have to scratch around too long for a team name. The questions were fairly difficult, but our areas of knowledge seemed to mesh fairly well, for when the points were tallied, we won. And now a confession. I don’t know the winning margin, but if it was one point, my thanks to British Airways. If it hadn’t been for the moving map on my recent flight to Vancouver, I wouldn’t have had a clue about the capital of Greenland. (Godthab)