This is for The Venns.
If you like the feeling of being a winner
Of knowing the answer and getting things right,
Then gather some friends and head off to the pub!
If you’re lucky, you’ll find that they’re having a quiz
Giving you a great chance to display all your knowledge.
Remember: it’s all about finding the Venn.
Now wait, let me go back a bit: clever John Venn
Invented a diagram. He was a winner
With all of his cool mathematical knowledge.
And he knew common ground would make everything right.
You can use his discovery down at the quiz
Become local celebrities down at the pub.
I don’t know if he spent lots of time in the pub
But I have a feeling that clever John Venn
Would have done very well if he’d been on a quiz
Team. But all on his own he’d have not been a winner.
He’d have known all the diagram questions alright,
But how is his Hollywood trivia knowledge?
Each team member has their own circle of knowledge.
They should intersect, so when down at the pub
You can all help each other to get it all right
Nobody can do it alone: Not John
Venn,
Margaret Atwood, Gok Wan, Emma Freud, Michael Winner,
But put them together, they’d win every quiz!
There’s something amazing ’bout winning the quiz,
Of both having a drink and displaying your knowledge,
Cause it’s not every day you can feel like a winner.
And there’s no fun in sitting alone at the pub.
Bring a disparate group and you’ll soon find the Venn,
The more varied you are then the more you’ll get right!
If you’re thinking “this sounds like a plug”, you’d be right!
Down the Greystones tonight, there’s an excellent quiz.
Presented to you by a team called the Venns
Bring a circle of friends and your circle of knowledge!
Get the 81 bus up the hill to the pub
With a bit of good luck, you will soon be a winner!
Old John Venn and his diagrams got something right:
You can’t be a winner alone at a quiz*
If you’ve knowledge and friends, then get down to the pub!
*well, sometimes you can, but where’s the fun in it?
Tom Juniper Poetry 