The Bamboo team battles it out at the Blue Cross quiz!
At Bamboo, we love a quiz. And doing one to raise money for a great cause is even better. So, we jumped at the chance to take part in a virtual charity quiz on June 1 …
Here’s the lowdown.
The quiz was raising funds for Blue Cross, a fantastic animal welfare charity that provides a wide range of support and services for pets across the UK.
For the unfamiliar, the charity:
Provides free and reduced-cost veterinary treatment for sick and injured pets when their owners can’t afford private veterinary fees
Finds loving new homes for pets
Offers behavioural and training advice
Runs a pet bereavement support line
Manages a network of pet food banks
Right, back to the quiz.
Once we were all logged on, there was a brief introduction from our Blue Cross host, then it was time to test our wits.
The quiz was run through Slido (which, incidentally, is a great option if you’re looking to host your own virtual quiz). It consisted of 30 multiple-choice general knowledge questions, and we had 20 seconds to answer each one (20 seconds goes mighty fast when you’re torn between two answers!)
This question stumped a fair few of us: ‘Alexander the Great died from complications after falling off his elephant. True or false?’
54% of us thought it sounded random enough to be true, but we were wrong. He died ‘mysteriously’ at the age of 32.
How did we do?
Not too badly.
It turns out our very own Tim Barnes (Co-Founder) is a secret egghead. With an impressive score of 26/30, he enjoyed a comfortable win.
His prize? In his words, ‘loads of dog stuff,’ (it’s just as well he has a dog!)
Our Digital Marketer, Georgie, came a respectable 4th, closely followed by Recruitment Consultant, Conan, who ‘officially’ finished in 6th place, but claims it should have been ‘tied 5th’, (he ended up with the same score as the person in 5th place). However, he shared his 6th place spot with fellow Bamboo brainiac, Joanna (our Partnerships & Operations Director(, so he was in good company.
Content Manager Cara was disappointed to finish in 7th place. She was convinced she’d guessed well enough to win …
As for Graham (the other Bamboo Co-Founder), he claims he got kicked off the platform before the quiz finished, so didn’t get placed. Likely story!
Blue Cross is looking for human and canine volunteers!
We asked Blue Cross if they wanted us to flag any campaigns/initiatives in this post.
Alyson Jones, Director of Rehoming at Blue Cross said: “Our Hertfordshire branch (the nearest branch to London) is looking for foster cat volunteers.” (find out more here). She added, “we’re also looking for ‘canine’ volunteers to be ambassador dogs in Manchester” (if you’ve got a brilliantly behaved pooch, check out how to apply here).
The charity has also launched a campaign to ban greyhound racing. If you want to support it, sign their petition here.
Final Word
We thoroughly enjoyed exercising our collective grey matter for such a great cause.
Congratulations to Blue Cross for organising such a fun event, and to Tim for being such a boffin!