Can you spell ‘Tchaikovsky’?

I’m never too harsh on spelling at the quiz becuase, for fuck’s sake, its just quiz night.

And there’s lots of chat in the papers about dumbing down but the other night at the Newsroom I asked who was the composer of the music for the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.

Not only did most of the 17 teams teams get it right, most managed to spell Tchaikovsky’s name correctly:

Keep in mind that this is in the final round by which time most people are fairly pished.

As always, there’s the smart arses:

No need!


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