Kate McCann had decided that in order to raise a few extra pounds, or win a holiday perhaps, her husband Pat would enter a TV game show. Unfortunately, Pat´s looks and personality did not lend themselves to the normal jolly type quizzes where knowledge is secondary to fun. So what to do?
´Well,´ thought Kate, ´if they say he looks too serious, then let him enter a serious quiz show. And what´s more serious than Mastermind?´
So McCann duly applied and was accepted for the highbrow show. But what to answer questions on? General knowledge? - not allowed. Drinks and drinking? - definitely not allowed.
´Pick something Irish,´ prompted Kate. ´They won´t know a lot of questions about that.´
So Pat decided on the Easter Rising of 1916. (They wouldn´t know details from that far back!)
Came the fateful night and Magnus Magnusson called McCann to the chair.
´Your chosen subject?´ he asked.
´Easter Rising of 1916, sir,´ replied Pat.
Time starts now ... What was the date of the Easter Rising of 1916?´
´Pass.´
´Who led the Easter Rising of 1916?´
´Pass.´
´How many men were involved in the Easter Rising of 1916?´
´Pass.´
Suddenly an Irish voice boomed from the studio audience:
´That´s right, Pat - tell them nothing!´
