For the first time in the history of the RollOnFriday Christmas Quiz, the winner picked lunch with RollOnFriday as her prize.
Over 700 entries were received this year, but the quiz was clearly too easy because 108 people answered all 12 questions correctly. This week, RollOnFriday stuck each of their names on sharks and released them outside RoF Towers into the Thames. The first to be recaptured bore the name of the winner, which was...Norton Rose Fulbright solicitor Miriam Jones!
Miriam said, "I have never won anything in my life, except for a bottle of whiskey in a raffle at my school. When opened, the presentation box enclosed a note which said 'Dear Richard, just a little something for all of your amazing help over the past year – I couldn’t have done it without you'. I don’t count that as much of a win (and evidently Richard didn’t either). This is incredible and I’m delighted". Congratulations, Miriam.
But also commiserations, because given the choice of £100, a Kindle, or lunch with RollOnFriday, Miriam severely overestimated the team's conversational abilities and picked the meal. No backsies.
Here are the answers, culled from 12 of the biggest and best stories of 2017:
January
Which firm collapsed into administration?
RPC
KLF
DWF
KWM
February
How many Willkie Farr staff caught a partner in a sex act?
One
Two
Six
54
March
What did Withers offer the ladies on International Women's Day?
Half-price driving lessons
The vote
Half-price salad
Half-price marigolds
April
What did Linklaters introduce in Germany?
A 40 hour week for lawyers
Syphilis
A nuclear bomb
Salmon
May
How did a Weil partner give his trainee a piggyback ride?
On stilts
Dressed as a pirate
Chanting "Weil! Weil! Weil!"
Nude
June
What did Addleshaw Goddard serve up at a Scottish-themed celebration?
A Buckfast Tonic Wine fountain
The head of Alex Salmond
Battered Mars Bars
Loch Ness Monster steaks
July
What did the candid Magic Circle tweeter dream about?
Eminem and a will
Rick Ross and a 395
Drake and a lease
Jay Z and an NDA
August
What did the Linklaters partner say when she was accidentally included in trainees' football emails?
"Not really my bag but thanks for asking"
"Shotgun not in goal"
"You're fired"
"Back of the net!"
September
What was a barrister accused of stealing from an airport?
A plane
Toblerones
Orange juice
Joy
October
What did the lawyer ask his Ashurst girlfriend as their plane plunged to the ground?
"These headphones are rubbish"
"I'm in love with Steve"
"I told you not to pack so much"
"Will you marry me?"
November
Why did WFW staff stop drinking the tap water?
It was poisoned
It was scalding hot
They would only drink Badoit
It changed into blood
December
How did Finance Monthly describe RollOnFriday?
Budgy Smuggler
Heart Breaker
Storm Bringer
Game Changer
Thanks to everyone who entered. Now take a quiz with a prize for everyone (personal satisfaction) and no wrong answers: The RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2018 survey. Results next Friday...
Tip Off ROF
Over 700 entries were received this year, but the quiz was clearly too easy because 108 people answered all 12 questions correctly. This week, RollOnFriday stuck each of their names on sharks and released them outside RoF Towers into the Thames. The first to be recaptured bore the name of the winner, which was...Norton Rose Fulbright solicitor Miriam Jones!
 |
Hooray! |
Miriam said, "I have never won anything in my life, except for a bottle of whiskey in a raffle at my school. When opened, the presentation box enclosed a note which said 'Dear Richard, just a little something for all of your amazing help over the past year – I couldn’t have done it without you'. I don’t count that as much of a win (and evidently Richard didn’t either). This is incredible and I’m delighted". Congratulations, Miriam.
But also commiserations, because given the choice of £100, a Kindle, or lunch with RollOnFriday, Miriam severely overestimated the team's conversational abilities and picked the meal. No backsies.
Here are the answers, culled from 12 of the biggest and best stories of 2017:
January
Which firm collapsed into administration?
RPC
KLF
DWF
KWM
February
How many Willkie Farr staff caught a partner in a sex act?
One
Two
Six
54
March
What did Withers offer the ladies on International Women's Day?
Half-price driving lessons
The vote
Half-price salad
Half-price marigolds
April
What did Linklaters introduce in Germany?
A 40 hour week for lawyers
Syphilis
A nuclear bomb
Salmon
May
How did a Weil partner give his trainee a piggyback ride?
On stilts
Dressed as a pirate
Chanting "Weil! Weil! Weil!"
Nude
June
What did Addleshaw Goddard serve up at a Scottish-themed celebration?
A Buckfast Tonic Wine fountain
The head of Alex Salmond
Battered Mars Bars
Loch Ness Monster steaks
July
What did the candid Magic Circle tweeter dream about?
Eminem and a will
Rick Ross and a 395
Drake and a lease
Jay Z and an NDA
August
What did the Linklaters partner say when she was accidentally included in trainees' football emails?
"Not really my bag but thanks for asking"
"Shotgun not in goal"
"You're fired"
"Back of the net!"
September
What was a barrister accused of stealing from an airport?
A plane
Toblerones
Orange juice
Joy
October
What did the lawyer ask his Ashurst girlfriend as their plane plunged to the ground?
"These headphones are rubbish"
"I'm in love with Steve"
"I told you not to pack so much"
"Will you marry me?"
November
Why did WFW staff stop drinking the tap water?
It was poisoned
It was scalding hot
They would only drink Badoit
It changed into blood
December
How did Finance Monthly describe RollOnFriday?
Budgy Smuggler
Heart Breaker
Storm Bringer
Game Changer
Thanks to everyone who entered. Now take a quiz with a prize for everyone (personal satisfaction) and no wrong answers: The RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2018 survey. Results next Friday...