RECORDS tumbled again at the KM Big Quiz in Canterbury.

The mammoth wine and wisdom evening broke records for both the largest wine and wisdom evening ever staged in Kent and also the most money raised for charity.

Eighty-five teams of eight people took part breaking the Kent record set in Ashford in November by one team.

More than £10,400 was raised, breaking the record held by the 2007 Canterbury event last year when £10,000 was reached for the first time.

The Shepherd Neame Spitfire charity contributed £1,900 towards this year’s total.

The funds will be divided between four causes: Kent Walking Bus, the League of Friends at Canterbury Hospital, the Lady Mayoress of Canterbury’s Charity Appeal and the Canterbury branch of the RSPCA, which is raising funds to build an animal rescue centre at Hersden.

The event saw a dramatic climax when two titans of the quiz world tied for first place at the end of the evening on 67 points out of a possible 80.

A head-to-head tie-breaker resulted in The Unicorn, St Dunstan’s, Canterbury, triumphing over Bonny Cravat, from Woodchurch, Ashford.

Seventy five of the 85 teams taking part scored 50 per cent or more on the night which questionmaster Simon Dolby said showed the standard of questions had been pitched just right.

He said: “For so many teams to have done so well in terms of questions answered is excellent.”

For full results and team pictures, see this week's Kentish Gazette.