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Cheating in pub quizzes
/9 Comments/in Pub Quiz /by Jack Waley-CohenThis is the big topic for anybody who runs or attends any kind of quiz night these days. Once upon a time it was about people sneaking a look at reference books in their bag. Then it was about texting friends to ask them for help, or indeed for them to look something up for […]
My Pointless Friend
/2 Comments/in Uncategorized /by David McGaughey“It’s like Family Fortunes. In reverse” – not the most promising tagline for a quiz show, and I do admit I have some difficulty explaining the peculiar magic of my current, indeed probably all-time, favourite quiz show, ‘Pointless’, to people. But it is clearly a show with a burgeoning fanbase, after its switch from BBC2 […]
Write what you know … or don’t
/0 Comments/in Quiz Questions /by David McGaugheyAs we’ve been putting together a new database for the start of a new year, I’ve been looking back at some of the questions I’ve written over the years. There are some pretty good quiz questions in there. I can say that with some confidence because they’ve several times elicited a good response from the […]
Olympic Quiz Nights
/1 Comment/in News /by Jack Waley-CohenWe’ve cleared our diaries for the London Olympic period not so that we can go to watch the events (but we will!) but so that we have QuizMasters available all over London and the UK for running Olympic themed quiz nights. We’ve been working on some specific Olympic inspired quiz night ideas, and our question […]