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This week, I’ve been inundated this week with tales of seemingly unfair treatment at quizzes, from people being told they can’t play because they haven’t reserved tables to a jackpot you’re not allowed to win (below). And what do I always say in these instances? That quizmasters (and quizmistresses) are ‘the men who will not [...]

Fletcher’s Account of a South London Quiz Experience

Fletch has sent me an account of an experience in a ‘backstreet Young’s Pub’, which I have chosen to anonymise.  It’s one of those stories you think should finish ‘I made my excuses and left..’  Over to Fletch. ‘The quiz was presented by a lady whom we took to be the pub landlady, because she [...]

New Quiz – The Freemasons – Review by Fletch

The Freemasons, 2 Wandsworth Common, North Side, London, SW18 2SS, 020 7326 8580. Quiz night Monday at 8. Here follows Fletcher’s review of this quiz, and I’ll try to get more details of the pub before I add it to the listings: ‘I was invited to this pub by a friend who lives locally and [...]

John’s Guide, St Patrick’s Day Trivia

John’s guide remains in place for this week while I prepare some other stuff. And details of a movies quiz follow which I was going to attend until I realised a) I have to go out on Monday and might not be up to two nights in a row of this nature b) the questions [...]

New Quiz – The Bald Faced Stag

The Bald Faced Stag 69 High Road East Finchley N2 8AB Tel. 020 8442 1201. On Tuesday 18th March the Bald Faced Stag will be running a film quiz in collaboration with the Phoenix cinema across the road. It’s early, 7.30-9.00, so if you’re a real quiz fiend you can go there and then walk [...]