QuizList

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 was very much in charge.  It started with a picture puzzle handout which was interesting, and a welcome change from the usual theme of ‘identify 10 C-list celebrities from last week’s papers.

‘The quiz proper consisted of 8 rounds of 10 questions on various subjects.  We got everything right except for 2  questions on TV and 4 on pop lyrics.  This was good enough to put us into a tie-break for a bottle of wine and to give us a shot at the roll-up jackpot of £60 (or so we thought).

‘We managed to win the tie-break question, but the landlady announced that we were ineligible for the prize money because we ‘weren’t regulars’!  Nevertheless she gave us a bottle of wine as a prize and invited our champion into the hot seat to answer the roll-up questions ‘just for fun’. The questions were hard but for each she provided three alternatives and our champion got them all right. ‘

What Fletch hasn’t told me is what happened the £60 – presumably it rolled over again?  And presumably no-one tells you before you pay your money and buy drink all night that you are ineligible to win… what a pain.