Archives » November, 2009

I know what quizzes you did last summer

Next update on or before 12 December 2009 – I’m going away ‘Tis the season for one-off and Christmas quizzes, so prepare yourselves for NW5 on Tuesday night (details under ‘One-off quizzes).  And looking a bit further down the line, in part because there’ll be no update next week, we have a Christmas quiz on [...]

Harlequinade

The Harlequin, 27 Arlington Way, Clerkenwell, EC1R 1UY, 0207 837 9035, offers a Monday night quiz.  No details as yet, but it has been mooted that we go there soon… Thanks to all who commented on the posting last week.  I may not have realised quite the depth of feelings about ‘same team winning every [...]

People sometimes ask me…

A one-off quiz is happening this Sunday in York Way, N1.  Go to the one-off quizzes section for details. People sometimes ask me ‘How do you stop a particular team from winning all the time at a quiz?’  There is, obviously, no one answer to this, but it’s interesting to note that some of the [...]

The Twilight Zones

So, do you know the name of the battle at which Alred the Great defeated the Danes in 878?  Me neither (Edington), but unfortunately that was my jackpot question when I ill-advisedly went up to answer last week.  We had bought six tickets and split them up, and I looked them and said ’27 is [...]