Archives » December, 2009

Quizzing in the name

All North London news this time, with the Three Compasses taking a break and Monday quizzes will restart on the 11th January. The Winchester, Archway Road, has stopped its Wednesday night quiz, I gather for some of the reasons I was listing recently – difficulties around Wednesdays and football… And the King’s Head, Crouch End, [...]

Jackpots we have heard on high

The season of inexplicable results at Christmas quizzes has begun.  There is a PhD thesis lurking on what pubs expect from a Christmas quiz, as expectations seem to veer between rewarding the regulars or staging a one-off benefit for the QM’s mates. Next on the horizon is ‘review of 2009′ quizzes, and I’ll look for [...]

Full of woe

Hello again, and as we begin the descent to Christmas  a correspondent has sent me some Wednesday quizzes which no loner take place on Wednesdays.  Thanks to him for that (for some reason my e-mail bounced back) and I’ll be making the updates in due course.  I have remarked on this phenomenon previously, namely, that [...]