QuizList

The King’s Head Theatre at 115 Upper Street, Islington, N1 1QN, 020 7226 4443 , has started a new Monday night quiz..  It gets going at 8.00pm and it costs £2 per person. The prize is a £50 bar tab.  Maximum six per team.

And as regards the few I listed last week, the one I actually got to try was BRB at the Gate.  This turned out to be a Redtooth ‘Wipeout’ format quiz, which we won.  That despite my clothes having ripped on the way there and my walking around very carefully with my jacket tied around my waist. It was all done in the best possible taste, and hence our team name which appears in the title of this post.  Could do with a few more punters, so well worth a try if you’re around on a Sunday.

Tuesday I revisited the Princess of Wales in Primrose Hill, and we won that also. This isn’t a bad quiz but takes place in the basement of the bar where one’s eyes are inexorably drawn towards a steady stream of persons creaking loudly down the stairs.  We didn’t manage to win the beer round, which is an extra hand-around not counting towards the quiz total, despite almost miraculously working out that ?????? ?? ?????????? stood for ‘Apollo 13 Splashdown’.  Long story.

Now beer rounds are a good idea and are included in a few quizzes.  This is where you are given an extra round which doesn’t usually count towards the overall quiz total but which carries a drink prize.  When it’s done properly it’s a way of ensuring that the hosting pub contributes something towards the quiz and spreads the prizes around;  when it’s not done properly it’s an extra perk for the QM’s mates.  As my second-favourite band of all time say in the last words of their best album, ‘It’s your decision now…’ as to which applies at any given moment…

Enjoy the Bank Holiday, think I’ll give the carnival a miss.  Two good-sounding one-off quizzes are listed:  one on Thursday September 2nd in the Elgin, Maida Vale, in aid of the RSPCA, and a books quiz in N22 on Wednesday 1st.  Go to ‘One-off quizzes’ for details.