Archives » January, 2011

Thursday’s child

Spotted: The Kenton Arms, 39 Kenton Rd,  E9 7AB, 020 8533 5041, advertising a Tuesday night quiz. Lots of changes on Thursdays to report, and many thanks to the sender of these:  Winter’s (Ballards Lane, N3) has now changed to a ‘Gertie Brown’s’, and there is no quiz any longer.  In N1, the Hemingford has [...]

Inania

Some new stuff has surfaced: The Bird in Hand, 88 Masbro Road,  W14 0LR, has a Sunday night quiz. The Prince Arthur, 95 Forest Road, E8 3BH, has a Monday quiz. The Quebec, 12 Old Quebec Street, W1H 7AH, has one on Wednesdays, as does The Roebuck, 50a Great Dover Street, SSE1 4YG. And for [...]

Khanjar

New Thursday quiz at: The White Horse, 50 Middle Road, Harrow, HA2 0HL.  This is run by the former QM at Mistress P’s in Clapham, with a different theme for the questions each week, ranging (according to the QM) from sex (oo-er missus) to science. A bonus prize for a topical sculpture made out of [...]

Verbal

Two reasons for the title: – I’ve injured my leg and for the last month have been limping like Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects (and we all know what he turned into…) – In the absence of new quizzes, I think it’s time for a discourse/rant on a quizzing issue.  I started it last [...]

One Step Beyond

Into 2011 with a post called after the one song which got everyone onto the ‘dancefloor’ (such as it was) last night.  I’m continuing to add new quizzes and there are a couple of new monthly quizzes in the main listings, on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  To some extent, new quizzes, updates and corrections are coming [...]