The Bald Faced Stag, 69 High Road, N2 8AB, 020 8442 1201: this East Finchley pub has moved its quiz from Monday to Wednesday. I assume the Phoenix Cinema Movies quiz is still on in the pub on the occasional Monday, but please check. New to the site: I’m piloting a postal quiz, to be [...]
Well, watch the headlines next week… The explanation for this strange heading is that the post titles may have the gift of prophecy/curse. Two weeks ago I entitled one ‘The appliance of science’, which you know is the slogan of Zanussi. One week later my washing machine (a Zanussi) broke down. So I thought if [...]
Not a good day. Of all the things in the house that could have packed up, it had to be the curse-of-god washing machine. Turning out an expensive year, by the looks of it. So shall I be using pub quiz winnings to supplement my income? Well, folks, I wish a) I were that good [...]
The City Pride, 28 Farringdon Lane, EC1R 3AN, 020 7608 0615, http://www.citypridelondon.co.uk/ offers a Thursday night quiz. The Westbury, 34 Kilburn High Road, NW6 5UA, has Wednesday quizzes (listed until 2 March), http://www.westburybar.com/. Apparently, ‘useless knowledge wins the day’ (so is that something new…?). The Royal George, 134 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EA, 020 7734 [...]