QuizList

On Mondays, the  Finchley Tavern, 686 High Road,  N12 9PT, has posted a sign about a new (re-started?) quiz. And there’s a new Tuesday quiz at: The Prince, 467-469 Brixton Road, SW9 8HH,020 7274 5360, with 8.30m pm start and cash prize.  More info on Facebook. And a brand new quiz launches this Wednesday 3 August [...]

Says he’s never going to work again, He stays up every night Just trying to get the details right …. or something like that, so went the song.  Anyway, my friend (Bible) John has sent in a belated answer to my question: Where in Europe is thought to have been the last holdout of Neanderthal man? and his [...]

The Junction Tavern, 101 Fortess Road, NW5 1AG, 020 7485 9400, http://www.junctiontavern.co.uk/home.php, runs a Monday night quiz.  It’s in the conservatory, and apparently you can be sitting in the adjoining bar without knowing it’s going on.  There are 40 questions in themed segments and the winning team take the money.  Or do they?  My informant [...]

For denizens of the South West, note that the Atmospheric Inn (whose name is a hostage to fortune) in Starcross. Devon,  runs a monthly charity quiz with the next one on Wednesday 27 July.  None in August, though. And for those in London, there’s an interesting looking, though expensive to enter, one-off quiz in the [...]

Cheating is a prominent topic in the quiz world and one I anticipate I will return to many times.  Another recurring issue is what makes a successful quiz.  Well, others have written at length about this, but I thought I would take you this week on a guided tour through my local pubs, and see [...]