Thu, December 31, 2009 – 11:55 pm
So I asked this ultra-short-term showbiz amnesia question on Monday at the Reverie: Q. What was the surname of the “Jedward” twins who became famous on X-Factor earlier this year. Some of the answers handed in include: Cockmuncher Muppet Dickhead Stevens None of these are correct. The right answer is “Grimes”. It’s heart-warming to feel [...]
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Wed, December 30, 2009 – 3:53 pm
A deeply international quiz last night at the Smart City. We had people from Australia and New Zealand and the USA (as e often do) but the exotic-quotient was upped by teams from the Netherlands and from Mexico. Despite all of this it was Grace’s team who shone through and took the booze and the [...]
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Wed, December 30, 2009 – 3:18 pm
The last Reverie quiz champions of the year are the MIND CRUSHERS who swamped the bar with wit, knowledge, skill and wisdom on Monday night to completely destroy all opposition by a factor of about six. After winning the wine by a mile, John pulled Wolverine out of the deck to win the Top Trumps [...]
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Wed, December 30, 2009 – 3:09 pm
The TRUMPETS, so often the nearly-men of the Jenny Ha’s quiz finally came good on Monday with a performance their manager Stuart could only describe as “unbelievable”. The Trumpets led from start to finish and kept the heid in the normally treacherous 50/50 minefield to hold out for a huge winning margin on NINE POINTS!! [...]
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Wed, December 30, 2009 – 2:22 pm
The League Table for December 2009 has concluded with a stunning last-minute win at Jenny Ha’s by The Trumpets forcing a draw with Reverie regulars Easy Draw. The top five places in the table were dominated by Jenny Ha’s teams and looks like this: The Trumpets 32 Easy Draw 32 (Stuart’s Team) 28 Press Gang/ [...]
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Mon, December 28, 2009 – 5:33 pm
OK – this is very last minute but there are two quizzes as per usual tonight: 6.45pm at Jenny Ha’s (jackpot £60) and Reverie at 9pm (jackpot £20) Be there to feel the Christmas love. Why so slow with the updates this week? Well, the small matter of a new baby on Christmas Eve for [...]
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Wed, December 23, 2009 – 10:11 pm
Another week, another seemingly difficult mystery voice at the Reverie and another easy £20. MONKEYS EAT PHYCICISTS FOR BREAKFAST were the quiz winners after a long and close battle for supremacy They took the wine, but it was Swedish superman Bengt (spelling of name now finally correct) who won a pop at the mystery voice, [...]
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Wed, December 23, 2009 – 9:50 pm
The WEEGIE CREW joined us at Jenny Ha’s for a hotly contested Christmas quiz. By the time the answers were in, it was Stuart’s team on top -this week known as SANTAS TWO BIG FAT SACKS. So they won the wine but fannied the trivia challenge – getting caught out on the old “how many [...]
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Sat, December 19, 2009 – 12:34 am
For those of you who are quizmasters, you may be interested in the latest release of quiz music rounds from DP Quiz. Price is £4.99 for a pack of ten rounds and if you’re not sure, there’s always the free trial. I’ve been using this format of multiple-choice music rounds for over ten years and [...]
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Tue, December 15, 2009 – 9:51 am
The Reverie quiz last night ended up with the kind of revolution that only happens once per generation – a new dance was born in the white heat of the dance off and it already has a name. It started when the quiz finished up with a draw between EASY DRAW (last week’s winners) and [...]
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