Monthly Archives: May 2010

Bad Answer – Wrong Gender, Wrong Nationality

Newsroom, 24 May 2010. Picture question was name this tennis player. Clue: she’s American. Answer given by one team: “Pat Cash”. Jesus Christ. Share on Facebook For cheats and hints to win Dr Paul quizzes in Edinburgh, get the weekly email.

Will Smith Joke

I like it rough, that’s  true enough  -buts its also nice to get a laugh in the jokes round that doesn’t in some way attack the disabled, the fat, the thick, the infirm, etc and also carries no hint of racism. Mmmmm, just a good old fashioned pun. Share on Facebook For cheats and hints [...]

Bad Answer: Geography Lesson

On Monday at Jenny Ha’s, I asked the question Q. Which city in the Repuclic of Ireland was European Capital of Culture in 2004. (Clue: It wasn’t Dublin)? And at least two teams wrote A. Belfast Very poor. See that border on the map? That means different countries. The correct answer,  by the way, is [...]

Einstein – I Was Right

Stewart likes to argue about the quiz questions and said that it was impossible to get this anagram at the Newsroom the other night: LIBERATE TENNIS because I gave a dodgy clue that the solution is a dead male who started life as a European but died an American citizen. Wikipedia, as ever, vindicates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein [...]

Bad Answer – CU (Jimmy)

Question number one in the last round at Newsroom last night: If a car has “CU” on the back, What country does it come from? As far as I know, Newcastle is not yet independent and even if it was, I can’t imagine it using the letters CU. Share on Facebook For cheats and hints [...]

Pension Team Make Sensible Investment

There are team names and there are team names and I’ve seen thosuands of them but I had to laugh when this mob called themselves UNIT LINKED VALUATIONS. So uncool, it’s cool. They won the £5000 scratchcard for best team name. They then entered into a thirlling battle with ZOMBIE HEAD ON A STICK and [...]

Borderline Racism?

The old question of whether a joke handed into the jokes round is racist or not. Is this about accents? Are accent jokes racist? I think this was handed in at The Newsroom Share on Facebook For cheats and hints to win Dr Paul quizzes in Edinburgh, get the weekly email.

Three’s Company Massive Score at Reverie

A huge score from 3′s COMPANY gave them the weekly title at Reverie and gave them a huge chance in the monthly million pound competition for highest score of the month. 50 points is pretty unbelievable and it wasn’t even that east a quiz. One team ended up with 19! Anyway, the chpa from 3′s  [...]

One Swell Foop in Imperious Form

ONE SWELL FOOP were bang in form last night at Jenny Ha’s, virtually raping the other teams and leaving them pregnant with illigitamate points. this maybe stretches the metaphor too far – but they were very good and ended up with 46 points which briefly put  them in contention for this month’s million pounds… Meanwhile, [...]

Quizzes Tonight

Jenny Ha’s – 7pm – £40 Reverie – 9pm – £60 Share on Facebook For cheats and hints to win Dr Paul quizzes in Edinburgh, get the weekly email.