Category Archives: Dr Paul’s Blog

What Do Prizes Make? Points!

The latest astonishing offer at the Dr Paul pub quiz is this: BRING ME UNWANTED GIFTS TO GIVE AWAY IN THE JOKES ROUND AND I WILL GIVE YOU POINTS. Tariff of points-for-gifts: Give-away-able gift: 1 point Really brilliant gift: 2 points Mind-warp awesome gift: 3 points Paul from THE NEPHRONS was the first to take [...]

RIP Max Thomson

I did not know Max Thomson very well at all, I know his quiz team-mate Brian Pendreigh far better, but Max came to  the quiz quite a few times with THE DUDE ABIDES team and not only was he good at trivia, it was always a pleasure to be in his company. So it was [...]

Forks In The Eyes, etc

Here’s a quick round-up of some recent entries in the jokes round, all of which may have been considered for the ‘World of Pain’ segment of the jokes round. In other words, these are offensive to some. If you’re the sort of person who gets offended at things, look away now, do not read these [...]

Ultimate Holness Tribute: Get Yourself On Blockbusters

Blockbusters is looking for folk. You can pay tribute to the recently deceased Bob Holness in the best possible way by applying to take part in this classic 2-on-1 quiz show situation. It probably won’t look exactly like the original 1980s-90s version above and Holness certainly won’t be hosting (and if he is it will [...]

Celebrity Lookalikes at the Quiz

Thanks to Graeme’s team-mates suggestion, I ran a celebrity look-alike contest at the Newsroom last night. Graeme’s pals were certain their man was a shoo-in because he looks exactly like Warwick from ‘Life’s Too Short’. Graeme is on the left: There is a resemblance, although Graeme is taller. The real reason why no one voted [...]

Best Moustache

I’m clearing up odds and ends from 2011 and of course, I keep getting emails from people saying “Come on Dr Paul – PLEASE tell us what the best moustache was from Mo’vember” OK, all right already. Here it is. Stop bugging me! Share on Facebook For cheats and hints to win Dr Paul quizzes [...]

Messages From Desperate Drunk Girls

Recently we had some girls at the Newsroom who were already pretty pished but obviously were in the mood for MORE BOOZE. And in such a world full of starvation, corruption, fear and  war, who can blame them? Anyway,  it was obvious after one round that they weren’t going to win the quiz so cleverly [...]

Bad Answer: Tool Error

The question here was “What two tools used to appear on the flag of the Soviet Union”? Crazy. Can’t see those Ruskie peasants cropping too much of a wheat harvest armed only with plumbing. Equally, I wouldn’t fancy washing my hands under a sickle. Confusing! Share on Facebook For cheats and hints to win Dr [...]

Team Name – Illustrated

BA Quizzacus  … Fool! have been making a few appearances lately at Monday Night at the Reverie. I like it when teams illustrate their team names. Share on Facebook For cheats and hints to win Dr Paul quizzes in Edinburgh, get the weekly email.

Bonus Round Nailed

I like this bonus round entry. I asked teams to write down ten places named after food and this is what I got: Tasty! Share on Facebook For cheats and hints to win Dr Paul quizzes in Edinburgh, get the weekly email.