Slapnut Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 No it's a parsnip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) Am I too late to participate in last nights quiz? Was the answer parsnip?I love a pub quiz, used toĀ be plenty of pubs in our area that would do one on a Sunday night, pack the place and put some free snap on. Seems to have died out now though, no idea why. I'veĀ had a hankering for doing a pub quiz for ages now.Ā Edited March 27, 2017 by cobra_gordo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 27, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) I absolutely fucking hate pub quizzes. Organized Fun in pubs is death to me. The fact you can't go for a piss when you want, fag when you want, pint when you want and have to give your undivided attention to who is usually a smug twat asking the questions is awful. Edited March 27, 2017 by PowerButchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted March 27, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2017 I semi-agree, although you're a miserable get. I don't like it when the pub only has one room for this sort of thing, and the whole place gets taken over with the quiz. Leads to friction between the quizzers and non-quizzers. Our old local had a public bar, a lounge, a function room, and the skittle alley, so the quiz was always in the function room, with a big plate of hot sausages, a platter of assorted sandwiches, and a big bowl of butcher-sourced pork scratchings that I used to bag up for myself at the end of the night. Cracking quiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted March 27, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 27, 2017 Antithesis of miserable, actually going to the pub daily and having spontaneous non-organised fun and hilarious conversations with the rest of the locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted March 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) The whole point of a pub is good conversation, booze and occasionally sport. The main reason I absolutely despise clubs is that you can't actually talk to any fucker.Ā Ā I need a local. I haven't really found one since moving a couple of months back.Ā Edited March 27, 2017 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) Proper quizzes are ace, but they tend to be part of some entertainment deal these days, where a failed DJ is to be a comedian instead of asking questions. If it fails the Billy G test, and is more Toksvig, then I don't want to know. Edited March 27, 2017 by Keith Houchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted March 27, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2017 Thankfully, I've not been to many of those quizzes ā used to supplement my food and drink at uni with pub quiz winnings, and some of those quizzes were run by proper terrible student types, but in general, you need the landlord, awkwardly reading off of a sheet the brewery sent to him. Like the one where there was a misprint in the bonus rollover jackpot question, and he insisted on "Jacksdale" being the capital of Mississippi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I've hosted a few in a pub full of Butches where there's just the one room in the pub and the participants are amongst the regular drinkers which is not enjoyable in the slightest. On the other hand, I sometimes host one downstairs at The King's Head in Crouch End which usually gets about 10-15 teams who are all there purely for the quiz, and that one is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted March 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) That's all well and good Slapnut, but can you tell me what this is? Ā Edited March 27, 2017 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted March 27, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2017 Kings Head is a blinding venue for anything ā saw an open mic night there once for first-time comedians, and that was as cringeworthy as usual, but then it suddenly turned into a surprise set by Tony Hendricks, which was a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 According to two separate teams, Gus, it's a carrot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted March 27, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) Edit ā double post. Edited March 27, 2017 by Sergio Mendacious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arn Anderson's Darb Posted March 27, 2017 Members Share Posted March 27, 2017 My brother is currently in a quiz team of people around 30 years old who go to a student pub and win the quiz every week. They're all really proud of this and proudly boast about getting answers overturned and showing up the host like a load of David Brents. I'm clinging to the hope that it's his girlfriend dragging him there every week because it sounds really obnoxious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikehoncho Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 My brother is currently in a quiz team of people around 30 years old who go to a student pub and win the quiz every week. They're all really proud of this and proudly boast about getting answers overturned and showing up the host like a load of David Brents. I'm clinging to the hope that it's his girlfriend dragging him there every week because it sounds really obnoxious. Ā Sounds like they're bunch of smart-arse bullies to me. Ā Don't tell Bowler ... he'll PM 'em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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