I first discovered the world of Pub Quizzes in my student years. I remembered that in Strasbourg, when I was studying English, I got roped in a team to play in an Irish bar of the city center and it was instantly an eye opener: I could enjoy a great night out, have a drink and a laugh and also make good use of my general knowledge outside of a classroom! 🍻 ^^
I took part in Pub Quiz in pretty much everywhere I went afterwards but it's really only in Granada that I have really decided to devote myself to it seriously and consistently. So, for the past 5 years I have been going quite regularly, at least once a month to the Pub Quiz which is organized in the Hannigan Pub, one of the few Irish bar which graces that great city💪.
But... You will tell me know... What is a pub quiz exactly? Yeah.. True. It's very simple: once a week, the Quiz guy comes with a series of questions about actuality, sport, trivia or music, and the audience in the pub form teams to answer the questions. Of course, using a mobile phone to find out the good answers is strictly ⚠ prohibited ⚠ you have to rack your brains and follow the news and make good use of your general knowledge to find out the right answers.
Every pub quiz follow a different pattern, but they are somewhat similar, and when it comes to Hannigan's one, it amounts to 5 rounds of 12 questions about:
NEWS AND GOSSIPS(better read carefully last weeks news for this one)
POT LUCK (anything goes)
A THEME ROUND (it can be about Harry Potter, a TV series, a country, depends the whim of the host!)
A SPORT ROUND (questions about... you guessed it... sport!)
HISTORY ROUND (events, births and deaths which happened on the day of the quiz in history - previous reading of WikiPedia is mandatory in that case)
And finally, the 6th and last round is a music round: a blind test where the intro of 12 songs are played and we must find out the title of the song and the name of the artist - not as easy as it sounds!
So, that makes 12 points for the 5 first rounds and 24 for the last round, a potential 84 points!
Last night, I'm pleased to say that with my team we won the First Prize, with 69 points! 🙌🏆 See how happy we are!👀
Now, do you like Pub Quiz, have you already taken part in one? Let's see if you are Pub Quiz-material, try to answer a few of those questions which came up last night:
1 - Who was overwhelmingly re-elected President for a fourth term last weekend?
2 - Which world leader said his country had nothing to do with the poisoning of a former spy in Salisbury, England, last week?
3 - What was the name of the bear in The Jungle Book?
4 - Which American state has the nickname of the Bear State?
5 - On this day in history which famous bridge was opened?
6 - On this day is the Day of the Fathers in Spain, which is the saint celebrated?
7 - Which architect and minister of the Nazi regime was born on this day?
8 - In the Bible, with how many fish was Jesus supposed to feed the multitude?
9 - To reduce risk of prostate cancer, what scientists recommended men to do 5 times/week?
10 - Which famous American actor was born in Germany on this day (19th march) in 1955?
11 - Which famous American producer was born on this day(19th march) in New York?
12 - Apart from Saint Patrick, which are the two other official saints of Ireland?
13 - Who won the rugby match between Ireland and England last weekend?
14 - Ombrophobia is the fear of ... what?</h3
So... How many correct answers can you give me, without looking at Internet?
As you can see, the range of questions and knowledge involved is quite broad and there are questions which entice giggle and jokes and so on... So, better read carefully the knews, scour Wikipedia for information at home before to go, and find those friends who have an intimate knowledge with gossips, nature, celebrities, history and so on :) Forget about cheating with your mobile phone, because winning is really not the point in all that, but having a good time and a good laugh and thanks to the organizer (see the photo on the left, he takes his job very seriously: who has been leading that event for 13 years!) we are sure to have a good laugh in the end.
HAVE YOU BEEN TO A PUB QUIZ?
HAVE I CONVINCED YOU TO GO?
