Team Snail (Ian Bayley, Toby Cox, Jack Waley-Cohen, James Brilliant) beat Oxford A (Luke Pitcher, Dorjana Sirola, Laura Campbell, Craig Mermel) to take /...
Thanks for an enjoyable day out. Regards; Tim Westcott Tim Milhous-Westcott European Treasurer Tel. 01256 488040 Fax 01256 488380 ... From: Rob Linham...
Westcott Tim-TFIN28
Tim.Westcott@...
Mar 1, 2003 8:37 pm
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... Here here, Tim! Thanks Rob et al for a fab tournament - very nice to see so many people there :o) Jane x ... Questions ... ...
As Bristol Uni's quiz society disappeared several years ago, I've been thinking about starting up a new one. Does anyone have any suggestions as how to find...
Imran Ghory
imran@...
Mar 4, 2003 2:42 am
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... the idea ? ... I would start off with a substantial piece on your university's message board - if there is one at all it will be on your student union...
... When I set up the Cambridge quiz society, I got practically all of the contacts through the university's annual societies fair, so if you have the...
... IANMatthew but a good way to find quite a lot of reasonably keen people is to offer to put on a quiz in the student union or equivalent. Charge something...
These were harder than I expected but Stephen Pearson got there in the end.... They were about meanings of Christian names with one surname in there for good...
Is there anyone in the newsgroup living in Cambridge? I need a regular quiz partner for Tuesday nights at the County Arms on Castle Hill. Very good quiz last...
... Well, that was because my friend and I beat you then! The County quiz is extremely inconsistent as it's set by whichever 'volunteers' they can find. Mostly...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Quiz GB Chatroom Quiz Date: Thursday, March 6, 2003 Time: 9:00PM - 11:00PM GMT Come and play quiz in the...
QuizGB@yahoogroups.com
Mar 6, 2003 9:02 am
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... wrote: We were particularly proud of getting full marks on the outline of ... identify Bosnia ... Yes - I was particularly happy with my own performance in...
Oh Sean! what it is to be young and innocent! I'm afraid your treatment is very much par for the course and the reason i stopped doing pub quizzes many years...
... I hope this is actually true, because it's one of the best stories I've ever heard. ... No Trevor, you should play 2 games @ 50p. Certain machines, among ...
... I think the 'Testing 5' only works on Super Clue. I think you are wrong about Around the World in 80 Days - it is quite simply always tight as the ...
... Quiz Public. ... Hardly gold dust secrets, TV's Brewis. There are plenty of quiz machines around the UK to share around, especially now that Steve Romana...
... I think there is no word, although 'goodies' will surely suffice. ... <snort> I've forgotten more than you've ever known Brewis... ;-) Anyway, I'm off to...
I have read with interest the comments by Sean and Trevor about the perils of pub quizzes, and am amazed that they have had so much trouble. In over 15 years...
... agains ... The correct terminology is in fact 'armoury'. Thence one gets the expressions 'full armoury', 'replete armoury', 'inverse armoury' etc....
I suppose I'd better elaborate on my original comment, then, which was just to see how common such a fate was. The first pub didn't ban us, just stopped doing...
Reference Sweden and its appearance as a drooping phalus. Have you looked closely at its outline on the Euro coin? Not only is the Phallus evident, so is the...
wiseoldowls@...
Mar 6, 2003 10:16 pm
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... Interesting, Jack. I would say then that a PASS and two TRY AGAINS constitute a full armoury, and with a BONUS ANSWER and perhaps 2-PLY you could boast a...
yes James you are quite right, i used to fall for this trickery in the early days and the first coin (20p in my day) often showed the machine was unplayable,...
Yes, i too would agree with some of Mark's remarks and it was all too late when i learnt some of the quiz niceties. In the early days i used to always play on...
... Full armoury = all the try agains and passes etc. which were provided at the start of a game. Mainly used in games in which this is consistent, such as...
Not a country but the most famous phallus is possibly the Mull of Kintyre. The angle of hang is supposedly used by the BBFC to decide whether a particular...
... The ... friends ... and ... Some interesting discussions re banning from quizzes etc. I totally agree with Mark's comments that acting with some fairly ...
Since there seems to be a lively spark around this group at the moment I thought I'd pose the following question and then explain why afterwards. At a pub quiz...
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