5 November 2024
Table round: Bad celebrity waxworks
Music round 1: Bonfire night
Music round 2: Charts 5 November
- Quizard of Oz - 80/100
- Minus Leah - 75
- Bad Day to be a Quiz - 62
1 October 2024
Table round: Oh, biscuits!
Music round 1: Artist words
Music round 2: Charts 1 October
- 4 Welsh and a Portugeezer - 75/100
- Quiz Jericho - 71
- We're with stupid - 63
- Gary Barlow's Bean Bag - 61
- = Smarty Pints - 56
= The Shearwaters - 56
= 2Bs - 56
- The Bikers - 53.5
- Team Charlie - 55
- The Puppies - 48.5
- You put me on the spot there - DNF
I'm sending an extra big thank you this week because, thanks to you, my quizzes have now passed the £1,000 donation mark for Cancer Research UK. Thank you to each and every one of you who's played a quiz or shown your support along the way - it really means a lot!
3 September 2024
Table round: Back to School (fictional schools, colleges, and universities)
Music round 1: Orchestral covers
Music round 2: Charts 3 September
- 5 Welsh and a Portugeezer - 82/100
- The Frankensteins - 63
- The Boomerz - 60
- Upstairs - 58
- The Brayfords - 56.5
- Team VC - 47.5
- I didn't come prepared - 45.5
6 August 2024
Table round: Olympic pictograms
Music round 1: Summer
Music round 2: Charts 6 August
- ...which is nice. - 93/101
- Paddlebots - 82
- The Yam Yams - 74.5
- Lloydi's magic bus - 65.5
- Random name - 63.5
- The only way is Hwb - 60.5
- Bill's gonads - 56
- Tacos - 48
- Spiced fries - 38
23 July 2024
Table round: Cartoon sidekicks
Music round 1: TV and film themes
Music round 2: Video / mobile games and 8-bit trip
- Stay humble - 93/125
- The A crew - 81
- Newlyweds and co - 79 + tiebreak
- The Frankensteins - 79
- Happy campers - 69
- Just the 3 of us - 67
- Bye bye Bradley - 66
- The Yam Yams - 61
- The Avengers - 57
Tiebreak question: For how many miles can an average pencil draw a line?
Answer: 35 miles. Newlyweds and Co were closer with 6 vs The Frankensteins' 120.
2 July 2024
Table round: Wimbledon champions
Music round 1: Number 2s
Music round 2: Charts 2 July
- SW19, just off the A219 - 72/100
- Murphy's mob - 66
- The Tweedys - 60.5
- The Frankenteins - 57
- The 3 Musketeers - 56.5
- Let's get Shreked - 44
- Tom and Sunnie - 41.5
- Team Ramsey - 39.5
4 June 2024
Table round: Summer movies
Music round 1: Transport
Music round 2: Charts 4 June
- The Freaks - 83
- What the Grell? - 81
- The Four Horsemen - 73
- 3 Welsh and a Portugeezer - 71
- = Sigmas - 66
= The Waites - 66
- Numero uno - 49
- Gryff and the Goonies - 47
7 May 2024
Table round: Eurovision destinations
Music round 1: Originally in a foreign language
Music round 2: Charts 7 May
This quiz used a head-start handicap system. For an explainer, see the results of 23 January.
- My Lovely Horse - 86/101 + 8 = 94
- The Efailwen Mafia - 70 + 18 = 88
- Couple - 68 + 18 = 86
- = Jubilee Templars - 64 + 18 = 82
= Third is the Best - 64 + 18 = 82
- The Snaileans - 62 + 18 = 80
- Gari Gari Gari - 67 + 12 = 79
- The Bunsen Burner Babes - 65 + 8 = 73
- Inside Engineering - 65 + 3 = 68
23 April 2024
Table round: Famous Runners
Music round 1: Intros
Music round 2: Charts 23 April
This quiz used a head-start handicap system. For an explainer, see the results of 23 January.
- We All Love Ziggy - 82/100 + 0 = 82
- The Dandy Shandies - 67 + 8 = 75
- New Old Friends - 63 + 8 = 71
- Ethan's Angels - 56 + 8 = 64
- Queen Laquichas - 63 + 0 = 63
2 April 2024
Table round: Famous Doggies
Music round 1: Space / Originally in a foreign language
Music round 2: Charts 2 April
This quiz used a head-start handicap system. For an explainer, see the results of 23 January.
- The Broken Boilers - 80/100 + 12 = 92
- New Pork Market Openers - 72 + 18 = 90
- Schrödinger's Egg - 84 + 0 = 84
- Beeskis - 76.5 + 3 = 79.5
- The Haleys - 68 + 8 = 76
- Vintage - 71 + 0 = 71
- Quizzy Rascals - 58.5 + 8 = 66.5
- Benidor - 54 + 8 = 62
- 4 Nachos - 50 + 8 = 58
- Table 10 - DNF
26 March 2024
Table round: Easter Eggheads
Music round 1: Sweet treats
Music round 2: Instrumentals
This quiz used a head-start handicap system. For an explainer, see the results of 23 January.
- Very Ill Prepared - 68.5/100 + 29 = 97.5
- The Yam Yams - 62 + 29 = 91
- Dora the Explorer - 60 + 29 = 89
- Bagel, Pretzel, Mere - 81 + 7 = 88
- Team Cerys - 72 + 15 = 87
- = Late To The Party - 68.5 + 7 = 75.5
= Hoof Hearted - 60 + 15 = 75.5
- Team Tease - 71 + 2 = 73
- = Quizzy Rascals = 56 + 7 = 63
= The Girls - 56 + 7 = 63
- Quizzy Rascals 2.0 - DNF
27 February 2024
Table round: Zoomed-In Animals
Music round 1: TV Themes
Music round 2: Charts 27 February
This quiz used a head-start handicap system. For an explainer, see the results of 23 January.
- Daddy or Chips - 80/105 + 2 = 82
- We are Smarticus - 74 + 2 = 76
- Allium - 75 + 0 = 75
- Miss Conway - 69 + 2 = 71
Shout out to the Bar Babes 💘 and Jill & Mart who were both playing for fun and scored 77 each.
13 February 2024
Table round: Anti-Valentine's Movies
Music round 1: Love Song Covers
Music round 2: Charts 13 February
This quiz used a head-start handicap system. For an explainer, see the results of 23 January.
- Roast and Read - 77/100 + 7 = 84
- 5 Welsh and a Portuguese - 76 + 0 = 76
- The Flipping Pancakes - 57 + 14 + tiebreaker = 73
- The Four Horsemen - 65 + 7 = 72
- = Amroth's Angels - 44 + 7 = 61
= Table 21 - 46 + 15 = 61
- Colin - 30 + 29 = 59
- St James' Street - 41 + 7 = 48
6 February 2024
Table round: TV Spin-Offs
Music round 1: Born in February
Music round 2: Opposite Titles
This quiz used a head-start handicap system. For an explainer, see the results of 23 January.
- The Worths - 60/100 + 29 = 89
- What's My Name Again? - 82 + 2 = 84
- The Frankensteins - 53 + 29 = 82
- Cheryl's Heros - 66 + 10 = 76
- Crazy Cat Ladies - 30 + 29 = 59
23 January 2024
Table round: Brand slogans
Music round 1: Classic TV ads
Music round 2: Charts 23 January
For this quiz I tried something different, based on the findings of this research paper, I introduced a 'head start' handicap system.
Based on previous average scores, the number of questions, and the number of players in a team, each team is given a head start number of points that get added on to the total. The more players, the less your head start.
I think I'll try the handicap system again for my next quiz, then review it after that.
- Boutros Boutros Ghali, Buono estente - 85/101 + 16 = 101
- Nella & Steve - 36 + 31 = 67
- Do we have a team name? - 58.5 + 8 = 66.5
- Four horsemen - 54 + 8 = 62
- Nacho cheese - 55 + 3 = 58
Shout out to the bar team who scored 38 + 31 = 69 points!
10 January 2024
Table round: Pembrokeshire Pub Emojis
Music round 1: Number 1s
Music round 2: Easy
- Neil Ruby - 80/100
- Quizzers International - 59
- Sherlock n' Watson - 46
Shout out to the bar team who scored 72 points!