I don't intend to do this every week, but mentioning the names of quizzes that I attend, may lead to new teams wishing to check them out too, in the slim chance that anyone local reads this of course.
The past week has been a successful one for team Hollybush, with wins on both of our outings.
Monday night saw us at our regular haunt of the Hilton House Hotel in Hilton, funnily enough! The quizmaster Alan sets what is in my view the best quiz in the area, consisting of sixty questions, split into twelve themed rounds each of five questions. One of the reasons I enjoy Alan's quizzes is that he regularly includes topics that just don't come up in other pub quizzes I've been to, Mathematics for example.
It being the holiday season has meant attendances down over the past few weeks, so it was heartening to see a good turnout on Monday. It was tight at the top with just three points covering the top three teams, with us scraping into the winner's enclosure by a single point.
On Friday night we took part in the monthly charity quiz at the Constitutional Club in Burton Upon Trent. Attendance here was pretty good too, with all the big guns turning out for the first time in a while. This meant it was a pretty tight affair all the way through, with only a point or two in it at any stage. we finally prevailed but only by one and a half points.
Which just about wraps the week up, except to welcome back Mastermind to the tv schedules.
Do you currently play in the DPQL? If not, might you be interested in joining a team?
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ReplyDeleteNo I don't play in the DPQL.
Thanks for asking, believe me I've thought about it, but living in Burton it would involve quite a lot of travelling.
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Not necessarily; there are a couple of teams based in Burton, and quite a few other teams are accessible within about a 20-minute drive along the A50. The Southern area teams are spread from Ilkeston in the East to Rocester (Uttoxeter) in the West, mostly along the A50 corridor.
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