Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. Have a Guess, Part 1 (20 Questions) Each of these questions has a clue for which there is one obvious answer. These clues include street artist, Icelandic singer, space agency, Scottish queen and Emily Bronte novel. If you can think of one example… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: Have a Guess, Part 1 (20 Questions)
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. Town or City? Five of the places in the list below were granted City Status as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. The others do not have City Status. Which are towns and which are cities? Simply… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: Town or City?
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. The London Underground The answers to all of these questions are stations on the London Underground. There are no stations here that are only on the DLR, British Rail or the Overground. 1 Which tube station name was also the title of a… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: The London Underground
Following on from this introductory piece, here is another “oven-ready quiz round”. 12 anagrams Usually I prefer quiz rounds to consist of 10 questions but couldn’t work out which ones to drop from this list so there are 12 here. 1 Yoga is an anagram of which Spanish painter? 2 Meg Ryan is an anagram… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: 12 anagrams
Following on from this introductory piece, here is the first of my “oven-ready quiz rounds”. First, last or somewhere else Here are 10 questions about people, places or things that are part of a group or list, or can be identified by their geographical position. For example: which is the northernmost of a group of countries,… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: First, last or somewhere else
In recent months I have been paid to host quizzes in pubs around West London. The pay isn’t great, but I’d rather host a quiz than spend the evening taking part in one. I have been asked to host a fundraising quiz in the coming weeks and my recent experiences mean that I could even… Continue reading Oven-ready quiz rounds: Introduction
How long is a generation? A quick search will provide a range of answers. This Wikipedia page suggests 20 to 30 years, with the following definition: A generation refers to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It can also be described as, “the average period, generally considered… Continue reading Generations, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler
Happy New Year to you. May 2024 be a better year for you than 2023 was. During the last two festive seasons my son and I both had Covid in the days after Christmas, as you can read in this piece from 2022 and this one from 2021. We have escaped it this time round.… Continue reading A Covid-Free Start to 2024
Any keen quizzers will almost certainly have come across the following question: If you write out every number as a word, which is the first (and only) one to have all of its letters in alphabetical order? In case you don’t know the answer, you can work it out for yourself by starting with one,… Continue reading Word of the week: Forty
I have been using laptops for most of my computing needs for over 15 years. Before that I always had desktops: keyboard, mouse, tower, screen. Although I am right-handed I ended up using a mouse with my left hand. I had some issues with my right shoulder about 20 years ago, linked to how I… Continue reading A dodgy touchpad
The Compartments 