Pub Quiz

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The Lock In podcast

How to run a pub quiz

By Ed Bedington

The Lock In team tackle the topic of pub quizzes, much to the delight of Heath - the do's and don'ts of running a great quiz!

Get your team ready: This year's World's Biggest Pub Quiz set for highest levels of pub participation

More than 500 pubs register for World’s Biggest Pub Quiz

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

More than 500 pubs have signed up to the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, running from 9 to 15 May, with organiser PubAid confident this year’s event would hit an all-time high in pub participation, and money raised for charity.

Great British Pub Awards 2017: The winners will be revealed at the Hilton on Park lane on 7 September

Meet the GBPA nominees: Best Student Pub

By Ed Bedington

Our next set of previews for the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards are the nominees in the Best Student Pub category. 

Community: pub quizzes are a great way to bring people together

The MA pub quiz

By MA Editorial

Quiz evenings are cost-effective, relatively simple to organise and can encourage a healthy number of customers to come in on quiet nights, but some preparation is essential to make it a success.

Pubs raise £125,000 through quizzes

Entertainment

Pubs raise £125,000 through quizzes

By Nikkie Sutton

Volunteers behind the non-profit organisation PubAid are counting the funds raised after they set out to host the World's Biggest Quiz in February this year.

Orderella and quiz specialists team up for Pub Quiz Day

Technology

Orderella and quiz specialists team up for Pub Quiz Day

By James Evison

Mobile ordering app Orderella has teamed up with quiz event specialists MyBigIQ to announce applications are open for pubs to take part in the UK’s first National Pub Quiz Day on 1 December.

Tony Jennings:

Unleashing the potential of the humble pub quiz

By Tony Jennings

Until we launched our Great Budweiser Budvar London Pub Quiz in October, I never realised what a fantastic platform the quiz offers for the host to get the customers in, and for us to reach them

A quiz is a great way to increase footfall, maximise dwell time and increase spending.

How to host a quiz night

By Fiona McLelland

Putting on a quiz won’t automatically get the tills ringing, but with a little thought and planning this pub favourite could boost takings significantly on quieter nights of the week.Licensees looking to reinvigorate quiet nights should consider the merits...

J2O: TV ads air this week

Britvic launches £1m J2O TV ads

By Lesley Foottit

Britvic is launching a £1m campaign for J20 starting this week, which aims to drive people into pubs.

Potter: Wilbraham Arms pub quiz

Question time — pub quizzes

By Tony Halstead

The enduring appeal of pub quizzes can give trade a healthy boost — as long as you follow a few key rules, says Tony Halstead. They first arrived...

Pub quiz: for charity

140 pubs sign up for charity quiz

By Lesley Foottit

Around 140 pubs across the UK have signed up to take part in the World's Biggest Pub Quiz on 25 March to raise money for charity. Money raised from...

Pub poker: proved a success for Redtooth

Pub poker firm Redtooth sees turnover rise

By Ewan Turney

National pub poker and quiz specialists Redtooth has revealed a 20% uplift in turnover for 2009 to over £2m. The growth was fuelled by a 47%...

No pub quiz tax

No pub quiz tax

By Ewan Turney

Reports that pubs could be taxed extra for running quizzes are wide of the mark. The Mail on Sunday claimed plans for the secret quiz tax is included...

Couple win £10K on pub quiz tour

Couple win £10K on pub quiz tour

By Iain O'Neil

Two married Oxford graduates say they racked up a whopping ten grand on a tour of pub quiz machines. The couple, David and Lesley Brewis from...