REVIEW: Lord Nelson, Jarrow

Well this is the first review in our South Shields quiz blog and guess what, the first one reviewed ends up not being in South Shields at all! Oh, well you've gotta be willing to bend the rules some times I guess - we might even end up reviewing some quizzes in Sunderland!

Anyway On with the Review:

THE PUB: THE LORD NELSON, JARROW (0191 489 7231)


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TIME OF QUIZ: Sunday's at 9PM

PRIZE(S): Beer Tokens

REVIEW:

The Lord Nelson pub itself was quite a surprise as in a very nice neighbourhood and the pub itself is very pleasant.
Myself and my partner, Janette arrived at 20.30 for the quiz and were glad we arrived the half hour early as the pub was surprisingly busy.

Never-the-less we found our selves a seat and drinking in the vaguely nautical atmosphere (think ship's wheels and portholes) we waited for the quiz to start.

The quiz master was a nice fellow called Ian who I've heard has been doing the quiz for over 25 years! Hey, it's Nice work if you can get it I suppose!

The quiz itself took the format of a 3 page document with questions on music, sport, general knowlege and a picture round.

The quality of the questions overall was very good but was a bit disappointed that the quiz didn't have much interaction and basically consisted of getting your question sheet, working through it and then handing it in.

The quiz master seemed like a nice guy with good mic skills so think it would have given the quiz a better sense of occasion if he had read out the questions, rather than us just having to work through a question sheet.

On the plus side the standard of questions was pretty good with the exception of the picture round (which we thought was a bit easy - although since it was all 80's pop stars younger quizzers may have struggled). Also was not a big fan of the sports round but suppose that's a matter of personal preference (Me and Janette are not sports fans at all!) 

However, most of my misgivings I had about the occasion were soon forgotten when Ian announced that the bar had put on a lovely spread of food for the hungry quizzers. The delicious pizza, sarnies and sausage rolls going a long way towards improving my overall feelings about the night ;)

DAVNET's Performance:  Well, lets just say we didn't win but didn't come last either. There were 11+ teams and we came 3rd last. Ah well, onwards and upwards :)

OVERALL SCORE: 7 out of 10