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Hi everybody! I'm Janette, the NET part of DAVNET.
Well up to now my favourite pub quiz has been the Marsden Inn quiz, which was held regularly on a Friday at 9pm.
The quiz was based on pop music and there were three categories of questions, but each catergory connected in some way with the questions in the other categories.
The main section involved playing a CD over the pub's speaker system, which would play a short intro and you would need to guess the song/artist or movie.
Some songs would be reversed to add to the difficulty and there was also a picture round, in which you had to name the famous musician or band.
The third style of question involved a cryptic clue which would point you towards the name of a group or artist. Example: "Raincoats in the cemetary" would be Max Bygraves (but don't be mislead by the inclusion of that old crooner, the quiz covered artists from all eras).
The QuizMaster (whose name escapes me) had a good rapport with the participants and took on the job of scoring each answer sheet himself. At the end of the night he would play each track again and give the answers.
The prizes were beer tokens but one thing I liked about this quiz was that there were prizes for first, second and third (and not just first place, like some other quizzes) so even if you were'nt the best in the room you still had a chance of winning something.
To top off all this quizzing loveliness, there was always some good food on offer. Which usually consisted of chicken curry and rice but if we were very lucky we sometimes could find ourselves with chilli, chips or even a sausage casserole! By the way did I mention all this was FREE! Including entry to the quiz itself! Amazing!
Sadly, although the Marsden Inn does still offer a different type of quiz on a Wednesday, the Friday Music Quiz is no more. On one ill-fated night a fire broke out of the upstairs floor (the lady at the bar later told us it was caused by a faulty clothes drier). Not long after this the proprieter moved to another pub and the quiz seemed to slowly dimish and once towards the end they ran the quiz with only two teams - the quiz ended soon after!
I have yet to find another quiz quite as good as this one. Can anyone suggest one? Please leave a comment below if any suggestions?
OVERALL SCORE: 9.5 out of 10
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