Russell Brand said during the intros round of Nevermind The Buzzcocks (taped before his BBC ban but only broadcast last week), “We can do this damn quiz. It’s only a quiz isn’t it? Look at the word ‘quiz’. Nothing serious can happen as the result of a quiz. (Panicked voice) ‘There was a quiz earlier and three men died.’ It’s a quiz!” Cue applause. Cue laughter, including our own.
 
Little did we know that launching our pub quiz fanzine at The Rutland Arms in Sheffield last August would lead to an invitation to host a quiz of our own a few months later, and the opportunity to gather stats and research for the comedy show we’ve been working on for the past year and a half. 

But we were pretty sure that with the right team and the right questions, people would get talking, find shared interests, make links and possibly even lifelong connections. We started to notice (during our research, which mainly included taking quizzes and drinking local beer) that the quiz was a microcosm of life. High drama and ridiculous comedy could happen at any time. Sports training montages didn’t begin to cover our preparations one week when we were determined to beat the Saved By The Bell team last year. Site-specific improv became second nature. And now that we’re on the mics it’s a chance to live mix a question round like we’re a couple of crazy quiz djs looking for that unique sound, but for us, it’s the most interconnected Venn question.

Come down to the quiz one night or, better yet, come to our show on the 4th of May at the Riverside.
 
As for us, we’ll never think, ‘It’s only a quiz’ again.