Every Tuesday at 9 from November 2010, when the Greystones pub opened in Sheffield, until June of this year, when enough field research had been gathered, The Venns did a quizmaster residency. It was an honour to be asked, and it helped The Venns remaster the quiz for ourselves and others through various experimental interpretations. (Live mixing the topical round with breaking news was what I’d like to call extreme quizzing.) I  highly prized the feedback we received, particularly when it came in the form of heckling from the Bowls Team in the corner. The Quiz-Master-Off was quite fun (and very competitive), but we don’t want to duplicate the ‘nobody printed the picture round’ scenario ever again, even if it did involve being heroically rescued by a one-woman cavalry in pyjamas and a bobble hat. (Thank you, Hannah!)

Rounds were a mix of general knowledge and highly specific knowledge, Sheffield, current events, a picture round, and one question you had to answer in the form of our trademark Venn Diagram. Overall prize was a gallon of beer, with additional spot prizes (for various feats of strength) of a pair of tickets to the Merry Hell Comedy Night at the Greystones, a bottle of wine, and vouchers for various local Sheffield businesses.Those who ticked a box on the answer sheet indicated they were willing to let us analyse their data for comedy research purposes. We ended our residency with an extended comedy quiz evening full of prizes,  stats, charts and graphs (pictures coming soon).

The quiz continues there, hosted by the very friendly and capable bar staff, and (yes this is total bias) The Venns highly recommend it.

Regular quizzes hosted at the Greystones November 2010 – June 2011

Irregular quizzes ongoing at The Rutland Arms, Sheffield, and at further venues and fundraisers upon request.