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A pub quiz is a quiz held in a pub or bar. These events are also called quiz nights , [ 1 ] trivia nights , [ 2 ] or bar trivia [ 3 ] and may be held in other settings. The pub quiz is a modern example of a pub game , and often attempts to lure customers to the establishment on quieter days.
This is a list of British game shows. A game show is a type of radio, television, or internet programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities , sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [31] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
One – I (I is the Roman numeral for 1) or rarely A, AN (not normally used in British crosswords), ACE (playing card), UNIT; Operating system – OS; Operation – OP; Order – OM (Order of Merit) Ordinary Seaman – OS, Rating; Oriental – E (East) Other Ranks – OR (military term for non-commissioned ranks) Ounce – OZ (abbreviation ...
Greaves' Rules is a set of etiquette guidelines common in the UK for buying rounds of drinks in English public houses.The rules were first defined by William Greaves (April 1938 - November 2017), a London journalist of the defunct Today newspaper as a Saturday morning essay in the paper, based upon his long experience of pubs and rounds.
The Dog and Handgun – Bottom, rival pub of The Lamb and Flag, staff are seen in the episode "Dough" (1995) during the quiz night scene at the aforementioned pub, with one barman getting a near-fatal electric shock from the buzzer, after Edward Hitler (Adrian Edmondson) tampered with it earlier. The pub is never actually seen in the series.
Catchphrase (British game show) Catchword (game show) Celebrity Fifteen to One; Celebrity Squares; Chain Letters; Challenge Anneka; Cluedo (British game show) Concentration (British game show) Connections (game show) Countdown (game show) Counterpoint (radio programme) Crosswits; Cryer's Crackers; The Crystal Maze