2023 Podcast New Series

 

A few people have been asking about the current status of the podcast. The last few months have been a bit of a whirlwind with a job change, a packed festive period with the little one and all manner of things. So sadly, I have not had chance to record any new episodes. However, the new series of the podcast will begin in January 2023!

Contestant Call For Irish Quizzers

 

Updates - Qwizzers.app

 

Its been a while! After a hectic month involving a superb Buzzer Quiz organised by OQL, a league season that ended with promotion into Division 5 and a decent cup run that only ended in the last round of the Quarter Final, I can finally get caught up on all of my other quizzing escapades.

Whilst the podcast is on hiatus until January, I have been investing plenty of time in the Qwizzers.app project I have been a part of. The site hosts 5 daily questions, written by me, and you compare scores with me.

The tech team have recently added sign ups which paves the way for leaderboards which should make things even more competitive!

Sign up is HERE

Quizzer Christmas Gift Guide #1

 In what has became something of an annual tradition, I will be posting up a few recommendations over the coming weeks for Christmas Gifts for the quizzer in your life, or indeed yourself. This serves as more a book/game recommendation series than anything else but if it gets someone out of a pickle at Xmas time then all's well and good. If you have anything to add or any suggestions of your own please email daniel@thequizaddict.com and Ill add them. 

I will start off this year with one of my favourite Quiz Books...

David Hepworth's "Rock and Roll A Level" was released back in 2019 and I think has featured on everyone of my Xmas lists since. The book, for me, is the style of quiz book I have taken a fondness too, in the sense that rather than make brags about "10,000 questions" etc, David has focused on interesting and challenging ones, and provided plenty of information on the answer pages. The questions are original, well thought out and cover a wide range of music, and the pain staking research that has gone into the book is evident on each page. Even as someone who consider himself fairly decent at music quizzes, I found plenty to learn and challenge here and its a great book to whip out and throw questions around at games nights etc!

Podcast Episodes

Plenty of new podcast episodes to get stuck into. We have reached 1966 in the World Cup series, and with new episodes on Sport, Gk and Music alongside it there is plenty to get stuck into. My latest set is also live on Quizzers.App site  HERE

The podcast is kindly sponsored by Quizzers.app. A new daily quiz game I have been writing questions for. You can find that HERE

Qwizzers is now Live!

 

The re-launch of the Qwizzers App is now live and you can find it HERE. The questions are all written by me so please let me know how you get on and share the links/scores on your social media. There is a great team behind the app who are keen to grow this into something that quizzers will love so make sure to try it out!

Pop Culture Challenge Tier 1 Final Preview

 

The latest season of the OQL Pop Culture Challenge comes to an end this weekend with the Tier 1 final looking as strong as ever. Gareth Kingston over at All Things Quiz has produced a preview for the final which you can see above!

New Podcast Episodes

 Two new podcast episodes have just been uploaded today! The continuation of the World Cup Series which hits 1950 now and the latest in the TV A-Z series. New sponsors on board as well so make sure to check them out! My latest set is also live on Quizzers. App HERE

https://qwizzers.app/

QuizSwipe Football

 

Long term readers will know that I am a huge fan of Quiz Apps and have suggested many over the years which I know people will enjoy...and the latest one is QuizSwipe Football. I found this somewhat by accident on the Play Store and was immediately hooked and the app has became part of my daily routine. Each day 10 questions are presented for players, with a range of difficulty, with players simply required to Swipe the answer. With leaderboards, friend links up and plenty of the stats, the app is certainly worth a look if you are a keen football quizzer. I am hoping to set up a QuizAddict mini league very soon so keep an eye out for that. Otherwise, download this free app and see what you think. I have certainly learnt a think or two and I considered myself half decent at football!

 More information can be found HERE 

QuizSwipe have also very kindly sponsored some entries in the FIFA World Cup Quiz Series I am running on the podcast so make sure to check that out!

New Daily Quiz

 

I am pleased to announce that I am now working in partnership with Qwizzers, a new 5-question daily game with questions written by myself.  I'll mention more ongoing about Qwizzers but thought I would give it a quick mention as my involvement begins tomorrow with the first batch of 5 questions. Let me know how you get on, share you scores on Twitter! 

You can find the new quiz each day at 1pm HERE

Podcast turns 300!

 Counting in the bonus episodes, the latest episode of The Quiz Addict Podcast marked the 300th episode! Thanks to everyone who has contributed, donated and gave feedback! And here is to the next 300....

Contestant Call

 

World Cup Quiz - Podcast

 

With the FIFA World Cup on the horizon, I am launching a new series of episodes focusing on the history of the tournament. Each episode will focus on one of the 21 FIFA World Cup tournaments to have taken place to date, starting with 1930 (coming in the next day or so) and ending with the 2018 Tournament. The episodes will be spread out and culminate on the eve of Qatar 2022. They will all be pitched at a mixed level, starting with easy gimmies and working up to more specialist content. Hope you will enjoy them!

New Podcast Episodes

 7 episodes of the latest entries in the "Trios" series have been uploaded today. Let me know how you get on! Make sure to like, share and subscribe to the podcast wherever you are able!

OQL Pop Solos MIMIR Final

As well as all the UK Based events ran by the Online Quiz League, there has been for a number of a years, a USA version including a fully fledged league and a Pop Solos tournament. The tournament is always fun and open to anyone across the globe. Information can be found here

Above is the video of the top tier final from the most recent season. A great contest between 4 of the top pop culture quizzers in the USA!

Buzzer Sets Available

 If you are looking to sharpen your buzzer skills or want some sets to practice on with your team mates, then I have three Buzzer Sets available. I am going to launch an online store later in the year but just want to check out the demand for this sort of thing prior to writing more. The buzzer sets are pitched at the Medium level and consist of 15-20 questions (one toss up and three linked bonuses). An example is below...

If you wish to purchase these three sets please send £2.50 on paypal to fully234@hotmail.com and I will email them straight to you.

15	This musical made its debut at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and today runs on Broadway as well as internationally.  One scene in this musical is set in the studio of a famous artist and parodies modern dating apps. The musical opens with the female lead characters introducing themselves in the form of a pop concert, telling the audience that the position of the lead singer of the pop band will be determined by deciding which of them were treated worse by their common husband. The backup band on stage are referred to as “The Ladies in Waiting”. Songs from this musical include “I Don’t Need Your Love” “Haus of Holbein” and “Don’t Lose Ur Head”. Fore Ten points, name this musical that has a numerical title correlating to the number of wives of Henry VIII?	Six
	Bonuses – Musicals since 2010
Bonus 1	Jennifer Saunders wrote which musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls? It shares a name with the first Spice Girls Number 1 single not to include Geri Halliwell	Viva Forever
Bonus 2	Which 2012 Tony winner for Best Musical, was based of a film of the same that had been released five years earlier? It tells the tale of a Dublin Busker who meets a Czech woman, neither of whom, are very identified and referred to only as Guy and Girl.	Once
Bonus 3	Referring to an item of clothing, what is the title of the 2013 Tony Winner for Best Musical which was written by Cyndi Lauper? It is based on a 2005 film telling the story of character inheriting a factory.	Kinky Boots

Music Quiz

Here is a quick 15 question music quiz from a recent-ish episode of my podcast. New episodes due soon!

Episode 250 -Music

 

1	What is the alliterative two word title of the 2022 album Number 1 album released by Harry Styles?	Harrys House
2	'Just Like Heaven', 'Lovesong', 'Lets Go To Bed' and 'The Love Cats' have all been singles released by which band, formed in 1978?	The Cure
3	Who duetted with Roberta Flack on the 1983 UK Top 3 hit, “Tonight I Celebrate My Love”?	Peabo Bryson
4	‘If you hate me after what I say’  is the opening line to which famous song by the Bay City Rollers?	Bye Bye Baby
5	What is the name of the British country music duo, comprised of Ben Earle and Chrissy Rhodes, who released their debut album Brave in 2015? They were the first UK country act to have a top ten album in the USA	The Shires
6	Who is the lead singer of the Scottish band Altered images?	Clare Grogan
7	‘Cmon You Know’ was a UK number album in the UK in May 2022, released shortly before this act headlined two sold out shows at Knebworth?	Liam Gallagher
8	Which English band are best known for their 1972 number 3 hit “Silver Machine”?	Hawkwind
9	Which song by Kate Bush re-entered the top 10 of the UK Singles chart in 2022 after its use in the TV show Stranger Things?	Running up That Hill
10	Who duetted with Camilla Cabello on the 2022 UK Top 10 hit “Bam Bam”?	Ed Sheeran
11	‘Dance to the Music’ ‘Family Affair’ and ‘Running Away’ were all top 20 hits in the UK for which group?	Sly and the Family Stone
12	Better known for a famous duet, which singer who was born as Pauline Matthews, provided the theme tune for opportunity knocks with her song “star”?	Kiki Dee
13	Slanted and Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain are critically acclaimed albums released in the 1990s by which American indie band fronted by Stephen Malkmus? They reunited for the second time in 2022	Pavement
14	Which British guitarist is the founder and longest lasting member of the group King Crimson?	Robert Fripp
15	By what stage name is Danielle Bregoli better known? She was the youngest female rapper to appear on the Billboard Top 100 when she did so in 2017 and went viral with the phrase “Cash Me Ousside, how about that”?	Bhad Barbie

 

Sign up for the latest round of MIMIRs Well (Gunpowder League) is now open! This is a wide ranging and superb individual MIMIR contest that attracts players from across the globe. High quality questions guaranteed!

Full details HERE

OQL Connections League

 The Online Quiz League Connections League goes from strength to strength to strength and is currently in its third season. The gamer of the week videos are always worth a watch (see below and follow the channel within for the latest updates).

All information about signing up to the Connections League, or indeed any of the other OQL events can be found HERE

Mastermind New Series - Tonight

 

In case you may have missed it, the brand new series of Mastermind begins tonight on BBC Two at 7pm. Quizzy Monday is in full flow now with the Mastermind, Only Connect and University Triple header!

The Quiz in the North - Rochdale - 17th September

The latest Quiz in the North Event is only a matter of weeks away. This is very much a player-ran event in which various top quizzers take turns setting fun and testing sets for all to enjoy. The events are always well attended, involve various apres-quizzing and socialising and a perfect introduction to the "written exam" style of competitive quizzing. 

In the words of organiser Colin Daffern

"Andy Kelly and myself will be hosting the next Quiz In The North at the Flying Horse in Rochdale on Saturday 17th September. There will be a full day's quizzing, including a team quiz set by the fabulous Lindsay Baumeister plus plenty of post-quiz socialising.

If you're interested in attending, please sign up using the event link below. See you there!"

LINK (via Facebook)

If you don't use Facebook pop me a message in the comments or daniel@thequizaddict.com and Ill put you in touch with the organisers.

New Podcast Episodes! Out now

 The latest batch of episodes of the Quiz Addict Podcast are now underway with the first two episodes out today. The initial half a dozen or so episodes of the series will be themed around "General Knowledge Trios" before reverting back to the usual subjects. If you wish to make a donation to the podcast or indeed have suggestions for future episodes get in touch daniel@thequizaddict.com 

University Challenge Night- Tonight!

 

It somewhat escaped my attention when mentioning the return of University Challenge last week, that BBC Two has something of a University Challenge style night in store! After the main show itself at 9pm, a one hour documentary airs "University Challenge at 60" which looks interesting, followed by the entertaining movie "Starter For Ten", which is well worth a watch!

British Quizzing Championships

 

There is still time to register for the British Quizzing Championships which are taking place on Saturday 3rd September in Northampton. Open to anyone and you can find full details HERE. Hundreds of people will be taking part and its a great step into the world of competitive quizzing if you have yet to sample a GP style event. The British Quizzing Championships were one of the first events I went to over a decade ago and I would certainly recommend it as a starting point! There will a pairs event on the day as well as well as a buzzer event the following day (sadly now entries and this is the only part of the weekend Ill be doing) and it should be a cracking weekend.

If you are interested in previous winners of the contest, you will recognise many of the names below, most of whom will be competing again for one of the most prestigious titles in quiz.

Year	Venue	Winner - Singles	Winner - Pairs
2004	Old Trafford Manchester	Kevin Ashman	Not held
2005	Altrincham	Kevin Ashman	Not held
2006	Shrewsbury	Kevin Ashman	Ian Bayley & Pat Gibson
2007	Derby	Pat Gibson	Gareth Aubrey & Olav Bjortomt
2008	Staveley	Sean Carey	David Edwards & Nic Paul
2009	Derby	Mark Bytheway	David Lea & Kathryn Johnson
2010	Derby	Pat Gibson	David Edwards & Nic Paul
2011	Lichfield	Kevin Ashman	Pat Gibson & Ian Bayley
2012	Lichfield	Jesse Honey	David Stainer & Olav Bjortomt
2013	Hilton, Edinburgh, Dublin	Kevin Ashman	Kevin Ashman & Pat Gibson
2014	Rothwell, Edinburgh, Dublin	Pat Gibson	David Stainer & Olav Bjortomt
2015	Newark, Edinburgh, Dublin	Pat Gibson	Anne Hegerty & John Wilson
2016	Coventry, Edinburgh	Nic Paul	Brian Chesney & Jeff Evans
2017	Coventry, Edinburgh	Kevin Ashman	Kevin Ashman & Pat Gibson
2018	Coventry, Edinburgh, London	Pat Gibson	Not held
2019	Northampton, Edinburgh	Paul Sinha	Kevin Ashman & Pat Gibson
2020	Various	Pat Gibson	Not held

Podcast Suggestion - Unreal

One of my favourite podcasts of 2022 so far, has to be Unreal: A Critical History of reality TV. Over the course of ten episodes (available on all major platforms and BBC Sounds HERE) the show takes a look at the evolution of reality TV from Big Brother onwards. Each episode is tied in which a particular show, or style of show, and as well as being extremely interesting and informative, there are plenty of useful facts for quizzing that emerge and gentle reminders of shows we perhaps would rather forget!

New Shoots - Quizzing Documentary

 

I got a question on Twitter this week asking for a link to the "CJ and Jenny Ryan" quiz documentary Channel 4 put out a good few years ago. Always worthy of a repost on the blog as well.....Well worth 20 minutes of your time if you haven't seen it!

Online Quiz League

 

The latest season of the Online Quiz League is due to begin on Wednesday 31st August. About to embark on its 8th Season, the league continues to go from strength to strength. Its a 4v4 format and is played every Wednesday at 8pm running for 11 weeks. Whether you have a full team or are an individual seeking to take part in some more competitive quizzing, then check out the website HERE for full information and registration details!

Podcast - New Episodes This Week

The latest episodes of the Quiz Addict Podcast are all now written, recorded and scheduled to go live in the coming days. With over a years worth of episodes to catch up with (see below) there is plenty of content already available. 15 questions in 5 minutes...

University Challenge - Returns on Monday!

 

After the announcement of the return of Only Connect on the 29th August, we all hoped quizzy Mondays would be back in full force with University Challenge alongside....and indeed it is! The first round battle will  be between Bristol and Durham (my home team!).

Speedquizzing Night in Sunderland

 

With a child free night, after eating food at The Stack in Seaburn, Sunderland, we discovered a quiz that I wasn't aware existed. Now, I like to think I'm usually aware of the quiz scene in Sunderland and have a good grasp of the various nights and where.....but all I will say is I had no idea this existed, and it is by far not only the biggest quiz night in Sunderland, but perhaps the largest regular pub quiz I have ever been to!

As you may be able to see from the Picture above, the Stack is a superb venue in Seaburn, Sunderland right on the coast and with this being an especially warm, this partially open air venue was perfect! The host uses Speedquizzing technology which means you do need a device to play (mobile phone, ipad etc). 

The quiz runs from 8pm-10pm (and it is a 8pm sharp start) and runs in three sections. Each round is treated as a separate quiz with 20 questions per quiz and evil mode activated or the final round which has more prizes. Its free to enter and you can drop in and out. Many teams did...and speaking of team, there was an astounding 154 teams in action on Tuesday! The questions were a nice range for a mass audience.

I also posted the below picture of the large screen on my Twitter account (@quizaddictblog) and got informed by the official Speedquizzing account that this may be the largest screen they have seen used for a Speed Quiz.

All in all, a fun night with a wide range of food and drinks available around the stack, and certainly something I would hope to get back to once the summer is over!

Podcast Suggestion - Victoria Groce interview

 

It is always fascinating to hear inside the mind of truly elite quizzers, and the most recent episode of the 'Freakonomics People I Mostly Admire' features Victoria Groce. Now, of course a star of The Chase USA, this episode is an insight into how Victoria got to where she is today in the quizzing world and for those people grinding Anki cards daily like I do, its a superb motivational listen to hear just how far that can get you! It is available on all major podcast apps and the main Freakonomics website HERE

Speedquizzing - Elite Event

 

After the success of the inaugural edition, SpeedQuizzing will run their 2nd "Elite" event in January 2023 in York.  A full days quizzing is in store with the main event hosted and written by Paul Sinha from the Chase. Everything is provided, including the tables, and the fee is £25 including lunch. This will sell out pretty quickly if last time, and the general popularity of SpeedQuizzing, is anything to go by. Full information is available HERE and if you are going...I shall see you there!

Fastest Finger First

 

Coming to ITV later this month, is a new daytime quiz show fronted by Anita Rani under the name "Fastest Finger First". As you can tell from the image and the name of the show, this is indeed a spin off from Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? with the prize on the show being a seat on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?  itself. An interesting concept and for once the UK are slow to the field with Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?  spin offs with Australia and USA amongst many to have tried it. 

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? : Fastest Finger First begins 29th August on ITV

ZQL Game of the Week

 

Another game of the week from the excellent Zephyr Quiz League in which I have been playing in! If you are interested in taking part head over to Zephyr Quiz League on Facebook and register your interest for Season 3!

Brain of Britain

 

Just in case you missed it, the latest series of Brain of Britain began last Monday on BBC Radio 4 with the show available HERE on iplayer.

British Buzzer Quiz Championships

 

As part of this years British Quizzing Championships  (info HERE) a buzzer tournament is taking place. The British Buzzer Championships is designed for teams of 5 (although solo players can enter with a scratch team) and will take place in Northampton on  Sunday 5th September. The event can be found HERE and Alors on Dunks are already entered so I may well see you there!

Zephyr Quiz League - Game of the Week

 

The Zephyr Quiz League continues to roll on and this was the Game of the Week from Week 4. Another great set of questions and my favourite mixed MIMIR contest at the moment. The best way to get involved is if you go over to Facebook and search for Zephyr Quiz League

Podcast Questions

The questions from a recent episode of the podcast. This one is a Pub Quiz episode and was issued a few weeks ago. If you like the sound of the questions please check out the various podcast links around the blog!

Episode 247 – Pub Quiz

 

1	Which Scottish town was one of 8 towns awarded City Status May 2022 as part of the Jubilee celebrations?	Dunfermline
2	In May 2022, Anthony Albanese became the Prime Minister of which country?	Australia
3	What was the name of the new London underground line opened on 24th May 2022?	Elizabeth Line
4	Who scored the winning goal in the 2022 Champions League Final giving Real Madrid victory over Liverpool?	Vinicius Junior
5	Which image Sharing and social media service was founded by Ben Silbermann and Paul Sciarra and contains a white letter P as its logo?	Pinterest
6	Which comedian won the 2022 Series of Britain’s Got Talent?	Axel Blake
7	Which comedic character is the lead singer of the band Foregone Conclusion?	David Brent
8	In reference to sunscreen products, what do the initials SPF stand for?	Sun Protection Factor
9	Which Children’s TV series based on books by Ted Dewan is cantered on the titular bunny and his carer Flop and friends Sula, Amma and Pando?	Bing
10	Which gin based drink, that can be considered a liquer, was first produced as early as 1823 by a man with the first name James and the No.1 Cup is its most popular variety?	Pimms
11	Which internet discussion forum was created by Justin Roberts in 2000 for discussion between parents? It now has a revenue of £8.6 million and has launched several books including ‘Pregnancy’, ‘Toddlers’ and ‘Babies’.	Mumsnet
12	Princess Eugenie’s son shares his first name with which month of the year?	August
13	What is the name of the hit podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster on which they invite special guests to their fictional restaurant to choose dishes?	Off Menu
14	…and speaking of podcasts, which comedian host the Shagged, Married and Annoyed comedy podcast alongside his wife Rosie?	Chris Ramsey
15	Immortal is the subtitle of the latest game in which video game series? It has been designed primarily for mobile devices and is produced by Blizzard Entertainment	Diablo