The Isis, Sunderland
I may have
mentioned previously that one of my favourite local quizzes is Monday Night
Quiz at the Isis in Sunderland. Recently they have decided to drop Red Tooth,
for reasons unknown as the quiz was very popular every single week, and bring
in a local quizmaster. I was pleasantly surprised to realise, upon attending
this week’s quiz, that the quizmaster was a fellow Sunderland Echo Quiz League
player….already my expectations were high.
The quiz now
starts out with a very reasonable round of 10 pictures which you have all night
to work out. The quiz is geared, in my view, towards the 45+ age range as most
of the punters tend to be around that age and hence the picture round reflects
this. ….as does the second round which is music. Failed to recognise Tommy
Steele amongst others and thus at the end of the first two rounds we were
rather far behind (or at least I assumed so).
The questions
follow with a mix of themed rounds (Sport, TV/Film etc) with a connections
round thrown in for good measure. All quite a nice mix of questions on this
occasion. The only round I did not take a liking to was the multiple choice round
which were questions based mainly on guesswork. This was followed by one of my
favourite rounds….Guess the Year? This round involves being told 5 years
(1991,1993,1995,1997,1999) for instance. You are then given a list of events
and have to decided which year they happened in. Each year can only be used
once and it makes for cracking fun when the clues are as well pitched as this!
The quiz ends
with a Wipeout Round. This is followed by a “raffle ticket” jackpot question in
front of the pub with 2 rounds of Card bingo thrown in. Quite a packed night!
In all The Isis
change has been for the better in terms of questions….it is now hand written
rather than bought in. (I do enjoy Red Tooth though). The attendance was low
compared to when I last went, with about 25 people in 5 teams but some annoying
factors have been cut out (such as the over generous help from the
quizmaster!!).
All in all The
Isis remains a fantastic pub quiz night in Sunderland and well worth a visit.
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