World Quizzing Championship Preview - Victoria Groce

 

The first in a series of videos from All Things Quiz previewing the upcoming World Quizzing Championship. Starting with a contender for the crown....Victoria Groce!

MK Quiz League

 

The Milton Keynes Quiz League came to an end this week with Park Splits taking the title in their second season in the online version of the contest.

Due to the lockdown, the league opened out for the last two seasons and allowed people to play from outside the region (as long as the team always fielded 2 home players). I was hooked up with a great team and Monday nights became a weekly quiz highlight!

Big thanks to Ed Ficek who runs the league, and writes every set, and of course my team at the Watts Arms. Its been a fun season and if you are close to the Milton Keynes region and looking for a quiz league then I would urge you to check out the website and get involved. HERE

I will continue to keep an eye out on the sets and of course if I am ever in the area, will be popping into the Watts Arms to sample the beer that has always looked so good from across Zoom!

All Things Quiz - Quiz Week

 

The latest video from Gareth Kingstons excellent Youtube channel "All Things Quiz", covering all the latest events in the world of quiz.

David Stainer wins Brain of Brains!

 Congratulations to David Stainer on victory in the Brain of Brains event held this week on Radio 4. The contest takes place every 3 years between the last three Brain of Britain's, plus the highest scoring runner up, and David, who I am sure you will have seen on many TV quizzes in the past, pulled off a great victory to take the Brain of Brains title. 

The show can still be heard HERE

Online Quiz League - Call for Players

 For the past year the Online Quiz League (OQL) has been providing entertainment for quizzers up and down the country, and indeed across the world, every Wednesday night at 8pm. Hundreds of quizzers have been taking part and the league has grown and grown. The new season commences on 29th September and applications are open for teams or individuals (you will be allocated a team). All the information, past sets and sign up details are on the website HERE

Podcast Suggestion

 

I have mentioned on the blog before that one of my weak areas in quizzing is, and probably always will be, animals. For some reason the subject matter just will not stick! I am a huge fan of the BBC range of podcasts that are out there (Great Lives, You Used to Be Dead, In our Time, Witness etc) and this is another great one. Nice short episodes looking at the ways in which animals have helped in the design of various technologies etc

All the episode can be downloaded here or on most of the main podcast services.

Quiz Site Suggestion - Garbage Collector

 If you haven't discovered "Garbage Collector" then I highly recommend it. It can be found HERE

The site is written by quizzer Ann Gav and contains a daily doze of around a dozen 'lowbrow' questions which are great for boosting knowledge. The questions are pitched at various levels so there is something for everyone and not a day goes by when I don't learn something for these, and many times these have later proved very useful indeed!

University Challenge Returns 12th July!

 In the third piece of "July 12th" news in three days, it has been confirmed that the latest series of University Challenge will commence on July 12th to signal a full return to Quizzy Mondays.

Brain of Brains - Monday 12th July

 Ahead of the new series of Brain of Britain starting on radio 4, the Brain of Brains contest is scheduled to air on Monday 12th July at 3pm. The Brain of Brains takes place every three years and comprises of winners of the three previous series and the best scoring runner up!

Retrospective good luck to all involved - Graham Barker, Hugh Brady, Frankie Franko and David Stainer. Brain of Brains is always a terrific listen and I for one am very much looking forward to it!

Only Connect - Returns July 12th!

 

Good news for fans of Only Connect....(and let's face it, which quizzers aren't!)....the show returns on Monday 12th July with a brand new series.  

Youtube Suggestion - Several Circles

Over the next few weeks I intend to share a few of the Youtube channels I have been finding useful for quizzing purpose and I want to start off with the superb 'Several Circles' which is an Art-focused podcats covering a wide range of individuals from the world of art. Each video is nice and short, sharp and to the point with plenty of images to back up the discussion. The channel has dozens of videos ranging from the big-names to the more obscure and is well worth your time!

Brain of Online Quiz League Final Preview

 

A very good video here previewing the upcoming final of Brain of Online Quiz League (Tier 1). Very interesting to hear top players speaking about the MIMIR format etc. Good luck to Evan Lynch, Oliver Levy, Phil Small and Jonathan Gibson for the final!

UK Sport MIMIR - Summer 2021

Full details to follow in the coming weeks....but, if you are interested in taking part in a knockout MIMIR competition focused on Sport, please pop me an email to daniel@thequizaddict.com and you will be first to know when sign ups open.

This first competition will be free to play and you will have 2-3 weeks slots to play your game so it wont be too much pressure on what I know is already a busy quiz schedule.

Book Suggestion: Nice to See It, To See It, Nice: The 1970s in front of the Telly - Brian Viner

Just a quick book suggestion today and it comes in the form of  the Brian Viner work 'Nice to see it, to see it nice: The 1970s in front of the Telly'. Its part memoir/part history British TV in the 1970s and in terms of facts useful for quizzing it is packed full of them! Excellent tales, summaries and information on the kind of programmes that are asked about all the time in quizzing. Being 35, a lot of these shows are well before my time so I am always tripping up on them in quizzes and books like this are essential to me, to keep the knowledge going.

Well worth your time and aside from its quizzing value, its a very good read!

10 Years of The Quiz Addict!

 

With everything going on it has escaped my attention that I launched this blog now over 10 years ago! Although I've blogged some years more than others, I was pretty surprised when I realised 10 years had passed since I set up this blog. So much has happened since in both my personal life and quizzing life, but thanks to everyone who has ever read the blog, posted a comment, followed an amazon link or used any of the questions I have posted!