Cheating in pub quizes
Discussion
No this is hardly the most important topic of the day, but wanted to get it off my chest.
I went to a pub quiz last night for the first time in maybe 5 years, usual sort of thing, general knowledge, music and picture rounds.
I was taken aback by how many bloody cheaters there were on mobile phones! I mean, whats the point? Surely it ruins your enjoyment of testing your knowledge by having wikipedia on hand. I would say easily over 50% of the teams were using something under the table to help them.
Bloody cheating sods.
As you were.
I went to a pub quiz last night for the first time in maybe 5 years, usual sort of thing, general knowledge, music and picture rounds.
I was taken aback by how many bloody cheaters there were on mobile phones! I mean, whats the point? Surely it ruins your enjoyment of testing your knowledge by having wikipedia on hand. I would say easily over 50% of the teams were using something under the table to help them.
Bloody cheating sods.
As you were.
Iphones are great 
The simple answer is to know enough...and stay sober enough (ok not that simple then) to be able to beat them without artificial intelligence.
I have to agree, it does somewhat spoil the fun, at the end of the night if they have a raffle question or some such, thats when you get the chance to really show you know your stuff.
Regards
Iain
I have to agree, it does somewhat spoil the fun, at the end of the night if they have a raffle question or some such, thats when you get the chance to really show you know your stuff.
Regards
Iain
I run the Sunday night quiz at my local and have noticed that the saying about cheats never prospering is true. Teams who I know have probably cheated still don't win as it still takes too long.
Further evidence of this was a woman who told me the quiz was too hard because she had cheated and was still ten points off the leaders who 'could not be that clever'.
Ben
Further evidence of this was a woman who told me the quiz was too hard because she had cheated and was still ten points off the leaders who 'could not be that clever'.
Ben
Cheeky Jim said:
Agree, whats the point of cheating in a pub quiz to win a £5 book voucher or something of equally crap value.
You've clearly been going to the wrong quizzes - our local regularly has a final 'snowball' round of over £150.Having said that, this quiz is never any fun - far too many beards, teams doing the quiz 'circuit' and taking things way too seriously.
Anything other than complete silence is met with stares, tuts and 'QUIET' from the landlord
BigBen said:
I run the Sunday night quiz at my local and have noticed that the saying about cheats never prospering is true. Teams who I know have probably cheated still don't win as it still takes too long.
Further evidence of this was a woman who told me the quiz was too hard because she had cheated and was still ten points off the leaders who 'could not be that clever'.
Ben
You can tell we don't cheat, Ben, cos we always come third. Grrrr.Further evidence of this was a woman who told me the quiz was too hard because she had cheated and was still ten points off the leaders who 'could not be that clever'.
Ben
ETA - probably because our knowledge of Police Academy is still not up to scratch.
DH2
Edited by DH2 on Friday 17th April 14:05
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Cheeky Jim said:
Agree, whats the point of cheating in a pub quiz to win a £5 book voucher or something of equally crap value.
You've clearly been going to the wrong quizzes - our local regularly has a final 'snowball' round of over £150.Having said that, this quiz is never any fun - far too many beards, teams doing the quiz 'circuit' and taking things way too seriously.
Anything other than complete silence is met with stares, tuts and 'QUIET' from the landlord
The quiz in my local now is a very relaxed affair and good fun.
Viper_Larry said:
Get your local in invest in one of these which they can turn on during the quiz.
If they won't do it, get your own
thats dirty, i love it If they won't do it, get your own
one thing that really pisses me off is quizzes that have really silly questions that the pub kinda doesnt know the full answer for.
2 examples:
what is the maximum break in snooker?
and
what does a faraday cage protect from?
each of these questions had 2 different answers across the pub that night and were marked incorrect until they were googled by one of the barmen on his laptop.
DH2 said:
BigBen said:
I run the Sunday night quiz at my local and have noticed that the saying about cheats never prospering is true. Teams who I know have probably cheated still don't win as it still takes too long.
Further evidence of this was a woman who told me the quiz was too hard because she had cheated and was still ten points off the leaders who 'could not be that clever'.
Ben
You can tell we don't cheat, Ben, cos we always come third. Grrrr.Further evidence of this was a woman who told me the quiz was too hard because she had cheated and was still ten points off the leaders who 'could not be that clever'.
Ben
ETA - probably because our knowledge of Police Academy is still not up to scratch.
DH2
Edited by DH2 on Friday 17th April 14:05
Ben
p.s. who are you and why haven't I seen your car around the village ?
I had a great pub quix question a while ago:
Q: "In formula 1 racing, what does a black flag mean?"
For the answer, I put down "Car disqualified, usually shown with a board showing the number of the car in question".
When the ran through the answers, the answer came back as "Black flag = race or session stopped". So I went up and said "sorry, that's wrong"... But got a "Sorry, we're right, black flag does mean the race is being stopped, we checked it on the internet, p
s off". I made a bit of a scene, but backed down eventually because I know the quizmaster, and they got rather defensive and a bit personal.
Q: "In formula 1 racing, what does a black flag mean?"
For the answer, I put down "Car disqualified, usually shown with a board showing the number of the car in question".
When the ran through the answers, the answer came back as "Black flag = race or session stopped". So I went up and said "sorry, that's wrong"... But got a "Sorry, we're right, black flag does mean the race is being stopped, we checked it on the internet, p
s off". I made a bit of a scene, but backed down eventually because I know the quizmaster, and they got rather defensive and a bit personal.BigBen said:
Its ok I am away this week so the questions will be (I am told) easier !
p.s. who are you and why haven't I seen your car around the village ?
Super... except I can't make it this week either.p.s. who are you and why haven't I seen your car around the village ?
I am an occasional "Fact Hunt"er.
I don't know why you've not seen my car, other than that I don't drive around the village in it very much! I even used to work on the same science park as you, but I'm not really your stalker.
DH2
DH2 said:
BigBen said:
Its ok I am away this week so the questions will be (I am told) easier !
p.s. who are you and why haven't I seen your car around the village ?
Super... except I can't make it this week either.p.s. who are you and why haven't I seen your car around the village ?
I am an occasional "Fact Hunt"er.
I don't know why you've not seen my car, other than that I don't drive around the village in it very much! I even used to work on the same science park as you, but I'm not really your stalker.
DH2
RE GSM blockers, not much need round our pub the coverage is rubbish
Ben
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