02/09/2026
Let the games begin!
The James Joyce Pub Quiz kicked off its Autumn-Winter 2026 season on Monday night, with Grant Podelco as ringmaster, trying to control nine rowdy teams eager to get back to exercising their brains after a two-month hiatus.
Instead of categories spreads over three-rounds, Monday night's quiz was a hodgepodge of trivia that Grant had come across over the break. For example: In addition to Ceuta, what is the name of the other Spanish autonomous city located on the northern coast of Africa? For the Prague Pride Festival earlier this month, they took a poll to name the Greatest Q***r Czech. Who was it? Or: True or False? Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the Internet than to the construction of the Great Pyramids.
In the end, last season's champions, Fake News, pulled out another impressive weekly win, three points ahead of Best of a Bad Bunch, always formidable competitors. Fake News took home the 1,000 CZK voucher, Bad Bunch the 500 CZK voucher.
Good showings, too, by Bipartisan Cooperation in third (they'll get 3 CONFIRM cards next week), I Am Smarticus (who get to choose the special music year), Walking Talking Stephen Hawking, Fellowship of Fools, new team Trivial Pursuers, Backout, and Doug's Dawgs.
Luke Ryan is back as host at 19.00 on Monday, September 7, with the special topic of countries that have changed names, voluntarily or due to regime/political change since start of the 20th century. The special music year is 1983.
Are you ready for Prague’s most challenging pub quiz? Maximum team size is six. Entry fee is 100 CZK per person. At the moment, we've got one table free for Monday. Write to [email protected] or message the James Joyce on Facebook to reserve.
Answers: Melilla; pioneering avant-garde artist Toyen (born Marie Čermínová); and True!