02/09/2026
Greetings quiz enjoyers!
Hard though it may be for some of you to believe, I haven’t always been in charge of this quiz.
I know, I know. Try to contain your gasps. Whilst I can barely remember it myself, there was once a time where I could only dream of the title of Quizmaster!
These dreams mostly occurred during the few hours that initiates were granted to sleep whilst studying at the International Quizmaster Guild’s Academy for Self-important Individuals.
When not asleep, we were expected to devote almost every waking hour to the pursuit of quizmastering. I still remember the steel-eyed gaze of Master Featheringillneworthstile the Head of Pen Wrangling, he often had to be turned to face the correct way, but his eyes were ever so shiny, and he could field strip and reassemble a standard issue combat biro quicker than you could say Bic.
Obviously, some time was spent on more cerebral pursuits. Tactical Maths Malfunctions, Foreign Language Fallibility, Advanced Linguistic Obscurity, Technical Frustrations for the Easily Annoyed, all the essentials and more that couldn’t even be conceived of.
During the twelve year course there were of course some dropouts, deserters, and deaths, but eventually the sixteen (a Quizmaster’s dozen) of us that were left had passed all our exams and physical trials and were let loose on the world at large, our new postings clutched tightly in our hands. I still remember the smell of the Newbury air when I stepped out of the helicopter ten years ago to present the first quiz in my permanent posting here at The Lion.
It’s not all been plain sailing since, but I like to think that the physical suffering, psychic damage, and sleepless nights have been worth it.
But you don’t really need to know all that, I suspect you want to know what rounds there will be tomorrow.
Well, I’ve forgotten. Or not decided yet. Whichever makes you feel more comfortable. There will be a quiz, the silliness levels of it are currently indeterminate is all. Oh, apart from round five, which last week’s randomly chosen team wanted to be about eggs.
Picture round
Something
Something
The music round
Eggs
Something
The Wipeout round
The quiz shall start at approximately 20:00 on Thursday
Entry fee is £1 per person on your team (as it has been for the last decade!) and your team may number no more than 8 people.
Phone 01635 528468 to get yourself a table to enjoy the quiz from.
If you’ve booked a table and would like to cancel it or change how many people are likely to be on your team, do also contact us on the same number. It does help us ever so much to be organised.
Picture clue? It’s from a music video. Quite an old one to be honest with you. Good hunting.
Hopefully see you tomorrow. Take care of yourself, check in on your loved ones, eat the rich.
Lots of love
The Quizmaster
