The Time Out team using some 'inspired guesswork'
From pool to pentaque, from darts to dominoes, the capital is abrim with games to play while enjoying a drink or two. And unlike conventional so-called sports, you don't have to risk breaking a metatarsal, or even getting out of breath. By far the most refined of all the booze-based endevours is the pub quiz. Time Out assembled a crack team of brainboxes to take on the brains of Time Out's finest at one of the fiercest pub quizzes.
The Time Out team using some 'inspired guesswork'
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| The Dream Team |
The Dream Team
Name Ian Elmer
Age 35
Claim to fame
Audience winner on ‘Test the Nation 2005’, won ‘BrainTeaser’ (C5) in
2004 and ‘Wipeout’ (BBC1) in 2002, runner-up on ‘One to Win’ (C5), 2000.
Specialist subject Film and sport.
Name David Edwards
Age 58
Claim for fame Reigning Brain of Mensa, former Mastermind champion, £1m winner on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’, 2001.
Specialist subject Science and geography.
Name Richard Speight
Age 20
Claim to fame Second-year history student at Trinity College, Cambridge. Captain of the 2005 Daily Telegraph Pub Quiz champions.
Specialist subject History and sport.
Name Olav Bjortomt
Age 27
Claim to fame
TV & radio: ‘Fifteen to One’ (four appearances – second-youngest
contestant ever), quarter-final ‘University Challenge’, quarter-final
‘Grand Slam’ (C4), ‘One to Win’, ‘Number One’ (C4). Titles: World
Quizzing Individual Champion 2003. Journalist, former child quiz
prodigy and seen as a rising star of the quiz world.
Specialist subject Entertainment.
Name Jane Allen
Age 35
Claim to fame Founder of Quizzing.co.uk, the UK’s largest quiz organisation. Question setter on BBC’s ‘Test the Nation’ show.
Specialist subject Trash/pop culture.
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| The Time Out team |
The Time Out Team
Name Tom Howard
Age 31
Claim to fame Runner-up, Al Murray’s Pub Landlord quiz, 2001.
Specialist subject Nautical disasters in 1994.
Name Alan Rutter
Age 27
Claim to fame While studying for an arts degree, watched every edition of ‘Fifteen to One’ and ‘Countdown’ from September 1996 to June 1999.
Specialist subject Channel 5 movies, 11pm-4am.
Name Krista Booker
Age 26
Claim to fame Passed cycling proficiency aged six.
Specialist subject Opposing teams’ answer sheets.
Name Nick Funnell
Age 28
Claim to fame In a TV ad for orange squash, aged eight.
Specialist subject Tom Cruise film characters 1981 to present, inspired guesswork.
Name Gabriel Tate
Age 27
Claim to fame Once appeared on page three of the Sun after a previous pub quiz win.
Specialist subject 1980s US sitcoms featuring upwardly mobile ethnic minorities.
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