Pub Quiz

The Great Big Politics Quiz results – another win for the SDLP in South Belfast

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on October 26, 2010, 9:00 am

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Stoops to Conquer (South Belfast SDLP team) who won The Great Big Politics Quiz for Haiti

Last night Haiti was the real winner with £1225.90 raised at the Great Big Politics Quiz to help re-house some of the million-plus poor Haitians left homeless by the January 2010 earthquake. An outbreak of cholera in Haiti has resulted in more than 2,500 cases and 200 deaths. People forced to live in the island’s huge campsites are highly vulnerable to cholera, which is caused by bacteria transmitted through contaminated water or food. The house-building project, run by Irish charity …

Great Big Politics Pub Quiz – prizes update & reassurance that you don’t have to attend with a fully formed table

Slugger O'Toole on October 22, 2010, 4:30 pm

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Politicos! We feel your pain. We know that you’re desperate to go to The Great Big Politics Pub Quiz, but you’re cursed with normal friends who would rather dip a tender extremity in acid than go and get bamboozled by questions about The East Lothian Question*. Do not despair. You can still join the fun even if all your friends are ‘normal’. Individuals coming along on Monday night (25 October) won’t be left without a team. Your name will be …

More brain-stretchers

Slugger O'Toole on October 15, 2010, 3:30 pm

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It’s Friday! It’s 3.30pm! It’s Poets Day. You’ve only got another 90 mins of Looking Busy to get through! The boss is probably going to be ‘off to a meeting’ shortly anyway, but in the meantime, here’s a few more samples of the kind of questions we’ll be asking you at the Great BIG Politics Pub Quiz, scheduled for Monday 25 October in the Black Box. NB. We will not be asking these actual questions just in case there are any …