Birmingham 30s & 40s

SpeedQuizzing is an interactive quiz game hosted from a laptop computer and played on smartphones and tablets.

Note: Please bring fully charged phones as we might need them in case we don’t have enough tablets 😊

Players take part in the same way they would a pen and paper quiz, but instead of pens and paper, each team uses a free app on their smart device, with the presenter reading questions from a laptop.

How is SpeedQuizzing different to a traditional pub quiz?

• Rather than having an unspecified amount of time to decide on an answer, teams are given a time limit during which they input an answer using the keypad on their smart device screen. This gives players considerably less time to attempt to cheat!
• Answers are submitted by a single tap on the device screen, e.g. first letter of the answer, multiple-choice (A, D etc), entering the year for a song, etc.
• The answer is revealed after each question, rather than all together at the end of a round or the entire quiz.
• Scoring is taken care of automatically by the laptop, with the leader-board being accessible throughout the event.
• Each team also gets to pick their own sound, from a range of songs, TV theme tunes and film soundtracks, which is played every time a team comes first.
• There are usually 4 rounds x 20 questions each.
• The quiz itself starts at 7:30pm and ends at 9:30pm.

RSVPs

• Please ensure you only RSVP if you can commit to coming, as this is a popular quiz and there are usually people on the waitlist.
• While illnesses and last-minute emergencies are understandable, if you RSVP and drop out on the day more than twice in a row, you will be moved to the ‘Not Going’ list for future quizzes, so that other people can attend. This is out of fairness to people who regularly attend the quiz.

See you there! 😊

This is simple and easy. Just a mid-week drinks at one of the nice bars we know Meetup peeps like. An opportunity to have a natter, catch up with people you've met or, especially if you're new, meet some peeps you haven't met before.

The All-Bar-One at New St Station is smart and relaxed and of course very easy to get to and from.

This is by the old Glass Doors of New St Station if you remember where they were. Another way to describe it is if you come in from Stephenson St to the main concourse and turn left and walk out of that entrance, All-Bar-One is just outside.

Meet at the tall tables by the bar - look for the bottles with a card on top.
You can turn up any time you like, and stay for as long as you like or for as short a time as you like. Do please just pop-in for half-an-hour if that's what you'd like to do.

Hope you can make it!