September 23, 2026
How to Win a Pub Quiz
Team size, who to bring, how to handle the ones nobody knows, and the two rounds that decide most quizzes. Practical tactics rather than "know more things".
QUIZ DISCIPLINE
Quiz Craft
September 22, 2026
How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword Clue
Every cryptic clue contains a definition and a piece of wordplay. Learn the eight clue types and the standard indicator words, and the whole thing opens up.
September 22, 2026
How to Write a Quiz Round Worth Playing
The difference between a good question and a hard one. Pitching difficulty, ordering a round, writing plausible wrong answers, and the mistakes that lose a room.
September 22, 2026
Memory Tricks That Actually Work for Trivia
The memory palace, chunking, spacing and why you forget names. Techniques with real evidence behind them, and how to use them on things quizzes ask about.
September 22, 2026
A Short History of the Quiz Show
From 1930s radio to the scandal that nearly killed the format, through Mastermind and Millionaire to the streaming era. How the quiz show became what it is.
September 21, 2026
The Tricks Crossword Setters Use Again and Again
Setters have a standard toolkit, and most of it repeats. The vocabulary they rely on, the misdirections they love, and the words that exist mainly to fit a grid.