Quiz Time, Gentlemen, Please!
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
| - | "Pubs all over Britain compete in a new knock-out competition which combines darts and general knowledge" say the Radio Times. | + | "Pubs all over Britain compete in a new knock-out competition which combines darts and general knowledge" say the Radio Times. Not only that, but it was actually broadcast live from a different pub each week. |
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| + | A dartboard was divided into twelve areas, each marked with a subject, and play progressed around the board. In each of the twelve rounds, a team's designated darts player had to place darts in the correct sector, scoring 5, 10 or 15 for each of three darts, with their team-mates then answering a question to claim the points. | ||
== Champions == | == Champions == | ||
The Elm Park, Hornchurch, who beat The Bowling Green, Lincoln in the final. Neither pub exists anymore, closing within a few weeks of each other in 2014. | The Elm Park, Hornchurch, who beat The Bowling Green, Lincoln in the final. Neither pub exists anymore, closing within a few weeks of each other in 2014. | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Quiz time gentlemen please prizegiving.png|400px]]''Charles Palmer, landlord of the winning establishment, receives the series trophy from Keith Fordyce''</div> | ||
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| + | == Trivia == | ||
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| + | Clips of it featured in [[Didn't They Do Well!]]. | ||
[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | [[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | ||
[[Category:Sport]] | [[Category:Sport]] | ||
[[Category:Darts]] | [[Category:Darts]] | ||
Revision as of 11:34, 26 January 2025
Synopsis
"Pubs all over Britain compete in a new knock-out competition which combines darts and general knowledge" say the Radio Times. Not only that, but it was actually broadcast live from a different pub each week.
A dartboard was divided into twelve areas, each marked with a subject, and play progressed around the board. In each of the twelve rounds, a team's designated darts player had to place darts in the correct sector, scoring 5, 10 or 15 for each of three darts, with their team-mates then answering a question to claim the points.
Champions
The Elm Park, Hornchurch, who beat The Bowling Green, Lincoln in the final. Neither pub exists anymore, closing within a few weeks of each other in 2014.
Charles Palmer, landlord of the winning establishment, receives the series trophy from Keith FordyceTrivia
Clips of it featured in Didn't They Do Well!.
