Quiz Time, Gentlemen, Please!
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| - | "Pubs all over Britain compete in a new knock-out competition which combines darts and general knowledge" say the Radio Times. Clips of it featured in [[Didn't They Do Well!]]. | + | "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, each 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. | ||
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| + | == Champions == | ||
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| + | 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]] | ||
Current revision as of 11:35, 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, each 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!.
