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13/01/2025

You’ll be seeing all the memes over the next few weeks about how January lasts for a long time. I don’t know about that. I cannae believe we’re nearly halfway through the month already.

You also hear people saying that January is a tough time for bars but, to be honest, January has been pretty damn decent for us so far. I had more than 20 teams at the Persevere last night. On a Sunday night in mid-January.

Pleased with that.

So don’t avoid us thinking the pub is empty. Come along and join the fun. Here are the details for tonight:
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6.30pm – Brass Monkey Leith Walk (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - MUSIC round: "ABBA"
Book: 0131 554 5286 or Facebook or the Monkey's online booking system
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7.30 pm – Kitty O’Shea’s (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "MUNICH"
Book: 0131 226 2224 or Facebook or the Kitty’s online booking system
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8pm - Amber Rose (with Alan)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer: PICTURE round : "WIGAN"
Book: 0131 226 1224 or Facebook
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9pm – Brass Monkey Grange (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "MONET"
Book - 0131 667 2335
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

12/01/2025

What do you reckon is the furthest you could walk in a day?

I remember walking from one end of the island to the other when I lived in Greece. It took maybe four or six hours (including a stop for coffee) and was about 20km. It was fairly leisurely. We got the bus back and I was glad of that. I was knackered. But that was in pretty hot weather, and it was quite uppy-downy.

I’m sure that if we really had to, we could have walked back on the same day. I was mid-30s at the time, fairly fit. It would have meant walking in the dark and I would have gotten blisters, but it would have been do-able.

But even then, that would only be 40km which is only 25 miles, which is less than a marathon. People run marathons in a few hours. How the hell do they do that?

These days I’m in my 50s, I have a dodgy knee and I’m a bit fat, so I wouldn’t even fancy the 20k. Could I do it? Probably, just not very quickly. But I’m not sure. Use your legs while you can, folks!

Anyway, all of these are merely idle thoughts, none of it has anything to do with today’s quizzes. Here’s the info you actually need:
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4pm – Old Eastway Tap (with Stuart F)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - MUSIC round: "RADIOHEAD"
Book: 0131 259 3495 or get in touch with them on Facebook
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6pm – Persevere (with me)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE round: "NELSON MANDELA"
Book: 0131 554 0271 or get in touch with them on Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

10/01/2025

Moan all you like. The anagrams stay.

10/01/2025

Eskbank! Centre of civilization!
Eskbank! Town of dreams!
Eskbank! Life’s what you make it!
Eskbank! So good, they named it.

The other great thing about this Midlothian marvel is the fact that the Cross Borders Brewery is every Friday fortnight.

The latest edition is tonight, and the jackpot is up at £100. Come and meet Quizmaster Isla and have some Friday night quiz fun. You will love it!

By the way, this morning’s quiz research has included a little journey into penal history as I decided to look up why it was that old British comic strips always had prisoners wearing uniforms printed with arrows, usually pointing up the way.

Turns out there is a specific design called the Broad Arrow which has been used for a long time (and still is in certain contexts) to denote government property.

It was used on prison uniforms in the UK in the 19th and early 20th centuries and was stopped in 1922. However, it was a powerful enough trope to still be used in the work of cartoonists 50, 60, 70 years later.

Anyway - if you’re wanting to go to the Crossborders Brewery tonight, you can either just turn up or, to be sure of a table, give them a call on 0131 629 3990

Quiz tonight:
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7.30 pm – Cross Borders Brewery (with Isla)
(Hardengreen Industrial Estate)
Jackpot – £100
Free answer - MUSIC round: "Niall Horan"
Bookings - 0131 629 3990 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

09/01/2025

The happy little village of SW****KA, New York.

09/01/2025

Quiz news:Musselburgh quizzing on Thursday nights is BACK. Quizmaster Brigid was left hanging after the unfortunate closure of the Fisherrow Tap in December, but The Willow quickly swooped in and have booked her for the same time on the same night: Thursdays at 7.30pm.

The new era begins tonight. The Willow doesn’t have a phone number (something I’m seeing more of these days) but you can book a table on their website.

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Meanwhile, one of the younger and more naïve bar staff member asked me last night “Do you make any money out of the quizzes?” which rather took me aback.

I said “Yes, yes I do”

It’s kind of the point of doing it all. I have a regular bills. I have a daughter.

I asked him what he thought I was doing it for if I wasn’t getting paid. He said “Maybe I thought it was a passion project.”

Blimey. I mean, I ENJOY doing the quizzes, but I ain’t going out and doing nine of them a week for nothing. Good grief.

Meanwhile, tonight:

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7 pm – Brass Monkey Drummond St (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - MUSIC round: "NAZARETH"
No bookings taken - Call pub 031 556 1961 or Facebook
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7.30 pm – The Willow (with Brigid)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "KATHARINE HEPBURN"
Book - 031 259 5830 or Fisherrow Tap Facebook
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9pm – Newsroom (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "NIAGARA FALLS"
Book: 0131 557 5286 or Newsroom online booking
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With quiz and love,

08/01/2025

Cheeky wee sherbet bonus prize for someone tonight at brass shore. Don't snort it, whatever you do.

08/01/2025

It made my heart soar last night when I was on the bus on the way to work and noticed the FINAL DEATH OF CHRISTMAS.

I get a bus that goes along Ferry Road and from there, at Goldenacre, you get a great panoramic view of the city centre: Castle to the right, Calton Hill and Arthur’s seat to the left, Old town spires in between. Pentland hills beyond. Magnificent.

However, for the last two months this wonderful vista has been marred (or enhanced - depending on your point of view) by Christmas lights.

But last night the lights were out. No star flyer. No big wheel. Ha ha. Earth is healing.

Another great sign of renewed happiness in the land comes comes in the shape of the return of all Wednesday quizzes. Give your self a 2025 fresh start, tonight:
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6 pm – The Joker & The Thief (with me)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE round: "TWEETY"
Book: 0131 556 3274 or Facebook
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6 pm – Oz Bar (with Stuart F)
Jackpot – £60
Free answer - MUSIC round: "THE SPECIALS"
Book: 0131 259 6295 or Facebook
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7 pm – Ship Inn, Musselburgh (with Stewart D)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE round: "BRAZIL"
Book: 0131 665 2642 or Facebook
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8 pm – West Port Oracle (with Stuart F)
Jackpot – £60
Free answer - PICTURE round: "ERNEST HEMINGWAY"
Book: 0131 283 1960 or Facebook
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8.30 pm – Brass Monkey Shore (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "MARBLE ARCH"
Book: 0131 555 7306 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

07/01/2025

The happy view from Goldenacre. Star flyer begone! Big wheel begone! Christmas sh*te begone! Ha ha ha.

07/01/2025

The sun is shining and it’s Tuesday. Two of my favourite things at once!

Anyway, we had a team at the Brass Monkey Leith last night named BUMHOLES OF LEITH. I see 2025 is aiming to be just as classy as 2024.

Later on, up at the Grange there was another team whose their first round sheet slipped underneath my the marking sheet and I failed to read them out after the first round.

A guy from the team came up to me and said “Oh - I just want to check our score. I think you censored us. Maybe the team name was too offensive..?”

“Er, no” I said “"What is your team called?”

Turns out they were called “Stephen Hawking’s School of Dance”.

Now, that’s not the most amusing team name ever but it’s also not that bad. Kinda funny, ish. I reassured him that I’ve seen worse, A lot worse.

Anyway, come to the quizzes tonight and KEEP IT CLASSY!:
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6.30 pm – Brass Monkey Gorgie (with me)
Jackpot – £100
Free answer - PICTURE round: "THE TRAITORS"
Book: 0131 327 0543 or message their Instagram
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6.30 pm – Porty Tap (with Isla)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE round: "KOOL AND THE GANG"
Book: 0131 629 6266 or Facebook
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8 pm – Waverley Bar (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £90
Free answer - PICTURE round: "HIROSHIMA"
Book: 0131 557 9855 or Facebook
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9 pm - Safari Lounge (with me)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer: MUSIC round: "SIMPLE MINDS"
Book: 0131 661 4741 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

06/01/2025

There's Christmas right where it belongs. In a box.

06/01/2025

Yay. Everything is (nearly) back to normal. The last piece of the puzzle is when my darling daughter goes back to school tomorrow. It’s nice having her around but it’s hard to get all the work done when she’s about.

I’m glad the threatened snow yesterday was, eventually, benign. Man I love a bit of normality. No snow, holidays over. Inject that normal into my veins.

If you’re “back at work” today then God bless you and instead of crying in your coffee break, take a moment where you think “Hmm - I just got paid for doing NOTHING for two weeks. I wonder what it’s like being self-employed or zero-hours, etc”

Go on. Have that thought!

Anyway, the unforgettable law of life is that there’s some poor bu**er who’s got it worse. It’s a good thing to remember. Keeps you sane. Sane-ish, anyway.

Come and spend your sanity on us, tonight::

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6.30pm – Brass Monkey Leith Walk (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "FROG"
Book: 0131 554 5286 or Facebook or the Monkey's online booking system
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7.30 pm – Kitty O’Shea’s (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer - MUSIC round: "BRYAN FERRY"
Book: 0131 226 2224 or Facebook or the Kitty’s online booking system
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8pm - Amber Rose (with Alan)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer: PICTURE round : "ENGLAND"
Book: 0131 226 1224 or Facebook
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9pm – Brass Monkey Grange (with me)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer - PICTURE round: "DEMI MOORE"
Book - 0131 667 2335
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

05/01/2025

Quiz dog at the Percy earlier tonight

05/01/2025

The weather is absolute bobbins so I'm taking a taxi to work. Costs, but f**k it.

05/01/2025

At last - Christmas and New Year disruption is over and things are back to normal. (Apart from Hibs being at home on a Sunday - again).

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. January. I love it. This is not ironic or sarcastic - it really is my favourite.

Anyway - I’m not going to write too much here because I had a massive lie-in this morning, it’s already after 1pm, and this email needs to get posted. See you this evening!

So, here are the details for today’s quizzes:

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4pm – Old Eastway Tap (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE round: "JIMI HENDRIX"
Book: 0131 259 3495 or get in touch with them on Facebook
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6pm – Persevere (with me)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - MUSIC round: "ROBERT PALMER"
Book: 0131 554 0271 or get in touch with them on Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

02/01/2025

Happy New Year. I said that yesterday. What date do you think it is when people stop wishing each other a “happy new year”?

It definitely goes on for the first few days and then, as people return to work, the first few days of that. I reckon most people are done with it by the 5th or 6th Jan.
After that, there are sporadic outbreaks of date-based well-wishing - it only applies to people you know well who you haven’t seen since the turn of the calendar.

But then there will always be someone who keeps doing it all the way to end of the month. Anyone still doing it in February needs to taken in for questioning. That’s just weird.

However, if someone wishes you a “happy new year” and you’re done with it, don’t get exasperated. Consider what it is that they are actually saying to you.

Sure, it’s a lightweight pleasantry, but isn’t it underscored by positivity and warm fraternity? Let’s celebrate each other being pleasant. cost nothing, but are worth so much.

And, by the way, I’m typing that as much for myself as for anyone else. I’m as guilty as anyone of being less pleasant than I could… sometimes…

Anyway, come and experience the pinnacle of customer service from me tonight at the Newsroom.

Also, good news for Thursday night quiz fans - Brigid’s Thursday quiz is back in Mussy next Thursday 7.30pm, same time and day as before at Fishy Tap, but this time at The Willow.

Tonight’s info:
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9pm – Newsroom (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - MUSIC round: "DEEP PURPLE"
Book: 0131 557 5286 or Newsroom online booking
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

01/01/2025

A few winners from my last two quizzes of 2024. Roll on the new one. ..

01/01/2025

Just one quiz tonight - at Brass Shore
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Happy New Year. This is my favourite time of year. Another chance to have a year characterized by winning rather than the usual end-game of somewhere between failure and mid-success.

So my wishes for positivity and progress go to you. I hope you get what you try for in 2025.

Wednesday is usually our biggest day of the quiz week with five quizzes, but most are off for seasonal reasons and there is only one quiz on tonight and that’s with me down at Brass Monkey Shore, at 8.30pm

Sound/neighbours issue update for Brass Shore: some of the speakers have now been put on the new brackets, so perhaps I can be a little bit louder down there tonight instead of the whispering game I’ve had to play over the last month or so. We’ll see.

Come along tonight:
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8.30 pm – Brass Monkey Shore (with me)
Jackpot – £100
Free answer - MUSIC round: "KOOL AND THE GANG"
Book: 0131 555 7306 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

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