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Good answer but not right: "BEAR RAT"
23/04/2025

Good answer but not right: "BEAR RAT"

Big news down my way: Joe has retired.Joe is the guy who runs the local shop where I live in Trinity. He’s been keeping ...
23/04/2025

Big news down my way: Joe has retired.
Joe is the guy who runs the local shop where I live in Trinity. He’s been keeping shop for more than 30 years. He opens at 6am, closes at 8pm and he’s there every single day. There is no deputy, no one else - just Joe.

Joe literally NEVER took a holiday in the ten years I’ve been here. He once shut the shop for a half day because his daughter was getting married. But just the half day.
And, suddenly, he’s retired and there are new people in the shop.

God alone knows what Joe’s going to do with his time. His entire life was built round that shop. As I type, it’s currently Wednesday at 10.30 am and he should be there in the shop, but he isn’t.

Much our lives are dominated by routine, Joe’s more than most. I hope he’s not in too much shock. I hope he finds something to occupy his time now there’s no more shop to run.

Anyway - it’ll happen to me one day. No more quizzes. It’s a weird thought, but that’s still a few years away yet. For now, we carry on.

Quizzes tonight:
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6 pm – The Joker & The Thief (with me)
Jackpot – £120
Free answer - PICTURE round: "LEFT-HANDED"
Book: 0131 556 3274 or Facebook
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6 pm – Oz Bar (with Stuart F)
Jackpot – £60
Free answer - MUSIC round: "CHER LLOYD"
Book: 0131 259 6295 or Facebook
=====================7 pm – Ship Inn, Musselburgh (with Stuart D)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer - PICTURE round: "FERRARI"
Book: 0131 665 2642 or Facebook
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8 pm – West Port Oracle (with Stuart F)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE : "PEPPERMINT PATTY"
Book: 0131 283 1960 or Facebook
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8.30 pm – Brass Monkey Shore (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "HILARY SWANK"
Book: 0131 555 7306 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

















Winners from safari the other week. Tuesday quiz strikes again tonight at 9pm
22/04/2025

Winners from safari the other week. Tuesday quiz strikes again tonight at 9pm

The Brass Monkey Leith has a new staff person called Freya. This comes hot on the heels of the other Freya leaving.It se...
22/04/2025

The Brass Monkey Leith has a new staff person called Freya. This comes hot on the heels of the other Freya leaving.

It seems that place can’t LIVE without a Freya.

But apparently original Freya wasn’t happy that another Freya had been brought in.

“Really?” Says I.

“Yes” says Myles. “in fact - I’d be raging if the Monkey Drummond got another Myles.” (Myles used to work up there.)

Hmmm. Is this a thing for younger people? Or is it a thing with people who have slightly-unusual-but-not-totally-unique names, which is how I would classify both Freya and Myles, as names?

Would YOU be annoyed by someone with the same name filling YOUR boots in a workplace?
Like, I don’t mind if you’re called Paul. I don’t think so anyway.

Anyway, come and be your unique self at one (or more!) of tonight’s quizzes:
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6 pm – Old Eastway Tap (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - MUSIC round: "THE RUBETTES"
Book: 0131 259 3495 or Facebook
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6.30 pm – Brass Monkey Gorgie (with me)
Jackpot – £150
Free answer - PICTURE round: "NOBBLY BOBBLY"
Book: 0131 327 0543 or message their Instagram
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6.30 pm – Porty Tap (with Isla)
Jackpot – £90
Free answer - PICTURE round: "MULL"
Book: 0131 629 6266 or Facebook
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8 pm – Waverley Bar (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £120
Free answer - PICTURE round: "YORKSHIRE TEA"
Book: 0131 557 9855 or Facebook
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9 pm - Safari Lounge (with me)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer: PICTURE round: "OPEN UNIVERSITY"
Book: 0131 661 4741 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul



















Quizzical Graffiti back on top at the Newsroom on Thursday, and making sure they get the shot:
21/04/2025

Quizzical Graffiti back on top at the Newsroom on Thursday, and making sure they get the shot:

Dp quiz, where the stars come out to play.
21/04/2025

Dp quiz, where the stars come out to play.

OMG - Pope down.Look, I’m a Doctor,, I’m not a priest but I would make an ace Pope, so I’m putting myself forward, as of...
21/04/2025

OMG - Pope down.
Look, I’m a Doctor,, I’m not a priest but I would make an ace Pope, so I’m putting myself forward, as of here and now. Get my name in the conclave.

Picture it now: Pope Doctor Paul. Cool policies? I’ve got ‘em:

=Football only on Saturdays (for religious reasons).
=Foundation of Catholic Crypto currency: $HOLY.
=All churches to run FREE ENTRY Northern Soul nights on Fridays.
=Jesus Christ Superstar to officially endorsed.
=Hymn book to include The Smiths, Sparks and The Fall
=Find all the nonces and jail them forever.

That’s the pitch.

It can take the conclave a wee while to get their act together so for at least the next week I’m going to continue as a quizmaster. Better come tonight, it might be your last chance to see me in action before I become THE MOST POWERFUL CATHOLIC IN THE WORLD.

Monday:

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6.30pm – Brass Monkey Leith Walk (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - MUSIC round: "WHITNEY HOUSTON"
Book: 0131 554 5286 or Facebook or the Monkey's online booking system
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8pm - Amber Rose (with Alan)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer: PICTURE round : "PETER SHILTON"
Book: 0131 226 1224 or Facebook
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8pm - Kitty O’Shea’s (with Bonni)
Jackpot – £100
Free answer: PICTURE round : "TRAMPOLINE"
Book: 0131 226 1224 or Facebook
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9pm – Brass Monkey Drummond St (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "FRANCOISE HARDY"
No bookings but you can call the pub for info: - 0131 556 1961
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

Jesus is back. After a hell of a Friday night, he was out of commission for the whole of Saturday, but he’s back now. Br...
20/04/2025

Jesus is back. After a hell of a Friday night, he was out of commission for the whole of Saturday, but he’s back now. Bright as a button.

Of course, this means he MIGHT turn up to the pub quiz tonight. And, given his omniscience, his miracle-working powers and so on, he’s likely to win if he does turn up.

This might be frustrating for other teams in the pub, but put it this way - you get to meet Jesus. And that’s never terrible. He might even heal you (if you’re sick).
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6pm – Persevere (with me)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE round: "CHINSTRAP"
Book: 0131 554 0271 or get in touch with them on Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul











I hate the music of Pitbull so much that I drew a picture of him on my marking sheet at the Newsroom to help me cope wit...
18/04/2025

I hate the music of Pitbull so much that I drew a picture of him on my marking sheet at the Newsroom to help me cope with his twenty seconds in last night's music round.

It kind of worked. Made me feel less abused.

Chippy Chips won this packet of terrible frankfurters at the Grange last night. I advised them NOT to eat them but they ...
18/04/2025

Chippy Chips won this packet of terrible frankfurters at the Grange last night. I advised them NOT to eat them but they seemed kinda set on it. I hope they're ok.

Debut win for Guinness, Nokia & Bratwurst was one of the highlights of the quizzing week.
18/04/2025

Debut win for Guinness, Nokia & Bratwurst was one of the highlights of the quizzing week.

There’s only one thing to tell you today and that’s that the Good Friday quiz jackpot tonight at Cross Borders is absolu...
18/04/2025

There’s only one thing to tell you today and that’s that the Good Friday quiz jackpot tonight at Cross Borders is absolutely PUMPED.

Three hundred and fifty pounds and it could be yours. Brigid is hosting tonight.

Anyway, the first part of winning is to get a table booked. You can just turn up, but to be certain of a table, give Crossborders a call on 0131 629 3990

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7.30 pm – Cross Borders Brewery (with Brigid)
Jackpot – £350
Free answer - PICTURE round: "ASPARAGUS"
Bookings - 0131 629 3990 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul














A good, old-fashioned religious massacre:
18/04/2025

A good, old-fashioned religious massacre:

A postcard from Kirkcaldy
18/04/2025

A postcard from Kirkcaldy

Edinburgh detail. A plaque on London Street commemorating that this is the birthplace of the Icelandic national anthem.
18/04/2025

Edinburgh detail. A plaque on London Street commemorating that this is the birthplace of the Icelandic national anthem.

One of the Brass Shore teams that change their name every week to include some sort of quiz/trivia pun went for “Hunter’...
17/04/2025

One of the Brass Shore teams that change their name every week to include some sort of quiz/trivia pun went for “Hunter’s Quiz-t” last night.

I didn’t get it. Is there someone famous called Hunter Christie?

But it turns out they were attempting to make a pun on “Hunter’s Tryst’ as per the destination board which shows on the front of the Lothian Bus services 27 and 5 (Southbound).

I said I felt that “Tryst”, in terms of Hunter’s Tryst, rhymes with Christ rather than Fist, which would render the pun unworkable.

I agreed to rhyme “Quizt” with Fist for the rest of last night, just to make the pun work, but I tried to check this morning, via posts on the Facebook group and on Twitter.

Conclusion - It rhymes with Christ.
Outcome: Quiz pun has FAILED in this instance.

Anyway, see you at the quizzes tonight:
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6.30 pm – Brass Monkey Grange (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "PANDORA"
Book - 031 667 2335 or Facebook
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7.30 pm – The Willow (with Brigid)
Jackpot – £100
Free answer - MUSIC round: "THE LAST DINNER PARTY"
Book - Willow Website or Willow Facebook
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9pm – Newsroom (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "ROSE MCGOWAN”
Book: 0131 557 5286 or Newsroom online booking
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul
















Check this out. This is Matt of Wing Attack, seconds after winning £150 last Wednesday at brass monkey shore. A few seco...
16/04/2025

Check this out. This is Matt of Wing Attack, seconds after winning £150 last Wednesday at brass monkey shore. A few seconds later, he decided to donate THE WHOLE LOT of it to rival team The Happy Gang.

Reason? He was in a tiebreaker with the Happy Gang and he also knew that when the Happy Gang win money they donate it to a charity (they've raised a couple of grand over the years from quiz jackpots), so Matt thought it would be a nice touch to donate his win to them, which it really was.

Proper Mensch style.

Isa was saying last night at the Safari Lounge that she has a cold again, now that the weather has turned. Isa is from S...
16/04/2025

Isa was saying last night at the Safari Lounge that she has a cold again, now that the weather has turned. Isa is from Spain originally but has been living in Scotland for eleven years.

I asked her if she ever gets used to it, properly?

She said she doesn’t think about it too much, but when she does think about it she wishes the weather could just be better.

She said something like “Life is just different when it’s good weather.”

I agree. I lived in Greece for two years before coming to Edinburgh and once you’ve tasted that good climate, it’s kind of hard to fully accept the imperfection of Scottish weather.

I mean - I have to accept it. There’s nothing I can do. But it doesn’t stop the yearning for something better.

But like home ownership for most people these days, it’s out of reach. Come on Labour - build some houses. You know, to keep us safe from this WEATHER that we’re all going to have to endure when the price of housing tops out and no one can actually afford to live in one.

Anyway, quizzes tonight:
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6 pm – The Joker & The Thief (with me)
Jackpot – £90
Free answer - PICTURE round: "OLIVIA COLMAN"
Book: 0131 556 3274 or Facebook
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6 pm – Oz Bar (with Stuart F)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE round: "THE KILLERS"
Book: 0131 259 6295 or Facebook
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7 pm – Ship Inn, Musselburgh (with Stuart D)
Jackpot – £120
Free answer - MUSIC round: "SUM 41"
Book: 0131 665 2642 or Facebook
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8 pm – West Port Oracle (with Stuart F)
Jackpot – £30
Free answer - PICTURE : "THE VENGABOYS"
Book: 0131 283 1960 or Facebook
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8.30 pm – Brass Monkey Shore (with me)
Jackpot – £50
Free answer - PICTURE round: "ANNIE HALL"
Book: 0131 555 7306 or Facebook
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With quiz and love,
Dr Paul

















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