London’s best alternative quizzes

Forget general knowledge: London's best alternative quizzes demand very specific interests
Get quizzy: swot up on Destiny’s Child
Peter Morgan
Rachael Sigee25 September 2015

If your idea of a pub quiz is listening to a bloke on a mic tell dodgy jokes while you pick crisp crumbs off the table and start a relationship-ending feud over whether or not a peanut is a type of nut (it’s not, it’s a legume) then here are a few alternative options.

Quizzy in Love

Swot up on Britney, TLC, Destiny’s Child and the classic pop era of 1995-2005. The Book Club expects you to be cracking out your best Backstreet’s Back routines at the club night afterwards.

Find it: The Book Club, EC2, wearetbc.com

You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Quiz

If you know your franchises but also your poorly received sequels, dodgy cameos and bad blockbuster remakes, you’re in the right place. You know this is a serious film quiz because two of its venues are at cinemas and the format is an audio-visual spectacular.

Find it: The Assembly House, NW5, Hackney Attic E8, Upstairs at The Ritzy SW2, filmquiz.com

Who Killed Bambi?

London’s longest-running music quiz has been going for 20 years. Expect disco vibes, sticky floors and plenty of booze.

Find it: The Boogaloo, N6, boogaloo.co.uk

Geeks Inc

Don’t want to waste time on sports and pop music when you could be naming every member of the Bluth family from Arrested Development?

Find it: The Monarch, NW1, geeksinc.co.uk

Wrecker’s Wednesday

For a total curveball, try a Cornish-themed quiz to test your knowledge of the beautiful West Country accompanied by Cornish ale, pasties and a meat raffle.

Find it: The Sun Tavern, WC2, facebook.com/wreckerswednesday

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