GLASGOW QUIZ
BOOZE CLUES Not enough quiz for you? Need more? Niki Boyle runs down the best pub quizzes on offer in Glasgow and Edinburgh
GLASGOW
RADIO Ashton Lane, West End, 0845 166 6011, www.socialanimal.co.uk/GlasgowWestEnd /Radio Quiz: Mondays, 9.30pm Entry fee: Free Prizes: £50 cash for first place, £25 for second Average pint: £2 Sample round: Music intros ARCHES CAFÉ BAR 253 Argyle Street, City Centre, 0141 565 1000, www.thearches.co.uk Quiz: First Thursday of the month, 8.30pm Entry fee: Free Prizes: Cash, Arches tickets and cake. Booby prizes as well Average pint: £3.30, with promos from £1.50 Sample round: Name the wrestling move (with live demonstration)
THE LANSDOWNE BAR AND KITCHEN 7a Lansdowne Crescent, West End, 0141 334 4653, www.landownebar.co.uk Quiz: Mondays, 9pm Entry fee: Free Prizes: Meal for four at the restaurant, case of beer, bottle of wine Average pint: £3.25 (with bottle promotions) Sample round: Play Your Cards Right
EDINBURGH
REVERIE 1-5 Newington Road, Southside, 0131 667 8870, thereverie.co.uk Quiz: Mondays, 9pm, hosted by Scotland’s quiz guru Dr. Paul (see dpquiz.co.uk for more info) Entry fee: Free Prizes: Cash, a good bottle of wine Average pint: £2.90 Sample round: Name ten things you can do in bed with a carrot
IT’S FUNTIME AT THE BONGO CLUB 37 Holyrood Road, Old Town, 0131 558 7604, www.thebongoclub.co.uk Quiz: Tuesdays throughout the festival, 7.30pm Entry fee: £6 (for a full TV game show-style production) Prizes: Selection of novelty cheeses, vintage (store-brand) whisky Average pint: £3.20 Sample round: Kazoo/Limbo challenge TRAVERSE CAFÉ BAR 10 Cambridge Street, West End, 0131 228 5383, www.traverse.co.uk Quiz: One Monday a month, usually around the 15th to the 20th. Entry fee: £1 (all proceeds go to Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre) Prizes: A couple of bottles of wine Average pint: £3.40 Sample round: Anything arty – absolutely no sport!
5–12 Aug 2010 THE LIST 93
Teenage Fanclub’s record label after claiming that their album artwork breached his trademark of the dollar sign? a) Commes des Garçons b) Mr. Ben’s c) Ichi Ni San
5 Chemikal Underground Records name all their releases and projects numerically, as Factory records used to. What is the name of their recording studio?
FASHION Set by Camille Lorigo, owner of Che Camille fashion house
1 I am a GSA textiles graduate with a career spanning three decades in fashion, music, and film. My punk band opened for the Pogues in the late 1970s. Lady Gaga, Souxie Sioux and Kylie have all worn my sexy future-punk clobber. My one-woman show in 1990 at Kelvingrove Art Gallery was the first design exhibition held at the museum. Who am I?
a) Christel Kane b) Pam Hogg c) Louise Gray
3 What 2001 shopping-related film was shot largely in Glasgow and remains relatively unknown despite awards from BAFTA Scotland, the Berlin Film Festival, the San Diego Film Festival and Stockholm Film Festival, among others? a) Late Night Shopping b) Shop Till You Drop c) Sauchiehall Street Diaries
4 Alistair and Maggie Darling presented tweed wraps to guests at the G20 London summit. But who designed and produced them?
a) Deryck Walker for Ultimo b) Sophie Dahl for Pringle c) NELFIN at Che Camille for Harris Tweed Hebrides 5 The area running from Sauchiehall Street down Buchanan Street to Argyle Street is also known as:
2 This groundbreaking Glasgow boutique brought cutting-edge labels such as Dries van Noten to the Scottish audience. The founding duo remains passionate about design and culture, and has since founded a boutique hotel in the same area of the Merchant City. Name the store.
a) The Golden Triangle b) The Pubic Triangle c) The Hen Run ■ Che Camille, Floor 6, Argyll Chambers, 34 Buchanan Street, Glasgow.