Introducing the Quizmasters
The Old Hand
It was never planned - a friend one day asked me to do a Pub Quiz in his new pub and that's how it started. No microphone, no laptop - just shouting out 20 questions from behind a bar. A one-off quiz night in Graz which has now been going for over a decade.
The Office Pub Quiz began in 2005 and Trivia Night at the Pub in 2012. I was still at The Office / Spot watching over proceedings until the 10th anniversary in 2015, but, finally it seemed like a good idea to hand over the reins to today's youth. And I will always have Thursdays...
Some facts about the Trivia Night Quizmaster
Name: Ade (pronounced "ay-dee" - like saying the letters "A" and then "D" in sequence).
Origin: Southampton, England.
Lived in: Manchester (UK), Freemantle (AUS), Leipzig (GER), St.Petersburg (RUS), Prague (CZE), Tahoe (USA) and Graz (AUT).
Studies: Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Modern Languages (German and Russian). Had to relearn "German" after arriving in Graz...
Sports: cricket (Velden, Hampshire & England), swimming, skiing, American football, rugby & football (Southampton FC).
Likes: glaciers, sporting history, travelling, Zweigelt, my Kindle.
Dislikes: reality TV, Premier League footballers, idiot drivers, Fernet, queue jumping.
It was never planned - a friend one day asked me to do a Pub Quiz in his new pub and that's how it started. No microphone, no laptop - just shouting out 20 questions from behind a bar. A one-off quiz night in Graz which has now been going for over a decade.
The Office Pub Quiz began in 2005 and Trivia Night at the Pub in 2012. I was still at The Office / Spot watching over proceedings until the 10th anniversary in 2015, but, finally it seemed like a good idea to hand over the reins to today's youth. And I will always have Thursdays...
Some facts about the Trivia Night Quizmaster
Name: Ade (pronounced "ay-dee" - like saying the letters "A" and then "D" in sequence).
Origin: Southampton, England.
Lived in: Manchester (UK), Freemantle (AUS), Leipzig (GER), St.Petersburg (RUS), Prague (CZE), Tahoe (USA) and Graz (AUT).
Studies: Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Modern Languages (German and Russian). Had to relearn "German" after arriving in Graz...
Sports: cricket (Velden, Hampshire & England), swimming, skiing, American football, rugby & football (Southampton FC).
Likes: glaciers, sporting history, travelling, Zweigelt, my Kindle.
Dislikes: reality TV, Premier League footballers, idiot drivers, Fernet, queue jumping.
