The Vine Tree Quiz

A 'buzz-in' General Knowledge quiz, every Sunday, 8:00 till 10:30

The Vine Tree, 82, Leeds Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2QF
01924 290151

Welcome to the Vine Tree Quiz page. No paper, no cheating, this quiz uses your ipads, tablets and mobile phones using SpeedQuizzing technology and is the best thing since sliced bread. It's awesome, it's fast and it's more fun than a monkey circus. I've put the details of what goes on down below, but stuff that, just come down Sundays for 8.

What We Do

  • Bonus Feature - 25 Number Ones, 25 chocolates: Almost invariably there will be a shout out pop quiz.

    • Setting up

    1. Download the SpeedQuizzing App onto your android device (It is available from all app stores, Apple, Google play, etc., type in 'SpeedQuizzing' and you should find it))
    2. Be at The Vine Tree from 8 o'clock on a Sunday night
    3. Activate your SpeedQuizzing app.
    4. Choose a team name (at the top of the opening screen on the app)
    5. Connect (big button on screen)
    6. Give me £2 per person on your team
    7. Ask me to pick your team sound (like a buzz, but more fun)
    8. Prior to the quiz proper starting I will ask you to tap your screens to make sure they are working

    Now this format may be tweaked a wee bit occasionally, but by and large the quiz goes something like this...

    Round 1: 20 Warm ups

    10 points for each correct answer, 10 point bonus for the fastest buzz

    The Keypads
    On 'keypad' rounds there are three different ways you may use to deliver your answer...

    A full alphabet keypad, in which case give the first letter of the name (ignore words like 'the' and 'a' at the begining, eg, if it were a picture of The Beatles, you would press 'B')

    An 'options' keypad, with just the letters A to F. I will read out some multiple choice options to answer a question, you just tap when I say what you think is the right one

    A numbers keypad containing 0 through to 9 plus 'reset' (C) and 'send' (enter) buttons. If this comes up tap the correct number THEN SEND (I always forget to send when I'm playing)

    Don't panic, I will always tell you what kind of screen to expect, so you don't really have to remember owt.

    Round 2: 10 Pictures

    You will have a 10 pictures beamed to your screen. When you recognise who or what it is tap the screen and deliver your answer via the revealed keypad

  • Bonus Feature - 'Go Wide' A lot of the time, if you are not sure of an answer, you can always press two different buttons on the alphabet or multiple choice, or tapping an 'go wide' on the numerical questions. This will half your points but potentially double your chances of being right. Your call!

    • Round 3: 10 Current Affairs

    After the pictures there will be ten current affairs questions. These will use the the same keypads and scoring as the picture questions, the only difference being there is no picture to press. I cannot stress highly enough to keep up with current affairs, and the best way to do so is to subscribe to the twitter feed @currentquiz, which breaks the news down into Tweet sized chunks and enables you to keep your finger on the pulse without being bored shitless by TV correspondents standing outside a house where Ken Barlow may have got his knob out 500 years ago. The feed should be just alongside this, so, scroll down and learn...

    Rounds 4 & 5: Two sets of 10 themed questions

    10 points for first correct answer, - 10 if wrong, 5 points for everybody else who agrees or disagrees correctly

    For these 20 questions your device will be a simple buzzer. No letters, no numbers - just press! If you know the answer to the question buzz in as quick as you can. If you are first on the buzzer I will l ask you for your answer. Weather it is right or wrong I will accept it; then I will ask everyone else to press their buzzers if they agree with you, or leave their pads alone if they think you are wrong. Increased points - increased jeopardy!!

    Example: I ask "What is the capital of Aus..." and Fred buzzes, and I shut up. He says "Canberra" I accept his answer and finish the question: "What is the capital of Austria?" and then invite the remaining contestants to buzz if they agree. Nobody agrees, and everybody gets 3 points, apart from Fred who loses six! Yeay!!

  • Bonus Feature - 'Shot Rounds' At any stage of the quiz, if Davinia behind the bar shouts "Shot Round" we all shout "Shot Round!!!" and first person to give a correct answer has to either take a shot or lose 50 points.

    Apart from being irresponsibly English fun, this also is meant to knack the good teams up!

    • Variations of games include

  • 'Linking Letters' where the answers share initials or another communality in spelling or whatever,
  • 'True or False' which is back to the keypads where you will get questions asking you weather something is true or false, pressing A for true and B for false, for example If I said "Is SAVING MR BANKS a Tom Hanks film:" you would hopefully press the 'A' button on the multiple choice key pad, and get 10 points for the correct answer and a bonus 10 for being first. No Go Wide on this (obviously) and
  • 'Tunes' when you have to identify the ten artists in the ten records played, using your full alphabet keypad; just tap the first letter of the artist, for example if you heard "Mama, just killed a..." you would be in on Q for Queen as quick as you could.

    Round 6: 20 'LightSpeed' questions

    Like round one but with more complex questions. The intention is that as the question wears on it becomes more easily getable. This is a buzzer round, with the tweak that though a right first buzz is worth 10 points, if you give a wrong answer you are eliminated from the next question

    Round 7: 'Nearest too'

    Welcome to The Last Chance saloon. I will ask one final question worth 50 points. The answer will be a number. Whoever is closest to the correct answer will get the 50 points, in the case of two teams with the same number, the first press will nail it.

  • Bonus Feature - Play Your Cards Right: Every week I get £2 off each participant. This goes directly into the kitty, and obviously mounts up pretty quickly. Each participant gets two raffle tickets. At the end of the evening a maximum of three raffle tickets will be drawn, with each winner getting a shot at the row of cards and the game. The cards are not renewed, so, for instance, if there are ten cards and the first person fails on the fifth, only five cards remain for the next winner. Every week there is one less card in the line up. We are a bit different in that your raffle tickets remain valid and in the hat, week in week out, until your ticket is selected or the jackpot is won. This does not preclude somebody coming in specifically to win the large jackpots, but it certainly favours those who have invested the most - nice touch!

    • Ian and Davinia always put food on, and tend to surprise us with little treats like cakes and shots and just being generally sweet. The pub has won accolades for its beer and food (the best beef I have ever tried), it has a beautiful beer garden and all in all this is a superb Sunday night. Occasionally we might go off script though!

    That's that for the time being. If you want a quiz, contact me. I will put up some more stuff no doubt but for the moment I'm just watching the hours go by... (tick tock tick tock tick tock)