The Beacon Thursday Quiz Night - Your Feedback
This page will note any feedback teams left on Quiznights during 2006. If you'd like your comments to appear here, please either complete the feedback form on a Tuesday night, or email your comments to either John or Chris : Email Chris or Email John .
| 24th Aug | Bęte Noire | Don't forget to come back on Monday for the "Family Fun Day".. | Cartoons, Laurel & Hardy, Quantum Physics, Top 10's from a book that Scott has read !! | Cheers..... You'll have heard by now that we've had to cancel future quizzes at The Beacon - hopefully we can find somewhere else fairly soon. |
| 17th Aug | Bęte Noire | Nice Pub. Quick Service with Chips. | Kids TV, Recent Music. | Nice to see you - lets hope we can encourage more teams to attend during the coming weeks. |
| 17th Aug | Cunning Linguists | Really Nice & Bl**dy Great. | None Noted. | Thanks - Hopefully we can continue.. |
| 10th Aug | No New Name Yet (Northies+3D) |
Nice to be back (NOT - Especially with Bonus/Gamble's like that!) |
None Noted. | Nice to a few of the regulars back at the quiz again - let's hope we can continue, and welcome back many more. |
| 10th Aug | QPR | Nice to be back. Comfortable & Quiet. Easy to get drink at bar. | None Noted. | See above. |
| 10th Aug | Bęte Noire | Where the **** is everyone else !!?? | Anything but shopping, Dr. Who, Geography, Serbo-Croat Shot-putters. | Not sure - but you did OK. Don't expect Serbo-Croat sporting heroes anytime soon !!.. |
| 30th May | Blazers | A 2 month break for the World Cup would be appreciated. | None Noted. | We do not plan to start the quizzes again until mid-late July (18th or 25th) anyway - as noted below, check your emails or this site for news and updates. |
| 30th May | Northies+3D | Please find a new venue soon !. Well done to both of you for the many enjoyable, if not frustrating, Tuesday Nights !. | None Noted. | Thanks for all your comments tonight - many others were received verbally from other teams. We do hope to find another venue fairly soon, but will not be starting quizzes again until mid-late July at the earliest. Please do remember to check this website for latest news, or if you have given us your email address, watch out for latest news updates in your in-box during the coming weeks. |
| 30th May | Bęte Noire | Thank you for all the Quizzes - hope to see you at a new venue soon. | <Not Published>. | |
| 30th May | Round The Bend | Thanks for all the quizzes. | None Noted. | |
| 23rd May | No Feedback Received. | |||
| 16th May | Cunning Linguists | First Time - Bloody Fantastic. | None Noted. | Really pleased you enjoyed it - hope to see you next week. |
| 9th May | Strategically Shaved Monkeys (aka Bonnet de Douche) | Up The 'Ammers & Come On Barca !! | How to correctly shave a monkey........, TV Quiz Shows, Darts. | We're not going to ask..... |
| 2nd May | Bęte Noire | Severe Trauma, Eventually Victory Escapes. Birmingham Relegated, Ugly Crowd Erupts. | ←Acronyms. |
Alan Loves 'Arry,
Naturally. Plays All Reserves,
Deserves Every Whinge. Pompey's Overrated Reserves, Two Silly Men On Upper Tier Helped. |
| 2nd May | Bonnet de Douche | It should have been Villa. | None Noted. | Now that would have been a result.... |
| 2nd May | Krankies | None Noted. | Local History. | Assuming we can find another venue, maybe... |
| 25th April | QPR | I hope you win on Sat/Sun, Chris. Make it nice & easy next week. | None Noted. | Thanks, Kath - Are we converting a few teams to "support" the Blues ??. We need all the help we can at the moment - but I will try not to let footy results affect our quiz setting.... |
| 25th Apr | Bęte Noire | Picture Round - Famous Eyes. Graham Poll - Sour Grapes !!! | Carry On Films, Anagrams, Capital Cities, Pop Albums, Famous People called Brian, PFA Players of the year. | Interesting ideas, yet again. I'm sure some will feature soon - although not necessarily in a whole round... |
| 25th Apr | Porridge Brains | Rules not clear, as couldn't hear very clearly. | None Noted. | Sorry if you had difficulty hearing - we are told to keep the volume down a notch to avoid disturbing residents. |
| 18th Apr | Bęte Noire | More Dingbats | Song Lyrics, Great Musicals, M*A*S*H, Technlogy, The Simpsons. | A couple of ideas for us there. We'll try to feature some of these sometime soon. |
| 18th Apr | Northies+3D | None Noted. | Wines & Spirits, Beer. | More Food & Drink to feature again soon... |
| 11th Apr | Bęte Noire | None Noted. | Anagrams, Kids TV, Famous numbers that aren't dates (eg 42=Life, The Universe and Everything and 24601=Jean Valjeans prison number. etc). |
Noted - I'm sure we can find a few spot-prize /
tie-break questions that are not years. Distances, Heights, Weights,
Times, There's plenty out there - watch this space. Oh, and I did set
Valjean's prison No. as a spot prize question a couple of years ago.
Would I set it again now ?. Mmmm.
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| 11th Apr | Northies+3D | Bring back "Best Worst Answer" ! | None Noted. | Problem is that award of a Best Worst Answer (if there is one..) prize is subject to our opinion - that's why we changed to Spot-Prizes. |
| 11th Apr | EP's | None Noted. | Entertainment, Science. | Science featured tonight, so it's unlikely to feature again soon. We do set Entertainment rounds fairly frequently. |
| 4th Apr | Ross's Team | Excellent organisation. Challenging ! | Cartoons, James Bond, Modern technology, American sitcoms, Capital cities | Glad you enjoyed the quiz - the rounds we set do vary week by week, so please do come again - some of these subjects may well feature soon. |
| 4th Apr | Bęte Noire | None Noted. | Phobias, Easier Top Ten, Bella Emberg, 1980 Panini Football Stickers, Anagrams, Serbo-Croat Olympic Shot Putters | Interesting choices... Easier Top Ten ??. You scored 9 - the highest score was 10.... |
| 28th Mar | Northies+3D | √49. | Famous FA Cup Defeats, Torn Ticket Throwing Records, Top 10 Starter of most fans leaving by half time, Rugby 7's, 7 Deadly Sins, Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs. |
OK.... Never expected this sort of feedback..
 . So we got
hammered. 0-7. At Home. In the FA Cup ź Final. (Can
you score a goal for us.....)..We'll get over it - eventually !!.
Still, not quite as bad as a 9-0, I suppose.
And we do have a few 7-0 wins to reminisce on. Stoke and Blackpool.
Err...Point taken.... .
(or not, recently, in our case...). Bring on The Champions !! |
| 28th Mar | Grumpy Joe's | None Noted. | History, Fire Safety, Film Quotes, Gardening, Classical Music, Guess the Price. | Good ideas - and all have featured at some time. Look out for Film Quotes sometime soon - as a "played" round. |
| 28th Mar | Bonnet de Douche | Come On You Blues ! | Films, TV Quiz Shoes, Show Tunes, 70's Comedians. | Finally - a convert !!. But which Blues this weekend ??... All of these categories have featured in the past, and may well do again sometime soon.. |
| 28th Mar | The Island Monkeys | Multiple Choice. | None Noted. | Not easy to set with the Jackpot being Multiple Choice, but does appear occasionally.. |
| 28th Mar | QPR | Was this spite, Chris - It's not our fault your team got thrashed last week....... | None Noted. | Sorry, Sorry, Sorry. It was not intentionally meant to be that difficult - but 7 teams did outscore the winners in the main quiz, including yourselves. |
| 28th Mar | Bęte Noire | None Noted. | Modernish Films, Etymology. | Films will feature again soon.... |
| 21st Mar | Bonnet de Douche | Close game, Chris ! | Music (Not Beatles), Girls, TV Quiz Shows, Darts. |
Not as close as you think !!.
Don't expect any of these subjects in the near future !! |
| 21st Mar | Scrabble 4+1 | Another Good 'Un. | None Noted. | Glad you enjoyed it - and thanks for your continued support. |
| 21st Mar | Winklepickers | None Noted. | Music Clips, History, Soaps, Michael Jackson, Beer, Shoes. | Some of these do feature fairly regularly - Please do come again. |
| 21st Mar | Fantastic Four | Really Hard ! We gave Up ! | None Noted. | You stuck it out - bring more friends next time. Hope you enjoyed the evening. |
| 14th Mar | Bęte Noire | No More TRUE or FALSE (Arse!!) | Kids TV, Classical Music, The Beatles, Anagrams. |
You know we vary the rounds
- some of
these may well feature again soon....... |
| 14th Mar | Northies+3D |
↑ ↓ |
None Noted. | Sadly, I can't disagree on current form... Off to Portman Road next season, then !. |
| 7th Mar | Bęte Noire | More Chicken Questions | 1960's Pop, Phobias, Red Dwarf, Black Adder. | What, no Panini ?. We'll try to fit some of these in soon - although perhaps not a whole round on Blackadder..... We have a Cunning Plan !. |
| 28th Feb | Scrabble 4 | None Noted. | Geography, Classical Music, Art, Science & Nature, Literature, Anagrams. | Most of these do feature fairly regularly - interesting that we're seeing requests for Anagrams - one for us to think about... |
| 28th Feb | Bęte Noire | Pictures - Cricket Umpires, Song Catchphrases, 1980's Panini Football Stickers. | Anagrams, Cartoons, Phobias. | Song Catchphrases may feature again soon. Umpires & Panini are possibly a little too specific, but could feature in parts... |
| 28th Feb | Mrs Slocombe's Pussy | None Noted. | Science, Hobbies, Cookery, Music Lyrics, Field Sports, Music Lyrics again.. | Any or all may well feature soon - hopefully before your visits to MK end... |
| 28th Feb | Blazers | None Noted. | Around S. Wales (By Bus), More Hoff Questions.. | Mmmm. Would these be general knowledge rounds, then ?? |
| 21st Feb | Blazers | None Noted. | Kids TV & Motor Racing - 'cos Dave's coming next week. Australia. |
Right, as it's Dave, we'll sort something out for
you !!. (Don't hold your breath, though......).
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| 21st Feb | QPR | We hate flags..... | None Noted. | Noted. But they may feature again at some point, as we do try to vary the picture round content. |
| 21st Feb | Bonnet de Douche | More spot prize answers ending in 42 please. | Not the Beatles... | We'll try out find out what the Question is for you...It may take some time. |
| 21st Feb | Bęte Noire | None Noted. | Carry On Films, Cricket Umpires, Quantum Physics, Anagrams, Phobias. | Interesting choices...... |
| 14th Feb | 2D's |
St Valentine's Day Massacre... . |
None Noted. |
Quiz was on the difficult side (Blame
 !!), but you still
did well.... I'm sure John's will be easier next week !. |
| 14th Feb | Bęte Noire | None Noted. | Song Lyrics. | We're working on it !.. |
| 7th Feb | Scrabble 4+1 | Another Excellent evening. | None Noted. | Thanks Very Much - glad you enjoy your Tuesday evenings. |
| 7th Feb | Boys Round The Bend | More dog disease questions please | None Noted. | We'll note that one for another quiz !!. |
| 7th Feb | Bęte Noire | Etymology - anagrams of !! | Cricket Umpires, Capital Cities, Song Lyrics, Words beginning with X. | Some interesting requests again......... |
| 31st Jan | Bęte Noire | Have we said "Song Lyrics" yet this year ?? | Dr. Who, Phobias, Darts. | Just the once.... - and may feature soon. We may try to include the odd Darts or Dr Who question as well. |
| 31st Jan | Bonnet de Douche | None Noted. | TV Quiz Shows, Biscuits. | Biscuits ??. We could feature TV Quiz Shows soon..... |
| 31st Jan | Mrs. Slocombe's Pussy | None Noted. | Internet, Farming, Building, Maths, Alcohol, Darts. | Interesting requests. We may try to incorporate some questions on these subjects soon.. |
| 24th Jan | Scrabble 4+1 | Another good evening - Thanks. | None Noted. | Thanks Very Much. We're pleased that so many people enjoy our quizzes. |
| 24th Jan | What's In A Name | Nice Film/Novel round and enjoyed the music this week. | Music (played). | Glad you enjoyed it - played music may feature again soon. |
| 24th Jan | Bugbears Reborn | None Noted. | Catchphrases. | Speak to John nicely - maybe another catchphrase round soon... |
| 17th Jan | Bęte Noire | None Noted. | Capital Cities, Darts, Art & Artists. | Maybe sometime soon...... |
| 17th Jan | The Lerts | Too hard!!! Need more music questions - we feel thick now!! | None Noted. | Please do come again - we do vary the subjects each week. |
| 10th Jan | Bęte Noire | Oh Dear ! | None Noted. | Wasn't your night on the main quiz, but you still walked away with the cash..... |
| 10th Jan | Northies+3D |
UP THE ENGLISH SOUTH RIVIERA !!
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None Noted. | Thanks !!.. And good luck on 17th - I will be there...... |
| 10th Jan | Quizmasters | Quite Hard, Ain't it ? | Darts, London in the Ice Age, Clotted Cream Fudge, Monty Python, Big Brother, The History of the World Cup. | Welcome back... |
| 3rd Jan | Bęte Noire | Happy New Year. Picture Round - Darts Players, Cricket Umpires. | Song Lyrics, The Beatles, Art & Artists. | Thanks very much - and Happy New Year to you. And do you really need to ask for specific rounds after setting a new record ??. Maybe sometime next year !!. |
