Question 1: Are phone cheats killing the pub quiz?

<p>Quizmasters are banning smart devices, using dedicated apps and finding plain old honesty can combat trivial offences</p><p>Who is older, Gary Numan or Gary Oldman? If you know the answer to this question (see below), you are probably one of hundreds of thousands of Brits who attend a pub quiz every week.</p><p>As a nation of committed trivia buffs, it was unsurprising that news of <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93dxedg07po">a quizmaster in Manchester outing a team for cheating</a> was leapt on. Just where, we asked, is the special place in hell reserved for those quizzers who take a sneaky look at their phones under the table?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/14/are-phone-cheats-killing-the-pub-quiz">Continue reading...</a>