Quiz Challenge

Report of the Quiz Challenge 2008

Indigo Public Affairs impressively retained their PubAffairs Quiz Champion's crown by winning the 2008 PubAffairs Quiz Challenge on the 17th April. This was their fourth consecutive victory.

With brain cells fuelled by food and wine generously provided by event sponsors DeHavilland - the one stop shop for comprehensive political information, 15 teams from across the public affairs industry answered eight rounds of topical teasers at the Barley Mow pub on Horseferry Road.

Indigo Public Affairs, who led from the third round, won by a full ten point margin scooping a total 67 out of 80 available points. FLA battled it out to finish as runners-up, with Bell Pottinger Public Affairs hot on their heels in third place. DeHavilland finished fourth, followed in fifth place by a team made up of individual PubAffairs members, The Innocents.

Perfect 10 scores were achieved in three rounds by Indigo Public Affairs, with FLA and Bell Pottinger Public Affairs scoring 10 out of 10 in one round a piece. The highest overall scoring came in the Music round with teams ‘beating the intro’ to identify the artists and track names to ten songs. In the Music round, FLA and Indigo Public Affairs scored maximum points, with Ellwood and Atfield, Bell Pottinger Public Affairs and The Innocents taking nine-and-a-half points each.

Other Teams taking place in the 2008 Quiz were (in alphabetical order): Chartered Insurance Institute, Connect Public Affairs, Mandate Communications, National Consumer Council, Office of Rail Regulation and Populus, together with three teams made up of individual PubAffairs members, Global Strategy, Tim’s Brother’s Girlfriend Is Quite Good and the X Chromosomes.

For more photos from the Quiz visit the PubAffairs Photos Page.

April 2008 - Indigo Public Affairs

(Left-Right) Greg Stone, Mary Graham, David Boothroyd and Darren Sanders with David Bowers (from event sponsor DeHavilland) and Jim Rothwell (PubAffairs Co-Founder)

Report from the Quiz Challenge 2007

Indigo Public Affairs won the 2007 PubAffairs Quiz Challenge, tightening their grip on the trophy they have now held since 2004.

In the closest result yet, Indigo, who led from round two, squeezed to victory by a solitary point as AS Biss's perfect 10/10 in the final leg delivered a nail-biting finish. Citizens Advice came in third. The Indigo Team was made up of David Boothroyd and David Ward.

Global Strategy finished fourth, with Connect Public Affairs fifth. Both teams had stepped into the breach as last minute Team replacements. The quiz’s places had filled up within 30 minutes of the event’s announcement in March.

Honourable mentions also go to a number of teams scoring full marks in a round: Citizens Advice, Global Strategy, Lewis PR, Finance & Leasing Association, DeHavilland and AS Biss (in two rounds).

For more photos from the Quiz visit the PubAffairs Photos Page.

Past Winners - Hall of Fame

April 2007 - Indigo Public Affairs
David Boothroyd & David Ward (centre) with Jim Rothwell (left, PubAffairs) & David Bowers (right, DeHavilland)

April 2006 – Indigo Public Affairs

November 2004 - Indigo Public Affairs
Phil Briscoe, Max Curtis, James Sachon, Neil King

March 2004 - Fishburn Hedges
James Gordon-MacIntosh, Lee Whitehead, Lucy Burns, Simon Burton

The PubAffairs Quiz Challenge will return, where allcomers can challenge the holders for their crown.