SpeedQuizzing at The Drawing Board Cafe Bar

SpeedQuizzing is coming to The Drawing Board Cafe Bar in York on Tuesday 4 August, with Phil Qua hosting the session. If you've never come across it, it's a bit different from your standard pub quiz. Instead of scribbling answers on a piece of paper and handing them in at the end, you use your phone to enter your answers in real time. The faster you get it right, the more points you score, so it's as much about quick thinking as it is about what you actually know.

That's the main draw of the night: the speed element. It turns a quiz into something a bit more competitive, where being the first to buzz in counts for something. It's a good one to bring a group to, and you can build a team of up to eight players, so there's plenty of room to pull together a mix of people who each bring something different to the table. If one of you is the go-to for sport and another knows their history, you're already halfway there.

Phil Qua is the one running the show, and there are prizes up for grabs for the winning teams. It's a Tuesday night, so it's a midweek thing rather than a weekend commitment. The Drawing Board Cafe Bar is the venue, right here in York, and the whole thing is built around the SpeedQuizzing format, so you'll want to have your phone charged and ready to go when you arrive. If you're looking for a night out with a few friends, this is a straightforward way to spend a Tuesday evening.