Lichfield Festival Friends Quiz 2026

The Quizmaster’s Perspective

Here we go again, the annual quiz that delights and perplexes those who attend. Sound was provided by
Colin Ablitt, making Tony look like an air traffic controller and me happy with a static microphone! Phones were banned as usual so no cheating could take place.

Tony and I love running the quiz, it’s a challenge, a great deal of fun, and someone always disagrees with a couple of our answers. The most contentious question this year was “who is the voice of Dangermouse for CBBC?” (Alexander Armstrong!)

From “missing landmarks”, (“where on earth is that?!”) to staples such as history, geography and of course, two rounds of general knowledge, we try to make the questions as varied as possible, bearing in mind the age range of our teams. Bette Davis to K-Pop demon hunters -a good variety. The highest score in General knowledge 1, was six out of ten! The 2025 round is one for everyone, no one can say
that it doesn’t apply to them. Logos are always a bit of fun, and the food and drink is a fairly wide-ranging round. The “joker” has its place to double a score, and is generally successful for the teams.

Along with the well publicised bar and raffle, (thank you Tony) the fish and chips seemed well received, with particularly large portions this year!

We hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did. A big thank you to all who contributed in the organising. Roll on next year’s quiz!

Marian Bateman