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A welcome to SpeedQuizzing: Phil Qua

As mentioned in previous article SpeedQuizzing were looking to take on a new business manager to help them steer the company in the right direction and make sure things were running effectively.  At the start of February Phil Qua joined the SpeedQuizzing team in that very role.  We posed a few questions to him to.. Read more


The Annual Review: 2015 / 2016

Happy New Year to all our quiz hosts and quiz players.  2015 was an exciting year for SpeedQuizzing and a great year for new quizzes. We saw a bigger growth in US hosts and witnessed brand new European countries sign up to start hosting using the software.  We speak to SpeedQuizzing creators Alan and John.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Paul Fairclough

It’s not very often that you can say you host a quiz at a venue where a celebrity owns the venue itself but Radio DJ Paul Fairclough can.  The Plume of Feathers in Stoke-on-Trent is owned by non-other than Men Behaving Badly actor and Bob The Builder Narrator, Neil Morrissey.  We spoke to Paul about.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: DJ Anthony J Sabol

As the numbers for hosts in the USA increase, we love to hear from them about how their nights go down.  This week we spoke to Anthony J Sabol who runs an entertainment company in Cleveland, Ohio.  Anthony gives us the run down on how his nights go down and what makes them tick properly… Read more


SpeedQuizzing comes to Germany

The Smartphone Quiz is already hugely popular in the United Kingdom and there are many trivia nights popping up around the US at the moment as well.  SpeedQuizzing makes sure that the QuizPacks that they sell are tailored for the different audiences, it wouldn’t be any use to a US audience having questions all about.. Read more


Pro Quizzer Interviews: Eggheads – Lisa Thiel

In 2014 Lisa Thiel from Leeds, became the latest addition to the line up of Eggheads on the popular daily BBC Two programme. She has previous appeared on The Weakest Link, The Chase and the Eggheads spin off series “Revenge of the Egghead“. In the first of our Pro Quizzer Interviews, we spoke to Lisa.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Sam Fitzpatrick

This week we head over to North Wales, Buckley to interview Sam who runs the quiz at The Windmill, a family establishment. Whilst most hosts that we get on board are DJs, Sam is one of the rare few that isn’t.  Sam run’s us through how his quizzes run and whats makes them so special… Read more


SQ Host Interview: Laura Adams

Quiz hosting tends to be a very male driven profession looking at the numbers that host our quizzes.  We are always excited to see female hosts taking to the mic.  This week in our weekly host interview we speak to Laura Adams, a pub landlady in Wednesbury in the West Midlands.  She hosts, the quiz.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Charlie Agrusa

Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Charlie Agrusa  (TNT) Tournament Night Trivia  Fueled by Speedquizzing Where do you live? Liberty, Missouri Are you a DJ and if so where do you DJ? Yes, I also book weddings and corporate  events How did you find out about SpeedQuizzing? I was looking for new ways.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Owen Andrew

Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Owen Andrew (thesmartphonequiz.co.uk) Where do you live? Stotfold, Bedfordshire Are you a DJ and if so where do you DJ? I am, and have been for 27 years! I work all over the home counties north of London. 90% of my work is weddings, but I.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Andrew Ritchie

Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Andrew Ritchie – Independent Host Where do you live? Guildford Are you a DJ and if so where do you DJ? I do mobile DJ in the local area mainly through word of mouth How did you find out about SpeedQuizzing? I saw an advert for.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Martine Crawford

Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Martine Crawford, independent quiz presenter. Where do you live? Swindon, Wiltshire. Are you a DJ and if so where do you DJ? No, not a DJ, just a social butterfly. How did you find out about SpeedQuizzing? I was presenting a quiz at a De Vere.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Tony Murphy

Where do you live? Stockport, Cheshire Are you a DJ and if so where do you DJ? I am a mobile DJ, and as it states MOBILE I will DJ anywhere. How did you find out about SpeedQuizzing? I was covering pen and paper quizzes for sometime, and was aware of it, then I was.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Kevin Jay

Name? Kevin Jay representing Kevin Jay Entertainment Where do you live? I’m based in Wallasey on the Wirral Are you a DJ and if so where? I DJ full time whenever required weddings etc. Which venues do you host quizzes at? I host quizzes on a Monday at Olde Red Lion, Little Sutton Wednesday at.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Mike Prince

Name? (and company you operate for if you do) I work for myself although I buy the SpeedQuizzing pack from Unit One. Where do you live? I live in Swinton, Manchester. Which venues do you host quizzes at? Sunday – White Horse, Swinton (SpeedQuizzing) Monday – Trevor Arms, Chorlton (Pen & Paper). Tuesday – White.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Darren Goulden

This week we head over to Manchester and one of the many hosts there, Darren Goulden sits in the interview chair. Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Darren “The Dazzler” Goulden from Unit One Entertainments Ltd Where do you live? Cadishead on the sunny outskirts of Manchester Which venues do you host.. Read more


SpeedQuizzing heads to BPM 2015

After a rather successful show last year, SpeedQuizzing is once again showcasing its fantastic software at BPM 2015 at the NEC in Birmingham. BPM is a show aimed at DJs and electronic music production run over the course of 3 days in September each year. Taking up 3 halls, the event is huge and DJs /.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: James Boyle

Name? (and company you operate for if you do) James Boyle, Jump Entertainments Where do you live? Burgess Hill (sussex) Which venues do you host quizzes at? Lots! regular ones, Every monday in brighton (student quiz) Every tuesday (paper quiz) and every other sunday in various pubs around sussex How long have you been hosting.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Ben Howarth

This week we head all the way up to the Wirral and talk to host, Ben Howarth. Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Ben Howarth Where do you live? Wirral Which venues do you host quizzes at? Arrowe Park Hotel, Kings Arms How long have you been hosting quizzes? Over 4 years.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Rob Charette

Another profile from one of our many talented SpeedQuizzing hosts.  This week we head over to the USA to interview host, Rob Charette. Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Rob “Bobby Roast Beef” Charette – XZI Productions (owner/operator) Where do you live? I live in Holyoke, Massachusetts in the US. Which venues.. Read more


SQ Host Interview: Andy Parry

Each week we will be presenting you with a profile of our excellent Smartphone Quiz hosts up and down the country and even across the pond in the United States of America. This week we presented our questions to Andy Parry. Name? (and company you operate for if you do) Andrew Parry (Sole Trader) Where.. Read more