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After the success of the 2019 SpeedQuizzing Hosts Connect Day, we’ve booked another one for Friday 19th June 2020. Other than rectifying the ratio of vegan to pig-filled sausage rolls on the buffet that was monumentally miscalculated by our very own plant-based Jane Leach last year, it shouldn’t stray too much from last year’s format… Read more
Throughout the month of August 2019, the co-creator of SpeedQuizzing, (Alan Leach), rebranded himself as ‘Alan Shed’ and attempted to combine SpeedQuizzing with standup comedy for a daily, hour-long show at The Mash House in the heart of the Ed-Fringe festival. It was Alan’s first attempt at an actual comedy show rather than just hosting.. Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
As DJ Expo 2015 in Atlantic City has now drawn to a close, we asked our US hosts exactly how they felt it went. So Rob, how was DJ Expo 2015 for you and Will? The expo was amazing. This was my first convention and Will’s third, but first as a presenter. The schedule was.. Read more
Three years ago we would have said “yes”, one year ago we would have said “almost”. Now in 2015 we advise hosts to “be vigilant” keeping an eye out for certain things. But in the most part, the games are still too fast for anyone to garner any real advantage by attempting to cheat. Regrettably there are a.. Read more
BPM at The NEC BPM is an annual trade event for DJ and pro-audio gear held at The NEC in Birmingham, this year running from the 12th to the 14th of September. As one of the biggest events of it’s kind in the UK, BPM is a significant event in the calendar for many involved.. Read more
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