Cryptic Pub Quiz

(Hardback)

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This is the book for crossworders and pub quizzers. A must-read Hugh Stephenson, Guardian Crossword Editor Since 2015, the Mill in Cambridge has hosted an unusually fiendish quiz that combines the pubs warmth with the logic and wordplay of the cryptic crossword. This unique book is the work of the artist Frank Paul who has gathered the best rounds from the Mills quiz night filled to the brim with drawings as exquisite and intricate as the puzzles to challenge and amuse you and your fellow quiz-fans. Questions might take the form of wordsearch poems, jokes, rebuses, 11+ exam-style analogies (but far more fun), and a round that allows contestants to use each letter of the alphabet only once in their answers. Theres even a murder mystery to sink your teeth into, and a bewildering encounter with the Sphinx. Among the rounds you will find: Spot the Similarities, Foot in Mouth, Premature Obituaries, Advent Calendar of Doom, Motion Picture Mixture, Crawl Inside My Idiom Attic, Gogglebox Jigsaw, Chemical Element Blind Date, and so many more. A rewarding challenge, The Cryptic Pub Quiz will bring joy to everyone from the Tuesday night pub quiz fan to the cryptic crossword aficionado, and all who cannot resist having their minds bent, blown and boggled.

Reviews

This is the book for crossworders and pub quizzers. A must-read' -- Hugh Stephenson, Guardian Crossword Editor
Frank Paul is an extremely impressive chap and a dazzling quizzer' -- Victoria Coren Mitchell, Presenter of Only Connect
A 21st-century Lewis Carroll. The best quizmasters aim to delight, and Cryptic Pub Quiz does so on every page...Relentlessly creative, frequently hilarious and consistently beautiful' -- Alan Connor, Author of The Joy of Quiz and former question editor for Only Connect and Richard Osman's House of Games
Frank Paul is a talented artist, possibly a brilliant one' * The Times *
I am most impressed with the high quality of the questions. They should offer an enjoyable challenge to those adept at cryptic crossword solving' -- Tim Moorey, author of How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords
`Frank Paul's quizzes are learning dressed up to have fun - aerobics of the mind, push-ups of the brain, and tickles of the funny bone -- Richard Lederer, author of Anguished English and former co-host of A Way with Words
Intimate, provocative, revealing... that feeling of being transported to another place is something you can readily experience in Frank's work' -- Sheana Eccles, Bohemia Galleries
One of the best Quiz Masters on the planet' * The Mill Pub, Cambridge *
`Is this the toughest quiz ever An unusually fascinating book [and] a new contender for the hardest quiz around Dull men in pubs across the country, who downloaded their quiz for 5 that morning, will ask you the capital of Peru They are not worthy to lick Frank Pauls boots * The Daily Mail *

Author Bio

The Cryptic Pub Quiz is the work of the young artist Frank Paul, who has gathered the best of more than 100 rounds of pub quizzes into this book. Alongside the questions - and often forming part of the questions - are his drawings, which are as intricate as the puzzles. His work has been shown at Marlborough Fine Art exhibition and at solo exhibitions in York and London. Paul lives in Cambridge with his partner and their daughter.