This is based on the type of quiz commonly held in UK pubs, which uses common question formats for different rounds of the quiz. This is a useful way to inject some competition into a group session. It is particularly good at making a dry subject like referencing more interesting.

Break a larger group into teams – let the groups self-select their teams or choose them yourself. Try and arrange each team at a separate table. Ask each team to come up with a suitable team name and explain that you will be asking them questions in a series of rounds. You could include the notion of a joker round, counting double. Provide answer sheets and ask teams to swap answer sheets for marking at the end of each round. Use sweets or similar incentives for the winners of each round and/or the overall contest.

Run through the quiz – typical pub quiz rounds include identifying pictures or sounds, so see if you can work these in. For example, for a referencing pub quiz you could have rounds on referencing books, journals, websites, etc. The picture round could be a simple missing word on the screen or the referencing of a picture. The sound (music) round could be to fill in the missing words on a sound file – give your quiz invention free reign.

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