Bristol’s HA has first pub quiz January 2019 and pub is packed!!

The Bristol Branch had a really successful pub quiz on Tuesday 29^th January in the Golden Guinea pub in Bristol’s historic Redcliffe area.  Not only did it raise over £100 for the branch but we brought forty History enthusiasts out on a cold winter night to a historic pub.  The lively quiz masters were Richard Kennett and Sally Thorne and the rounds were on

• What every Year 7 is expected to know
• Britain before 1800
• “Foreign” History
• Britain after 1800
• Bristol History
• A picture round which included Mary Seacole, Lucrezia Borgia and Annie Kenney

The teams of four were made up of local branch members, PGCE students and History students, History teachers and their friends. Much to their surprise one of the oldest teams taking part made of Rob Pritchard (Branch Treasurer), Mary Feerick (Secretary), Nigel Varley (retired History teacher) and Silu Pascoe (Branch Member) won the amazing trophies provided by Richard Kennett.  However even this team did not know the answer to “What was the only trace the Roanoke settlers left behind in 1590?” or  the meaning of the Latin inscription on Clifton Suspension bridge (Suspensa vix via fit).

Everyone had a really fun evening and enjoyed the quiz masters sense of humour and the friendly atmosphere.  The feeling was this should become an annual event.