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About Us
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Welcome to the British Pubs Online Mcoys Pub Quiz Page
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| McCoy's have joined forces with CAMRA and FHM to rally it's support around saving the local pub, there has been a lot of comment recently about a return to the traditional values of the local boozer and a move away from the theme pub. Pubs have always been places where you can go have a pint and muse over the day, life and the universe. It is also a place where you used to be able to join in with the local community and this is where the likes of the pub quiz come in. The pub quiz has been a traditional part of the pub make up for centuries and now faces extinction. |
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| McCoy's have created the PUB GENIUS a nationwide search for the ultimate boozer IQ, this is hosted on www.fhm.com. But we are also offering our support to the publicans directly. We have conducted some in house research to provide the definitive guide to staging the pub quiz and this will be available to all publicans. It includes advice on hosts, design, jingles and of course the glamorous assistant.. I have attached the release and a copy of the research findings... If you need anymore details then give me a shout on the number below. |
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| Best regards Jim |
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| McCoy’s Fights Against Pub ‘Dumbing Down’ McCoy’s crisps has launched its search for ‘Britain’s Pub Genius’ as part of a campaign to stop what it sees as the continued ‘dumbing down’ of pubs and to try and save one of the last great British pub traditions – the quiz! |
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| Tony Jerome, Press Manager for CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) strongly supports the cause, 'Pubs have to appeal to all kinds of people, but too many pubs fall back on large screen TV and loud music to attract certain kinds of customer while forgetting that many people go to pubs for something different, like good conversation and the chance to exercise their brains with a good pub quiz.' While themed boozers do seem to be on their way out, McCoy’s believes the real threat to traditional pubs and pastimes like the quiz remains – the ever growing presence of giant TV screens and the increasing regularity of televised sporting occasions. |
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| With Pub Genius (found in the FHM Arms section of www.fhm.com), it’s hoping to turn the tide by demonstrating that pub quizzes remain hugely popular – and convince publicans and pub chains to reinstate them. McCoy’s spokesperson Nich Lee said: “Pubs shouldn’t just be about just watching the TV. We all like watching the odd match down the pub, but blokes love a bit of banter in their local and the traditional quiz gives them endless material and trivia for debate. But pubs seem to be turning their back on them and are intent on pumping more and more obscure football matches onto their TV screens. We even know some pubs where so-called sports such as tractor pulls and curling get played at full blast. It’s got to stop!” As well as mustering support from the public, McCoy’s is developing a fact sheet guide to traditional boozer entertainment for publicans. ‘Save The Pub Quiz’ fact sheets will be available from McCoy’s and will instruct staff on the delicate art of running a successful quiz. This will include ‘How to Break The Silence – Jokes and Anecdotes’, ‘Hecklers Vs Bouncers – Know Your Rights’ and ‘Selective Deafness – The Timewasters Enemy’ and many, many more invaluable hints and tips for the novice quizmaster. So, dust off that copy of ‘The Big Book of Pub Quizzes’, fine tune your trivia knowledge and battle it out for title of the McCoy’s British’s Pub Genius in The FHM Arms at www.fhm.com. |
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| For further information/fact sheet or visuals please contact: Jim Peacock or Damon Statt @ Revolver Communications: Tel: 020 7251 5599 Notes to editors: The Save the Pub Quiz fact sheet includes: The Quizmaster. Create Your Own Glamorous Assistant. The Audience. Stage Props. Sample Questions Prizes Presentation of Prizes Other Facts |
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British Pubs Online has entries for pubs in most of the counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We have the ability to list pubs in the scottish islands, isle of man and the channel islands.
Shortly we will be expanding the site to include Eire and shortly after that to include all 'British' Pubs worldwide.
You can search for pubs that cater for disabled or children,
pubs that have events on
pubs that have award winning chefs
pubs that have accomodation
pubs that have cask marque or camra approval
pubs that sell real ales
Bedfordshire, England
Berkshire, England
Buckinghamshire, England
Cambridgeshire, England
Cheshire, England
Cornwall, England
County Durham, England
Cumbria, England
Derbyshire, England
Devon, England
Dorset, England
East Riding, England
East Sussex, England
Essex, England
Gloucestershire, England
Hampshire, England
Herefordshire, England
Hertfordshire, England
Isle of Wight, England
Isles of Scilly, England
Kent, England
Lancashire, England
Leicestershire, England
Lincolnshire, England
London, England
Manchester, England
Merseyside, England
Middlesex, England
Norfolk, England
North Yorkshire, England
Northamptonshire, England
Northumberland, England
Nottinghamshire, England
Oxfordshire, England
Shropshire, England
Somerset, England
South Yorkshire, England
Staffordshire, England
Suffolk, England
Surrey, England
Warwickshire, England
West Midlands, England
West Sussex, England
West Yorkshire, England
Wiltshire, England
Worcestershire, England
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Argyll, Scotland
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Kinross-shire, Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Conwy, Wales
Denbighshire, Wales
Flintshire, Wales
Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Monmouthshire, Wales
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Powys, Wales
West Glamorgan, Wales
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