Are You a Masochist?

Well, you don't have to be one but it might help you enjoy yourself Tuesday night at Tanner's Pub. That's when and where we'll be holding our first S&M Pub Quiz where you'll be able to match wits with folks from all walks of life. The premise is simple: you and two or three friends (or enemies, strangers, family members...) form a team and try to answer questions posed by a couple of Canadians about general trivia; the team that correctly answers the most questions wins.You'll arrive sometime around 8:30pm, get a table and a question sheet and your off. You'll need to come up with a team name which should be easy enough but then things get tough. You see, whether you've noticed or not, while the dizzying array of technological wonders introduced over the past couple decades may have made certain tasks more convenient, they've also been the cause of your cognitive decline. Yep, we've all come to rely on our gadgets for the answers to everything from mathematics to bus times; in short, we've outsourced our brains. However, Tuesday night at Tanner's, you'll have to go it alone and answer questions without the help of your gizmos.

Entry is of course free and not only will you get a chance to exercise your atrophying grey matter but there will also be a prizes. A dozen or so books courtesy of the English Bookstore, Business English magazines and a few dictionaries and free beer from Profi-Lingua. You'll have the chance to prove your smarts in four spoken rounds plus four of what we call inter-rounds when there will be questions handed out to work on while you have time to relieve yourself and grab a new round of drinks. Questions could be about almost anything: geography, movies, sports, history, alcohol, the Simspons, science, literature, music, Americana, Canadiana or even Australiana. If you've played Trivial Pursuit or experienced a Trivia Night in North America or Pub Quiz in the UK, you've probably got a pretty good idea of what to expect, fun, friends and facts; if not, don't worry, relax and remember, everyone's first time is a bit painful.