Bans on smart devices, dedicated apps for all players and plain old honesty can all combat trivial offences
Who is older, Gary Numan or Gary Oldman? If you know the answer to this question (see below), you are probably one of hundreds of thousands of Brits who attend a pub quiz every week.
As a nation of committed trivia buffs, it was unsurprising that we leapt on news of a quizmaster in Manchester who outed a team for cheating. Just where, we asked, is the special place in hell reserved for those quizzers who take a sneaky look at their phones under the table?
According to the BBC, a “massive whodunnit” ensued after the landlord at the Barking Dog in Urmston revealed that the cheats were whispering questions into their smartphones, but refused to name and shame them.
It is a misdemeanour that is, according to some quizmasters, an increasingly common blight on one of the nation’s favourite pastimes.
