Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz

Comedy of the Week

BBC

Comedy

4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In each episode of Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz, the quizzer, comedian and Rose d’Or winner Paul Sinha invites the audience to tell him their favourite quiz questions, before offering up not just different and surprising questions, but also the fascinating stories behind the answers. It’s facts, jokes, stories and puns – just the way you like them. This episode is full of things that have changed since the previous series, including new British cities and a new British Prime Minister, and was recorded in front of a live audience in Brighton. Written and performed by Paul Sinha Additional material: Oliver Levy Additional questions: The Audience Original music: Tim Sutton Sound engineer: David Thomas Producer: Ed Morrish A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:08.8	Geography and history and music films and telly.
0:12.4	Everyone who's ever lived from Taylor Swift to Botticelli.
0:16.3	For what a fun back to evening, this is Welcome to Paul Sinhal's Perfect Puck, Yes.
0:27.2	Thank you, but I lovely round of applause, ladies and gentlemen.
0:29.8	I'm a warm welcome to a first episode of an all-new series of Paul Sinhal's Perfect Pupquas,
0:36.1	which I, comedian and quiz of Paul Sinhal,
0:38.8	take the beloved British entertainment format, The Pupquas,
0:42.0	away from the traditional home of the pub,
0:44.8	away from his temporary home of Zoom,
0:47.5	and into his all-new natural home of a BBC radio for recording here in Brighton.
0:52.6	Over the course of this episode, the audience is invited to challenge me with quiz questions of their own.
0:57.0	But a word of advice, ask me one I know,
1:00.8	and you are far more likely to make the edit.
1:04.6	This show is driven by the ethos that there is no shame in getting things wrong.
1:09.8	Firstly, it's funny.
1:12.0	I still cry with laughter at the contestant on Les Dennis' era Family Fortunes,
1:16.5	who, when asked to name a famous Arthur, buzzed in and said, Shakespeare.
1:22.8	He heard author.
1:25.3	And secondly, while it's lovely to be rewarded for your knowledge,
1:28.3	part of the Joy of a pub quiz should be about discovering what you didn't, though.
1:32.3	Unless, be honest, in the time that there's a lapse since the last series,
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