{"id":41,"date":"2012-05-20T23:18:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T22:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quizzica.co.uk\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2012-07-10T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T22:49:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quizzica.co.uk\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quizzica was incorporated in 2001 by a group of like-minded quiz players, looking for a better standard of quiz. In our experience the standard of quiz questions, and the way they are put together to make a quiz, is poor. Many quizzes, especially in the internet age, consist of simple list-based, monotonous questions –\u00a0Who had a hit with …? Who won … ? In what year did …?<\/em>\u00a0When setting these quizzes little attention is paid to the fact that quiz playing is a social pastime,<\/p>\n

Mike Billson<\/h3>\n

Mike, a former Brain of Britain is our Chief Question Setter. Mike has a background in classics, but still enjoys perusing the daily rags for current affairs news and the broadsheets for current affairs news.<\/p>\n

Roger Mortimore<\/h3>\n

Roger is Director of Politcal Analysis of Ipsos MORI, author of several books, and more importantly, a long-time quiz player. He was a member of the University College, Oxford team that achieved the highest ever score on University Challenge. Roger acts an advisor and occasional question setter and editor for Quizzica.<\/p>\n

Paul Plater<\/h3>\n

Paul is Quizzica’s Chief Master of Ceremonies, and hosts most quizzes that we run ourselves. A thespian and graduate of University College London, Paul is veteran of over twenty years of quizzing.<\/p>\n

Martin Smith<\/h3>\n

Martin is the Company Secretary and a Pub Quiz setter. He has been professionally involved with research and the quiz world for 25 years.<\/p>\n

John Deacon<\/h3>\n

Martin Clayton<\/h3>\n

Martin is a technology consultant based in rural Sussex, working in London. He holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy from University College London.
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