Edinburgh Coffee Morn Quiz of the Year:

To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Edinburgh Coffee Morning we're having a bit of a do:

To boot: 'The Social Media Quiz of the Year'.

It will take place this Friday, January 16th, at usual at our techie, geeky, marketingy, social centre and home from home, Centotre, 103 George Street, Edinburgh.

Doors open at a somewhat Scottish Presbyterian 08:00 (yes that is a.m.), with competitors in place with fingers over buzzers for the first question by 08:15.

With the grand prize-giving, hugs, tears and acceptance speeches; 0900.

Friends old and new are welcome to come and compete or watch.

You can enter as a team of 4, or individually, and entry is free, however we will put the hat around to support Edinburgh Twestival and it's chosen charity.

Questions will be based on social media, web 2.0, knowledge of Channel 4's 4ip fund/38minutes, SEO, mobile tech etc. 

Questions will also cover the selected works of JR Tolkien, the history of t-shirts with ironic slogans, Pizza Hut menu options from memory, and the care and maintenance of those wardrobe essentials of Gap combat trousers and Vans skateboard shoes.

(Only joking about those last 4 subjects from Tolkien onwards, I just planted them to stimulate the interest of any web developers reading this.)

And, as I'm the only person at ECM to remember who Bambi Gascoigne (sp?) actually was, will be setting the questions and and giving a shambolic impression of a quiz-master.

As is the convention, points mean prizes, with the best team and best individual competitor picking up a little something donated by the fragrant and lovely littledishy collection of Coffee Morn regular Juliet.

Numbers are limited, and I need to let Centotre how many to expect on the day, so please let me know by e, sms, IM, comment or tweet, if you are competing, (or are just coming to watch), by Noon this Wednesday 14th.

Comments

[stephen]

I just felt slightly foolish that all those years I really thought that one team really was sitting on top of the other, bunkbed style.

[Tim Maguire]

I'll be there, reading the Dandy. and failing to answer any questions...

[Ross C Brown]

"I'll have to hurry you", 'fingers on the buzzers" and "your starter for ten" are they only phrases you'll need! Have fun!