Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz: The Collected Series 1 and 2

Paul Sinha and his audience join together to compile the questions for a perfect pub quiz

'If you love armchair quizzing, chances are you'll love this' The Times

Stand-up star, quizzer and Rose d'Or winner Paul Sinha is banned from taking part in pub quizzes - so he's decided to create his own. In his bid to put together the ultimate syllabus for this great social tradition, he offers up a wealth of surprising and original questions - as well as the fascinating stories behind the answers. He then goes on to open it up to the audience, who attempt to stump him with their own favourite puzzlers.

Series 1 comprises four rounds - Literature, The World, Four-Letter Words and Everything - while Series 2 ranges across a variety of topics including New Cities, Themes, Monkeys and Apes, Truth, Chat GPT and 2023. Each show is packed with jokes, puns, fascinating facts and scintillating trivia.

Which author's bestselling work was inspired by his filing cabinet? How many countries sit along the Equator? Where was the first British woman to win Miss World born? And which anagram of 'A TWISTED COLON' connects gorillas in 2001 and orangutans in 1978 and 1980? Find out in this quirky, question-packed quiz show!

Production credits

Written and presented by Paul Sinha

Additional material: Oliver Levy

Additional questions: The Audience

Original music: Tim Sutton

Sound engineers: Jerry Peal and David Thomas
Photographer: Andy Hollingworth

Produced by Ed Morrish

A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4

First broadcast BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:

Series 1

Round One: Literature 21 April 2022

Round Two: The World 28 April 2022

Round Three: Four-Letter Words 5 May 2022

Round Four: Everything 12 May 2022

Series 2

Episode 1: New Cities 4 September 2023

Episode 2: Manchester 11 September 2023

Episode 3: Hampshire 18 September 2023

Episode 4: Suffolk 25 September 2023

Episode 5: Somerset 2 October 2023

Episode 6: Themes 9 October 2023

Episode 7: Monkeys and Apes 16 October 2023

Episode 8: Truth 23 October 2023

Episode 9: Chat GPT 30 October 2023

Episode 10: 2023 6 November 2023

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