10 Sure Fire Ways To Annoy The Hell Out Of A Quizmaster

I say almost always as occasionally you'll get a good one. It's so rare I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I've had a few chuckles at original quiz puns. But for every good one, I'll get 100 teams upset because I didn't give kudos to them for calling themselves "Quizteama Aguilera" as if they're the first team ever to come up with it. Quiztopher Biggins. Quiz Eubank. Anything that replaces jizz with quiz. It's been done to death.

If you're really looking for a great team name, get away from puns, and be clever. Shout out to one of my regular teams, Copper Nanotubes. If you know anything about scientific abbreviations, you'll appreciate it. When UKIP won the 2014 EU Elections, one team appeared called Nigel Farage Ate My Romanian Hamster. A nice conflation of a famous old headline with a newer idea.

Puns are almost always for the lazy and those lacking in imagination. I have more than once had to ask teams to change names because I've had two identical quiz puns, and had one night where I had three teams called "Quiz on my face." They chose different body parts in the end.

In jokes aren't as terrible as you think either. It's fine if only you get your own team name. It's almost certainly going to be original and identifiable. Give it a try, and throw puns in the bin.

PS my favourite team name ever is "Mr T's Favourite Yoghurt." I hope you get it.