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

Here's the counter point. Sure, there's sometimes someone who is being a cheating git, but not everyone in the pub except you is cheating. All you'll do by loudly proclaiming every team you can see is cheating is make the whole experience a bit tense, annoy the man with the microphone, and probably embarrass your friends. Seriously, what kind of friend are you when you can't even notice you're making your own friends hate you?

Usually this ends up just making the whole night awkward for everyone. If you're this person, you probably think that the quizmaster should gather up all phones and keep them till the end of the night, right? We're not some jumped up car park attendants drunk with power. That's just illiberal. We want to live in a world where you don't have to confiscate everyone's personal property because there might be an untrustworthy person in our midst.

People will just go home or not take part if they're going to get their phones taken off them anyway. We're all married to technology in 2017. Our phones have become an extension of ourselves. Most of the time when I peek over someone's shoulder who is on their phone, they're on twitter or WhatsApp. And sure, they could be messaging friends on WhatsApp, but you'll find the quizmaster already knows who definitely isn't cheating by the scores. If you're loudly pontificating about the cheaters on the next table who are regularly scoring 5/10, then use some logic.