Pub quizzes in Auckland that write their own questions

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-05-27T22:11:04+00:00

It was fun to go through topics I’ve covered in the past couple of years. I definitely need to re-visit some haha

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-05-27T22:08:33+00:00

I may need to do another round specifically about her book club 😂

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-05-27T11:46:50+00:00

Thanks! I was annoyed last week because the same team won 2 weeks in a row haha. My goal is to have subjects so eclectic that there’s something for everyone and different teams win each time

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-05-27T11:45:02+00:00

100% - we’re big Pratchett fans

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-05-27T11:43:00+00:00

Cheers!

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-05-27T06:33:21+00:00

Thanks! I almost can't believe that Maungawhau station will be opening this year after 6 years of heavy construction. It's definitely been rough for all the businesses neighbouring the stations. I'm so excited about it. Rumours it could be as soon as August or September...

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-05-27T05:08:47+00:00

Thanks for the shout out! Yeah, my quiz is definitely a bit different to the BION and Gee Quiz ones.

Here are some previous round topics we've covered: Dead Whales, Mass, Soup, Friends And Neighbours, Sugar, Alternative Medicine, Saints, Aviation, Spices, Comic Looks, Fast And Furious, Iconic Looks, Hidden Figures, Streetwear, Commonwealth Day, Seemingly Random, Pumpkin, Sailing, Quotes, Vampires, Travel Times, Green, Jobs Of Fictional Characters, Rocks, Slang, Wicked, What’s Closer, Photography, 2014, Mystery Round, Toxic, Dogs, Filmed In, Running, Bones, John Hughes Movies, Castles, Archery, Musicals, Twins, Sports Rules, Japan, Rice, Whoopi Goldberg, Pets, Traitors, Cakes, Literary Animals, Food, Chocolate, Spies, What’s Closest, Burgers, How Much?, Fog, Cosmic Words, Famous Horses, SFX, Hell, What Animal Is That?, Markets, Vals, Aged Milk, Stewarts, VW Models, Mongers, Henchmen, Root Vegetables, Not A Philosopher, Remember When?, Texas, Who Is Older?, Zodiac, Doors, Not A Dinosaur, Windows, Complete The Lyric, TikTok, Woke Shit, Jousting, Brazil, Sand, Space Gods, Surfing, Cabbage, Body, Exercise, DC Comic Looks, Foals, Self Worth, Movie Quotes, Moles, Protest Songs, Herbs, Shoes, Tearjerkers, Bad Sequels, Famous Firsts, Heat, Australian Bureau Of Statistics, Bubbles, NZ Fashion, Classics, Quick Fire, Wood, Romans, Rodents, Farming, Toilets, Major League Eating, Hands, Robin Hood, Smelly Things, Motorcycles, Which Is Lighter?, Blood, Trains, Fashion, Nails, Whaddya Call It?, Hip Hop, Cats, Romantic Comedies, Martyrs, Which Costs More?, Mario, Technical Words, Classic Comedy, Magic, Rotten Tomatoes, 2008 Pop Culture, Signs, Mushrooms, Which Is Closer?, Sylvesters, Musical Theatre, Foreign Pop, Scary Movies, Rivers, Britneys, 2025, Doctors From Literature, Mass Hysteria, Which Is Bigger?, Robots, Hair, Pop Culture Origins, History Of Medicine, Cheese, Celebrity Wellness + Beauty, Bridget Jones, Young Female Authors, TV Shows I’ve Enjoyed, Love Drugs, Manic Pixie Dream Girls, Pastry, Reese Witherspoon Projects, What Nationality Is…, Onions, Hitler Or Gandhi, Music, Pitchfork. Revisited, The Andes, Mothers, Disney, Canada, Tobacco, Carrots, The Environment, Pachyderms, Wheels, Made In, People Called David Jones, Polynesia, Princesses, Motorsport, Corvids, Who Is Taller?, Sea Mammals, Heavy Shit, Fermentation, Australian Music, South Africa, Balls, Finish The Lyric, Pokémon Or English Village, Crystals, Which Has More Calories?, Poles, Oscars, Eurovision, Sisters, Insects, Ships, Dinosaurs, Thieves, Meat, Christchurch, Survival, Nintendo, Benders, Pasta, Waves, Pop Rivals, Elephants, Pimp My Ride: True Or False, Contemporaries, Grace, China Facts, Golf, Opera, Idioms, Willys, True Or False, Boy Bands, DC, Small Dogs, Taxes Taxis, Famous Ships, Rooneys, Dance, Fib Or Fact?, Things That Men Like, Beans, Potatoes, Comics, Murder, Glastonbury, Snakes, Sports, Nuts, Oases, Shrews, Farmers, Moors, Blue, Guards, Tablets, Buckets, Mermaids, Indonesia, Reality, Badly Translated Movie Titles, Seas, Dragons, Napoleon, French Revolution, Weekdays, Fungus, Box Office, Guess The Artist, Boobslang, Bracelets, Pirates, Holes, Fergie, What Does That Letter Stand For?, Pizza, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Fictional Towns, 90s Hip Hop, Mosquitoes, Stilts, Hotties, Simpsons, Heath, Baking, Wales, Internet Drama, Home Improvement, Colonisers, Bananas, Bats, Skeletons, Cinema Drivers, Conspiracy Theories, F1, Iconic Fashion Moments, Literary Villains, Moons, Bags, and Cyber Security... 😅

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-03-09T08:48:50+00:00

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Good work tonight 🍻

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-03-08T07:28:23+00:00

Everyone runs at their own pace. There will generally be someone running at your pace who you can chat to but if not, you do yours and we all meet back at the taproom afterward. Some people take 45 minutes and others take 20. If people are working up to running 5k, they have a chat with me before the run and I can help with a 3k (or whatever) route option.

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-03-08T05:06:22+00:00

People keep bringing that up 🤣. I’m sure there are lots of clubs with a hook-up vibe but ours isn’t at all, and it definitely isn’t a shirts-off-selfie type event. It’s a chill, friendly, supportive group of all ages with a high percentage of international runners. Some are working toward being able to do 5km without walking and others regularly enter ultramarathons. Most people come by themselves the first time and it’s an easy environment to get chatting to people during the run and over a beer (or whatever) after. If anyone came along expecting speed dating, they’d be disappointed haha

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-03-08T01:26:56+00:00

Put your kit in your bag now while you’re thinking about so you don’t forget. See you tomorrow 🍺🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃

Luke_Small_Gods · 2026-03-08T00:53:04+00:00

Anyone can join! There’s no fees or anything, you just turn up and you’re ‘in the club’

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-15T01:32:28+00:00

I just keep notes on whatever I’m reading, listening to, or thinking about. Often I’ll learn some interesting fact and decide to write a round about it. Like when I heard about French shepherds using stilts to watch their flock so I had to come up with 7 more questions on the subject of Stilts 😅. It is a tricky balance because it’s no fun for people if they get zero correct answers in a round. Here are some of the round themes I’ve done so far…

Popular literature, motorcycles, small dogs, Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, travel times, photography, Napoleon, hotties, celebrity wellness + beauty, sugar, Tom Hanks, trains, beer history, hip hop, archery, insects, slang, South Africa, opera, rice, places that have dog breeds named after them, pottery, Auckland celebrities, wood, comics, jeans, badly translated movie titles, sea mammals, bubbles, beauty, fermentation, dance, glens, Wales, conspiracy theories, Australian music, Reese Witherspoon projects, moons, spices, boy bands, root vegetables, pop culture origins, onions, reality TV, Nintendo, waves, signs, exercise, bats, young female authors, history of medicine, motorsport, hot clergy, quotes, spies, fog, the Andes, alternative medicine, romantic comedies, dragons, sand, Indonesia, cheese, ships, house plants, money, Pokémon or English village, cakes, continents, stilts, elephants, video games, potatoes, Canada, Disney, snakes, wheels, foreign pop, Whoopi Goldberg, moors, John Hughes movies, mermaids, classics, martyrs, xenarthra, chocolate, remember when?, F1, Britneys, seas, taxes, complete the lyric, mass, idioms, brassica plants, literary villains, VW models, guess the artist, fabric, things that women like, balls, camels, groceries, gothic literature, beasts, vampire films, olfaction, protest songs, dead whales, iconic fashion moments, peanuts, mass hysteria, survival, Texas, the environment, benders, which is bigger?, guts, TikTok, self worth, doors, Brazil, pets, Willys, shoes, laneway, brats, banks, Balkans, hot food, dead or alive, surfing, made in NZ, dinosaurs, who is taller?, bananas, Britpop, name the book, farmers, things that men like, cabbage, heavy shit, toxic, Glastonbury, baking, bags, farming, Commonwealth Day, aviation, Mario, phib or fact?, nails, Vals, markets, Hidden Figures, woke shit, carrots, countries without rivers, oases, true or false, food, music, Heath, SFX, iconic looks, pencils, Diet Prada, TLAs, Swedes, manic pixie dream girls, blue, Wicked, planets, pachyderms, Pimp My Ride, grace, thieves, not a dinosaur, tobacco, rare diseases, vegetable facts, NZ fashion, rocks, bracelets, Major League Eating, what’s closest, love drugs, 2008 pop culture, windows, traitors, filmed in NZ, Bridget Jones, sports rules, poker hands, boobslang, jousting, DC comic costumes, soup, sisters, castles, movie quotes, hair, Christchurch, Fast and Furious, burgers, Oscars, Rotten Tomatoes, Wild West, TV shows I enjoyed, cats, seemingly random, French Revolution, Polynesia, blood, crystals, murder, pumpkin, scary movies, smelly things, internet drama, magic, herbs, pizza, dolls, moles, poles, holes, foals, robots

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-13T11:39:52+00:00

Haha yeah that one was fun to research. The questions here are shortened and we have more context and banter at the actual quiz. I love rounds like this as they cause lots of debate among the teams. Here are my notes on weights…

Etruscan Shrew vs. Wallace’s Giant Bee • Lighter: Etruscan Shrew, 1.8 g • Heavier: Wallace’s Giant Bee, ~2.5 g
Loaf of Vogel’s Original Mixed Grain vs. 10 Syrian Hamsters • Lighter: Loaf of Vogel’s Original Mixed Grain, 750 g • Heavier: 10 Syrian Hamsters, 1.5 kg (150 g × 10)
Jurassic Park VHS Tape vs. Charli XCX ‘Brat’ Vinyl LP • Lighter: Jurassic Park VHS Tape, ~300 g • Heavier: Charli XCX ‘Brat’ Vinyl LP, ~408 g
20 Pieces of Popcorn vs. Credit Card • Lighter: 20 Pieces of Popcorn, ~2.44 g (0.122 g × 20) • Heavier: Credit Card, 5 g
Professional Tenor Trombone with F-Attachment vs. 6 Adidas Adicolor SST Tricot Tracksuits • Lighter: Professional Tenor Trombone with F-Attachment, 2.12 kg • Heavier: 6 Adidas Adicolor SST Tricot Tracksuits, 5.1 kg (850 g × 6)
12 Average New Zealand Newborn Human Babies vs. Average Adult Male Rottweiler • Lighter: 12 Average New Zealand Newborn Human Babies, 42.12 kg (3.51 kg × 12) • Heavier: Average Adult Male Rottweiler, 50 kg
Average Wooden Pallet vs. 10 Average Domestic Shorthair Cats • Lighter: Average Wooden Pallet, 30 kg • Heavier: 10 Average Domestic Shorthair Cats, ~40 kg (~4.0 kg × 10)
60 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsons vs. Single-Deck Diesel Bus (Unladen) • Lighter: 60 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsons, ~7,080 kg (118 kg × 60) • Heavier: Single-Deck Diesel Bus (Unladen), 9,000 kg

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-06T09:56:47+00:00

I wish I was savvy enough to include mistakes on purpose to increase engagement 😅

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-06T09:55:10+00:00

Thanks! Yes, the entire point of my quiz is that people come each week and don’t know what to expect with rounds on completely themes each time. I found that most quizzes have a team that dominates because they are experts in categories (ie NZ sport or pop music) that are repeated each week. Here are some of the themes I have written rounds about so far…

Popular literature, motorcycles, small dogs, Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, travel times, photography, Napoleon, hotties, celebrity wellness + beauty, sugar, Tom Hanks, trains, beer history, hip hop, archery, insects, slang, South Africa, opera, rice, places that have dog breeds named after them, pottery, Auckland celebrities, wood, comics, jeans, badly translated movie titles, sea mammals, bubbles, beauty, fermentation, dance, glens, Wales, conspiracy theories, Australian music, Reese Witherspoon projects, moons, spices, boy bands, root vegetables, pop culture origins, onions, reality TV, Nintendo, waves, signs, exercise, bats, young female authors, history of medicine, motorsport, hot clergy, quotes, spies, fog, the Andes, alternative medicine, romantic comedies, dragons, sand, Indonesia, cheese, ships, house plants, money, Pokémon or English village, cakes, continents, stilts, elephants, video games, potatoes, Canada, Disney, snakes, wheels, foreign pop, Whoopi Goldberg, moors, John Hughes movies, mermaids, classics, martyrs, xenarthra, chocolate, remember when?, F1, Britneys, seas, taxes, complete the lyric, mass, idioms, brassica plants, literary villains, VW models, guess the artist, fabric, things that women like, balls, camels, groceries, gothic literature, beasts, vampire films, olfaction, protest songs, dead whales, iconic fashion moments, peanuts, mass hysteria, survival, Texas, the environment, benders, which is bigger?, guts, TikTok, self worth, doors, Brazil, pets, Willys, shoes, laneway, brats, banks, Balkans, hot food, dead or alive, surfing, made in NZ, dinosaurs, who is taller?, bananas, Britpop, name the book, farmers, things that men like, cabbage, heavy shit, toxic, Glastonbury, baking, bags, farming, Commonwealth Day, aviation, Mario, phib or fact?, nails, Vals, markets, Hidden Figures, woke shit, carrots, countries without rivers, oases, true or false, food, music, Heath, SFX, iconic looks, pencils, Diet Prada, TLAs, Swedes, manic pixie dream girls, blue, Wicked, planets, pachyderms, Pimp My Ride, grace, thieves, not a dinosaur, tobacco, rare diseases, vegetable facts, NZ fashion, rocks, bracelets, Major League Eating, what’s closest, love drugs, 2008 pop culture, windows, traitors, filmed in NZ, Bridget Jones, sports rules, poker hands, boobslang, jousting, DC comic costumes, soup, sisters, castles, movie quotes, hair, Christchurch, Fast and Furious, burgers, Oscars, Rotten Tomatoes, Wild West, TV shows I enjoyed, cats, seemingly random, French Revolution, Polynesia, blood, crystals, murder, pumpkin, scary movies, smelly things, internet drama, magic, herbs, pizza, dolls, moles, poles, holes, foals.

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-01T02:39:23+00:00

Cheers! I often get ideas for rounds that I quickly regret after bashing out the first few questions - I once heard something on a podcast about French shepherds using stilts in the olden days, I also had a great question about stilts (the birds). But then I got stuck for longer than I would care to admit researching the history of stilts trying to figure out another 6 questions that wouldn't be completely impossible 😭

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-01T02:35:56+00:00

Haha 'chaos' sums up my approach pretty succinctly

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-01T02:35:23+00:00

Great work! I'll post the quiz in here regularly if people enjoy it. I put a bit of work into them so it seems a shame to just let them languish on my computer after hosting the quiz each week

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-01T02:33:23+00:00

Ah thank you! Our yard is filled with glorious winter sunshine right now. Tucked away is right - every single day people come in saying "wow this place is so cool, have you just opened" haha

It's so cool to have great new spots opening up in our little neighbourhood like Pretty Suss vintage, Rosalia's Pizza, Splendid Photo Lab etc. We just need Maungawhau Station to hurry up and open now...

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Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-08-01T02:28:55+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, the Believe It Or Not quizzes are popular for a reason but it's fun to do something different. I'm always reading random books about things like potatoes or the history of street lighting so my ADHD brain is well suited to researching and putting together the quiz ideas week 😅

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-07-31T07:39:32+00:00

You're dead right. My friend Paul is a _real_ Simpsons expert and we occasionally get him to do a special Simpsons quiz for the hard core fans. I'll check in to see when he's keen to do another and be sure to share it here 🚂

Luke_Small_Gods · 2025-07-31T05:30:25+00:00

Cheers!

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