In a pub quiz, how strict are you when marking other peoples answers?

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ShadowBannedSkyRu1e@reddit

What fleetwood mac song contains “just a small town girl, living in a lonely world”

cause i would’ve guess Dont stop believin by journey

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MoonRoover@reddit (OP)

I meant Don't Stop is a fleetwood mac song which is why I hadn't marked it correct, ill edit my post

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I think the fleetwood mac song thing is confusing people. There’s no chance from the question that the team meant the fleetwood mac song, it’s irrelevant. It’s whether you give the team credit for knowing the song or not, I wouldn’t give that on the grounds it’s not right, except in the circumstances that the team I’m marking are blatantly losing and being generous won’t cost anyone else prizes.

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batteryforlife@reddit

Its being petty. They know what song they meant, just give it to them. Its like when song titles have a bit on the end in brackets (Kate Bush - Running Up that Hill (A Deal with God)). Do you not get the point if you miss the last bit? Come on, let it go.

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Ohd34ryme@reddit

That's a fake equivalence isn't it? It would be like saying the Kate Bush song was called Running Up

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batteryforlife@reddit

I would mark that as correct. Its a pub quiz ffs, chill out.

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Ohd34ryme@reddit

I would mark

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Myerla@reddit

But its Don't Stop Believin' not Don't Stop (Believin'). I'd give them a mark for writing "Don't Stop Believing" cos that's right (even if the official name has an ' rather than an "n") but just "Don't Stop" is just flat out wrong. How can you get such a famous song wrong anyway?

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Valuable-Wallaby-167@reddit

Nah, they're close enough that I'd be kicking myself if I'd put them down but they're still wrong.

Also, who kicks off at someone over a pub quiz?

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BeatificBanana@reddit

My team won a pub quiz once and the team that came second kicked off at us because they felt we must have been cheating because there were only 2 of us in our team and loads of them. They'd seen me on my phone a couple of times throughout the quiz (texting my friend about something irrelevant) and shouted at me that I'd obviously been googling the answers. It was actually quite frightening!

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jungleddd@reddit

Using your phone during a pub quiz is a massive no-no. I'm not surprised they were suspicious of you. I've been to plenty of pub quizzes where people were obviously cheating this way. I've seen teams disqualified for using their phones.

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BeatificBanana@reddit

Everyone else was on their phones too, including them. They only got aggro with us about it because we beat them.

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invincible-zebra@reddit

Sounds like the shittiest pub quiz ever if such wanton and reckless phone usage was allowed.

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BeatificBanana@reddit

It really wasn't a big deal. It was just a bit of fun

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Queen_of_London@reddit

The best pub quizzes I ever went to were in the basement areas where mobile signals couldn't get through. It's the one disadvantage of better phone signal penetration.

If you do have your phone out a lot then you will look like you're cheating. Also, you're out socialising, so it's rude to be using your phone anyway. There are exceptions, but none apply during a pub quiz.

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aurordream@reddit

I was at a pub quiz once when my friend got a phonecall from his wife. He ignored it, and she phoned again.

The guy damn well stood up, raised his hand, and told the quizmaster his wife was trying to get hold of him so he was going to step outside to call her back and withdraw from the quiz

In this case the quizmaster told him not to be ridiculous and that after he was done on the phone he was welcome to come back in and carry on, but it sure did prevent any accusations of our team cheating!

(As it turned out his wife was phoning him because his 6 year old daughter had somehow got her head stuck in the bannisters whilst playing with the dog. So he went home to help free her, and only got back with about 5 minutes to go in the quiz so he effectively did withdraw anyway. On the other hand when he came back he brought the dog with him, so frankly it was a net gain)

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invincible-zebra@reddit

I would, too, considering using a phone during a pub quiz is as heinous as flying drop-kicking someone’s lovely dear grandmother.

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mdzmdz@reddit

I do one at a local Spoons. The prize is only 25-30 quid but one team who often win seem to be banking on a free night out (panini and a pint) and will get a right arse on if they lose.

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more_than_just_a@reddit

It's me. I'm the problem, it's me

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Ravnak@reddit

Whe. I was about 19 my friend wanted to go round some pubs for his birthday. At the second place we went we ran into some guys we knew who were there for a pub quiz, who invited us to stay.

We joined their team and the combination of one of them knowing pretty much every sporting answer, and me knowing nearly everything else asked caused us to smash it.

We won the quiz, which was for some free drinks, then they did some quick fire questions for teams to win extra drink tickets, which we got I think 2 of the 3 extra questions right.

Once the quiz was done, we were sat chatting and another team who looked to be in their 40s went and complained about us.

Quiz guy came over and said they'd reported cheating. We asked how. He said he believed them because how did we know so many answers. (The hardest question was which fruit is on the Wimbledon trophy).

He banned me and my friend from the pub, saying the others, who were regulars were above board but we must have cheated as we were new...

It is insane how seriously some people take it, and how much pubs will pander to them.

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MoonRoover@reddit (OP)

borderline smackheads

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Teppic5@reddit

If they were that sketchy then it's always worth bearing in mind the C3PO strategy, let the wookee win!

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_poptart@reddit

Don’t smackheads have other hobbies rather than pub quizzes?

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RunawayPenguin89@reddit

You don't know how much the grand prize was, could be how they fund their habits?

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Distant_Planet@reddit

This sounds like something Sir Digby Chicken Caesar would do.

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brunch_lust_club@reddit

Not with how they answer questions

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Beanotown@reddit

I managed to fund a Sweet Chilli Sensations habit from the proceeds of a pub quiz.

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two_beards@reddit

Fun story. I went to a pub quiz once and a fight broke out when the quiz master said the kitty was a quid short. Two old boys accused each other of not putting money in and they ended up scrapping in the street and someone called the police.

Then the quizmaster checked and realised he'd just miscounted.

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Tattycakes@reddit

That is peak British drama

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SpudFire@reddit

There's often one or two teams that take pub quizzes very seriously. Throw out accusations of cheating if they don't win, even if they win 90% of the time. Want to be given benefit of the doubt and marked correctly when they make small mistakes like in OPs post but are super strict hen they're marking other teams answers.

If I was a quizmaster, I'd be barring teams acting like that from my quiz. It's supposed to be a bit of fun.

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RealLongwayround@reddit

I get quite uppity when a correct answer is marked wrong. When a wrong answer is marked wrong, that’s my problem.

OP, I agree with many others here that your marking was appropriate.

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thesimpsonsthemetune@reddit

I've seen more aggro at pub quizzes than early hours kebab shops.

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Flimsy-Wishbone-4750@reddit

Once we had a question "What type of alien is spock?" and everyone wrote Vulcan. He is in fact half human, half Vulcan. The quiz master suggested everyone gets a point but I was like no, everybody does not get a point, just me. I had to go home to get a book to prove it.

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phoeniks@reddit

We have the rule "mark as you would wish to be marked". Spelling mistakes are not penalised. "Lola" is clearly not "Layla", but "Leila" would be accepted.

"Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world" is the opening of "Don't Stop Believing". It's not Fleetwood Mac. I would have given them 1/2 for half of the title.

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Queen_of_London@reddit

Yup, I'd be fine if I'd been trying to think of Layla but had written Lola, and was marked wrong because it's just not close enough. Laila or Leila (even if it was down to the handwriting) or any of the internationally accepted ways of writing Layla in English, I'd mark as correct and expect to be marked as correct.

I'd even accept Leela TBH (in some languages it could sound like Layla), or at least say to the quizmaster that I wasn't sure, so ask them how they'd say it. Unless I knew the team were sticklers and would give me a zero for the same thing.

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Slothjitzu@reddit

I think it also depends on the spirit of the pub quiz in general.

I've done ones that were pretty challenging and serious, in which case anything but the correct answer was wrong.

Others where it's just an excuse for people to get pissed and the grand prize is like 20 quid, so nobody really gives a fuck and anything vaguely correct is correct.

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MoonRoover@reddit (OP)

I meant Don't Stop is a fleetwood mac song which is why I was weary of marking it correct, I know the actual song is by Journey

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gillybomb101@reddit

Sorry to be that person but I think you mean wary

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swungover264@reddit

In the spirit of your question being about spelling etc, just so you know, "weary" means tired. "Wary" means nervous or unsure. The more you know! 🙂

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MoonRoover@reddit (OP)

never even noticed that is indeed very fitting of the post 😂

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shenaniganrogue@reddit

It’s also a Rolling Stones song. So that doubles the chances of them referring to an incorrect song!

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Scarred_fish@reddit

This has to be the stupidest thing ever posted on reddit!

Lol - no way can it be serious. Good laugh tho random redditor.

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ImitationDemiGod@reddit

You don't spend much time on Reddit, huh?

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Valuable-Wallaby-167@reddit

"Don't Stop" by itself is a Fleetwood Mac song.

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phoeniks@reddit

I see

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SignificantIsopod797@reddit

Lola is a different song, so would be marked incorrect.

Don’t stop believing is missing 50% of letters if written as Don’t stop, so I would mark also incorrect. (FWIW if someone wrote Chain instead of The Chain for the Fleetwood Mac song, I’d accept as the definite article isn’t that important).

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more_than_just_a@reddit

Ah the old indefinite definite article one might say

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rainbow-songbird@reddit

Similarly I'd accept escape for escape (the pina colada song) but I'd need clarification from the quizmaster if they just wrote the pina colada song.

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Equivalent_Parking_8@reddit

I kick off at quizmasters for wrong answers I wouldn't kick off if I'd put the wrong answer but thought it was close enough.

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DeapVally@reddit

Spelling mistakes are fine, as long as its not a spelling based question lol. Music questions when a song title has brackets, I would penalise if missed, or a featured artist, as long as the main is correct, but lola is a very different name to layla. I wouldn't be having that.

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OrganicPoet1823@reddit

Really harsh marking to help your own team surely

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Farsydi@reddit

I'd give half a point for the second one

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Raoul24601@reddit

I think this is on the quizmaster for making you mark the papers and then be ambiguous with the rulings. When I run pub quizzes with my friends, we have the teams bring their papers to us to mark. We can then give out full or half marks consistently and make sure everyone is treated the same. It means two of us have to run the quiz but it works way better for this sort of thing.

If your examples had been turned in to us, both would have gotten a cross, one is the wrong name, not a misspelling, the other is missing one third of the song's title. If we found we'd made the round too hard across the board we MAY have gone back and given half for Lola but only if all teams were scoring less than five and no one else got it right.

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Ravnak@reddit

My comment is that the second they kicked off about marking you should have asked the quiz guy to please mark theirs.

It's not your job to be harassed by randomers at the pub.

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diond09@reddit

"Yaz, Yazoo. What's your cut off point?"

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elementarydrw@reddit

Only you way is up?

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bizstring@reddit

You said yazoo though

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reocoaker@reddit

They're both maked wrong because those are bloody easy ones, if you can't get them right, then fuck off.

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ShampooandCondition@reddit

Both those answers were wrong so I’d have marked them as wrong,

If it’s spelt wrong say “laila” I’d give them it as it’s clear they knew it but not how to spell it.

The journey answer is way wrong,

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Slothjitzu@reddit

Yeah, Lola is a different name not a spelling mistake. I get that they knew what the song was and were likely annoyed at being so close but Lyle, Taylor, and Leela are all about as close as that is and they're all wrong too.

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elementarydrw@reddit

Not only that - but Lola is an entirely different song, by a different band with a similar style and from the same year. At least if they put Taylor you would know they probably meany Layla, but when I see Lola I assume they confused Eric Clapton with the Kinks.

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Teppic5@reddit

Also, in the same way that Don't Stop (by Fleetwood Mac) is a different song to Don't Stop Believin' (by Journey, Lola (by The Kinks) is an entirely different song to Layla. Misspelling is something I'd generally let slide, but their answers were the titles to entirely different songs!

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gilestowler@reddit

Yeah for me Lola is a close one but still wrong Mark it wrong and let them cry to the quiz master, let him sort it out.

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Tumeni1959@reddit

Lola is definitely wrong. Doesn't even sound like Layla for a mis-spell to count.

Two words out of three on the song title doesn't cut it for the Journey tune

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pickle_rick_42@reddit

Lola - completely different song/name not a spelling mistake. No mark.

Don't stop - you don't know whether they've got the wrong song or they think that is the full name of the right song. So I'd lean towards a full mark.

The 2 general rules of the quiz I frequent are.

It's not a spelling test. And The Quizmaster is always right.

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LegendEater@reddit

I'm a stickler, but I'm not a dick. Both of those would have been marked incorrect.

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jock_fae_leith@reddit

Lola is a different song - Kinks.

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BrightEyeCameDown@reddit

I'll say what I said at the time...

look at his ears.

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jarviscockersspecs@reddit

Knew this would be in here. Well done

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TheGrumble@reddit

If in doubt, just throw a copper kettle / shoe over the pub and be done with it. That was the real quiz.

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Ammelia11@reddit

I would have given no points to Lola because the name is totally different and it's not a typo. A clear misspelling I would have given the point on (e.g Leila or Lela). Lola sounds totally different to Leila so no way that's a typo.

I probably would have given a half point on "Don't stop" - it's clear they got what the song was and it's still most of the answer, but I wouldn't give a full point there as they missed a word and as others have said other songs also have "don't stop" so I would not give a full point, but I think it's fair to give something since they clearly got it. Obviously it can vary on if a place allows half points but I've never seen anyone say no in those instances.

I've had people mark completely wrong (i.e. mark correct answers as wrong and wrong answers as right) so I always check the marker's marking haha. They were probably annoyed they were really close but off enough to not get the points!

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Hot_Price_2808@reddit

Honestly I think getting opponents to Mark the answers is a terrible idea because some people are gonna be bell ends regardless in as some people take it very seriously and some people as well are going to deliberately be harsh in marking as it's in their favor. I think someone should just go through the answers at the end who is unbiased and then have the 20 minutes that would have been marking and going through the answers of just waiting for the results

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BarNo3385@reddit

Lola and Layla I'd definitely mark wrong - it's not the name of the song and Lola is itself a well known song.

Where I'd give leeway is honest spelling mistakes, say an answer was All Along the Watchtower, and they've got that right and then spelt the artist as Bob Dilan. Its clearly the right answer, you just didn't know how Dylan is spelt.

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spongey1865@reddit

Normally you give them the benefit of the doubt, but those are tricky ones and probably would be up to the quiz master.

Lola is a famous song in its own right and just a different name. I think you were right to mark that wrong.

Don't stop is a bit trickier, I'd probably lean to marking it wrong but that I think they've clearly recognised the song. But it's also such a famous song the bar is gonna be high.

If it's just bad spelling they should get given it unless it's hilariously bad

Don't think you're in the wrong with either but if a quizmaster went "ah I'll give them that" I think thats fine too.

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Consistent-Salary-35@reddit

Agreed. I’ve done a lot of pub quizzes (player and quizmaster) and usually the marker will ask if they’re not sure, with the person being marked putting up a spirited, but good natured defence! There’s always someone who doesn’t register its actually a game but a good quizmaster should deal with any flack.

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CFClarke7@reddit

Not gonna lie here.. i dont know the actual name of the song. Is it don't stop believing?

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CwrwCymru@reddit

Don't stop believin' - Journey

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jimbobsqrpants@reddit

Would you take "don't stop believing - Starship"

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Sivear@reddit

Would you take ‘Don’t Stop (Me Now)’ - Queen

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RatArsedGarbageDog@reddit

How about Don't Stop Movin' - SClub 7?

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McGubbins@reddit

Or "the one with the bus" - S Club 7

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JamesFromToronto@reddit

I will accept Jefferson Starship.

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Speshal__@reddit

"Don't stop is a bit trickier, I'd probably lean to marking it wrong but that I think they've clearly recognised the song. But it's also such a famous song the bar is gonna be high."

Yeah, just not a famous Fleetwood Mac song.

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claretkoe@reddit

Can you throw a shoe over a pub though?

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DW_84@reddit

OP, I run a pub quiz and you are correct in marking those as incorrect answers. Before every quiz, I run through rules saying that the answer I need is the answer I have (I triple check to make sure that I'm correct before hand) and that I also say that spelling is not an issue, AS LONG as it is still readable as the correct answer, such as your example of "Laila" and "Layla". People can be arses with these, so it really shouldn't be you taking the brunt but the host making a final decision, because if their choice then causes a kick off, that's on them. It's meant to be fun!

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leugeneskabs@reddit

I don't really care for spellings, but as others have said Lola and Don't Stop are completely different songs. If they'd put "Don't Stop Believing" I'd also mark that correct. I remember once I wrote "Pink Floyd - The Wall (Part 2)". We were marked down for not having "Another Brick in the Wall" and the quizzy wasn't fussy for the part 2! I thought that was harsh. I'd have marked that right if it was in front of me for the "part 2" being there.

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CigarSmoker2000@reddit

Spelling issues are ok in my opinion, if you can make out that it clearly was intended to be the right answer. Close but wrong to completely wrong gets marked as incorrect. Some people are just babies and try to bend the rules.

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TheRiddler1976@reddit

Problem is Lola is a totally different song.

As is Don't Stop (song by RHCP for instance).

If they'd put Don't Stop by Journey, I'd be inclined to give it to them

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CharringtonCross@reddit

Was there not a quizmaster to adjudicate anything questionable?

Lola’s wrong. Don’t Stop could be half a mark.

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Same_Grouness@reddit

Exactly the quizmaster should still be there to deal with any difficult ones. Otherwise just tell the quizmaster don't bother next week mate we'll just arrange the whole thing ourselves.

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Shoddy_Juggernaut_11@reddit

It's a pub quiz not fekn mastermind. Mark them both right

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bizstring@reddit

Found the person who’s shit at pub quizzes

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Shoddy_Juggernaut_11@reddit

Where

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Boredpanda31@reddit

The layla/lola one absolutely not. It's not even partially correct - it's a completely different name. If they had spelled it 'laila', maybe I would have given them it.

The don't stop one - I dont think I would have given them it. You're right, don't stop is a fleetwood mac song. Don't stop believing is the Journey song.

Mind you, maybe the second one it would depend what mood I was in 🤣

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RunawayPenguin89@reddit

I'd have marked them wrong for Don't Stop Believing as it's Don't Stop Believin'

But I am really petty and competitive.

Lola... absolutely not, where would you stop? Laura? Lorraine? Steve?

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broken_syzygy@reddit

When's that Pickles question due, Ken?

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

I'd give half for Don't Stop, it is another song technically but it is mostly there. Lola is wrong. If people have issues, they can take it up with the quizmaster.

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YouSayWotNow@reddit

If their answer suggests an actual different song that's also well known, I wouldn't mark it as correct.

If their answer is just a mispelling or slight variant but suggests they got the right answer, I'll mark it correct (or some quiz masters encourage half marks for almost correct).

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Person012345@reddit

If in doubt, ask the host. Also if someone "kicked off" at me over it, it'd stay wrong.

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Excession3105@reddit

Had a similar one at a pub quiz recently. The answer was “beaches in California” but the team had written “places in California”. I was tempted to mark it right, but the quiz master flat out said it has to be beaches as places is too vague. As for those songs, I’ve accepted being wrong before, as that team should have.

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TheFatHeffer@reddit

More important problem is being highlighted here. Badly designed quiz. They should ask for the artist, not the song title. Song titles are often ambiguous, confusing, or not what you expect. Asking for the artist clears up a lot of confusion imo.

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TheDisapprovingBrit@reddit

Song questions are usually two pointers at the quizzes I go to - one for the artist, one for the title.

If I was marking, Lola would be wrong, Don't Stop would be called out for quizmaster adjudication.

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No-Photograph3463@reddit

Your first example I'd have marked wrong too.

The second one I'd give half a mark, as Don't Stop is half the song title.

Generally at the pub quiz I go to we always give half marks if it is kinda correct but also wrong. For example if your asking for the name of someone and they get the correct first name but not last name then you'll get half a mark, as we aren't tyrants and its only a pub quiz at the end of the day.

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vidPlyrBrokeSoNewAc@reddit

Lola is completely wrong. "Don't stop" is a bit harsher but I wouldn't have marked that as correct.

Last pub quiz I did we were marked as incorrect for saying "Godfather" instead of "The Godfather". We think this may have been because the question before was about a quote from "Toy Story 2" and "Toy Story" wasn't allowed. The quizmaster did give us the point for "Godfather" though.

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jungleddd@reddit

I do a lot a pub quizzes and I like to think I'm generous with my marking and give other teams the benefit of the doubt. Having said that, I'd have marked the examples you gave as wrong. Also, that other team were clearly a bunch of twats to behave the way they did. Pub quizzes are supposed to be a bit of fun; nice when you win but you do it for an enjoyable night out.

Wish me luck for the LOTR themed pub quiz I'm going to tonight.

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Nuo_Vibro@reddit

fairly relaxed until we get out answer sheet back and see they have marked us down for obviously correct answers, then I unlesh the red pen fury

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Qyro@reddit

Lola is just flat out wrong, while Don’t Stop I’d at least understand what they meant and give the benefit of the doubt.

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two_beards@reddit

Also. The quizmaster needs to take control and give definitive answers to queries. I've run quizzes a couple of times and if asked I would have said both of them were wrong for the reasons given by everyone else here. If he/she wasn't doing that then I get the impression they weren't doing a good quizmaster.

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two_beards@reddit

Lola is a Kinks song and Don't Stop is a Fleetwood Mac song. The answers are wrong.

If the issue is spelling but it is clear they had the correct answer, I will mark it correct - it's a pub quiz not a spelling test.

Also, you ALWAYS get your best speller to scribe in a quiz, no matter how much Bob's missus wants to write the answers.

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Harrry-Otter@reddit

Generally it depends how well they’re doing. If they’ve got almost everything right, I’m a fairly harsh marker, but spelling errors are fine. If they’re in the running for a wooden spoon, I’d probably let “Lola” slide.

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MoonRoover@reddit (OP)

they beat us in the end which im fuming about cos of my lenient marking

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Seal-island-girl@reddit

In the pub quiz I do on a regular basis, it can be very close with only a point or two between everyone. I definitely would have marked those wrong because they are the wrong name and half the answer. We usually mark pages and they get given a check over by the quizmaster before they announce the scores. We've had people argue over whether ' police' is acceptable for 'The Police ' before. Quizmaster ruled it's ok to not have 'the' .

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BeatificBanana@reddit

If you'd not marked those two answers as correct would you have beaten them? And did they actually come first and win a prize or just score higher than you?

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Bez666@reddit

If its spelt wrong but close enough I,d give em the point..if it's wrong song title like lola instead of leila they aint getting point.the journey one I,ve had similar I,d give em the point and tell em to right beliving on it.

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minisrugbycoach@reddit

I went to a quiz once, and the question was, what type of alien is Mr Spock? Everyone put Vulcan, which is incorrect. Mr Spock is half Vulcan, half human, OK?. And the quizmaster went, ‘Oh, everyone gets one print,’ but i said, ‘no, everyone does not get one point ‘Carpet Munchers don’t get a point, Dr Wankenstein doesn’t. ‘Steven Hawking’s Football Boots don’t.

i do.

i had to go home to get a book to prove it.

They went, ‘Oh, yeah, you’re right.

Well done.

You’ve won.

Sorry’.

no apologies necessary.

Let’s get on with the quiz.

Remember.

Learn.

OK.

:this may or may not be a true story.

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Lolita202@reddit

Pub Quiz Master here!

When marking I always tell teams "As long as the intention is clear I'm not worried about spelling" I also don't award half points. These answers are both incorrect!

However as others have said if a team is doing badly (or it wont affect the final positions) I may give them a sympathy point for "Don't Stop" right at the end with a reminder to them they need to make sure they've put the complete answer next time (as I also have to remember I want people to come back but not think they can argue points onto the podium)

I take up any disputes myself and don't allow teams to work it out amongst themselves, they don't even know who is marking their paper which usually means teams come to me and tell me "we wrote Lola but meant Layla" so I can tell them directly they won't get a point.

The most common issue is people allow the person who contributes the least to do the writing which can result in bad answers because they're being whispered to. E.g. The answer was "The Last Supper" and they had written "The Last Summer" very early on, plenty of time to check their answers, didn't give them the point! They're a great team and laughed about it and luckily weren't in line to win a prize that week anyway.

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WalterZenga@reddit

Mr Spock is half vulcan, half human.

Look at his ears.

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Personal-Listen-4941@reddit

I’ve run a few charity quiz nights. My rule is that if it’s simply a spelling issue, then mark it correct. But if the answer is close but wrong mark it wrong.

So in your example Layla -Derek & the domino’s. If they had written Layla -Derek & the domminoes then I’d mark it correct, but Lola is clearly a different answer.

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LeeYuette@reddit

I also base it on how well they are doing overall, I think both those decisions were correct, but if someone is getting everything wrong and gets one nearly right I’m tempted to give them a tick!

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Lonely-Dragonfruit98@reddit

Carpet Munchers don’t get a point. Dr Wankenstein doesn’t get a point. Stephen Hawking’s Football Boots don’t get a point.

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jarviscockersspecs@reddit

Carpet Munchers don't get a point... Dr Wankenstein doesn't get a point... Stephen Hawking's Football Boots don't get a point

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Dramatic_mango_69@reddit

They are wrong answers. 2 completely different songs. You did good

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Delicious-Cut-7911@reddit

both are wrong

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shaggydog79@reddit

No grey areas. Be firm. I've Written and hosted dozens of quizzes.

Being loose with the answers can make the difference between someone winning or losing.

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nosniboD@reddit

This might be against the grain here but it would depend on how they're doing as a team. If they're generally hopeless I'd give them. If they were a bit of a threat I'd become a stickler for the rules.

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doolitt1e@reddit

Getting people that are playing in a pub quiz to mark their opponent's answers is asking for trouble. The lazy bastard quiz guy should be marking.

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bonkerz1888@reddit

I love winning pub quizzes (on the very rare occasion that I do) but I'm pretty lax with other people (within reason). No gonna do them for a wrong spelling or pronunciation, or if they have 3/4 of the answer (the name of a place for example) then I'm inclined to give them it as I know they knew the answer but just couldn't communicate it properly.

A pub quiz should be fun at the end of the day.

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ballsosteele@reddit

If the answer is wrong, it's wrong. Both of your examples are correctly marked as wrong. Lola's the Kinks and Don't Stop is Fleetwood. If they didn't write that, fuck 'em.

If it's spelled in a way that is excusable but phonetically correct - like a moron might call it the "Park de Princes" - that gets a pass.

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Kirstemis@reddit

Several years ago at a pub quiz I couldn't remember the name of Wilson Phillips, so wrote "American women, one of them is a Beach Boy's daughter and one of them is a daugher of one of the Mamas and the Papas." The quizmaster accepted that we knew the answer, just couldn't think of the name and gave us the point.

I would have allowed Lola for Layla if there wasn't already a song called Lola.

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PM_THE_REAPER@reddit

It's a pub quiz, not 'Who wants To Be A Millionaire'. Everyone chill out. Close enough is good enough.

If it's that big of a deal, then give half marks for close, but no cigar.

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TheAncientGeek@reddit

Depends on how well they are doing overall.

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The_Blip@reddit

Zero points for a completely incorrect name. Lola and Layla aren't the same name spelled differently, they're completely different names which both happen to have two Ls in them.

I would have given them half a point for "Don't stop", if they weren't pricks prior. I'd give u/phoeniks full marks, even though the correct title is, "Don't Stop Believin'". What is essentially the same word but with a minor variation in spelling is acceptable.

I'd probably give full points even if they spelt the word entirely wrong, but were clearly trying to spell the correct phonics. "Laelar" would be an awful yet acceptable answer. Lola is Bugs Bunny's romantic partner.

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Kirstemis@reddit

Lola hangs about in a club down in old Soho, where they drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola.

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ElectricTomatoMan@reddit

Lola is a completely different song. They expected credit? That's ridiculous.

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PenguinDetective@reddit

If it’s me I normally put a big question mark next to it so that when the quiz master takes it back in to check the marking and scores they can decide for themselves, that way the decision wasn’t mine and no one can have a go at me 🤣

So if they scored 50 and then one maybe question, I’d put a question mark directly next to the question and then at the end put their total as 50/51?

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Nine_Eye_Ron@reddit

Mark them as incorrect and say take it up with the quizmaster. You are there to save a bit of time, not make big decisions.

Small spelling errors are acceptable but a song title missing a key word is marked as wrong.

Stand your ground, tell them it’s not your decision.

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pothelswaite@reddit

Very.

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thesimpsonsthemetune@reddit

If they're getting those two wrong, probably fair to say they're having a mare. I'd probably give then charity points cause they're coming bottom anyway.

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LondonCycling@reddit

I take my own QI klaxon.

Not very serious.

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Jefoss75@reddit

All these answers giving the benefit of the doubt, no mate, if it’s not right it’s wrong, they’d mark you the same way so why give the benefit of the doubt?

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CranberryCheese1997@reddit

I've always tried to be kind when they've made a spelling mistake, but clearly knee the correct answer.

The 1st one I'd have marked incorrect as it was substantially wrong. It sounds more like an educated guess than just a spelling mistake.

The second one I'd have marked as correct through gritted teeth, but I think a half mark would've also been reasonable.

I haven't been to a quiz since I spelt gangnam style as gangman style, and the team marking our answers harshly marked it as incorrect. I didn't kick up a fuss as we wouldn't have been in the top 3 anyway, but I would've if it had made a substantial difference.

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MoonRoover@reddit (OP)

one of the questions was what is a punt on a wine bottle, I wrote "dent in bottom of bottle" and the answer given was "dent in bottle" and they marked it wrong. I corrected it myself

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CranberryCheese1997@reddit

That's so harsh. Marking you as incorrect for being too detailed in your answer. You clearly knew the answer.

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jamesmowry@reddit

I'd be lenient with spelling mistakes if it was obvious they did know the answer, but "Lola" is a completely different song by a completely different group. Half a mark for "Don't Stop" if you're feeling generous.

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GhostPantherNiall@reddit

Not strict, it’s meant to be fun. Spelling mistakes don’t matter unless you’re playing Countdown or the question is explicitly asking about spelling. Grammar doesn’t matter with the same caveats. In your examples; “Lola” is objectively wrong- close but no cigar. “Don’t Stop” is technically wrong but basically right so I’d give it the point.

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Threaten to call parents if I think they didn't revise

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