Think you’re a smart cookie? Then prove it. Mr & Mrs Fox dares you to vie for the grand prize of its Foxy Pub Quiz, which just relaunched last 30 January 2018. Located in the downstairs all-day-dining Mrs Fox (Mr Fox upstairs serves food from the finer end of the spectrum), the friendly competition invites groups of six to rack their brains for answers to trivia questions the likes of “Which country consumes the most chocolate per person?” (Answer: Switzerland)

So what’s new with the Foxy Pub Quiz, which took a 6-month hiatus from August last year? We ask JP Lizot, Quizmaster and Senior Operations Manager. 

“The pub quiz had been running for about a year at Fox, but we decided to take a break to brainstorm. We wanted to come up with a more concise and interactive concept,” he says. “We’re going to hold it every two months from now on, so keep your eyes peeled for our next one in March.”

This time around, the Fox team is also promising a time limit of 2 hours for five categories: F&B, Technology, Love and Romance, General Information and Music. We don’t want to divulge too many of the new format’s secrets, but we will tell you this: be prepared to identify dance moves and sing if you must. If this sounds like torture to you, make sure you have a stand-in to suffer in your place!

“For the first pub quiz, we decided to give each group a line from Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, and make them sing it in exchange for points,” says Lizot. “People took it to another level, it was hilarious. For future ones, we’re looking into cocktail making, maybe food assembling, Pictionary, and other answers based on physical interaction. We want to take the experience of team laughter, and for people to talk more about it.”

And finally, the question we’ve all been waiting for: What do you actually get if you win?!

Last month it was a HK$1,000 bar tab for the evening, six red bottles from a guest supplier, six bottles of white wine, an engraved 1.5-litre bottle with the winning team’s name and a Valentine dinner for two worth HK$1,100. (Read: 3 Different venues to try this Valentine’s Day).

In a heart-warming turn of events, the winning team decided to share their spoils with other players because “they don’t like wine”. Now that’s something to boggle the mind. 

The next Foxy Pub Quiz (prizes: gym, beverages!) will be on Tuesday, 27 March 2018 from 7-9pm. Mr & Mrs Fox, 23 Tong Chong Street, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. +852 2697 8500. dine@mrmrsfox.com. www.mrmrsfox.com

Text: Julienne C. Raboca