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\u00ab\u00a0The crowd in the Pavilion is a bit older and can remember a time before mobile phones, and their phones wouldn’t be as advanced as ones owned by younger people,\u00a0\u00bb he says.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0If we catch you cheating there’s a 10-point penalty and if we catch you again, you’re booted out. Luckily we’ve only had to do that once.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
Mr Duffy says he tries to come up with questions which can’t be found quickly on the internet but it’s getting harder all the time.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Somebody was telling me they’re bringing out face-recognition software so you’ll even be able to cheat in the picture round – it could be the death of the pub quiz as we know it,\u00a0\u00bb he says.<\/p>\n
A few metres down the Ormeau Road, the Errigle Inn has taken some measures to deter surreptitious browsing at its Monday night pub quiz, but manager Phil McGurran says it’s \u00ab\u00a0more about having fun than testing people’s knowledge\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n
| <\/td>\n | \n \n If you take it too seriously it becomes less enjoyable<\/b> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n Phil McGurran \nErrigle Inn<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00ab\u00a0We throw a few rounds in where people can’t search for the answers – what we have been doing is putting one answer on the pub website so people visit that before coming along,\u00a0\u00bb he says.<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0We might ask multiple-choice questions where there’s no way someone’s going to get the answer off their phone.<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0You can bring in all sorts of rules where you get docked points if you’re caught, but it goes against the spirit of the quiz – if you take it too seriously it becomes less enjoyable.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n Although many people see it as a bit of harmless fun, mobile phone use remains a hot topic for many aggrieved quizzers.<\/p>\n Regular quiz-goer Emmet Norris says it’s frustrating to know an answer but then see rivals search for it on their mobiles.<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0When you’re losing a quiz after only getting three questions wrong all night, it takes a bit of the fun out of it,\u00a0\u00bb he says.<\/p>\n
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