Princess Alexandra Kropotkin was a magazine columnist, translated War and Peace, wrote a Russian cookbook and she wrote a LADIES QUIZ in 1943, which I found in #Trove.

Our guest, Vaya Pashos is one of Australia's top TV quiz writers so it was very interesting to hear her stories & what she made of the Princess's questions.

The episode is available wherever you get your podcasts or directly here: https://inthosedays.transistor.fm/episodes/princess-of-quiz

#NewspaperArchives #QuizShows #Quiz #RussianRoyalty #Kropotkin #Troveau

Belatedly watching Mastermind tonight. I got 5 on the Lord of the Rings specialist subject, though should really have got another 2 - silly me. My husband got 1. #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #Mastermind #QuizShows #Television

I think I preferred TV gameshows when they had ordinary people on them rather than the same ten or so C-list celebrities.

I'm fairly sure that's the reason for the popularity of Only Connect and University Challenge.

#QuizShows #OnlyConnect #UniversityChallenge

Suppose I'd better do a proper #introduction
I'm Ann, scouser born and bred now in Somerset via Yorkshire and Hampshire . Former teacher, now TA/HTLA. Enjoy posting about random facts, dancing, singing, podcasting and my son, Marcus

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