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If you haven't got your ticket yet - either solo or for a team of five - you can still do so at events.humanitix.com/ultimate-gee...
(George)
A meme picture based on the screenshot from Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" as Jack Torrance. He has just cut his way into the door and is manically shouting through it. Rather than the real caption of "Here's Johnny!", the meme instead read: "IIIIIIT'S ONE WEEK AWAY!"
In one week's time, we'll be hosting our second quiz night in central Glasgow! Once again we'll be at The Merchants' Guild.
#quiz #geek #glasgow
Tickets are starting to go quickly, so don't miss out.
Coming the 27th April.
Our next fun geeky quiz, raising funds for our charitable work, running interactive storytelling for charities and community groups.
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If that's given you a taste to turn up at the next event, then - why not book a ticket for our Second Ultimate Geek Quiz on Monday 27th April?
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Which UK magazine, still in print but now focused entirely on wargames, started life as an RPG magazine to support RPGs? a) Green Elf b) Silver Halfling c) White Dwarf d) Pink Pony Club CORRECT ANSWER - c) White Dwarf (Picture of two White Dwarf covers, one is issue 50 from the early 80s and one is issue 517 from the present-ish day)
BOARD AND CARD GAMES QUESTION 1 Which of these is NOT a colour used as a type of spell in Magic: The Gathering? a) Blue b) Black c) White d) Fuscia CORRECT ANSWER: d) Fuscia (Picture of a pentagram with the five Magic the Gathering colours at each point - Clockwise from top it is White, Blue, Black, Red and Green. Each has two legs of the pentagram pointing at it's opposite colours and explaining the significance of their opposition - for example - White is Order to Red's Chaos, and Green is Preservation to Black's Exploitation)
COMPUTER GAMES QUESTION 1 Which computer game company started out as a maker of playing cards in 1889? a) Nintendo b) Sega c) Konami d) Electronic Arts CORRECT ANSWER: a) Nintendo (Picture of a packet of Japanese Hanafuda playing cards and seven cards - all the cards are black bordered with images of flowers and animals on them.)
NERD MEDIA QUESTION 1 When Doctor Who was restarted on the BBC in 2005, who was the first actor to play the Doctor? a) Christopher Eccleston b) David Tennant c) Paul McGann d) Dawn French CORRECT ANSWER: a) Christopher Eccleston (Picture of a card of the 9th Doctor from the Doctor Who: Battles In Time card game "Exterminator" set. Top trumps style listings of intelligence, agility, stamina, special ability and fear factor for the character) (Also Dawn French isn't an entirely silly fourth option - she was suggested as a possible 7th Doctor by original series producer Sydney Newman in a 1986 memo when the show was considering a major reformat due to complaints from then Director-General Michael Grade.) (Fact like this are just some of the joys you can expect at a CCC Ultimate Geek Quiz)
These were all the first questions of the first four of our five rounds - did you get them right?
#glasgow #quiz #ttrpg #boardgames #cardgames #computergames #nerdmedia
Last week we posted some example questions from our last Ultimate Geek Quiz.
Time for those answers!
#glasgow #quiz #ttrpg #boardgames #cardgames #computergames #nerdmedia
We'll post the answers next week. But while you wait, why not book a ticket for our Second Ultimate Geek Quiz on Monday 27th April!
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(George)
TABLETOP RPGS QUESTION 1 Which UK magazine, still in print but now focused entirely on wargames, started life as an RPG magazine to support RPGs? a) Green Elf b) Silver Halfling c) White Dwarf d) Pink Pony Club
BOARD AND CARD GAMES QUESTION 1 Which of these is NOT a colour used as a type of spell in Magic: The Gathering? a) Blue b) Black c) White d) Fuscia
COMPUTER GAMES QUESTION 1 Which computer game company started out as a maker of playing cards in 1889? a) Nintendo b) Sega c) Konami d) Electronic Arts
NERD MEDIA QUESTION 1 When Doctor Who was restarted on the BBC in 2005, who was the first actor to play the Doctor? a) Christopher Eccleston b) David Tennant c) Paul McGann d) Dawn French
Did you make it along to our last Ultimate Geek Quiz?
If not, in the attached pictures you'll see the first questions from four of our five rounds from the first event in February to warm you up.
#glasgow #quiz #ttrpg #boardgames #cardgames #computergames #nerdmedia
Pleased to announce the Glasgow Roleplaying & Storytelling Gathering this July.
Two days of games, stories, and connection.
Follow us for more info.
Running as part of the Commonwealth Games festival.
Go to linktr.ee/CritChanceCo... which will direct you to the pages to book tickets. (George)
#rpg #ttrpg #glasgow #quiz
We've got a couple of events planned for April that we will be posting more about over the next couple of weeks:
*Another Pay-What-You-Want beginners event to learn D&D and Storytelling
* A return for the Ultimate Geek Quiz.
#rpg #ttrpg #glasgow #quiz
A D&D player's handbook sits at the centre of a cabinet decorated with polyhedral dice, crystals, candles, flowers and a journal.
Are you interested in D&D but not sure where to begin? Join us on Monday 2 March for a FREE introduction to TTRPGs and collaborative storytelling! More information and tickets at the link below.
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Join us for an evening of community and storytelling!
Next Monday, 2 March, we will be hosting a FREE event at the Glasgow Zine Library in Govanhill.
For more information and to book tickets, visit our Humanitix page - events.humanitix.com/southside-st... (Sara)
Tickets can be purchased at: events.humanitix.com/ultimate-gee...
Tickets are £15 for a team of 5, but solo tickets are also available if you want to come and take on the quest alone or be paired together with some new friends. (George)
Once again, you can expect a wide variety of nerdy topics in our five rounds - old and new, eastern and western, tabletop and computer, live action and written.
There'll be some fun prizes up for grabs, a raffle for some more goodies, and you'll also be helping to fundraise for our work.
CRITICAL CHANCE COLLECTIVE Presents THE SECOND ULTIMATE GEEK QUIZ Take Part in a Team Quiz! Test your Nerdy Knowledge! Compete For Fun Prizes! Take Part In A Raffle! ...And Help Fundraise For A Tabletop Gaming Social Enterprise in Glasgow! Tickets for Teams of 5 and for Single Persons available MONDAY 27th APRIL 2026 STARTS 7:00 PM Hosted At Merchant's Guild 50 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1LH SCAN THE QR CODE FOR TICKETS To learn more about us, visit: https://www.criticalchance.co.uk
THE ULTIMATE GEEK QUIZ IS BACK FOR A SECOND EVENT!
We got a lot of positive feedback from our first event and several people asked us when we would be doing it again, so here we are!
Same Bat-Time (7pm), Same Bat-Channel (The Merchants' Guild in Glasgow) but this time on *Monday 27th April*
A special mention to "O'Trivia Newton-John" who got a special prize for making us laugh the most with some of their answers!
We'll be announcing a second quiz event shortly - we hope some of you will come along to that. Please keep an eye here on social media or our website for updates!
There was a FOUR WAY TIE for 2nd place with a quartet of teams getting 49/70 - the eventual tiebreaker went in favour of "Armour Class: Volvo", who got the runners-up prize donated by Merchant's Guild
Thanks to everyone who came along for the event & helped raise money for us to carry out our work.
CRITICAL CHANCE COLLECTIVE thanks you for making... THE FIRST ULTIMATE GEEK QUIZ ... such a great evening! FEEDBACK RECEIVED INCLUDED "Entertaining" "Friendly and Accessible" "A Fun and Worthwhile Evening" "Informal and Engaging" We hope you'll join us for our next Quiz event - MONDAY 27th APRIL Keep an eye on our website and social media for more updates! To learn more about us, visit: https://www.criticalchance.co.uk
...How has it been a week since our First Ultimate Geek Quiz already? 😱
Congratulations to the team "Four Aces & A Joker" who came in 1st place with 53/70 & walked away with a slew of Dragonbane goodies fromFree League Publishing.
We ran our 1st quiz night.
Loads of fun, energy, and a room full of people connecting.
One response really stood out,
“They were prepared, understanding of and provided support for non-mobility disabilities.”
That matters.
Because inclusivity shouldn’t be exceptional.
It should be the standard.
A screenshot from the Disney Pixar CGI animation "Finding Nemo", A pink starfish, clinging to the side of a glass wall, speaks with it's mouth wide open. In large, Impact font characters the meme caption is: "TODAY'S THE DAY!"
Today's the day!
Hope to see you all for 7pm at The Merchant's Guild in Glasgow today for our First Ultimate Geek Quiz (and our raffle).
Prizes up for grabs include donations from Free League Publishing, Jangling Space and more.
#glasgow #geek #quiz #socialenterprise #ttrpg
A still from the 1960 film "The Time Machine", based on the 1895 novel by H.G. Wells. The Time Traveler (nameless in the book but called George in the film) is a Victorian British gentleman, dressed formally in black jacket/blue & grey waistcoat. He is sitting in his laboratory on his time machine, which has a steampunk aesthetic and vaguely resembles a sled with a huge copper satellite dish on the back.
Time is almost getting away from you - our quiz takes place in just two days' time!
There's still a small number of tickets left if you'd like to come to Merchant's Guild and take part - events.humanitix.com/the-ultimate... (George)
And of course you can still book tickets to our First Ultimate Geek Quiz where that piece - along with some other prizes of a more traditionally nerdy nature - are up for grabs in our quiz and raffle.
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If you're interested in trying Jangling Space out, their website www.janglingspace.org includes all their information including how to book a class or buy a piece of your own
A piece of stained glass art sitting on top of some paperback books, in front of a regular clear window looking out onto a winter Glasgow street. The stained glass is of a vaguely highland croft like scene, with a white house with black roof that is surrounded by green hills, blue river and brown mountains. All the sections are framed off with thick black borders
Thanks to Jangling Space, who have donated something very unique as a prize for our event - some stained glass for your nerd room wall!
Jangling Space are a collective based in Shawlands which runs classes to help teach people how to make their own stained glass pieces.
We'll be posting about the prizes over the next couple of days.
There's still some tickets left for the event on Humanitix.
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CRITICAL CHANCE COLLECTIVE presents THE FIRST ULTIMATE GEEK QUIZ Nerdy Questions! Fun Prizes! And now, also... A RAFFLE! MONDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2026 STARTS 7:00PM Hosted at Merchants Guild 50 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1LH SCAN THE QR CODE FOR TICKETS To learn more about us, visit https://www.criticalchance.co.uk
On Monday 9th February we aren't just running the First Ultimate Geek Quiz - we're also holding a raffle!
We just had too many prizes for one quiz, so now you can spend £2 a ticket and get a chance at some further goodies. (George)
You've still got a week before the event - tickets available at events.humanitix.com/the-ultimate...
The black and white logo of Swedish RPG publishing company "Free League": their name in black capital letters, above which is a circle that has a six pointed flower within.
Big thanks to Free League Publishing who have donated items for the prizes at The First Ultimate Geek Quiz on 9th February at Merchant's Guild!
A Swedish tabletop game publisher whose products include Alien, The One Ring, Blade Runner, MÖRK BORG and Vaesen - their generosity is much appreciated!