A pub quiz at the Sans and Serif

February 07, 2018

Our studio pub opened its doors for one night only, for a pop-up pub quiz.

An annual party has become somewhat of a tradition for GW+Co, and on 29th of November we hosted our 4th event. It’s a chance to get together with clients and friends to look back on a busy year and hopefully spark some stimulating debate. Recent years have seen us use our very own studio space in Old Paradise Yard, but this year called for a change of scene.

Let us take you back a few years to our very first event, Fine Designing, where we designed everything (and we mean everything) for the gastronomic event. It was here that our very own pub, The Sans & Serif, was founded within the studio greenhouse.

So for this year’s event, The Sans & Serif opened its doors once again for one night only, as a pop-up pub at our favourite local Waterloo boozer The Duke of Sussex doing what pubs do best; drink, cheer, peanuts and, of course, a good pub quiz… a branding pub quiz that is.

But we can’t pass up an opportunity to consider every detail and design as much of it as we can. So, the evening went a little something like this…

On arrival your hand was stamped with a GW+Co stamp giving you entry into The Sans & Serif. With a drink in hand and conversation flowing, it was time to take a seat, place those drinks on Sans & Serif beer mats and gather your team together for the quiz (and a pretty challenging one it was, even for us designers!).

Teams discuss and write down their answers

People try to figure out anagrams of famous typefaces

With two rounds in the quiz, we gave the teams some downtime in between for some lovely gastro-pub grub, and if you were on my team, time to continue the debate over World Cup mascots.

People enjoying their meals during the quiz night

More people talk and eat as the night goes on

Joseph reads the answers and a quiz whizz badge

With each quiz sheet marked by the neighbouring team, and desserts cleared away, all that was left to do was announce the results of The Sans & Serif branding pub quiz and reveal the team who would be walking away with a Quiz Whizz badge to wear home with pride. In a sensational climax, two teams shared first place on 36 and a half points, so twice as many prizes were handed out (we hadn’t prepared for a tie break situation…). As for the rest of us, we convinced ourselves that it’s the taking part that counts, not the winning…

Disappointment was soothed with more wine, and some stimulating conversations lasted long into the night. Thanks to all our lovely guests for making it such a wonderful evening… our best yet, some said!

Want to see more? Download our branding pub quiz for an alternative to Trivial Pursuit over the festive season.