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Question in a pub quiz

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BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 06:54

Pub quiz recently, question was "We asked 100 people what would you NOT miss if you were stranded on a desert island alone - what were the 5 top answers? "

I will come back and share the answers as that's what the AIBU hinges on, but wanted to garner opinion on MN first.

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FinanceLPlates · 08/08/2025 08:03

Yes I was thinking that when I wrote “my” list (that is, when I imagined what other people might have responded) - if they ask mostly men then “housework” might not feature as it’s not even on their horizon… which is quite bad really

Auroraloves · 08/08/2025 08:00

BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:57

So the answers were:
Work
Bills
Traffic
People
Emails

Not anything relating to housework. I was staggered as that would bs my number 1, and depending how granular it might be my numbers 1, 2, 3.

So AIBU to be astounded that none of the top 5 answers were housework related?

Either most people dislike housework less than me or the question was asked to a population with proportionally few female adults.

Sounds like they’ve targeted their questions to professional people doing the work commute and dealing with stressful jobs.

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BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:58

Oh and quiz was paper&pen format

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Auroraloves · 08/08/2025 07:57

I wouldn’t miss

news channels
social media
pressure to look a certain way
rat race
having to pay bills

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BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:57

So the answers were:
Work
Bills
Traffic
People
Emails

Not anything relating to housework. I was staggered as that would bs my number 1, and depending how granular it might be my numbers 1, 2, 3.

So AIBU to be astounded that none of the top 5 answers were housework related?

Either most people dislike housework less than me or the question was asked to a population with proportionally few female adults.

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BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:54

This was the only question of this format and generally it's a fairly good quiz so I'll excuse them that. This question was clearly bought off the Internet, as many were I guess? The question skew male which is irritating (lots on sport, and almost entirely men's sports) but I can't complain otherwise

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TheNightingalesStarling · 08/08/2025 07:51

SprayWhiteDung · 08/08/2025 07:44

It seems odd that pubs have traditionally (over the last decade or so) strictly stipulated no mobile phones - and then make you have one out prominently on your table that you use to participate.

Possibly, that is their deliberate thinking in going for irritating arbitrary poll-type questions instead, rather than pure facts that Google could tell you in two seconds?

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You get more points for the getting the right answer quickest, so harder to have time to Google. Plus you can't close the app.

SprayWhiteDung · 08/08/2025 07:44

TheNightingalesStarling · 08/08/2025 07:37

Did you have to download an App or could you play on a piece if paper? All the quizzes I've ben to recently have required Apps...

It seems odd that pubs have traditionally (over the last decade or so) strictly stipulated no mobile phones - and then make you have one out prominently on your table that you use to participate.

Possibly, that is their deliberate thinking in going for irritating arbitrary poll-type questions instead, rather than pure facts that Google could tell you in two seconds?

TheAutumnCrow · 08/08/2025 07:41

BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:18

Oops!

OP is correct, it's stuff you wouldn't miss, ie stuff in your life which you don't like and would love to see gone

Jenny Powell on the radio (sorry, Jenny)
The Beautiful South, ditto
Life admin / bills
Travel delays
People moaning

Crockof · 08/08/2025 07:39

Sex
Housework
Work

I think I would miss everything else

SprayWhiteDung · 08/08/2025 07:39

DappledThings · 08/08/2025 07:33

Not really a pub quiz. More an attempt at pub Family Fortunes. I wouldn't miss that

I wouldn't mind if it were billed as 'Pub Family Fortunes' - same as some pubs have Play Your Cards Right sessions.

It's just when they call it a quiz and then have a weird mix of asking what is the capital of El Salvador, who had a hit with Just Like Jesse James and then 'what do some people reckon is nice or not nice'?!

mickandrorty · 08/08/2025 07:38

work
bills
people
that's all I have

MaryBeardsShoes · 08/08/2025 07:38

Top of the list must be stupid pub quiz questions.

TheNightingalesStarling · 08/08/2025 07:37

Did you have to download an App or could you play on a piece if paper? All the quizzes I've ben to recently have required Apps...

BunnyLover7 · 08/08/2025 07:37

Peclet · 08/08/2025 06:57

Family
Your own bed
flushing loo
friends
pets(my dog!)

The question was what would you NOT miss

Typicalwave · 08/08/2025 07:35

TRAs
Turkish delight
Twatty dog owners
The street I live on
Dog shit

DappledThings · 08/08/2025 07:33

Not really a pub quiz. More an attempt at pub Family Fortunes. I wouldn't miss that

TheNightingalesStarling · 08/08/2025 07:30

Work
Housework
Bills
Traffic
Partner (from people being "funny")

FinanceLPlates · 08/08/2025 07:29

Ok so the task is to imagine what other people have said they wouldn’t miss?

In that case I guess:
work
social media/news
household chores
having to shave
needing money

Splat92 · 08/08/2025 07:25

For me personally: work, housework, TV, people turning up unannounced on my doorstep, general busyness that comes from running the kids around constantly (I LOVED being forced to stop this during COVID)

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BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:18

Oops!

OP is correct, it's stuff you wouldn't miss, ie stuff in your life which you don't like and would love to see gone

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FinanceLPlates · 08/08/2025 07:12

BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:10

I'll give it a bit longer but answers were things people would miss, my AIBU isn't around people getting the question the wrong way round

Would miss or NOT miss?

I’m confused now

SprayWhiteDung · 08/08/2025 07:12

BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:10

I'll give it a bit longer but answers were things people would miss, my AIBU isn't around people getting the question the wrong way round

Eh, did YOU just get that the wrong way around?!!

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BritBratGrot · 08/08/2025 07:10

I'll give it a bit longer but answers were things people would miss, my AIBU isn't around people getting the question the wrong way round

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OakAshRowan · 08/08/2025 07:08

Peclet · 08/08/2025 06:57

Family
Your own bed
flushing loo
friends
pets(my dog!)

I'm going to guess that the answers were things like this and the AIBU is around these being things people WOULD miss. That's not what the original question asked for.

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