By Mark E. Jones
On 22nd May 2008, Neo headed down to the Beluga Bar in Canary Wharf for the inaugural Neo Quiz. In total, 8 teams took part; 4 from Display, 2 from Search, 1 from Analytics and 1 from Finance all competing to be the winners of the stupendous Neo Pub Quiz trophy and perhaps more importantly, office bragging rights.
There were the usual Geography, Sport and Film rounds, intermixed with some specially created rounds, such as ‘Get to know your bosses better’, where certain, interesting and embarrassing ‘facts’ and stories about the Neo Directors were revealed with great amusement to the entire company.
As the quiz progressed it became clear that Finance had some very able quiz players and they eventually ran out deserving winners, but pride and intra-company competitiveness ensured that all teams contested right to the end.
Team Cisdaq (Cisco and Kodak) came in a very honourable 2nd place, with Team BASAT (British Airways and South African Tourism) coming in 3rd place. Team BASAT also picked up the prize for winning the bonus picture round, and also most imaginative team name!!! However, congratulations must go to all the teams; some for their impressively rounded knowledge, and others for their inaccurate but highly amusing answers.
Planning has already begun for the next Neo pub quiz to be held later in the year, which will provide Finance the opportunity to defend their trophy.
But will they succeed?…
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