Sunnyside is excited to be joining churches across the country again in hosting the Tearfund Big Quiz Night 2025. This year’s quiz will be in Church on Saturday 15th November 2025, 7.30pm for 7.45pm start, with Katie RS returning for a seventh year as Quizmaster. Since 2019, we’ve raised over £4,300 for Tearfund through the quizzes. Last year our quizzers raised our best amount yet – an incredible £931.88, and were part of 570 churches contributing to a Tearfund total of £195,000 (way above the previous year total of £50,000!).
Will The Humble-Bumble-Bees (Stephen, Sarah and Emelie, Andrew and Kristina, and Sue M) retain their top spot, or after two years of being runners-up will Permanently Puzzled (Richard, Julian, Marianne, Matthew and James, and John K) move into first place, and who will take home the wooden spoon?!
There will be eight rounds and there are more interesting round names again this year! – It’s a family act, Not so cheesy-peasy, Waters of the world, A monumental round, Nature’s champions: fish or fowl?, Literature: is it Austen or ABBA?, The winning formula, and World festivals. Some very useful hints there if you wanted to do some homework! Each round has six questions.
Please bring your own drinks and nibbles (including vessels/bowls to put them in) and take any recycling home. We will have hot drinks and cakes available for a cash donation or can donate extra online.
Please talk to your church family and friends about putting together teams of up to eight (sorry no more as it becomes unfair). Participants don’t have to be Sunnysiders. It would be fabulous to get a wide range of attendees – from our congregation (including house groups, gardening group) to hall users, to local businesses and The Rising Sun and The Boat regulars, to parish roads WhatsApp groups and friends from other Berkhamsted Churches, and to neighbours and friends! Solo or smaller numbers welcome and we can put folks together if needed. Samson will be there as ever (he makes me ensure he is available for it!) so do consider bringing similar age and above children too. Please use this online form to sign up.
In previous years Tearfund have suggested a donation of £5 per person. As we’ve said the last couple of years, appreciating that cost of living has increased please consider your own individual circumstances as to what to donate, whether you feel you are able to give more, or indeed please do not let entry donation be a limiting factor as we’d love everyone to feel able to come. Please donate directly to Tearfund.
We will have a game of the always popular heads or tails so bring your pound coins. Sunnysiders and friends who aren’t able to join the quiz please do feel free to donate as well!
We’ll have had Community Cafe in Church earlier in the day so I shouldn’t need help setting up but as previous years hopefully many hands mean light work at the end.
If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with me at katierandallstratton@gmail.com
Look forward to quizzing again with you all…Katie