PANI Team delivers another winning "Quiz Night".
Malone Hotel was the place to be on the evening of the 22nd April, PANI got together and with over 100 guests and 11 Teams there was competition floating through the air for the annual corporate quiz evening.
The Teams came from Ulster Tatler, Inc Advertising, Alexander Boyd, MCE Public Relations, Lites Group NI, AV Browne, Belfast Telegraph, Mirror Group, Greer Publications, Adbugs, Ely Marketing, Fire IMC and Spirit Marketing.
8pm came and the evening entertainment event began with the first quiz night round Higher or Lower, INC took a huge hit early doors with all but one of their Team knocked out after the third card. The real quiz kicked off with What and Where and the first scores of the evening landed on our feet.
We had some special lookalikes at the event with the most recognizable being Comedian Sean Lock, he certainly made his presence felt and kept his Team in it from the start. The next Quiz Night round of General Knowledge proved that knowledge wasn't very general amongst the brains of Northern Ireland's publicity association.
It was time for the first quiz night score check of the evening, Definitive Vision showed early signs of defeat and not only were they not on the guest list but they almost didn't make the score sheet. The evening took a small twist when the heating in the room couldn't be turned off and teams started to use pieces of clothing as fans.
The specialist round was name the company logo and with this audience we expected big things, it was the McVities logo that caused the biggest stumbling block and only two teams managed top marks they were Lites Group an Team Spirit.
The final few rounds turned everything around and with Teletubbies, Meerkats and Team Spirit making it to final Animal race. Sitting in position 1 was Teletubbies, Position 2 Team Spirit, Position 3 Meerkats. After a quick brief of the rules the teams lined up ready to take the 2010 title.
The whistle went and all hell broke loose as they battled it out in the humid conditions. Teletubbies were first over the line, followed by Meerkats and then Team Spirit AKA Monkey. However after watching a replay it was clear that Teletubbies cheated and were relegated to second place.
Featured in the photo are:
Peter Love, Robin Boyd, Jonny McGarry and Gavin Browne
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Leading UK media expert and entrepreneur, Alex Connock attended the Waterfront Hall, Belfast recently to address members of the publicity association, PANI (Publicity Association Northern Ireland) on the commercial opportunities in Digital Britain - from advertising funded online channels, to publicly-funded local online TV news, to reputation enhancement by online syndication of content. 
(Publicity Association of Northern Ireland) recently held its first annual quiz in the Edinburgh Suite of the Europa Hotel, Belfast. Guests from a range of media, marketing and public relations companies had the opportunity to test their knowledge on sport, geography, general knowledge and film. Quiz master Gerry Crowley ensured that the evening was fast paced and enjoyable for all. Congratulations to the team from INC Media who walked away as the first ever PANI Quiz champions. Check out this Month’s Ulster Tatler for the low down.
PANI hosted their second annual 'Day at the Races' on Friday 19th June at Down Royal. The Gladrags and Hats were out in force from the starting line, members enjoyed delicious nibbles and drinks at Nandos' restaurant in Victoria Square before galloping off to the Races for some thorough entertainment! Keep an eye on the website and check out the August edition of the Ulster Tatler for more coverage of the glitz and glamour!
