Editing Pub quiz (section)

=== Cheating ===

With the mass use of [[mobile phone]]s and mobile internet access, cheating has become a problem for some pub quizzes — covert calls, texts and internet use in the toilets or outside smoking area, recent newspapers and magazines brought along especially for the event, ringers and so on. Another form of cheating is seen in large groups posing as multiple teams. Most quizzes set a limit on team members to prevent large numbers of people collaborating but this problem is difficult to regulate. A lot of quizzes now ban the use of mobiles and nullify the score of any team found to be cheating. While this issue is more prevalent where large sums of money are concerned, cheating can still be observed for relatively low stakes.  

A modern solution to prevent the use of mobile phones is to host the quiz on a mobile quiz app that can detect when the user has left the app. Apps such as Speedquizzing gives bonus points to the quiz team which answers the question fastest and sets a time limit in which you can answer the question, thereby negatively impacting those who attempt to search it online.