A round within an existing quiz at a pub is a great way to get people talking about mental health.

Often pub quizzes are in two halves – you could present a mental health round just before the break so you can talk to people about it immediately after asking the questions.

After your round, if you felt comfortable you could talk to the whole pub, saying something about your experience and why you are doing the quiz, or have one to one conversations with people in the break, using the questions as a starting point.

Planning and preparing your activity

Where will you do it?

In a local pub that has a regular quiz.

Promoting your activity

It’s best not to promote the activity, as we want people to see mental health as a normal part of their lives. We also don’t necessarily want to attract people who think they might do well on a mental health pub quiz round, as we want to reach people who don’t already know a lot about mental health. If you can get other Champions to attend, their role could be to use the questions to start a conversation at appropriate times.  Some conversation starters might include ‘What did you think about the question about how many people will experience a mental health problem?’ or ‘How did you feel about the number of people with mental health problems who say they experience stigma?’

Suggested questions

We’ve prepared some multiple choice questions that you could use, although you will need to work with the regular pub quiz organiser so that a mental health round fits in with their format, including number of questions and how it’s presented. You could print some Time to Change leaflets to distribute, but this is optional.