About
The team behind the fun
Nick Arnott
Director
Nick is a serial business founder and angel investor with a degree in Applied Computing. He has founded a number of successful businesses and now invests in start-ups across a diverse range of sectors. He loves running, playing football and tennis and also enjoys watching pretty much any sport but can often be found at Craven Cottage watching Fulham. He's also a keen (if not the most knowledgeable!) quizzer being a member of two local quiz teams.
David Robinson
Director
David is an Astrophysics and Scientific Computing grad with a knack for solving tough problems and a passion for efficiency. He has explored various roles across different sectors, always with a focus on leveraging technology for better solutions. Outside of work, David loves the Yorkshire outdoors, whether he's hiking, biking, or walking his dog.
Tom Gillespie
Strategy & Ops Lead
Tom’s career has been shaped by startups, practical problem-solving, and a constant focus on building products people want to use. Now based in Spain, he still enjoys the occasional quiz-mainly for the odd pleasure of dragging a random fact from the depths of his memory. Outside of work, you’ll usually find him playing or watching sport, hunting for something good on Netflix, picking up a book with varying consistency, or planning the next travel destination.
Tom Gillespie
Strategy & Ops Lead
Tom’s career has been shaped by startups, practical problem-solving, and a constant focus on building products people want to use. Now based in Spain, he still enjoys the occasional quiz-mainly for the odd pleasure of dragging a random fact from the depths of his memory. Outside of work, you’ll usually find him playing or watching sport, hunting for something good on Netflix, picking up a book with varying consistency, or planning the next travel destination.
Eva Osborne
Marketing Intern
Eva is a Graphic Design and Marketing student who enjoys combining creativity with strategy. She's passionate about social media, photography and design. Alongside her studies, she's been gaining hands on experience in marketing. Outside of work, Eva loves travelling, spending time by the sea, and walking her dog.
Annette Arnott
Chief Question Officer
Annette has always enjoyed quizzes. She has a degree in history, a subject she still enjoys (unlike the rest of the Quizified team). She has most recently worked as a proofreader and as well as writing and checking quiz questions, spends her time volunteering at her local library and charity bookshop. She also enjoys walking, music and reading all sorts of fiction and non-fiction books.
The story of quizified
So how did Quizified come about? One of the founders, Nick, is a dedicated member of a local quiz team and loves playing quizzes but unfortunately isn’t very good at them. He’s great on 80’s pop music and sport but anything outside of that and his knowledge is rather patchy to say the least! So he decided to do something about it and try and plug some of the gaps in his knowledge.
His strategy was to find a quiz app to help him. A quick browse of the app store threw up several options which had him feeling optimistic but having downloaded a number, it was clear none of them offered quite what he was looking for. Some touted the fact they used AI to generate the questions as a real benefit (a quick look at the reviews suggested this might not be a benefit after all!) or they were just too complicated with power ups, bonus coins and other things he didn’t understand. The worst were so covered in adverts you could hardly read the questions and some didn’t give the answer if you got it wrong!
When Nick told his ex-colleague David of his predicament he was quick to point out a solution. ‘Why don’t we create an app ourselves?’. And thus Quizified was born. The premise? A daily general knowledge quiz which is easy to play, informative, with questions of varying levels to suit all ages, and created by humans. It covers a wide range of subjects from music to current affairs and also provides facts about each answer with an emphasis on learning a little as you play each day. So why not start getting your daily dose of trivia…
