About
Daisy de Plume
Hailing from NY’s West Village, I have lived between London and Paris since 2004. As the daughter of an art historian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was my second home as a kid. To keep me focused – and quiet! – my mother created games with art, some of which had monetary incentives (a cultural bribery I’ve laid on thick with my boys, Balthazar and Storsh).
Blending such aesthetical hoverings - with entrepreneurial reward - planted the seed for me to start my first museum venture au Louvre in 2012. Exiting after 10 years of collecting awards for 50+ hunts across 5 museums, I am now creating engaging, community-building treasure hunts in London's iconic museums.
My aim remains the same: to lure you back to the museum, after the fun of your treasure hunt!
Braced with a degree in art history and a journalist's eye for a hook, (I started my career in-house editorial at Vanity Fair), Culture Quests are popular for:
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Corporate Team Building
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Family Travel (family of 4? Two teams of 1 parent & 1 kid)
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Anniversaries, Birthday, Hen Hunts
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Schools wishing to make history come alive
Public treasure hunts at the British Museum are offered Tuesdays (10:30-1 pm) and the last Friday of the month (5:30-8 pm) with a launch at the V&A within the year.
Ed Coke
Ed has always been a quiz master at heart, combining his competitiveness, love of knowledge and commitment to embarrassing himself publicly.
A stalwart of company events, school fundraisers and even hosting quizzes for minor European royalty, he brings humour, inclusion and a relaxed atmosphere to ensure a fun time for all participants.
Daisy and Ed met at the inception of Culture Quiz: “Arrive”, a multinational transport company whose execs (12 people, 7 countries) couldn’t make it during museum hours, asked Daisy to create a Pub Quiz team-building event.
After hosting that first quiz — with Ed’s generous guidance (“rounds, what are rounds?!”, she asked) — Daisy invited him to join forces. Ed, who runs a strategical comms firm after decades at AmEx, didn’t need persuading: give him a mic, and he’s a fabulous showman!
They’re now bringing Culture Quiz to the public — from corporate events to birthday parties, and of course including curious international travellers keen to experience this most mysterious English pastime with a pint!
