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Levels of Questions
/0 Comments/in Quiz Questions /by David McGaugheyThis week, as most weeks, I was doing some question writing. I tend to have a few concurrent projects to work on, whether writing general stock for our hosted corporate quizzes or specifically for one special event, writing for a game we’ve been hired to provide questions for, or for a TV show. Down the […]
Common Quiz Night Complications Part 5: Questions in Advance
/0 Comments/in Company Quiz Night /by David McGaugheyEvery now and then we are asked, usually by events companies on behalf of their clients, if it will be possible to see the questions we are going to ask at their quiz night in advance. It seems to be a perfectly reasonable request (as long as we don’t find out that whoever has seen […]
Common Quiz Night Complications: Part 4
/0 Comments/in Company Quiz Night, News /by David McGaugheyAnother entry in this ongoing series, where I highlight recurrent, apparently reasonable enough, requests from clients which we prefer not to include in our corporate quizzes and charity quizzes. So far, I’ve mentioned Exaggerated Theming Penalty or Bonus Points Buying Clues Now, it’s time to discuss (and eventually dismiss)… Running Scores Firstly, we’ll admit there […]
The Return of Fifteen to One
/0 Comments/in News /by David McGaugheyA new series of the classic quizzer’s quiz show, ’15 to 1′, has been and gone. How did they do? A constant feature of my last few years at school and my university years, Channel 4’s magic hour from 4 to 5 was the perfect time for the all-round quizzing brain. ‘Countdown’ for the problem-solving, […]