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Culture Clash
/0 Comments/in Company Quiz Night, Quiz Questions /by David McGaugheyI’m an avid viewer of ‘University Challenge’ but there’s something that always bothers me about it. It’s obviously a difficult quiz show with subject matters which reflect academia – that’s fine. It’s what the contestants are there for and it’s what the viewers watch it for. But what bothers me is that, in the early […]
Confex
/0 Comments/in Company Quiz Night /by David McGaugheyIn March, for the first time, we decided to exhibit at a trade show, specifically Confex at London Olympia, a two-day event for people in the conferences and events industry. There were stalls belonging to everything from hotels to singers to events companies to ice cream stands to Austin Powers impersonators. There were a lot […]
Testing Testing
/0 Comments/in Writing Quizzes /by David McGaugheyAs a QuizQuizQuiz Quiz Master and main Question Writer, all aspects of my job require testing things to see if they’re at the right level. Of course, I do a sound check before every quiz. This is just as important when using our own portable equipment as when plugging into a venue’s own AV system, […]
The First Quiz Night
/0 Comments/in Company Quiz Night /by David McGaugheyIt’s eight years, almost to the day, since the first QuizQuizQuiz quiz night I helped at. I’d just been told that I’d got the job as the company’s first full time employee (who was not also a founder). Though I’d been interviewed by all the founders, my more important application process was undoubtedly the months […]