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The Feel of a Quiz
/0 Comments/in Professional Quizmasters /by David McGaugheyI’ll probably return to the issue of Minor Quiz Night Complications soon (there are still a couple I’d like to get my teeth into), but while it’s still in my mind, I’d like to write about the somewhat nebulous notions of the “feel” and “rhythm” of a quiz. Funnily enough, the idea came to me […]
Common Quiz Night Complications Part 3
/0 Comments/in Running Quizzes /by David McGaugheyThis one will be very short – a suggestion that we come up against every now and then at our quiz nights is that teams should be able to “buy” clues to questions. Now, I don’t want to be too dismissive, because the purpose is obviously to make money for charity [we do a lot […]
Common Quiz Night Complications Part 2
/2 Comments/in Running Quizzes /by David McGaugheyYou may recall we’re going to write a series of short posts about ideas people sometimes come up with for their quizzes which, though well-intentioned, are generally complicated, hard to enforce and detrimental – and thus we usually (quite strongly) recommend against them. Last week it was overaggressive theming at a quiz. This week, quite […]
Common Quiz Night Complications Part 1
/0 Comments/in Running Quizzes /by David McGaugheyHere begins a shorter series of posts (at least I hope they’re short, brevity is not always my strong point) about the suggestions our client sometimes have which, though they may be imaginative and well-intentioned, are more likely to have a detrimental affect on the quiz than positive. It’s probably safe to say that our […]