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Putting together a quiz night (Part 2)
/1 Comment/in Pub Quiz /by David McGaugheyRather belatedly, I’m going to follow up the post from March 30th on putting together a quiz night. Apologies for the delay – a long gap in time between blog entries is a sure sign that the question-writing side of things is extremely busy. So a rare free hour presents itself, and it’s time to […]
University Challenge is so hard
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Jack Waley-CohenWhen I tell people I am a professional quiz master, and that I set quiz questions for iPhone quiz games, TV shows etc. I am often asked if we write the questions for ‘University Challenge’ (we don’t), such is the high profile of the show in the UK. ‘University Challenge’ style questions are very hard […]
To Mark or Not To Mark?
/4 Comments/in Professional Quizmasters /by Jack Waley-CohenAt our quiz nights, the quizmaster and/or the quizmaster’s helper(s), does the marking. But I’ve been to many a pub quiz night in which the routine is for teams to swap papers and mark each others, and even quizzes when teams are trusted to mark their own quiz sheets. In an earlier post about our […]
Ask the Audience (by Derren Brown)
/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Jack Waley-CohenWe’re going to veer away from the world of the pub quiz night for this post (but will come back on topic next time). I noticed that ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ is taking applications for shows in the summer: details on their website. But that isn’t really what this post is about (well […]