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Fast Work
/4 Comments/in Running Quizzes /by David McGaugheyIt’s obviously very nice when people come to you at the end of an evening and compliment you on the quality of the quiz. It’s particularly gratifying when they pick up on one of the elements that (we think) distinguishes a QuizQuizQuiz quiz from many other quizzes. One of the most common things people commend […]
Entry fees for pub quizzes
/4 Comments/in Pub Quiz /by Jack Waley-CohenI’ve been thinking today about relaunching a regular QuizQuizQuiz pub quiz somewhere in London. We ran a well-attended weekly pub quiz for the best part of 5 years at various venues in Hammersmith and Putney, but the recession hit, and we decided to concentrate on our core business of company quiz nights and team-building quiz […]
Worst Quiz Question Ever
/8 Comments/in Quiz Questions /by Jack Waley-CohenI was going to write about the best quiz questions ever – but I am a little tired, and I think that post requires rather more thought than I am capable of right now. So…instead, what is the worst quiz question ever? I don’t mean a question that is just plain wrong/out of date (e.g. […]
Handling Queries
/7 Comments/in Running Quizzes /by David McGaugheyThere’s nothing more annoying, when participating in a quiz, than a set of questions which is riddled with ambiguities, mistakes and unclear instructions. It is the responsibility of a quiz master to make sure everything about the quiz is as free from doubt and irritation as possible – if you do that, the chances are […]