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A Question of Sport?
/6 Comments/in Running Quizzes /by David McGaugheyAlthough it’s generally seen as an archetypal subject for quizzes, the most divisive round I run, without question, is the Sport Round. There are many occasions where I avoid including Sport unless it’s specifically asked for, unless the crowd is quite clearly sport-orientated or unless the length of the quiz dictates that there must be. […]
Professional quizzers
/6 Comments/in Pub Quiz /by Jack Waley-CohenIs it unfair for seasoned quiz masters – i.e. proper quiz professionals who get paid for running quizzes – to take part in another pub quiz? My own quiz hosting schedule doesn’t give me much spare time for taking part in pub quizzes, but there are two local to me on Wednesday nights which have […]
Bright Jackets and Sparkly Bow-Ties
/4 Comments/in Running Quizzes /by Jack Waley-CohenWhat should a quiz master wear? Of the hundreds (and thousands) of clients for whom we have run quizzes over the years, the vast majority, say 99%, are entirely happy that we will dress appropriately for the event. Sometimes they don’t even tell us that the event is Black-Tie (luckily, we always ask, so we […]
Friday Quiz
/0 Comments/in Quiz Questions /by Jack Waley-CohenEvery Friday we post some quiz questions online for a bit of fun. Our Friday quiz has been going for about 3 years, and the feedback we get suggests that several hundred offices around the UK (and indeed the world) come to a standstill when the email lands, and everyone huddles round to try and […]