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What are the most essential things to remember when presenting a quiz?
I'd say 1st would be to make sure your answers are precise, there are ample supplies of free questions out there but they may have the incorrect answers. Check them on Wiki but be cautious, Wiki is not always correct but it is a good beginning. Say you have a question "which is the largest breed of dog in the world" the likely place to get the precise answer would be the Kennel Club for example.
There is nothing more dreadful than calling out the answers and someone shouts out "that's not correct, the right answer is..." and you have no inkling if they are correct or not, what would you say?
If you have comprehensively explored each answer then you can positively say "sorry mate, but I got the answer from...." also you might even be able to give more details explaining WHY your answer is correct.
Folks can get pretty upset if they are convinced that they had the correct answer and you tell them they are incorrect, just remember the golden rule THE QUIZ MASTER IS ALWAYS RIGHT and as long as you do your research then that statement should hold true.
If you get more than 1 team positive that your answer is wrong then I find the best way to settle the issue is to have a vote, we do live in a democracy after all. Before you have a vote tell everyone that it must be unanimous, i.e. more than half of the teams must raise their hands for the vote to be passed. This will quash any disorder you might have starting as they can't disagree with the majority.
Planning your quiz
If you are going to design a quiz night, that is, a quiz that will last roughly 2 hours then it has to be varied.
You will want different rounds like Genereal Knowledge, a picture round, a round on food and drink or science and nature and some other fun round for variety.
This will be very time demanding not only finding the right questions but thinking of material for your rounds every week. A normal quiz night takes me between 4 and 7 hours to study and coming up with fresh ideas all the time can be a real headache. To start with it's not too difficult, exploring other quiz sites for inspiration, but after some time you will have to get creative.
It's crucial that you don't repeat the same type of subjects, not only will the quiz get mundane but the audience will get wise and swat up on that particular subject. Another thing that can occur is some of the audience may figure out which source you are using for your questions, you must use as many varied trivia sources as possible.
I hope you have found this article useful, there is a lot much more to say on this theme which I can't publish in one article. I am however writing a weekly blog which you can follow on my website if you want to hear more. http://www.pub-quiz.net
I'd say 1st would be to make sure your answers are precise, there are ample supplies of free questions out there but they may have the incorrect answers. Check them on Wiki but be cautious, Wiki is not always correct but it is a good beginning. Say you have a question "which is the largest breed of dog in the world" the likely place to get the precise answer would be the Kennel Club for example.
There is nothing more dreadful than calling out the answers and someone shouts out "that's not correct, the right answer is..." and you have no inkling if they are correct or not, what would you say?
If you have comprehensively explored each answer then you can positively say "sorry mate, but I got the answer from...." also you might even be able to give more details explaining WHY your answer is correct.
Folks can get pretty upset if they are convinced that they had the correct answer and you tell them they are incorrect, just remember the golden rule THE QUIZ MASTER IS ALWAYS RIGHT and as long as you do your research then that statement should hold true.
If you get more than 1 team positive that your answer is wrong then I find the best way to settle the issue is to have a vote, we do live in a democracy after all. Before you have a vote tell everyone that it must be unanimous, i.e. more than half of the teams must raise their hands for the vote to be passed. This will quash any disorder you might have starting as they can't disagree with the majority.
Planning your quiz
If you are going to design a quiz night, that is, a quiz that will last roughly 2 hours then it has to be varied.
You will want different rounds like Genereal Knowledge, a picture round, a round on food and drink or science and nature and some other fun round for variety.
This will be very time demanding not only finding the right questions but thinking of material for your rounds every week. A normal quiz night takes me between 4 and 7 hours to study and coming up with fresh ideas all the time can be a real headache. To start with it's not too difficult, exploring other quiz sites for inspiration, but after some time you will have to get creative.
It's crucial that you don't repeat the same type of subjects, not only will the quiz get mundane but the audience will get wise and swat up on that particular subject. Another thing that can occur is some of the audience may figure out which source you are using for your questions, you must use as many varied trivia sources as possible.
I hope you have found this article useful, there is a lot much more to say on this theme which I can't publish in one article. I am however writing a weekly blog which you can follow on my website if you want to hear more. http://www.pub-quiz.net
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