Running a Quiz
Running a quiz can be hard work. Not only is there the process of writing all the questions on the relevant categories (which we can help with), but there is also choosing the venue, inviting people, getting prizes, running a raffle, and the added complexity of music, picture and interval rounds.
The main tip with regard writing your questions is to check and check again. Don't just rely on one web page as a reliable source; use reference material such as the encyclopaedia britannica which is an excellent source of information to check.
Also get someone to check your questions for readability - badly worded questions can confuse and in some circumstances lead to people who know the answer get it wrong due to not understanding the wording.
The biggest danger to guard against when writing a quiz is biasing it to your own interests and areas of knowledge. For instance you might think it is a good idea to have a round on 1920s silent movies, but that's unlikely to be an interest of anyone else at the quiz so where possible stick to rounds that people can reasonably be expected to have a knowledge of, but feel free to give them as much of a novel twist as you like.
You will need to decide if everyone will get a copy of the questions and an answer sheet, or simply an answer sheet. If your voice will carry the venue or you have a mic system then just giving the answer sheets is easier. Also consider how marking will work - will teams swap papers or will they be collected - in which case you may need a team of markers.
There are also various added extras you can include in your quiz, such as a joker whereby all the points for a round are doubled. And remember scoring does not always need to be just one point per question - you could have a round where there are five clues and people who get the answer after one clue get ten points, eight points after two clues and so on.
If you would like a custom quiz written for your event, please contact us with details of your event.
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