The ingredients for a successful quiz: challenging questions, good atmosphere, a few beers and good company. If you are organising a quiz night these are some of the criteria you should be going for!
Question Setting
Questions do not need to be really hard in order for them to be good. Quiz participants certainly want to be challenged, and most definitely don't want to hear the same old questions time and again. Therefore a balance of difficulty needs to be met.
I generally aim for 20% reasonably easy (I would expect most people to answer these), 20% difficult (I would expect most people not to answer these) and the rest of medium difficulty. You don't want to exclude the occasional quizzer with ridiculously difficult questions but you want to separate the winners.
Prizes
It is a myth that you need a big prize to make a quiz more interesting. Most people taking part in a quiz do so for entertainment, and the challenge of sparring with other team's knowledge, not for a large prize. However, giving out the prize can also provide entertainment, perhaps by encouraging the winning team to gamble with the prize in order to win another.
Ask them to pick their prize from half a dozen envelopes, perhaps play a game of Play Your Cards Right - you're only limited by your imagination!
The QuizMaster
Confidence when speaking to a lot of people. A good sense of humour. Patience. Fair. Firm. These are the attributes of a good quizmaster. A nervous quizmaster who allows points to be given for incorrect answers just because people are shouting will result in a poor quiz night.
Do I need a load of beer?
Not an essential ingredient (unless held in a pub!) but a few beers for a fundraiser or social event can create a fun party atmosphere. You don't want to make people feel like they are taking part in an exam! Make it as fun as possible.
Question Setting
Questions do not need to be really hard in order for them to be good. Quiz participants certainly want to be challenged, and most definitely don't want to hear the same old questions time and again. Therefore a balance of difficulty needs to be met.
I generally aim for 20% reasonably easy (I would expect most people to answer these), 20% difficult (I would expect most people not to answer these) and the rest of medium difficulty. You don't want to exclude the occasional quizzer with ridiculously difficult questions but you want to separate the winners.
Prizes
It is a myth that you need a big prize to make a quiz more interesting. Most people taking part in a quiz do so for entertainment, and the challenge of sparring with other team's knowledge, not for a large prize. However, giving out the prize can also provide entertainment, perhaps by encouraging the winning team to gamble with the prize in order to win another.
Ask them to pick their prize from half a dozen envelopes, perhaps play a game of Play Your Cards Right - you're only limited by your imagination!
The QuizMaster
Confidence when speaking to a lot of people. A good sense of humour. Patience. Fair. Firm. These are the attributes of a good quizmaster. A nervous quizmaster who allows points to be given for incorrect answers just because people are shouting will result in a poor quiz night.
Do I need a load of beer?
Not an essential ingredient (unless held in a pub!) but a few beers for a fundraiser or social event can create a fun party atmosphere. You don't want to make people feel like they are taking part in an exam! Make it as fun as possible.
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