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Having been running quizzes for many years, I have thousands (probably tens of thousands) of questions. A large proportion have been tested in front of real life people - it's a great way to find out what works and what doesn't. With each quiz being custom-written for the audience, I can adjust the question formats and styles to fit. When someone asks me for a quiz where the teams will be ardent quiz fans (particularly 'The Chase' watchers), the questions can be more aligned to the subjects and level of difficulty that they are used to.
When someone asks me for a quiz that is fun, not too tricky and not for ardent quiz fans, the questions are more aligned to popular culture and all-round knowledge. In order to give teams the opportunity to answer questions that they might not immediately know the answers, I can add in multiple choice questions and True or False questions. This gives everyone the chance to select the right answer. If you're holding a quiz, get custom-written questions from me - I have thousands available. 😁 {Hilary - Quiz question writer} Originally posted 7/10/24
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Every-so-often a quiz question appears to be unanswerable: perhaps it's about a person you've never heard of, perhaps it's something that happened a few decades ago or perhaps it's just worded in a way that seems long-winded and complicated.
It's not unusual to think 'I can't do this, so I won't bother', then leave a blank answer and declare that the question was too hard. Sometimes those long-winded questions are actually hiding a simple question, it's just clouded with irrelevant detail. For example, a question might ask about an English playwright from the 16th century who wrote 154 sonnets. You might not know ANY playwrights who wrote 154 sonnets. But, if you take out the part about the sonnets and concentrate on the 16th century English playwright, you might decide to write down William Shakespeare.... and you'd be correct!! So, the next time you get a seemingly unanswerable question, just check what the question is actually centred on and you might get yourself that extra point 😍 {Hilary - Quiz question writer} Originally posted 18-2-22 I've been to many quiz nights over the years and hosted even more! The best number of questions for a quiz night really depends on the type of event you are holding and how long you have. If you have more than 2 hours, you could have up to 10 rounds, with each round containing 10 questions. If you have less than an hour, you could fit in 3-4 question rounds. I would recommend a minimum of 4 rounds in order to get a wide range of subjects and to create enough separation of scores between teams. At TMQuizzes, the most popular number of question rounds for our Quiz Whiz traditional pub quiz is 5 rounds (of 10 questions). It's enough to get a good selection of subjects and question formats without taking up too much time for the busy people. {Hilary - Quiz Host} Originally posted 7-1-22 
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