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If you've found yourself in the position of having to write the termly pub quiz, here are some suggestions and tips to help you out!
Writing the quiz
- The key to a good pub quiz is striking a good balance in the questions - you don't want to lean too heavily on a particular topic (in general), so everyone has a shot, no matter what their filmic interests. You want to have at least one question on:
- Classic and older films, as well as recent releases
- As many genres as you can (in the events of westerns/war films/epics, this gives you a good chance to incorporate older films)
- Easy and hard questions. In each round, it's normally good to have at least one per round that you think are stupidly easy (it's your shout, of course, but I don't like a round that I think there is a chance of scoring a zero)
- A wide variety of films, actors, directors, etc. - you may love Toy Story, for example, but five questions on it is probably a bit unfair on those that don't
- You'll want to figure out how you're structuring the pub quiz - I normally find that six rounds, split into three blocks of three, gives enough time for marking without being overlong. There's also the space for a bonus round between rounds, if there's demand for one. The typical running order is like so, but this isn't set in stone by any means:
- Rounds One and Two
- Intermission (Rounds One and Two are marked)
- Bonus Round (if you want one)
- Answers for One and Two
- Rounds Three and Four (typically, you and some helpers can mark the Bonus Round during)
- Intermission (Rounds Three and Four are marked
- Bonus Round Results
- Answers for Three and Four
- Rounds Five and Six
- Intermission (remainder of marking
- Answers for Five and Six, prize-giving
- You probably want to prepare a tie-break question or two - this can be as easy as something with a numerical answer, and the closest wins, or something more elaborate. I quite like a competition - in the past, I've given a minute and list of things (Meryl Streep films, Best Actor Oscar winners). They take turns answering, and whoever's turn it is at the end of the minute loses.