[Closed] Smack my quiz up

I don't like true or false rounds. To be worthwhile they are usually hard so you have to guess or they are counter intuitive. Either way they don't really work for me. If you want something a bit guessable then go for a numbers round that you are unlikely to know the answer to but can have a stab at. For a loose example; how many pubs in London?, How much was the most expensive pint of beer?, What year did something first happen? You can give a point to the closest, or 2 for the closest, 1 for second, etc.

A couple of rounds that go downwell here are the QuizLink and QuizChain rounds

we base them on 6 questions per round, but you can make it work with 4

for QuizLink, the answers to the first 5 questions should point to a common theme, and question 6 is always "what links the previous questions"

for Quiz Chain, the last few letters of the answer to each question form the start of the answer to the next

e.g.
QUIZLINK
1) Which British author wrote the novels “Decline and Fall” and “Brideshead Revisited”
Evelyn Waugh
2) Who is Liza Minelli’s mum?
Judy Garland
3) With 21 in total which artist has most uk number 1 singles?
Elvis Presley
4) Which character in Game Of Thrones was played by Charles Dance and held the title “Lord of Casterley Rock”
Tywin Lannister
5) Which was monarch of Britain from 1727 - 1760
a) George I
b) George II
c) George III
George II
6) The link between answers 1-5
All died on the toilet

Quiz Chain
French satirical magazine targeted by repeated terrorist attacks
Charlie Hebdo
An unproductive period when no useful task can be performed
Downtime
What is the UK’s largest circulating newspaper in print
Metro
1968 classic horror involving a pregnant woman and satanism
Rosemary’s Baby
A fizzy alcoholic drink with a chamois deer as an mascot
Babycham
A victorian music hall hit mocking a fun time, irreverent hard drinking toff
Champagne Charlie
if you are clever you can make it circular so that the last asnwer finishes with the letters form the statr of answer a

Charles Dance died on the toilet??? Off to check IMDB...

Nope, still alive which means that question's answer is wrong...

Charles Dance died on the toilet??? Off to check IMDB…

Ahem

Which character in Game Of Thrones was played by Charles Dance

Take one house demerit, Barton

I'm not a quizzer myself, but I have written a fair few in my work as a journo. And they've been well received.

My top tips are...

Have some topical Qs
Have some amusing Qs
Have some topical and amusing Qs
Have some multi-choicers that nobody will really know, but people should be able to make an educated guess
Have a music round, I like playing a song up to the bit where the vocals come in
And if presenting live, don't just read the answers out, but say "who knows this one then?"
I find this promotes fun and bants.

I've run a few family quizzes during lockdown (and of course, had a hand in the STW ones). What's worked well for us is some sort of 'background task' round, you get a handout at the start and it's marked right at the end. Maybe a picture round, dingbats, that sort of thing. I once did one called "The Eyes Have It" which was pictures of relatively famous celebrities cropped down to just an eye.

I like True or False rounds for precisely the reason Nick above doesn't - if you don't know then you've a 50:50 chance of guessing. It's also a lot of fun as a question-setter to see how much abject nonsense you can sneak past people. (-:

Thanks guys, some good suggestions to mull over while I’m ‘working’ tomorrow.
Fun and bants are pretty much the order of the day 😀
The rationale behind the order of the rounds is to make it manageable for the increasing inebriation.
And also, the T or F gives a chance to the even things up, otherwise the same teams win every time. It also allows to mess with them.
Eg “True or false, you got the last answer incorrect?” Or “you won’t get the correct answer to this question?”
Challenging after six tasters plus a couple of inbetweeners… especially on a Belgian themed month!

the T or F gives a chance to the even things up, otherwise the same teams win every time.

This. The group I play with is... let's say "mixed ability." How do you quiz-set when one player is aged 50 and another 25? Music rounds are a bust, the Venn diagram of intersecting knowledge is as close to zero as makes no odds. True or False is a great leveller, it gives the less academic players a fighting chance of some points.

Plus as above, I love setting ludicrous questions that I know people just really want to be true. True or false: Wombats do square poos.

a round which requires honesty if marking your own papers is the "killer" round - you don't have to answer the question, but if you do answer it you have to get it right. A single wrong answer anywhere in the round means ZERO points for the entire round

Also, that killer round - two points per question.

I once did one called “The Eyes Have It” which was pictures of relatively famous celebrities cropped down to just an eye.

Things like these are often pretty good - google the invisibles quiz for another example (famous movies but all the people have been deleted in photoshop leaving just clothing/backgrounds etc).

I've done a few image, map or crossword rounds in the past... not sure i can be bothered with it all the time though.

This month we're drinking 8 of the beers voted in the Hottest 100 beers of 2021, so i'll have a 'best of' theme.

Just a Minute Round

Base it on something vaguely related to the beers.

Edit: this could also be added to by a I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue round...

I’ve done a few image, map or crossword rounds in the past… not sure i can be bothered with it all the time though.

You said you want to mix it up, not find a different same thing to do all the time.

Here's an idea. You've been doing it for years - why not see if someone else wants to set the quiz for a change? If you feel like it's getting stale then perhaps what's needed here is new blood. (A word to the wise though, have one in your back pocket anyway for when they forget.)

A word to the wise though, have one in your back pocket anyway for when they forget.

I've a few if you need one, DM me if you want them

You said you want to mix it up, not find a different same thing to do all the time.

Sometimes, until you read the answers you don’t truly know what your question is 😀

Most of my paltry fee comes from writing the questions and presenting in an amusing way, so I probably wouldn’t get someone else to do them. We sell out every month so I guess not everyone thinks it’s stale.

I particularly like the Quizlink and chain concepts. They’d work. Killer round too.

@nbt happy to do some trading if you like?

Ah, my mistake, I assumed it was a "two or three mates" sort of affair.