Preparation:
For a quiz night to be a success you must prepare well. You can create your own quiz if you have the time, but it may be worth buying a quiz pack to save you the hours needed to write one. If you decide to write your own, make sure the rounds are popular and the questions interesting.
Rounds:
I recommend that most quizzes should begin with a picture round. This allows you to go to each table (if in a bar or pub) asking if they are going to participate and also lets them know the quiz will be starting imminently.
In a bar / pub walk to each table asking if they will be joining in. If they are, hand the sheets to them (usually the picture round and an answer sheet) and collect their money.
Questions: Make sure the questions are interesting enough for people to want to know the answer. Also don't make them too easy - you don't want everyone getting it right! Aim to allow most teams to answer 50-80% correctly. If anyone get them all right the quiz is probably too easy.
Make sure the questions in the quiz are interesting and guessable. If someone cannot answer the question they should be able to have a go, and if they don't know the answer the question should be interesting enough that they want to know.
However, the most important thing about a quiz question is accuracy. I did a pub quiz once where the question was "What is the minumum wage per hour in the UK" and it was asked just after the government increased it. However, the quiz did not reflect this and there was a mini uproar in the pub as half the teams knew it had gone up! Avoid this! Teams don't like losing by a single point, and especially don't like losing on a debatable point!
The Quizmaster:
If the quiz is being run for a large number of people, a pub or bar, or fund raiser for example, the quiz master should be confident speaking to a fairly large audience. Injecting some chitchat and humour can be good too, but remember that people are there for a quiz, not a comedy act. Also, they should be fair but firm - the quizmaster's decision is final!
Layout:
How the quiz is formatted will vary depending on the event.
When running a quiz for a large group of participants I think picture rounds are a good way to start. It gives you time to meet everyone who will be taking part in the quiz and gives you a chance to take their entrance money.
If it's a tie...
Teams can obviously score the same number of points and when this happens a tiebreaker question comes into play. I think the best way to handle this is for every team to vote for a member to answer this question.
However, they must get up in front of everyone, toss a coin to see who will answer first, and then answer the questions with the help of everyone else shouting their opinion. This makes for a more entertaining end to the evening and of course, everyone gets to shout their opinion!
Prize giving:
Giving out the prize can be another part of the entertainment. There are many ways to do this, from just giving them a set prize (maybe 20, or a free drink each) or encouraging them to bet the winnings.
They could select from an envelope, gamble on successfully completing a Play Your Cards Right game, answer another question - the options are only limited by your imagination.
For a quiz night to be a success you must prepare well. You can create your own quiz if you have the time, but it may be worth buying a quiz pack to save you the hours needed to write one. If you decide to write your own, make sure the rounds are popular and the questions interesting.
Rounds:
I recommend that most quizzes should begin with a picture round. This allows you to go to each table (if in a bar or pub) asking if they are going to participate and also lets them know the quiz will be starting imminently.
In a bar / pub walk to each table asking if they will be joining in. If they are, hand the sheets to them (usually the picture round and an answer sheet) and collect their money.
Questions: Make sure the questions are interesting enough for people to want to know the answer. Also don't make them too easy - you don't want everyone getting it right! Aim to allow most teams to answer 50-80% correctly. If anyone get them all right the quiz is probably too easy.
Make sure the questions in the quiz are interesting and guessable. If someone cannot answer the question they should be able to have a go, and if they don't know the answer the question should be interesting enough that they want to know.
However, the most important thing about a quiz question is accuracy. I did a pub quiz once where the question was "What is the minumum wage per hour in the UK" and it was asked just after the government increased it. However, the quiz did not reflect this and there was a mini uproar in the pub as half the teams knew it had gone up! Avoid this! Teams don't like losing by a single point, and especially don't like losing on a debatable point!
The Quizmaster:
If the quiz is being run for a large number of people, a pub or bar, or fund raiser for example, the quiz master should be confident speaking to a fairly large audience. Injecting some chitchat and humour can be good too, but remember that people are there for a quiz, not a comedy act. Also, they should be fair but firm - the quizmaster's decision is final!
Layout:
How the quiz is formatted will vary depending on the event.
When running a quiz for a large group of participants I think picture rounds are a good way to start. It gives you time to meet everyone who will be taking part in the quiz and gives you a chance to take their entrance money.
If it's a tie...
Teams can obviously score the same number of points and when this happens a tiebreaker question comes into play. I think the best way to handle this is for every team to vote for a member to answer this question.
However, they must get up in front of everyone, toss a coin to see who will answer first, and then answer the questions with the help of everyone else shouting their opinion. This makes for a more entertaining end to the evening and of course, everyone gets to shout their opinion!
Prize giving:
Giving out the prize can be another part of the entertainment. There are many ways to do this, from just giving them a set prize (maybe 20, or a free drink each) or encouraging them to bet the winnings.
They could select from an envelope, gamble on successfully completing a Play Your Cards Right game, answer another question - the options are only limited by your imagination.
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