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Need a little help with table quiz questions.

blobert · 2004-12-17 00:31:37

Hi there, I'm organizing a table quiz in a homeless shelter in Dublin for next week. I need to come up with some questions and indeed answers but am having difficulty doing so. I had a quick look around the net to see if I could find anything useful but all I discovered was the "Department of Electrical and Electronic…

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Hi there,

I'm organizing a table quiz in a homeless shelter in Dublin for next week.

I need to come up with some questions and indeed answers but am having difficulty doing so.

I had a quick look around the net to see if I could find anything useful but all I discovered was the "Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in UCC's Table Quiz 2004"

Questions included: "If (x+1)4 = x4 + Ax3 + Bx2 + Cx + 1, what is A+B+C ?"

This isn't exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for

So if any of you would care to submit some questions (and answers) I would be much obliged. Questions on anything at all would be appreciated, I'll try and make some kind of categories later.

Thanks in advance,
Robert

The answer to the above question is, incidently, 14.

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#2 17-12-2004 1:50am

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There is this thread - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=208431

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#3 17-12-2004 2:06am

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Thanks for that.

I'm not sure if I could make questions out of these facts though.

For instance: "For how many days can a cockroach live without its head?"

Answer = 9

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#4 17-12-2004 11:26am

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There's a table quiz forum. Dunno if anyone uses it though.

Q. What's the unit of currency in Indonesia?
A. The Rupiah.

There you go, now all you need is about 99 more.

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#5 17-12-2004 11:32am

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I can help. I'm really busy with work at the mo, but I'll see what I can do... And check out the general knowledge thread on the table quiz forum, lots of ideas there.

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#6 17-12-2004 11:56am

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5 Area's in Dublin City ending with an O?

Marino, Portabello, Pimblico, Rialto and Phibsboro.

98 to go!

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#7 17-12-2004 12:06pm

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Some music ones..

Q) Davey, Mickey, Peter and Mike - Name the band.
A) The Monkees

Q)Who sings the opening line on Band Aid 20?
A)Chris Martin

Q)What was the name of Elvis' first film?
A)Love me Tender

kEv.

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#8 17-12-2004 12:19pm

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here's some history one:

Q. what was the codename given to the proposed german invasion of Britain?
A. Operation Sealion

q. who was the second man on the moon
a. buzz aldrin

q. what was the roman name for what is now largely referred to as portugal?
a. lusitania

q. what was the first programme shown on channel 4
a. countdown

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#9 17-12-2004 12:25pm

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Who said "There will never be a woman prime minister in my time"

Margaret Thatcher.

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#10 17-12-2004 12:27pm

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Any idea how many questions, and whether you want to mix them all up or have a theme per round?

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#11 17-12-2004 12:57pm

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Well I was plannning on having a a few different rounds, but I can just make rough categories: sport, history, geography, general knowledge etc. out of the ones posted here.

Thanks very much for all the questions, and please keep them coming....

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#12 17-12-2004 1:23pm

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Doras wrote:

5 Area's in Dublin City ending with an O?

Marino, Portabello, Pimblico, Rialto and Phibsboro.

98 to go!

Chappo, Parmo ... etc.

http://www.avendano.org/quiz/history.html
You could pick up the enclycopedia of Ireland €25 - loads of questions there
or a trip to a local library for a "fact" book
You could also include a few topical items from that days newspaper or news, headlines would be good for the D'Oh factor.

How can you be sure that no one from boards will be going along ?

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#13 17-12-2004 2:18pm

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How many wombs and vaginas does a kangeroo have?

2 wombs, 3 vaginas!

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#14 17-12-2004 2:36pm

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But thats only female ones.

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#15 18-12-2004 1:24am

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any more questions?

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#16 18-12-2004 10:48pm

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Q: In Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" who demands a pound of flesh in payment of a debt?
A: Shylock

Q: What is the state capital of Kansas?
A: Topeka

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#17 18-12-2004 11:53pm

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Doras wrote:

5 Area's in Dublin City ending with an O?

Marino, Portabello, Pimblico, Rialto and Phibsboro.

98 to go!

Phibsborough. Check any map. There's a townland in north County Dublin called Skidoo. :cool:

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#18 19-12-2004 12:08am

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The secret to a good Table quiz is to have (presuming it's out of 60), 30 qs that the dog or cat would get, another 10 that most people will get, another 10 that are a bit harder, and then 10 stinkers to sort them out.

This way, everyone is happy, whether they win or not. What you do not want is people being made to feel stupid, and scoring under half marks. Is the quiz in aid of a shelter, or for residents of a homeless shelter? This might influence your choice of question.

If you are doing 10 qs a round, a quick way of clocking up qs is to have a music round (with two v difficult ones), and a picture round. That leaves you only 40 qs to make up.

I've run many quizzes over the years. PM me if you are stuck.

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#19 19-12-2004 12:43am

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landser wrote:

q. who was the second man on the moon
a. buzz aldrin

Here's one I got in a quiz before:

Who's the odd one out and why?
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins

A: Michael Collins because he was on the same mission but never landed on the moon - he stayed in the orbiter.

One team got a bonus point for their answer: Armstrong and Aldrin were shot to the moon but Collins was shot in Cork

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#20 20-12-2004 1:49am

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thanks again folks

quizz is for residents of a homeless hostel. some of them have far better general knowledge than your average, but in general I don't want the questions to be to hard.

keep em coming, I've got another day to come up with them.

Thanks

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#21 23-12-2004 1:26pm

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blobert, PM me and I can email you the questions we used for the Boards.ie Christmas party if they're any use to you.

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#22 30-01-2008 5:44pm

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blobert, PM me and I can email you the questions we used for the Boards.ie Christmas party if they're any use to you.

Hi! i am looking for questions to make a table quiz with senior citizens that i'm working at this moment in a Community development project. I'd appreciate if you could tell me some of theses questions.

cheers!

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#23 31-01-2008 5:10pm

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Look at the General Knowledge thread, for some inspiration for questions.

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#24 31-01-2008 5:59pm

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thanks, I did already

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