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Quizzes

Tailor made quizzes

Sick of doing quizzes that ask ‘what’s the capital of Albania?’ You either know it or you don’t, and either way there’s no fun. A really good question should be one you can work out, a challenge you enjoy even if you don’t get the answer in the end. For example:

‘Elvis Presley disliked being called “the King”, because he felt the title belonged to someone else. Who?'

While you’re thinking about that, here’s the deal:

You are organising a quiz for your company/sporting team/charity night/etc.

I will lovingly craft you a personally-tailored quiz that will get your teams scratching their heads, racking their brains and punching the air in silent triumph when they work out an answer. (As I say, the whole point is that people should get the answer, but have an interesting time on the way there.) The questions will have had a great deal of thought put into them. They won’t have been assembled the way most bog-standard quizzes are assembled, i.e. downloaded from the internet. (Capital of Albania, anyone?)

The exact format depends on your budget – I can simply email a list of questions for you to read out, or turn up and compere the evening for you, or even provide a celebrity compere to do the job with me. This might be an Archers star, or possibly the woman who provides the voice of London’s Tube system. She will treat the winning team to a private recital of their favourite station name. If you’re really clever she might even throw in a ‘Mind the Gap’.

Anyway – do get in touch. I’d love to hear from you. Meanwhile - the answer to the Elvis question? It's Jesus Christ.

 

PS – if you want to stick with boring questions, it’s Tirana.

PPS – if you want another interesting one: ‘There are six of them. One is longer than the other five. They were invented in 1924 by Sir Frank Dyson, who was then the Astronomer Royal. What are they?' Email me for the answer if you’re stuck.

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