Example of a Quiz Format – UK
For the last few weeks I have had several requests from readers for me to show them a quiz format I use. I talk about little subjects all the time and little odds-and-ends but I thought, and the readers clearly think, its a good idea to make sure that they can see a full format of a quiz style. This will be good for new and experienced trivia hosts as they can see how a quiz is put together. I have added some notes to explain little bits. I personally used this quiz at a busy city center bar on a Thursday evening…..
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Artist/Track (I kick off the quiz with 5 pieces of music, range of decades, artists and track needed for one point each)
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Pop Music
- The Miracles was the backing group for which famous singer?
Smokey Robinson
- A Head Full Of Dreams is a current UK album at No.5 in the UK album charts for which British band?
Coldplay
- Vocalist, guitarist and harmonica player Guy Garvey is with which group?
Elbow
- On 11th January 1986 Dire Straits reached No.2 in the UK singles charts with which track?
Walk Of Life
- The French-Canadian vocalist Celine Dion has had two UK No.1 hit singles; My Heart Will Go On was one of them, name the other?
Think Twice
Sport
- Which English sportswear manufacturer supplied the kits worn by the England football team when they won the 1966 World Cup?
Umbro
- All of the five Irish classic horse races are staged at which race course?
The Curragh
- Which county cricket side has three swords on their team badge?
Essex
- Who was the only Swede to win the men’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon in the 1990’s?
Stefan Edberg
- Which piece of sporting equipment has to have black and red surfaces?
Table tennis bats
TV & Cinema
- Actors Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston currently star in which BBC television drama series based on a book by the author John Le Carre, on Sunday evenings at 9pm?
The Night Manager
- Currently showing in UK cinemas, which 2016 film begins with the assassination of Justin Bieber?
Zoolander 2
- On January 22nd 2016, it was announced that Chris Chibnall would become the full-time show runner of which long-running television programme? His first series will air in Spring 2018.
Doctor Who
- What type of creature is the character Indiana Jones particularly afraid of?
Snakes
- Which actor on television played Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister and Oscar Blaketon in Heartbeat?
Derek Fowlds
- In March 2015, it was confirmed that director Rian Johnson would write and direct which movie in a famous franchise, to be released in December 2017?
Star Wars: Episode VIII
- In 2011, producer Brian True-May was suspended by his production company after saying the reason for what television crime drama series not having any non-white characters was because it was a “bastion of Englishness”?
Midsomer Murders
- Which 2004 film, starred Dennis Quaid as Jack Hall, Jake Gyllenhaal as Sam Hall and Emmy Rossum as Laura Chapman?
Day After Tomorrow
- On television, which steam train operated on the railway line for the Merioneth and Llantissily Rail Traction Company?
Ivor The Engine
- Name the character played by Joe Pesci in the Lethal Weapon films?
Leo Getz
Pot Luck
- According to Greek and Roman mythology, which creature can only be tamed by a virgin?
Unicorn
- Which river flows from northern Moscow to the Caspian Sea?
River Volga
- L’Air du Temps, Farouche and Caprice are all fragrances from which perfume house?
Nina Ricci
- In which English county is Henley, of regatta fame?
Oxfordshire
- By what name is a herring that has been split, salted and smoked commonly known?
Kipper
- Which of the following fast food chains sells Pepsi rather than Coca-Cola; McDonalds, Burger King or KFC?
KFC
- According to legend, which liqueur was named after a maid who helped a young Spanish girl flee war in Jamaica and saved a small jewelry box containing a manuscript with the liqueurs recipe?
Tia Maria
- In 2013, which 77-year-old released her autobiography, called Recipe For Life?
Mary Berry
- What type of nut would you find in the middle of a Ferrero Rocher chocolate?
Hazelnut
- ‘Moon starer’ is an apt anagram for what 10 – letter word?
Astronomer
Connections
- Which 1988 American comedy-drama film the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant, of whose existence Charlie was unaware?
Rain Man
- In the medical world, what does DVT stand for?
Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Which Scottish football team play home matches at Tynecastle?
Heart of Midlothian
- In a popular children’s story published by Ladybird, what type of vegetable was “enormous”?
Turnip
- The connection is “Purple”; Purple Rain, Deep Purple, Purple Heart and Purple Turnip
Current Affairs
- Which popular High Street chain is to close three of its 12 bakeries in the UK, including one in Scotland?
Greggs – the closures in Edinburgh, Twickenham in London and Sleaford in Lincolnshire are likely to lead to the loss of 355 jobs
- A radar survey into whose grave and an excavation his house are among research projects marking the 400th anniversary of their death?
William Shakespeare – Shakespeare’s grave in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford upon Avon has never been excavated, but a scan has been carried out to search below ground
- Beijing has just overtaken New York as the city with most – what; billionaires, burger bars or high-rise buildings?
Beijing has overtaken New York as the city with the highest number of billionaires for the first time, according to a new report by China-based firm Hurun. A total of 100 billionaires are now living in the Chinese capital, compared with 95 in New York
- Which former Labour leader has issued a stark warning to Jeremy Corbyn that if he continues to oppose the renewal of the Trident missile system, Labour will lose the next election?
Neil Kinnock
- Which 91-year-old Hollywood star of Airplane!, as well as the Naked Gun movies, passed away recently?
George Kennedy
- A jihadist group in the Middle East has ridiculed their rivals in Islamic State by claiming that they fake their battle propaganda videos – with which drink standing in for “martyrs’ blood”; Irn Bru, Vimto or Cherry Cola?
Vimto. The claims came from Hidayah Media, a group associated with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The fizzy drink Vimto – which originated in the north of England – is a very popular drink in the Middle East
Wipeout Round
A Which planet in the solar system has a mass which is 318 times that of the earth?
Jupiter
B Hippocampus hippocampus is the scientific name for the short-snouted what, a species of small marine fish?
Sea Horse
C Who is the current question master on Radio 4’s Brain of Britain?
Russell Davies
D Cristina Kirchner has been the President of which South American country since 2007?
Argentina
E In which town in Greater Manchester did Harold Shipman practice as a GP before murdering at least 15 of his patients?
Hyde
F What cereal in 2014 changed its name to Honey Monsters?
Sugar Puffs
G Martin Baker are the leading manufacturer of which aircraft and military safety device?
Ejector seats
H Which French region produces Camembert cheese, Benedictine and Calvados?
Normandy
I Which country is bordered by Cambodia and Laos to the west and China to the north?
Vietnam
J What is a 40th wedding anniversary called?
Ruby
Pictures
- Alastair Campbell
- Victoria Wood
- Nick Park
- Scarlett Johansson
- Michael Crawford
- Kylie Minogue
- Neil Young
- Olivia Newton-John
- Lamine Koné
- Audrey Hepburn
1st Tie: In what year was the movie actor Scott Wilson born?
1942
2nd Tie: In what year was the baseball player Micky Mantle born?
1931
3rd Tie: In what year was the singer and pop star Harry Styles born?
1994
4th Tie: In what year was the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Madina?
622 AD
5th Tie: In what year was the famous US actor James Earl Jones born?
1931
6th Tie: In what year was the sea-route to India discovered by Vasco-de-Gama?
1498
7th Tie: In which year was the SS Great Britain launched?
1843
Snowball Questions:
- Fantasie released in 2009 was the fourth studio album by which Scottish violinist?
Nicola Benedetti
- Which city has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games?
Beijing
- Which Earldom was common to Simon de Montfort and Robert Dudley, the favourite of Elizabeth I?
Leicester
- Of what is hagiology the study?
Saints
- Which present day capital city was previously called Pressburg?
Bratislava
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