Pub Quiz

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"We Zoom for a meeting anyway. So now I've got the flip chart, and we do Trivial Pursuit on it as Well . "

Jess Southworth works in sales for a hotel in Manchester. But lately, She says, "I have those in a virtual quizmaster. "

It's the same old story is - Well , in the year 2020 anyway. End up on lockdown. Can't You see your colleagues In Person . And before You know it - You 're in Pointless in your Living Room .

"I'm home at The Moment , But we have about 200 people in our team and we try to stay in contact," says Jess.

they started with three quick-fire-to entertain questions of the day via WhatsApp. But after More Than Two Weeks At Home , You have to work more creative.

"I began posting ten questions A Day to work Facebook with a different topic - Yesterday it was The Tudors ," She says. "On Friday I was going to do three different Quiz. "

Jess was always. your flipchart for a Quiz quite regularly

A quick search in Twitter and You will find loads of online Pub Quiz , whether You take part in on Zoom or House Party with hundreds of people around The World

It is also strange, is hosted by a politician.

how to be a quizmaster?

Who better than the eggheads host and Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine ?

This is actually A Question that Jeremy would not approve, His first tip, which is much harder than it sounds", is to ensure that the question You have to ask only one answer.

"If You say 'Who is The Son of Queen Elizabeth Ii ?' This could be, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew or Prince Edward," says he beat Radio 1 News. "So this is not a Good Question . "

tip Number Two : Jeremy says, "The Best questions are really easy."

"egg-heads, we had 'What is the color has Noddy's? A lot of people say Red But it is actually blue. "

So Far , So simple. But what if, as quizmaster, You do not know The Answer to A Question yourself? Jess relies on The Internet for some of your answers and can prove to be difficult.

"If everyone starts armed with the answers - what do You do?" She asks.

Jeremy's advice on that? "The Key , what is a quiz setter: never ask someone to ask You A Question , Because then You will realize how Little You really know. "

The Moderator suggests that You are studying up on a few key issues, though - You can't be a great show-master, without that You have to work a bit.

"You know, the President of the United States and The Vice President, You need to know, oceans, geography, currencies, and the kings and Queens.

"And if You don't know, kings and Queens, You can only know know, Henry Viii . If You are him or His wives, You have A Chance in a quiz. "

For Nicol Martinez, a virtual Pub Quiz for You and your family of 15 is a perfect activity, But it has not been without its controversies.

Jess and Nicol were big in the virtual quizzing, Because the coronavirus lockdown

"We wrote our answers on a piece of paper and sent our responses to The Host . As far as we know, no one cheated, But there was obviously some allegations!" the 25-year-old says.

The biggest Problem of all, however, was always.

"We have tried nan is involved - is it in the late 80s - But You could not download the app, so that You could not be involved. "

Jeremy says: "the UK is The Most fanatical about this 'Country " - that is the reason why, he says, egg-heads "are very popular in This Country ", But not yet sold to many countries abroad.

"In This Country , knowledge and information-status. People love to know stuff. "

So, one last tip: if You are planning a quiz for blocking, take it seriously - Because your team safe.

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