Quiz night - need help/inspiration please!

[Posey]

Last year I organised a quiz night at school, for adults, as a social event. It went very well and they've asked me to do one again.

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas for:

different cetegories for questions, something a bit different from the usual music, film etc

any unusual rounds (we did a part filled in monopoly board, then got teams to fill in the blanks)

or just any good questions!

or any pointers to good websites that may help me.

Many thanks!

my fav quiz question of all time - what was sold on the ground floor of Grace Bros?? for those old enough to remember Are you being Served.

Name the members of Monty Python?
photocopy pics of politicians to name - always got this wron in a pub quiz.

One school quiz I remember, they took photos of places in the locality and you had to work out where they were - either obscure things or well known places taken from an unusual angle. This was a village though - probably wouldn't work so well if people are coming from a broader area.

We have run several

We have group things (like monopoly board, James Bond Questions etc) to break ice & get chatting. These are available from when people arrive & are collected mid way through evening.

A ggod one is guess the film from slides where heads are missing from the actors!

We always have music rounds - spot the intro, TV themes, Eurovision etc.

We run "Quiz n Chips" & have chips delivered to venue. Order OAP portions, charge £5per head, provide soft drinks, bread & butter, mints & prizes. Still makes a good profit.

Oh, and flags around the room - guess the country.

Collect pictures of logos (cars, sports equipment, brand names etc) and show a portion/all for guess the product.

We ran the Amarillo DVD and they had to list everyone they saw - that was hilarious!

• usual rounds of sport, geography, history, general knowledge etc.

I wrote these rounds for the MN summer party a couple of years ago and then we never did it, so they're all yours (although some are a bit out of date)

Round: Mystery Round

1. If our present Queen lives until 2017, who will be the second longest reigning British monarch? Victoria
2. What is the more common name for the pleiades star cluster? Seven Sisters 3.Who was the main character in Michael Bond?s books? Paddington 4.Where is the main home ground of Surrey county cricket club? Oval
3. What begins six weeks before the first Monday in August? Wimbledon
4. What was the title of the winning song in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest? Waterloo 7.What does Mrs Trellis of North Wales precede? Mornington Crescent
5. What are ABN Ambro, Coutts and BNP? Banks
6. In what programme was Todd Carty?s frst TV role? Grange Hill
7. What is the link between all of these questions? London underground stations

Round: Great Danes

1. Can you name a famous Danish king of England who reigned from 1016 ? 1035? Cnut
2. Who was the creator of the Little Mermaid? Hans Christian Anderson 3.Which Dane is considered the father of Quantum physics? Niels Borr 4.Who originally said ?Neither a borrower or a lender be? Polonius 5.What goal keeper has played for both Manchester United and Manchester City? Schmeichel 6.Who had a hit with Saturday Night in 1994? Whigfield
3. What did Ole Kirk Christiansen invent in 1949? lego
4. Which Dane is known by many as the first existentialist? Kierkegaard 9.In what year did Denmark win the Euro tournament? 1992 10.What does lego mean? Play Well

Round: Numbers

1. What is no. 1 London? Wellington?s House
2. Who was the 2nd man to step on the moon? Buzz Aldrin 3.Who was the 3rd person to play James Bond (offcial eon films only)? Roger Moore
3. In the year was Channel 4 launched? 1982 5.Name the original Cinque Ports. Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and Hastings 6.What did God invent on the sixth day? Animals (beasts of the earth)
4. Name the 7 deadly sins: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, sloth 8.8 is a cube number. What is the next one? 27
5. What happened on 9th Av? First temple was destroyed (Tisha B?Av)
6. Who currently lives at no. 10 Downing street? Gordon, Sarah & John Brown.

Round: The mysteries of parenthood

1. Spell Play-Doh
2. Who founded Mumsnet (full names please!)? Carrie Longton, Rachel Foster, Justine Roberts
3. Name the Tweenie?s dogs. Doodles & Izzles
4. Who are the current Blue Peter presenters? Konnie, Matt, Simon, Liz
5. Name the houses at Hogwarts. Slitherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff
6. What does Gina Ford recommend that a breastfeeding mother of a newborn do no later than 8a.m.? have cereal, toast and a drink
7. What were the most popular girl?s and boys names in England in 2003? Jack & Chloe
8. What colour and number is James in Thomas the Tank Engine? Red, 5
9. What is the phone number for NHS Direct? 0845 4647
10. Give the first names of these childcare gurus: Spock, Stoppard, Leech, Greene, Biddulph (Bemjamin, Miriam, Penelope, Christopher, Steven)

Fantastic suggestions everyone!

Bunny3 - I watched it but don't know the answer. Was it perfumery?

Keep those ideas coming please!!

Fisil - I love that parenting section. May lift it as it is if thats okay?
Brill!

ground floor perfumery, stationary and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and foods .... going up ... deedadeedadee....

i think that is how it went anyway

lol bunny3