Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC table quiz?

[Karl Lattimer <karl qdh org uk>]

On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 19:14 +0100, Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Table quizzes are fun, and fairly easy to organise.
> 
> For those who don't know what a table quiz is, you organise a site
> (usually a pub, since table quizzes work best when well lubricated), 50
> or 100 questions (I think 50 is enough), a big pad of paper, and a bunch
> of people organised into teams of 5 or 6, sitting around tables (thus
> the name of the quiz).
> 
> You hand out answer sheets, have a round of questions, and after each
> round of questions, collect the answers for the round. Between rounds
> you can have spot prizes and stuff like that. While the round 1 answers
> are being corrected, and the scores are getting written up on the board,
> the round 2 questions are asked. On we go until all the questions are
> gone, you have 10 minutes of spot prizes while the corrections are being
> finished, and then the top 3 teams get a prize.
> 
> You can also have things like "funniest wrong answer" spot prizes,
> on-stage fun & frolicks, and other such hilarity.
> 
> How would people feel about having one of them at GUADEC? I would not
> mind being quizmaster if people are up for it, and organising a team of
> 4 or 5 people to help me with the organisation in Istanbul. This might
> be interesting for one of the events?

Sounds great, I'm up for it :) 

And the subject of the quiz?

K,