Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC table quiz?

[Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>]

Hi Dave; 

All events are appreciated specially informative ones. :) I'm all for
this kind of things at GUADEC 2008. 

Just let me know in advance what we need to realize it (ie. prizes,
chairs etc.) and I'll do my best. 

Regards. 
Baris.

For prizes and necessary expenses can be covered 
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?
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>