Tuesday 29 May 2012

Advertise your Pub/Club Quiz for FREE

Advertise your Pub/Club Quiz for FREE!

Holding a quiz is known to increase the number of visitors to your venue so get a quiz organised and advertise it here for free. Also to get you started, if you register with us we will give you some pre-formatted quiz sheets and master score sheet to make your quiz look more professional! They will come in a PDF document and can be printed as you need them. You will need a PDF reader which can be downloaded free from www.adobe.com

If you hold a regular quiz and would like more visitors, then advertise your quiz here. We don't make a charge for this service, it's completely free. Register here.

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Answers to FREE Quiz 2

Answers to FREE Quiz 2

OK, I hope you got the answers correct for free quiz 2. Here they are:

11. 50.4 kg

12. "We hold these truths...."

13. Spain. The volcano Cumbre Vieja on the island La Palma.

14. Günter Netzer

15. Escudo

16. Central Perk

17. No line on the horizon

18. Have you ever seen the rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

19. Ten Answers:
a. James Hilton
b. Bobby Boris Plckett and the Crypt Kickers
c. Jersey
d. Australian
e. Sir Walter Raleigh
f. 1840s
g. Arnold Wesker
h. Latkes
i. Dan Quayle
j. Wayne Slob

20. El Cid (Campeador)

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FREE Quiz No. 2

FREE Quiz No. 2

I hope you enjoyed the first FREE quiz.
Here's number two: Answers next week.


11. Let's say you weigh 70 kg. How many kilos of that is water?
Plus or minus 5 kg.

12. What are the first four words to the American Declaration Of
Independence?

13. Some scientists believe that a mega tsunami resulting from the
eruption of a volcano located in which country could wipe out the
US eastern seaboard?

14. Who was the first German footballer to play for Real Madrid?

15. Prior to the adoption of the Euro, what was the currency in
Portugal?

16. What is the name of the local hangout in TV's Friends?

17. What is the name of U2's 2009 studio album?

18. The following words are from which famous song:
"Someone told me long ago, there's a calm before the storm.
I know and it's been comin' for some time "

19. Spuds You Like:
a. Who wrote the novel Goodbye Mr Chips?
b. Who had a Top Ten hit in 1973 with Monster Mash?
c. Which Channel Island is known for its potatoes?
d. What nationality was the actor Chips Rafferty?
e. Which explorer is supposed to have introduced the potato to
Britain?
f. In which decade was the Irish potato famine?
g. Who wrote the play Chips With Everything?
h. What name is given to the potato cakes that are a feature of
Jewish cuisine?
i. Which former leading politician was mocked for his public
inability to spell 'potatoes"?
j. Which Harry Enfield character had a daughter called
Spudulika?

20. How was Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar better known?

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Answers to FREE Quiz 1

Answers to FREE Quiz 1

OK, I hope you got the answers correct for the first free quiz. Here they are:

1. The bee (Golden bees were discovered in 1653 in Tournai in the
tomb of Childeric I, founder in 457 of the Merovingian dynasty and
father of Clovis. They were considered as the oldest emblem of the
sovereigns of France).

2. Windward and Leeward Islands

3. Chernobyl Terminators or Terminators (Russian: Likvidatory)

4. Azerbaijan.

5. North Korea

6. c: Pedestrian Zones

7. Tesla

8. STAMPEDE

9. Diamond

10. (Norway) Spruce tree

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Quiz 2 tomorrow.

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Sunday 27 May 2012

Pub Quiz – Why are quizzes so popular?

Why are pub quizzes so popular?

Or for that matter any type of quiz.

You can host a quiz at home for your family and or guests and keep everyone entertained for hours. Parties for adults or kids can be enhanced by hosting a quiz to keep your guests entertained.
Have you ever been to a party without a theme? There is only so much conversation before the party becomes a bore and guests start leaving early. A party needs a theme that involves everyone to keep it alive.
It’s the same at your local pub. Yes it’s nice to have a quiet relaxing evening once in a while but once or twice a week you can liven up the atmosphere with a well planned quiz night.
In addition to the entertainment value of a quiz night it’s also brilliant brain fodder. By taking part in a quiz you are keeping your brain active and possibly keeping the aging process at bay. So it’s good for your health too. What a bonus.

How to organize your quiz.

  • First decide on a suitable date and venue. This may be at your home or your local pub or club.
  • Give plenty of notice, this gives you time to get your questions and answers prepared and gives the contestants time to re-arrange their diaries if necessary.
  • Decide on the format of your quiz. There are many formats including simple question and answer quizzes, bingo quizzes and multiple choice quizzes – Is the answer A, B or C for example.
  • Prepare your answer sheets depending on which format you have decided to use. Two sheets simply numbered one to twenty would suffice for a quiz of two twenty question rounds. A bingo quiz would require a table of twenty five squares – five by five. Small prizes could be offered for a line across a line down and for all four corners and the centre square. Plus a prize for answering all the questions.
  • Decide what to offer as prizes. For a children’s quiz you could offer sweets or small gifts. For the adults you could offer cash or drinks from the bar. To cover the cost you can sell raffle tickets or charge an entrance

Finding your questions.

There are many ways to find your questions and answers for your quiz. Most book shops have quiz books for sale. You will also find many websites offering questions and answers. Some will be free and some you will have to pay for.
Do include local interest questions. You will find these very popular and can be researched from your local newspaper.
National interest questions are also popular and of course you can make your own questions simply by reading national newspapers and magazines.
One source I use a lot is local charity shops. Many charity shops have quiz books for sale at bargain prices. So help your self to some great books and support your favourite charity at the same time.
About the author. Jim Ackroyd has been supplying quiz questions to quizmasters since 2007. For lots of free quiz questions and answers and more information visit: http://quiz4free.com
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Wednesday 23 May 2012

First Free Quiz

Here's the first of my weekly free quizzes for you.

Try to answer all the questions before I publish the answers next week along with a new set of questions. Enjoy.

You can use these questions in your own quizzes. Just copy and paste them into your favourite word processor:

1. Napoleon used two living objects as symbols of his empires. The
first was an eagle, what was the second (Clue: Used as a symbol of
immortality and resurrection)?

2. The Society Islands are a group of islands in the south Pacific
Ocean that consist of two smaller groups of islands. What are these
two groups of islands called (Eight letters and Seven letters)?

3. How are the people who tried to save the world from the
Chernobyl's disaster better known?

4. Which country is the largest and most populous country in the
South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially
in Western Asia? (Clue: It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the
east, Iran to the south, Armenia to the west, Georgia to the
northwest, and Russia to the north)

5. Russia shares land borders with many countries, the smallest
being less than 20km in length. With which country does Russia
share it's smallest land border?

6. In order to cope with vast traffic problems in Rome, Julius
Caesar introduced which still-used scheme:
a: Roundabouts
b: Traffic Lights
c: Pedestrian Zones
d: Underground Subways?

7. What is the SI unit of magnetic flux density (or magnetic
inductivity)?

8. What eight-letter word means an act of mass impulse among herd
animals or a crowd of people in which the herd (or crowd)
collectively begins running with no clear direction or purpose?

9. As a child, Princess Dala received the Pink Panther as a gift
from her father, the Shah of Lugash. The Pink Panther was the
largest what in the world?

10. Until recently scientists believed the oldest tree in the world
was found in California. Now however a tree in Sweden may take that
honour. Carbon dating shows it to be anywhere between 4,500 and
8,000 years old. This dapper old specimen is what kind of tree?

You will find thousands of FREE questions at the main site. New sets added today.

Monday 21 May 2012

Hi everyone and welcome to my FREE quiz blog.

Hi everyone and welcome to my FREE quiz blog.


Some of you will know me from my website: http://quiz4free.com/ And many of you will have taken advantage of my FREE quiz questions and answers.

This blog is both to enhance my quiz site and to give you the latest news and developments over at http://quiz4free.com/ HQ.

Latest News.

You'll see from the information below that my site is number 2 on Google despite Google placing a warning on my listing that my site has been compromised.











I can assure you that I have cleaned the site of the hackers input and changed my password. I am awaiting Googles response to my request to have the warning removed. Unfortunately this has to be done manually and I just have to wait for Google to get through a long list of other sites requiring their attention.

However you have my word that the site is OK to use. More news soon

Jim