Collins Puzzles - Quiz Master: 10,000 general knowledge questions

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For full terms and conditions please refer to the site terms provided on the website. Acknowledgements We would like to thank those authors and publishers who kindly gave permission for copyright material to be used in the Collins Corpus. We would also like to thank Times Newspapers Ltd for providing valuable data. eBook Edition September 2019 ISBN 9780008348212 Version: [2019-08-07] What makes a good quiz? A witty and amusing host and a choice of interesting categories are good places to start. You could combine the hosting talents of Alexander Armstrong and Jeremy Paxman but you need a great set of questions too. Thats where Collins Quiz Master comes in.

Weve taken the hassle out of creating the perfect quiz by providing 10,000 questions on all manner of subjects in an easy-to-use format. Theres something on offer for everyone, too, from easy questions for those taking their first tentative steps from quizzing base camp right up to super-tricky testers for those experienced trivia travellers heading for the highest peaks of general knowledge. Lets get going. The quizzes The book is divided into two parts, each with 250 quizzes. Half of the quizzes are based on themes ranging from biology to buildings, geography to golf, nature to numbers and a whole host of subjects in between. The rest of the quizzes are pot luck and contain a little bit of everything.

The quizzes in each part of the book are grouped together depending on how tricky we think they are. The easy ones come first, followed by medium and finally hard. Easy With a wide range of themes on offer in our easy section, youre bound to find some questions and quizzes easy and others a bit harder. Its not all straightforward in this section though: watch out for a few themes that arent quite as obvious as the title suggests. Quiz 251 marks the start of the second easy section. Medium Youll get a good general knowledge workout when you tackle our medium quizzes.

Classic themes that appeared in the easy section are repeated here, but youll most likely need some extra thinking time to complete the quizzes at this level. The second medium section starts at Quiz 401. Hard Youll really need to work those little grey cells when you venture into our hard quiz section, so set aside plenty of time. An enthusiasts knowledge would be a definite advantage on some of the themed quizzes. When youve toiled your way through the first section, the second hard section begins at Quiz 476. The answers Each quiz header tells you where the answers are printed.

Theyre mostly just a couple of pages away, for example the answers to Quiz 1 appear at the bottom of Quiz 3. The exceptions are the last two quizzes in each part of the book, which appear at the bottom of the first two quizzes in that part. Running a quiz When youre running a quiz night, theres a great sense of satisfaction to be had in doing a job well, and a little bit of effort beforehand will go a long way to making sure that your quiz goes without a hitch. Plan: consider how many questions you want to ask in the time available, making sure you leave enough thinking time between questions. Once youve done that, pick a good range of subjects so that theres something for everyone. Rehearse: Go through all the questions youre going to be asking beforehand, checking any potentially tricky pronunciations and making sure your timings work.

Note down all the questions (notes look better in a quiz environment than reading from a book) and answers. Every effort has been made to ensure that all the answers in Collins Quiz Master are correct. Despite our best endeavours, mistakes may still appear. If you see an answer youre not sure is right, or if you think theres more than one possible answer, then do check. Paper and writing implements: make sure you prepare enough sheets of paper for everyone to write on, including scrap paper, and have plenty of pens to hand for those who need them. Prizes: everyone likes a prize.

No matter how small, its best to have one on offer. Good luck! We hope you enjoy Collins Quiz Master. Contents Castle Drogo lies in which English county? John Willoughby is a character in which Jane Austen novel? Which former UK Prime Minister wrote the 2007 book More Than a Game: The Story of Crickets Early Years? Dave Lister is a leading character in which TV sitcom? How is Gordon Sumner better known? Old Trafford is located in which city? What does a thermometer measure? Iridology concerns which part of the human body? What number is represented by the Roman numerals LXXI? How many stars feature on the flag of Chile? In which year was the requirement to display tax discs on vehicles in the UK abolished? Julie Hesmondhalgh played Hayley Cropper in which long-running series? Q is a famous magazine about what subject? What do the initials OECD stand for? The central part of a daffodil shares its name with which musical instrument? During which year did the WWI Battle of Amiens take place? Which two doctors presented the 2019 series

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