Review Of The Year 2014 Quiz 1

The first of two pub quizzes looking back on events from the year 2014, this quiz is particularly suitable for New Year's Eve parties and for quizzes run towards the end of 2014 or the start of 2014. It takes on a similar format to our weekly quizzes and is made up of 8 high quality rounds as follows...

Round 1: Handout Round
This round is split 3 three sections. The first features photos of 5 people and the aim is to name the famous people who married them in 2014. The second section features 5 quotes from the year 2014 and the aim is to name the famous people responsible for them. The final section features 5 taglines that were used to advertised films that were released in 2014 and the aim is to name these films.

Round 2: Sport
10 questions on events from the world of sport in 2014, such as "At the Commonwealth Games, which former cyclist was asked for identification when trying to enter the velodrome that was named after him?".

Round 3: Connections
2 sets of 4 questions on General Knowledge, with questions 5 and 10 each asking for a 2014-related connection between the previous 4 answers.

Round 4: Points Builder
4 questions on relating to the year 2014, where question 1 requires 1 answer, question 2 requires 2 answers, and so on, and where each individual answer is worth 1 point.

Round 5: In The News
10 questions on events from 2014, such as "From October 1st, what did drivers in the UK no longer need to do for the first time in almost 100 years?"

Round 6: Which Month?
10 questions asking teams to name the month of 2014 in which various events took place. For example, "In which month did Scotland vote 'no' to independence?"

Round 7: Entertainment
10 questions on the world of entertainment from 2014, such as "Which country did Conchita Wurst represent when winning the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest?"

Round 8: Double Trouble
10 questions on the year 2014 where each correct answer scores 2 points, each answer left blank scores zero points, but each incorrect answer scores -4 points!

The pub quiz quiz pack is made up of 5 separate files as follows...

First of all there is a professionally designed 2 page answer sheet, that you can print out and hand out to each team at the start of the quiz for them to write their answers on as you read out questions. This also features a round by round scoresheet to make it easy to see how each team has performed after all the answers have been marked at the end of the quiz.

Secondly, there is a handout round, which again is to be printed out and handed out to teams at the start of the quiz for them to work on straight away, and carry on working on throughout the quiz and during any breaks you have.

Next there is a 5 page sheet with all the questions in rounds 2 to 8 for you to read out during the quiz, along with all the answers to these plus the answers to the handout round to be used at the end of the quiz to mark everyone's answers. This also features 2 tie-break questions to be used at the end of your quiz if two or more teams end up with the same score.

There is also another version of this 5 page sheet, but where all of the answers have been removed. This may not be needed, but is included in case the quiz-master would like to take part in the quiz too.

Finally, there is a 4 page sheet with instructions and advice on how to run a great quiz.