Weekly Quiz 1 - July 24th 2006

This is the first in our weekly series of complete quizzes and features 7 high quality rounds as follows...

Round 1: Handout Round - Cryptic TV Shows
Identify 20 TV shows from the cryptic clues - e.g. the correct answer to "Dad still" is "Pop Idol" (Pop Idle).

Round 2: General Subject
10 questions on Sport And Leisure for you to read out as teams write down the answers on their answer sheets.

Round 3: Specialist Subject
10 questions for you to read out on Myths And Legends

Round 4: Connections
7 general knowledge questions followed by a final question worth 3 points asking for a connection between the previous 7 answers.

Round 5: General Subject
10 questions on General Knowledge.

Round 6: Initial Letter Link
9 general knowledge questions followed by a final question where the answer can be spelt out using the first letters of the first 9 answers.

Round 7: Stick Or Twist
The final round, in which teams are faced with an option to gamble or play safe. This features 5 questions where question 1 is worth 1 point, question 2 is worth 2 points and so on, and where teams can choose to "stick" and stop answering questions in this round at any point. The reason they may want to do this is because if they put down a wrong answer then they automatically score 0 for this round!

The quiz is made up of 4 separate files as follows...

First of all there is a professionally designed 2 page answer sheet, which is to be printed out and distributed 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 distributed to each team 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 4 page sheet featuring all the questions in rounds 2 to 7 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.

Finally, there is a 4 page sheet featuring detailed round by round instructions and notes, plus general advice and recommendations on running the quiz.