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[threemonkeys]

I seem to have done it again. Agree to set another sf quiz that is. The thing about setting a quiz is that after a certain point it does not really get any easier with practice. It gets worse because you have used up all your "A" material. Particularly this time as it pretty much has to be all new material. It will be easy enough to come up with a bunch of "name the author", "name the film" questions and a few pictorial identifications (the quiz is a powerpoint presentation), but you do need to have something a bit extras. A few questions that are a bit distinctive - things that are entertaining over and above the basic fun of answering questions.

I'm looking for ideas here.

In the meantime, if you want a question from this year's NZ natcon...

Are You Watching Closely? One was Batman, one was Wolverene but when they came together for a film, their characters’ initials run together to start the word abracadabra. What movie of prestidigitation does this describe?

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[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Very possibly. Typical examples from my last quiz...

11) Name the author who wrote the “Fire of Heaven” fantasy series and this year had the first book of the “Husk” series published.

12) Name the Kurt Vonnegut novel in which the main character becomes a zoo exhibit on the planet Tralfamadore - although the primary focus of the novel was the firebombing of Dresden.

13) Both Christopher Priest’s “The Space Machine” and Stephen Baxter’s “The Time Ships” are based on the works of what other British author?

Q12 had a picture of Vonnegut, but it was just decoration put there because it was a visually presented quiz and it made things look more interesting than just the plain text. But it wasn't actually necessary to the question. I did that whenever I could. Actual identification of authors based entirely on their picture only happened once.