Knowledge

[threemonkeys]

I have finished the Phoenix end of year quiz. It ended up taking a lot longer than the last couple that I set. Even allowing for everything in life being harder at the moment, I think that I have lost quiz inspiration again. It happens every so often. I do a few and enjoy the process and then it becomes a chore and I stop for a while. I don't think I'll be doing any more for a year or two. Unless, that is, somebody is happy with a recycled one, but I'd need a whole new audience for that to work.

Actually, I'm pretty happy with the quiz I have done this time - I think it has enough themes and small pieces of humour to work pretty well. However it is a bit challenging. By which I mean that it is just plain hard. There is always a balance between making a quiz a genuine test of knowledge and making it a feel good exercise that lets the audience boost their ego by being able to answer lots of easy questions.

Still it is part of the end of year party - perhaps I better dumb go it down a bit.

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[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

You can't keep everybody happy, but I look to pitch the hardness of a quiz so that teams will average about 7/10 on every round. That seems to give the best satisfaction level. At this year's NZ natcon all the teams got scores within the 60-80/100 range (all but one actually). I was really happy with that effort. This year it feels more like a 5/10 quiz unless I do something to it.