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My turn to do the zoom quiz. Help.

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PamelaJ1 Sun 28-Jun-20 07:09:16

We have been doing these for a while now. We have quite a wide range of ages taking part so it can be tricky to set the questions. Some of us don’t know what LOL means and the younger ones don’t know their proverbs!

I think the best round we had was my DD’s. Who said this? Homer Simpson or Mr. Trump?
Last week my sister had us drawing car marques. Even awarded an extra point for artistic ability??‍♀️. As my artistic prowess is non existent I didn’t get extra points.
Have any of you got ideas for fun and slightly different rounds.
This week I’ve decided to get them to get them to guess what I’m making from a list of ingredients. So far I’ve got pancakes, SC pastry, meringues and Victoria sponge. 6 more to go

Sunlover Thu 09-Jul-20 10:39:38

I did a round of music questions. Every song had a colour in the title.
Just google songs with colour in title and then you can record the intro. Was really good.

Wheniwasyourage Thu 09-Jul-20 10:37:33

Thank you for many useful suggestions, with particular thanks to Tanjamaltija, several of whose questions I have lifted for our quiz this week. It always seems like a good idea to volunteer to do the quiz until a few days before, when panic sets in!

Planning to do a round with alternative meanings for first names of some family members - choose the correct one.

Ashcombe Mon 29-Jun-20 11:15:19

RHYTHM
is another such word.

Maremia Mon 29-Jun-20 11:09:17

Yes Ashcomnbe, the Derry Girls programme featured that dance.

Macgran43 Sun 28-Jun-20 22:42:16

All answers have no vowels. eg songs sung in church. HYMNS

Type of gland. LYMPH

rowyn Sun 28-Jun-20 22:06:31

Ashcombe, THANK YOU too. Have never heard of it and would have never believed it without the YouTube evidence!!

Carol54 Sun 28-Jun-20 19:53:56

We did a tenable one. The questions and answers are on the internet . Each family wrote as many answers as they could and we gave the answers after each question so no-one could keep adding

Soxo Sun 28-Jun-20 19:11:55

We play stop the bus. Have 5 categories e.g girls name, country, boys name, animal, food. Give out a letter, they have to write down the answers and as soon as they finish shout ‘stop the bus’ if they’ve matched all 5 they get the points x

Ashcombe Sun 28-Jun-20 18:30:12

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCfys0_IMXo

A link to “Rock the Boat” from which the question about the Oxford and Cambridge dance clue originated.

rowyn Sun 28-Jun-20 18:04:16

OH and THANKYOU Lioness68 . Obviously I had a very youth!very sheltered

rowyn Sun 28-Jun-20 18:02:33

Maremia, I thought of the boat race, but I know of no dance called either of those words!!

Lioness68 Sun 28-Jun-20 16:54:48

Rowyn - Brighton in the 60s is March Of The Mods!!

Maremia Sun 28-Jun-20 16:46:36

rown, is Oxford v Cambridge, 'boat' as in the boat race?
Brilliant post, as it is my turn to produce a family quiz this Saturday.

Ashcombe Sun 28-Jun-20 14:44:20

Glad to help! Do let us know how it goes! ???

PamelaJ1 Sun 28-Jun-20 14:22:58

NannyG123,
My niece, a different one, did maths?. Year 11 level, walk in the park? I don’t think so. My quiz, with help from you all is going to be so much fun.

PamelaJ1 Sun 28-Jun-20 14:20:26

Oh those are good, thanks Lucca and Ashcombe.

Helen we did chins. My nieces partner, who never met my father got him correctly, my mum didn’t !

Ashcombe Sun 28-Jun-20 13:23:56

This was well received by our theatre company social group.

It’s Cryptic Book Titles.

You can give them without/with authors:-

1.) The Raisins of Displeasure (Steinbeck)

2.) Biography of 3.142 ((Martel)

3.) A Trio of Gents in a Watercraft (Jerome)

4.) The Interplanetary Skirmish (Wells)

5.) Utensil Fixer, Clothes Maker, War Fighter, Fact Gatherer (Le Carré)

6.) Internal Organ of Shade (Conrad)

7.) Arrogance and Discrimination (Austen)

8.) The Elderly Chap and the Great Pond (Hemingway)

9.) Fun Sized Lasses (Alcott)

10.) The Milky Way For People Who Stick Out Their Thumbs (Adams)

Let me know if you need the answers.

Lucca Sun 28-Jun-20 13:00:32

Cheese Service station or both. Here you are !

Helen2806 Sun 28-Jun-20 12:23:15

@PamelaJ1 if it’s a family quiz, a great round I heard of was guess the person from the body part, using cropped photos of family members.

NannyG123 Sun 28-Jun-20 12:21:01

We used to have a family quiz we all set up a round if 10 questions. My 13 year old grandsons question were all on science as he enjoys science. Let's just say science isn't my best subject I was rubbish. It was questions he thought were easy?

PamelaJ1 Sun 28-Jun-20 12:19:56

Riggie- thanks but no thanks. We have a family that is half army half civilian. The army types know all about Generals and they always put in a military round. I have to support the rest of us!?

PamelaJ1 Sun 28-Jun-20 12:12:30

Lucca yes please.
This has been amazing. Thank you all so much. I’ve nearly got enough. I can go and chill now.

A friend just rang for some advice on reconfiguring her bungalow. I’ll let you all have the details later. In sure you can sort her out too?

PamelaJ1 Sun 28-Jun-20 11:54:05

Wow I’ve just found sporcle.com
And got up a quiz entitled Ikea chair or swear.
Tanjamaltija, that must have taken you ages to type. I think I’ll just take a screenshot.?

cassandra264 Sun 28-Jun-20 11:33:38

If you all come from the same geographical area, a popular one can be guessing the names of popular places from pictures shared on screen (sometimes from unusual angles). This can give equality to the younger members if thought through beforehand.
Or, if not, well known landmarks. Make 60% of the questions easy; 30% fairly tricky; and the remaining 10% absolute stinkers!

Lucca Sun 28-Jun-20 11:29:30

I can give you a list of the cheese sevi ce station ones if you like... but later.