Hosting a Pub Quiz

[arej]

Right so I (with a friend) am hosting a university pub quiz in a couple of weeks time and want some ideas to make it fun and funny. I'd quite like some ideas to get people interacting - some games to break up the rounds, that kind of thing.
If anyone has done this kind of thing and has some ideas, that would be great. I don't really want it to be a boring standard pub quiz just answering questions and wanting it to be over quicker!
Also any source of questions would be useful too.

Thanks

[Le Mans Visitor]

Hope this helps

http://www.pubquizhelp.com/index.html


also found this... some team names are quite rude!

http://www.pubquizhelp.com/misc/teamname.html

Edited by Le Mans Visitor on Sunday 1st February 22:31

[DrTre]

Anytime I go to a pub quiz the "just answer the questions" part is exactly what I'm after.

Just my two penneth, no doubt there are peeps with plenty of ideas.

Unless you mean things like picture or music rounds?

[Jasandjules]

Music rounds are always funny.. Play two\three seconds from a song and then ask them to name it.

Also, give all tables a map of the world, play clues as to a country for each question, and they have to put the Q number on the map in the right country.

I went to one where they handed out an A4 page of flags of countries as well, and during the quiz you had to fill that in and ID the country from the flag..

[bridgdav]

Extra rounds to break up the teams...

Things like Sudoku, picture round, Numbers game, crossword...Dingbats...

All to be completed during the questions - the teams will have to sacrifice someone during that round. Lets the ones who can't do sport or music the chance...

The puzzle etc, has to be completed in the time of that Question round.

Collect at the end of the questions -correct teams get extra points or a prize.

I've done it - Works OK.

Edited by bridgdav on Sunday 1st February 22:52

[elster]

Don't forget a beer break.

I went to one quiz and they forgot this!!!! Mentalists.

Just make the questions interesting and a few fun ones. I think it is more important that YOU perform well, if you are an amateur stand up you should do well. If you have the personality of brick, it will be a bad quiz.

[arej]

These are the right kind of ideas, thanks. Just want it to be a bit of fun at the same time and make sure everyone has fun even if they can't answer the questions - definitely won't forget the beer break! Keep them coming please!

[Le Mans Visitor]

Don't forget a raffle as well. always a winner, donate some to charity maybe if it goes well.

[Dunk76]

Don't forget to include several questions on Quantum Physics.

Like they did last week at our usual pub.

Hilarious.

[OJ]

I say Fan, you say Dabi Doze

Fan...

[Fishtigua]

My fave was when I hosted a music round and got the teams to sing the next line. Six fat blokes at the bar singing 'Don't it make your brown eyes blue' will stay with me forever, not in a nice way either.

[anonymous-user]

Our local pub quiz had a food and drink round.

Name two different apples and two different cheeses and then name the short cocktail (+ the two spirits that it was composed from).

Bit of a change, and the cocktail was nice

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 2nd February 14:07

[Sciroccology]

Jasandjules said:

Music rounds are always funny.. Play two\three seconds from a song and then ask them to name it.

Old TV themes are even better - play a short clip of the theme and get them to name the programme.