Ideas

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

My quiz league starts again on Wednesday and I'm struggling for ideas for specialist subjects.

I use a specialist subject every week, so am looking for around 10.

I have been running this league for over 10 years, so am looking for something a little different but not too obscure.

I'll give you the one's I used for last seasons quiz:

1970s sport
Alcoholic beverages
Film – Westerns
TV comedy
1960s news
20th century history
Literature
Musicals

They must be fairly interesting and nothing too technical.

Any ideas?

[Corabar Entertainment]

What about news stories from the last week? (or do you do a 'current affairs' section in your general sections?)

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

What about news stories from the last week? (or do you do a 'current affairs' section in your general sections?)

I have 2 general knowledge rounds, both of which have current affairs questions, and I also do a dedicated 'in the news this week' round of 15 questions a couple of times during the league.:)

[Danno13]

Famous Quotes
US Sates
US Presidents
Wonders of the World
The Planets


If you don't already have it, this book -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schotts-Original-Miscellany-Ben-Schott/dp/0747563209

Has lots of interesting trivia you could use.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Famous Quotes
US Sates
US Presidents
Wonders of the World
The Planets


If you don't already have it, this book -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schotts-Original-Miscellany-Ben-Schott/dp/0747563209

Has lots of interesting trivia you could use.

I do have a few of his books and they are too interesting - it always takes me much longer when I use them as I end up reading instead of writing questions:(

[Dragonfly]

childrens television?

stupid laws ? you know eg its illegal to marry a fish or something? you could give a list of say 3 and ask which is an actual law in a particular place?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

childrens television?

stupid laws ? you know eg its illegal to marry a fish or something? you could give a list of say 3 and ask which is an actual law in a particular place?


I thought I did a round on kids TV, but have just checked the last 7 years and it wasn't a specialist subject, so that's on the list:thanks:

You got a link for the silly laws Dave?

[ian8limelight]

How about Word Association ????????????? We've had a few examples recently !!!!!!!! :cool:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

How about Word Association ????????????? We've had a few examples recently !!!!!!!! :cool:

I do a trivia trail type round already - is that what you mean?

Last letter of the first answer starts the next answer etc

[ian8limelight]

I do a trivia trail type round already - is that what you mean?

Last letter of the first answer starts the next answer etc


That's the one.

[Dragonfly]

try these daz not looked in great detail but might help?

http://www.dumblaws.com/

http://www.bitoffun.com/Stupid_Laws.htm

this one is a cracker lolol.

http://www.morticom.com/truestoriesstupiditlaws.htm

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

try these daz not looked in great detail but might help?

http://www.dumblaws.com/

http://www.bitoffun.com/Stupid_Laws.htm

this one is a cracker lolol.

http://www.morticom.com/truestoriesstupiditlaws.htm

Good idea, but not really a 'specialist subject', if you see what I mean?

More of a guessing round. I might be able to use it as a different round rather than the specialist one.:)

[Corabar Steve]

A gang of us went to a charity quiz night a few years back, they had a round on weapons
(we played our joker on it & won the came third overall, turns out there were 4 pro teams there)

What about...
Sci Fi TV Shows
Medieval History
Alfred Hitchc*ck films
Gerry Anderson TV Shows (people always think they know more about those little puppets than they actually do)
(for a laugh) WWF/E / WCW Wrestling http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/cactusjack.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/vader.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/sting1.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/bambambigelow.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/flair.gif

[djbigdevs]

Autobiographies - guess who wrote it from the title.


Like that WWE one alot!:D

[Corabar Steve]

Autobiographies - guess who wrote it from the title.

Seen that done, can be a lot harder than you'd think

[Have a disco]

try these

Kids round 1
1. Who were the enemies of the transformers? - The Decepticons
2. Name at least three main characters of fraggle rock? Mokey, Kim, Red ,Doozers, Wembley & the gorgs sprocket the dog
3. Who were Ritchie Cunninghams 2 best friends in Happy Days? - Ralph Malph & Potsie,
4. What are the Fresh Prince's aunt and uncle called? - Uncle Phil & Aunt Vivien
5. Name the rhino & warthog in the hero turtles and the reporter? - April O’Neil, Bebop & Jazz

Kids round 2
1.What were the balls Called in Terrorhawks? The Zeriods
2.Who was Inspector Gadgets Enemy? - Dr Claw
3.What was Mr & Mrs Spoons Daughter called in Button Moon? - Tina Spoon (T-Spoon)
. What was the names of theTwo Blokes in Airwolf ? - Stringfellow Hawk & Dominic Santini
5. Was Vikky The Viking a Boy or Girl? - Girl

Kids round 3
1. Name all the Driver Teams of Wacky Races &

2. Think you did well there Now name the wacky races team car names
Peter Perfect - Turbo Terrific
Rock & Gravel (Slag Brothers) - Bouldermobile
Penelope Pitstop - Compact Pussycat
Ant Hill Mob - Bullet-proof Bomb
**** Dastardly & Muttley - Mean Machine
Gruesome Twosome - Creepy Coupe
Rufus Ruffcut & Sawtooth - BuzzWagon
Sarge & Private Pinkley - Army Surplus Special
Professor Pat Pending - Convert-A-Car
Red Max - Crimson Haybailer
Luke & Blubber Bear - Arkansas Chug-A-Bug
3. Who presented We are the champions - Ron Pickering
4. who was the scottish womble? - McWomble the terrible
5. What Kid TV/cartoon series did Mr McSpreader the editor come from? - Telebugs

Kids round 4
1. Name the anthill mob from wacky races & the perils of penelope pitstop.
Clyde
DumDum
Zippy
Pockets
Snoozy
Softly
Yak Yak
2. what childrens TV series would you find Octavia the Ostrich? - Pipkins
3.Who were the original presenters of Saturday Superstore? - Mike Read, Mike Smith, Cheggers
4. Where would you have found James Bond III and why was he different? Red hand gang and he was black in skin colour
5. What were the names of the neighbours in rentaghost (in full) - Harold & Ethel Meaker

Kids round 5
1. What series had a son called Telemekis - Ulylisies 31
2.Thinguny, Too-ticky & Groke were from which series? - Moomins
3. Who was the baddie in the smurfs? - Gargamel
4. what was the proper name of hong kong phewwy? - Penry
5 Richard Stilgoe presented what show? - Finders Keepers

Kids round 6
1. Poosie Pootle & Perkin were in what kids show? - The Flumps
2 what did dangermouse live in and what colour was his car? - red Postbox and yellow
3. What were the names of all the 8 soldiers of Pippin Fort (Camberwick Green)?
Captain Snort, Seargant Major Grout, Private Armitage, Private Featherby, Private Higgins, Private Hopwood, Private Lumley and Private Meek
4. What was the name of captain cavemans favourite teenangel? - Didi
5. Ed stewart,Don Mclean & Bernie'ostrich' Clifton all have what in common? - Crackerjack


Round 1 - Valentine Blockbusters

Which ‘BOM’ had Eurovision success for Britain in 1976 with Save Your Kisses For Me?
Because American slaves could not marry, by what ‘JTB’ did they honour their union to indicate the sweeping away of the old and welcoming the new?
Which ‘OA’ was the Greek shipping tycoon that did President Kennedy's widow married in 1968?
Which ‘JDB’ was the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte?
In the film Gone With The Wind which ‘ODH’ played Melanie Hamilton?
According to an old superstition, if a single woman sleeps with what ‘WCB’ under her pillow, she'll dream of the man she is to marry?
Charles, Duke of Orleans wrote a poem to his wife, the oldest known Valentine still in existence, while he was imprisoned in what ‘TOL’?
In the movie Sleepless In Seattle which ‘ESB’ plays a prominent role?
In which ‘IHON’ does Clark Gable track down and then become attached to runaway heiress Claudette Colbert?
The Latin quote "Omnia vincit amor" means what ‘LCA’ in English?

Brotherhood Of Man
Jumped The Broomstick
Aristotle Onassis
Josephine de Beauharnais
Olivia de Havilland
Wedding Cake Box
Tower of London
Empire State Building
It Happened One Night
“Love Conquers All”







Round 2 – Lovers

Who was Adrian Mole in love with in his Secret Diary?
Edward VIII gave up the British throne to marry which American divorcee?
Which musician is the long-term partner of former Eastenders actress Anita Dobson?
Which actress plays Leslie Nielsen's girlfriend in the film The Naked Gun?
Famous for his portrayal of The Sheik, who was the big screen's first great lover?
Who was the girlfriend of Marc Bolan and driver of the car on the fateful night when he died?
In the film Shrek what was the name of the princess who falls in love with the ogre?
In Greek mythology, who was unable to tell Narcissus of her love for him?
Kimberly Denise Jones was a one-time lover of her mentor Notorious B.I.G. What is her stage name?
Who played the male lead opposite Paula Wilcox in Granada TV's romantic comedy The Lovers?

Pandora
Wallis Simpson
Brian May
Priscilla Presley
Rudolph Valentino
Gloria Jones
Princess Fiona
Echo
Lil' Kim
Richard Beckinsale


Round 3 – Romantic Literature

Which Scottish romantic novelist wrote the novel Waverley?
Which best-selling romance author also writes suspense novels under the pen name J. D. Robb?
Which poet wrote My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose?
Which British novelist wrote Love In A Cold Climate?
Who wrote the poem containing the line "For this was on St. Valentine's Day. When every fowl cometh there to choose his mate"?
What was the first name of D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley?
Which romantic poet wrote the lines "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"?
Who wrote the romantic novel Jane Eyre?
Which playwright wrote the play Last Of The Red Hot Lovers?
Which Russian author created the romantic work Dr Zhivago?

Sir Walter Scott
Nora Roberts
Robert Burns
Nancy Mitford
Geoffrey Chaucer
Constance
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Charlotte Bronte
Neil Simon
Boris Pasternak

[Corabar Entertainment]

Darren didn't ask you to write the flippin' quiz for him!!! :daft:

[Have a disco]

No but every little helps

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

A gang of us went to a charity quiz night a few years back, they had a round on weapons
(we played our joker on it & won the came third overall, turns out there were 4 pro teams there)

What about...
Sci Fi TV Shows - done
Medieval History - possibility
Alfred Hitchc*ck films - possibility
Gerry Anderson TV Shows (people always think they know more about those little puppets than they actually do) - possibility
(for a laugh) WWF/E / WCW Wrestling - :eek: http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/cactusjack.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/vader.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/sting1.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/bambambigelow.gifhttp://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wrestling/flair.gif

Getting more on the right track now.

[djbigdevs]

How about inventions/designers?

Sponsorships? Could be linked to football, rugby, snooker, F1, GP, TV....... etc

Catchphrases?

Slogans - e.g. "probably" = Carlsberg, "just do it" = Nike, "the ultimate driving machine" = BMW, "hello boys" = wonderbra

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Autobiographies - guess who wrote it from the title.


Like that WWE one alot!:D

This audience wouldn't have a clue about wrestling.

I've done autobiographies too.:)

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Autobiographies - guess who wrote it from the title.


Like that WWE one alot!:D


How about inventions/designers?

Sponsorships? Could be linked to football, rugby, snooker, F1, GP, TV....... etc

Catchphrases?

Slogans - e.g. "probably" = Carlsberg, "just do it" = Nike, "the ultimate driving machine" = BMW, "hello boys" = wonderbra


Godd ideas for other rounds, and a few I've used, but you can't really have a specialist round on slogans can you?:)

[Corabar Steve]

Badger

Ulysses, Telemachus, Hong Kong Phooey, Aristotle Onassis would be an AO, You omitted Sarah Green from SS, Richard Stilgoe presented more than one show during his career.

Those are just ones I spotted without even looking, quiz players will be even pickyer

[djbigdevs]

Names. Peoples REAL names e.g. Elton John, Cilla Black etc.

[Have a disco]

Press this week, Month, Year

Horror

Scifi

Two pints of Lager and a packet of crisps (Well hard)

Fresh Prince of Bel-air

Last song lyrics (last sentence only)

Next request LOL

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Badger

Ulysses, Telemachus, Hong Kong Phooey, Aristotle Onassis would be an AO, You omitted Sarah Green from SS, Richard Stilgoe presented more than one show during his career.

Those are just ones I spotted without even looking, quiz players will be even pickyer

And this is a league, which is a much higher standard then pub quizzes, and if you get something wrong, you'll soon know about it!:(

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Press this week, Month, Year - done or doing already
Horror - done

Scifi - done

Two pints of Lager and a packet of crisps (Well hard) - bit too specialist

Fresh Prince of Bel-air - ditto

Last song lyrics (last sentence only) - already do a music round every week

Next request LOL :confused:

Getting more on the right track though.

[Corabar Entertainment]

How about a round on a story that everyone knows - eg Oliver Twist?

[Have a disco]

you did ask for specialist and silly kiddy questions throw even pro leagues dont matter if its too specialist its there to throw them purposely

More

movie tags (as on posters)

country & western Duets

makes of cars to companies ie sierra = ford

golf ball/club makes

Types of Needles ie crotchy, record etc etc

picture connections

The Simpsons

these are a few that have completely thrown teams on a quiz night I have done in the past can find loads of subjects but the wild card round I did threw even the best simplisity is best go around and do a supermarket sweep round ie prices of goods etc etc most blokes will be completely stuffed

[Corabar Steve]

makes of cars to companies ie sierra = ford

What about companies that are/were connected? Or marketed as different brands in different countries for example- Vauxhall, Crysler, Opal & Hillman have all had an Avenger, when Datsun cahnged to Nissan they kept the same model names etc.

A good idea in principle, but I don't think it's workable.


do a supermarket sweep round ie prices of goods etc etc most blokes will be completely stuffedSpeak for yourself :D

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

What about companies that are/were connected? Or marketed as different brands in different countries for example- Vauxhall, Crysler, Opal & Hillman have all had an Avenger, when Datsun cahnged to Nissan they kept the same model names etc.

A good idea in principle, but I don't think it's workable.

That's the problem with a few of these suggestions!

Thanks all for the suggestions - keep them coming.:beerchug:

[Corabar Entertainment]

Badger, have you been drinking tonight? :beer3:

[Have a disco]

keep it too Original brands then cant go wrong really

[Have a disco]

erm yep had a few

I did quiz night again how about beers to town countries origins ie carlsberg = copenhagen denmark

[Corabar Entertainment]

erm yep had a few

I did quiz night again how about beers to town countries origins ie carlsberg = copenhagen denmarkThought so - I am having great trouble ununderstanding most of your posts!!!!!
:eek: :confused:

[Corabar Steve]

keep it too Original brands then cant go wrong really
Crysler & Opal Avenger were the same car released onto the market at the same time (there are more):sorry: , still wouldn't work

[LastMinuteDJs.net]

Specialist round's i've used:

The Simpson's never has never failed me

Phobias - you name the phobia, they tell you what it is. My favourite is Arachibutyrophobia - fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

The weird round I often use is the Fish or False round. You say a word, they say if it's a fish or if it's false. You can put stupid words in - its amazing how many people thought Hoover was a fish. Then you can really mock them when explaining what a hoover is...

[DMX Will]

Theme tunes, either played normally or sped up/slowed down :)

[Candybeatdiscos]

try www.quiz-zone.co.uk

[Corabar Steve]

(Just coz it's on TV at this precise moment) CSI (& it's variants)

[Corabar Entertainment]

Just coz it's on at the moment, CSI (& it's variants) :what:... on earth was that in reply to?

[Corabar Steve]

This
My quiz league starts again on Wednesday and I'm struggling for ideas for specialist subjects.

I use a specialist subject every week, so am looking for around 10.

I have been running this league for over 10 years, so am looking for something a little different but not too obscure.
:ner:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Well, I've decided to do it a little differently this year, by asking the teams to come up with their own subject and I will research it and write the questions.