tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65948096162003050662024-03-18T22:17:04.584-04:00The Big Quiz ThingThe official blog of the ultimate live trivia experience, for corporate and private events, nationwide.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.comBlogger478125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-33117325858169228352016-12-19T20:56:00.000-05:002016-12-19T20:56:11.894-05:00A Christmas quizHappy that season! Enjoy our Christmas-themed (yes, it is Christmas-themed) trivia quiz…<br />
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2. What notorious pro-wrestling villain of the 1980s wore a kilt and a T-shirt bearing the phrase “Hot Rod”? <br />
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3. In 1996, Irish-American performer Michael Flatley created and starred in what musical production, whose title also became a nickname for Flatley himself?<br />
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4. <i>Monster</i>: What musician's 2009 album included that word in its title, the only thing differentiating it from the title of the same musician's 2008 album?<br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">5. In Rhode Island, what popular nonalcoholic drink is sometimes called a cabinet?</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">6. The taxonomic family <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anatidae</em> includes ducks and what two other types of birds?</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">7. Which current NBA team has neither a city nor a state in its name? </span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">8. Appropriately, what was the last name of the first explorer to reach the South Pole by air? </span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">9. The fast-food chain Popeyes took its name from a character in what 1972 Oscar winner for Best Picture? </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-s2yKt8s0czSif3IRpvH8S2fpMfQuLndrHubKoLNQEDPYzvuFBT3QdO4zGQvwYbQTZwhRWz1jVkcXbNGqe_Ootr2fEpAxxXUbaCq_njR855gD-TQgNKMBVPPCcxDh6i5cM1v_Kdwu3Qk/s1600/MW-EB556_NBA_20_ZG_20151217120410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">11. What 1970s TV musical comedy starred a stepmother and stepson, playing actual mother and son?</span></div>
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The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-44527138603101136972016-11-23T15:03:00.000-05:002016-11-23T15:03:03.732-05:00A Thanksgiving trivia quiz<br />
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During this blessed week, we here at <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/"><b>The Big Quiz Thing</b></a> give thanks for many things, both big and small, both quizzy and otherwise. But there's nothing we're more thankful for than trivia. Join us in our joy by taking our Thanksgiving-themed trivia quiz. (Want answers? Visit us on <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://facebook.com/bigquizthing">Facebook</a>.)<br />
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1. In 2013, for the first time ever—and most likely the last time ever—Thanksgiving coincided with what other holiday?<br />
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2. The first Thanksgiving parade (in 1920) was sponsored by what department store chain—which shut down in the ‘80s (so nope, it’s not Macy’s)?<br />
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3. What well-known Christmas song was originally written for a
Thanksgiving celebration—back in the days when people spent Thanksgiving
outdoors in the snow, and bells weren’t associated with Christmas?<br />
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4. Canada’s own version of Thanksgiving—known to some as <i>L'action de graces</i>—happens annually on a Monday, coinciding with what non-Thanksgiving U.S. holiday?<br />
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he was actually saying the name of what traditional Thanksgiving food?<br />
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6. What’s larger: (a) the number of years between the Pilgrims and
Natives’ First Thanksgiving meal, and the USA officially declaring
Thanksgiving a national holiday; or (b) the number of years between the
USA officially declaring it a national holiday and now?<br />
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8. <a href="http://www.hebertsmeats.com/">Hebert’s Specialty Meats</a> in Louisiana claims to be the originator of what
rather gluttonous, cleverly named Thanksgiving dish that incorporates
multiple types of meat via a technique known as “engastration”?<br />
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10. Which is not a real parade somewhere in the U.S.: (a) McDonald’s
Thanksgiving Parade (Chicago); (b) FirstLight Federal Credit Union Sun
Bowl Parade (El Paso); (c) Berkshire Hathaway Parade of Thanksgiving
Stars (Omaha); (d) 6abc Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade
(Philadelphia)? <br />
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11.
In Arlo Guthrie’s 18-minute musical monologue, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM">Alice’s Restaurant</a>”
(traditionally played on the radio on Thanksgiving), the protagonist is
trapped in a hellish military bureaucracy, all because he commits what
misdemeanor?<br />
<br />12.Counting Christmas Day itself, what’s the greatest number of possible days between Thanksgiving and Christmas?<br />
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Thanksgiving is nearly upon us: The end-of-year holiday season has begun! Prepare for
peace and joy (we hope)–and, sadly, the headaches that <b>holiday planning</b>
entails. But let's kill two birds with one stone: Let's talk about <b><a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">hiring a corporate trivia company to entertain at your holiday party</a></b>, to increase your joy while reducing your stress. Read on…<br />
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<span id="goog_686087838"></span><span id="goog_686087839"></span>December is a busy month for any corporate
event professional, since only the grinchiest of companies fail to treat
their staffs to some type of festivities. There are copious options,
of course—bowling, karaoke, standing around drinking with
your coworkers—but a quality <b>holiday trivia event</b> is always an ideal
choice: A professional quiz show has the benefit of being…<br />
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<li><b>Fun</b> (who doesn't like games?)</li>
<li><b>Collaborative</b> (working on that always-valuable <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/trivia-teambuilding.html">team-building</a> mojo)</li>
<li><b>Cost-effective</b> (a typical event is run by a very small team)</li>
<li>And—best of all—it's <b>customized</b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">.</a>
Want questions and games about your specific office or industry? A
credible company can accommodate (we here at the <b><a href="http://bigquizthing.com/">Big Quiz Thing</a></b> have
customized events for everyone from a university ichthyology department
to a massive financial-services organization). Even if you just want a
grab bag of pop-culture fun, it will generally be geared toward your co.'s
demographics and culture. (In other words, if you have a millennial-heavy staff, there won't be many queries about flappers and the
Charleston.)</li>
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Each event is unique, and there's no better time to feel special than the holidays. A
quiz show is also especially suited to the end of the year, since it's a
great way to have an entertaining look back on the year that was. Take
stock of your company's 2016 with lighthearted examination of the
events, people, and developments that made the year so great, or at least memorable. It's fun <i>and</i> educational, see?<br />
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That covers the joy. As for reducing the headaches, good event-planning service means keeping trivia parties
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Costumes, candy, scary movies, plastic decorations, all that good stuff: 'Tis Halloween, the holiest day for lovers of pointless holidays. Balance out your extreme consumption of Milk Duds by feeding your brain with quality seasonal trivia questions. Spooked? Hit us up on <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://facebook.com/bigquizthing">Facebook</a> and we'll supply the answers…<br />
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1. What horror movie monster first appeared in 1932, returning in sequels titled after his hand, his tomb, his ghost, his curse, and that time he met Abbott and Costello? <br />
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2. What classic scary story tells the legend of a Hessian trooper who was fatally shot by a cannonball during the Revolutionary War, and whose ghost haunts a specific part of Westchester County, NY? <br /><br />3. Fill in the blanks describing the punnily funnily Halloween costumes: <br />
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4. Complete this 50 Cent song lyric, in which he helpfully tells you how to spell a stereotypical Halloween costume: "I don't know what you heard about me, But a bitch can't get a dollar out of me, No Cadillac, no perms, you can't see, That I'm a motherfucking…" <br />
<br />5. His sweater looks like it’s red and black striped, but it’s actually red and dark green striped. Whose sweater? <br />
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6. Candy Bar-rithmetic: Do the math, considering the ingredients in the candy bar (the answer is one ingredient)…<br /> <br />
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7. Every August, the town of Britt, Iowa, hosts the largest national convention of what type of itinerant people, who happen to be a stereotypical Halloween costume? <br /><br />8. Coulrophobia is the very common fear of whom, thought to result from children receiving mixed messages about avoiding strange people? <br /><br />9. Sally in <i>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre</i>, Laurie in the original <i>Halloween</i>, Sidney in <i>Scream</i>: All are examples of a slasher-movie trope commonly known as “The BLANK Girl.” <br />
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<br />11. One of the top companies making adult Halloween costumes is named BLANK Avenue, where BLANK is what three-letter noun indicative of much of their costumes’ appeal? <br /><br />
12. Dunkin Donuts is currently offering a seasonal treat cleverly labeled a Boston BLANK Donut. <br />
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13. Henry is the actual first name of what iconic movie character, a fairly popular Halloween costume? <br /><br />14. Candy Bar-rithmetic: The answer is a single ingredient…<br /> <br />
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1. Fill in the BLANKs: On April 27, despite the fact that his chances of winning the Republican nomination were almost totally gone, BLANK named BLANK as his running mate. <br />
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2. Whose name is depicted here?<br />
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<a name='more'></a>3. Thanks to a memorable speech, in the days following the Democratic National Convention, Amazon.com saw a huge increase in sales of a pocket edition of what? <br />
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4. In August, Green Party nominee Jill Stein was late to a rally in a city whose name begins with the letter <i>C,</i> because she accidentally flew to a different city whose name begins with the letter <i>C</i>. What state are both cities in? <br />
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5. "Enjoy" this clip one of Donald Trump's least-greatest hits from the campaign, with a word or phrase beeped out. Fill in the beep. <br />
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6. Which current candidate for President received 0.99% of the popular vote in the 2012 presidential election? <br />
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7. Who is this handsome young man? <br /><br />
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8. In February, Jeb! Bush was reduced to pleading with the audience at a campaign event to do what? <br />
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9. Dead last in the Republican primary, with 12 votes in the Iowa caucus and 133 in the New Hampshire primary: Jim Gilmore, former governor of which state? <br />
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10. A 2016 limerick-steen. Fill in the end of the poem…<br /><br />
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11. What is the better-known identity of 16-year-old satirical presidential candidate Brady C. Olson? <br />
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13. Which is <i>not</i> among the policy positions of presidential candidate Vermin Supreme (who came in fourth in the New Hampshire Democratic primary): (a) the end of diplomatic relations with Luxembourg; (b) all citizens must brush their teeth daily; (c) increased zombie-apocalypse preparedness; (d) a free pony for every American? <br />
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14. When Hillary wins, “Clinton” will be the fifth last name shared by two different Presidents. What’s the only last name shared by Presidents who weren’t related? <br />
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15. Who is this lovely young woman? <br /><br />
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16. When she wins, Hillary Clinton will be only the second President born in Illinois. Who was the first? (It <i>wasn’t</i> Abraham Lincoln.) <br />
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17. Another 2016 limerick-steen. Fill in the end of the poem…<br /><br />
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18. That other guy in Democratic primary, Martin O’Malley, was a major inspiration for a character on what HBO series? <br />
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19. "Enjoy" this clip one of Donald Trump's least-greatest hits from the
campaign, with a word or phrase beeped out. Fill in the beep. <br />
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20. A joke: When Bill Clinton was President, his motorcade stopped at a gas station outside Chicago. Suddenly, the First Lady jumped out of the car and enthusiastically hugged and chatted with the man pumping gas. When she climbed back into the limo, she said to Bill, “You’ll never believe it—that was my high school boyfriend! I hadn’t seen him in 30 years, even though we almost got married.” “That’s amazing,” Bill said. “Imagine how different things would be if you had married him.” “Yeah,” Hillary said…<br />
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The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-61649751932969711002016-10-13T20:48:00.000-04:002016-10-13T20:48:20.307-04:00If only trivia nerds voted……what would the electoral map look like? Maybe a little something like this:<br />
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We're never sure who decides these things, but yes, today is "officially" <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/us/national-international-coffee-day/"><b>National Coffee Day</b></a>. So hey, have another cup (I'm midway through the second of the day myself). And while you're enjoying that fresh-brewed caffeinated goodness,
peruse this latest factoid-packed blog post, containing some of our
favorite beans of coffee trivia…<br />
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<li><img align="right" alt="Capuchin monk" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIse_zlhoCuzJ06DH-DOBjPO491joR6jcW7-ljtSon10iYfzIxAf_-ExFwETJRAXdcyFu0zAYeuQm4SoeGYmUS9cMz6v-3OaaBAUpl8GHsdK7FuyJz9wOg61dalt676kTaiupQRZNck-uJ/s1600/capuchin.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 5px 0px 3px 10px; width: 104px;" title="Capuchin monk" width="104" />Cappuccino is named for its color—the same shade of brown as the habits of Capuchin monks. <br /></li>
<li>Hawaii is the only one of the 50 states that grows coffee.<br /></li>
<li>The Maxwell House brand is named for <a href="http://www.millenniumhotels.com/usa/millenniumnashville/">a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee</a>.<br /></li>
<li>According to legend, coffee was discovered by when an Ethiopian
goat-herder named Kaldi noticed that his animals had more energy (and
wouldn't sleep) after eating certain beans. (More about this legend and
the history of joe is <a href="http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=68">here</a>, courtesy the <a href="http://www.ncausa.org/">National Coffee Association</a>.)<a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mcc4G7DSL._SX321_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mcc4G7DSL._SX321_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="129" /></a><br /></li>
<li>A
1967 bestselling book, purporting to offer “the uninhibited
memoirs” or two rather promiscuous flight attendants, was cleverly
titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Uninhibited-Memoirs-Airline-Stewardesses/dp/0142003514"><i>Coffee, Tea or Me? </i></a>(You figure it out.)<br /></li>
<li>The coffeeshop on <i>Frasier </i>was wittily named Café Nervosa. The one on <i>Friends </i>was, of course, Central Perk.<br /></li>
<li>The MooLatté—a frozen coffee drink available at <a href="http://www.dairyqueen.com/">Dairy Queen</a>—attracted much criticism when it was introduced in 2004, for a perceived similarity between the name and an archaic term for people of mixed race. But the DQ persevered, and <a href="http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/Menu/Drinks/Mocha-MooLatte/?localechange=1&">the drink's name remains</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1TA5o9BMjxLKBp6-GcLPe7QohomrARWw9FRQnPGOJ5ixDbsefd65ihAAIrvdM6hxJZy5pBmjInKC2-vR5XQejOkn-qs_gp5r827m80rYLBR2cp1hxjP7FcWntuL5uh3T7Yl5BmEklO0/s1600/Anthora.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1TA5o9BMjxLKBp6-GcLPe7QohomrARWw9FRQnPGOJ5ixDbsefd65ihAAIrvdM6hxJZy5pBmjInKC2-vR5XQejOkn-qs_gp5r827m80rYLBR2cp1hxjP7FcWntuL5uh3T7Yl5BmEklO0/s400/Anthora.jpg" /></a><br /></li>
<li>"We are happy to serve you" is the exact message on the iconic New
York City Greek hot-beverage cup, officially named the Anthora design.
(We relayed the history of the cup on the actually-really-existed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqkfQjj6LCE">Big Quiz Thing TV show</a>.)</li>
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The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-69858371533884235362014-04-22T10:44:00.000-04:002014-04-22T10:44:00.382-04:00Hiring a trivia company: What to look for (part 2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Continuing from <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2014/04/hiring-trivia-company-what-to-look-for.html">yesterday's post</a>: What should you look for when you're choosing a company to organize your company's custom trivia event? Read on for four more expert tips…<br />
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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ9QviweHRvq_PBRL2F72DdYEVKGuRYy1UP5KymC9LlBnC71Dy2dPeWJf0PnmSS_Qf3i-KTlx4hOe1HIzq0g8qQNrs_gzL0f0gQYObgscEETEyO9fbj3hu-ohR1HPEE60PLc0doP5F5g/s1600/14142_10151918542961197_687960608_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJ9QviweHRvq_PBRL2F72DdYEVKGuRYy1UP5KymC9LlBnC71Dy2dPeWJf0PnmSS_Qf3i-KTlx4hOe1HIzq0g8qQNrs_gzL0f0gQYObgscEETEyO9fbj3hu-ohR1HPEE60PLc0doP5F5g/s1600/14142_10151918542961197_687960608_n.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>Inquire about custom content: </b>The most popular add-on to <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">the Big Quiz Thing's standard quiz-show package</a> is customized material—questions specifically about the client company, its staff, its history, its industry. Close to half of our clients request this, especially at noncorporate, wedding/anniversary/birthday/bar mitzvah events, where we’ve done entire quizzes about the life and times of a guest of honor. Perhaps you’re not interested in custom material—like most of our clients, you just want general knowledge, pop culture, etc., and you'd rather keep company business out of party time—but consider it, and inquire about it regardless, since offering this option demonstrates a company’s personalized touch and flexibility.<b> </b><br />
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<b><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS7QAjZg4IEDivvQ7sNRbmZaE9GjV6VkM0HxVJO1jryPN_amNiBG0ZXv1338Pct7YkQ584Woe2SmApemJ0TXPYii5Sx4vJv1MnVCbRKRONo3243Jg1R5ormx3z0Ook6jAOImL6Z7taHA/s1600/Screen+shot+2014-04-19+at+3.14.55+PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS7QAjZg4IEDivvQ7sNRbmZaE9GjV6VkM0HxVJO1jryPN_amNiBG0ZXv1338Pct7YkQ584Woe2SmApemJ0TXPYii5Sx4vJv1MnVCbRKRONo3243Jg1R5ormx3z0Ook6jAOImL6Z7taHA/s1600/Screen+shot+2014-04-19+at+3.14.55+PM.png" height="76" width="200" /></a></b></b>Read some testimonials:</b> A reminder—since this is good advice for hiring anyone for anything, so you surely know this already—but make sure your quiz company has a proven track record of working with and delighting companies like yours. <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">Look at their client list</a>, <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/testimonials.html">read their testimonials</a>, maybe even send out a few e-mails or phone calls (legit companies have references at the ready). Beware the company whose website doesn’t list any former clients, since their “corporate” experience probably doesn’t extend beyond the founder’s girlfriend’s birthday party. (Though we’ve done that too, and it was super fun.)<br />
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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouTtscXKuYJ__X4zg6N2ou_gLpEleY7b1Nh6O8QHb9m-CdpKzCPVmkzIi9Gl-0ZLt_30ninNCPxkCXpA6wwGr_avxYIeVKC9ggT4JPzTCzeKmKI5HtcOJ4TzIHHLRFuqF4NXCn8shniY/s1600/260346_10151654656636197_657129827_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouTtscXKuYJ__X4zg6N2ou_gLpEleY7b1Nh6O8QHb9m-CdpKzCPVmkzIi9Gl-0ZLt_30ninNCPxkCXpA6wwGr_avxYIeVKC9ggT4JPzTCzeKmKI5HtcOJ4TzIHHLRFuqF4NXCn8shniY/s1600/260346_10151654656636197_657129827_n.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a>Look for the other hallmarks of true professionals:</b> Since most trivia companies are fairly small, the founder often doubles/triples/quadruples as sales manager/quizmaster/everything-else person. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with this—that described the Big Quiz Thing in its early days—but it can be tricky, since it often means things get personal when they should be professional (a too-personally-invested salesperson is a pushy salesperson; hallelujah for the BQT’s sales manager, Ellen Bereza). Also, ask if they’re insured: If your event is at a hotel or similar venue, knowing your trivia provider can supply a certificate of liability means you have one fewer thing to worry about. <br />
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With summer on the way, the Big Quiz Thing is entering one of its busy seasons. Traditionally, with companies throwing warm-weather parties for its staff and summer associates (in offices, at restaurants, even on boats), we pick up a lot of <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">corporate business</a> between June and August; thus, people tend to inquire between March and May. So it seems like a good time to offer some expert advice on what to look for when hiring a corporate trivia provider. Behold…<br />
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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzx2I_9CAtdlamJX98kaA0BPEl_BpazgdV2X0aiJ4X_VucDIT3_AevswJ7djjdWpOV6B2aWaCz5AvnYodHrSxWryzPMkfDMkcrhDIAZmNcwrVwSly-NSseMekJyN2W9onEyYxgJQVRx3E/s1600/TeamBuilding1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzx2I_9CAtdlamJX98kaA0BPEl_BpazgdV2X0aiJ4X_VucDIT3_AevswJ7djjdWpOV6B2aWaCz5AvnYodHrSxWryzPMkfDMkcrhDIAZmNcwrVwSly-NSseMekJyN2W9onEyYxgJQVRx3E/s1600/TeamBuilding1.jpg" height="132" width="200" /></a>Hire an actual trivia company:</b> Let’s start with the most important, and the obvious…which turns out isn’t so obvious. Since “corporate trivia events” is still an alien concept to many (it’s always interesting when I explain to new acquaintances what I do for a living), even people who are looking to hire in this field often don’t know that there are companies who do <i>only</i> trivia. Thus they might end up recruiting some other event company that just happens to include trivia in its multifarious bag of tricks— teambuilding generalists, scavenger hunt companies, comedy troupes, etc. These events might be a good time (trivia usually is, if you ask me), but you simply won’t get the experience that a true quiz-focused company can give you, both in terms of fun and professionalism. Every other tip I offer below could theoretically be subsumed under this one: Demand the experts.<br />
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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJe_jW7kLfY0OqgJd_-hAK3DR1aIE3ekbQltG9oqW36YsTqJGMb1xHnV72sJFY6lGSCdXeVQkTv0rBdAJneEzOcunP93g_uvi3Gvd5gfvNQxXemNEm7EqaRwcnznrEdDFTLClXV_-cCE/s1600/ScoresCrowd.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJe_jW7kLfY0OqgJd_-hAK3DR1aIE3ekbQltG9oqW36YsTqJGMb1xHnV72sJFY6lGSCdXeVQkTv0rBdAJneEzOcunP93g_uvi3Gvd5gfvNQxXemNEm7EqaRwcnznrEdDFTLClXV_-cCE/s1600/ScoresCrowd.jpg" height="133" width="200" /></a>See them in action:</b> Another general one. Most corporate quiz companies also produce public events, whether cozy pub quizzes or, like the BQT, <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/live-game-show.html">large-scale live game shows</a>.
Ask about their public offerings, and try to see one live (or send a
colleague)—this will answer a lot of the questions I suggest asking below, plus you’ll probably have a fun night out on the
company dime. And ask what the major differences are between their
public and private shows. The biggest for the BQT: Our public quizzes
are generally more challenging than custom ones—it’s more self-selecting
crowd when it’s open to the masses, after all. (<a href="http://my.calendars.net/bqtcalendar">Check our calendar</a> to see when the BQT is in your area, e-mail us to get on the guest list, and say hi to our awesomely dedicated geek fans.)<br />
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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcFMbTLzKt-ETuUwuEjjMegZPALeVFGPXNx_RstOWzONkVpSXgkd026pj7GGJqy5CuuFG9TZcHVSdzvXmEZdKQCNdyemi1ojHt_eopt6TazRnVShOKWUch_i4uBtXEokuVeyXaADfHb0/s1600/KissKissBangBang.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcFMbTLzKt-ETuUwuEjjMegZPALeVFGPXNx_RstOWzONkVpSXgkd026pj7GGJqy5CuuFG9TZcHVSdzvXmEZdKQCNdyemi1ojHt_eopt6TazRnVShOKWUch_i4uBtXEokuVeyXaADfHb0/s1600/KissKissBangBang.jpg" height="132" width="200" /></a>Ask to see sample questions: </b>If you can't experience the questions at a public show, request to see some; any trivia provider worth its question marks will be willing to show you samples. It’ll give you an idea if the company really knows what makes for a quality quiz event—do they produce clever, engaging, original questions and puzzles (at the Big Quiz Thing, we often say they’re “figureoutable”), or do they think an obscure, dry query is good enough (“What’s the capital of Burundi?” is my favorite bad example. The correct answer is “Who cares?”)? Even worse, they might simply “borrow”
questions from someplace else (e.g., a Trivial Pursuit deck); I have seen it done, believe it
or not, so ask from whence these queries come. The
amount of energy a company puts into designing and creating its content
is indicative of how much energy it’ll put into making your event a
success. <b> </b><br />
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<b>Demand multimedia content: </b>With most trivia companies, an event consists of a guy with a microphone asking verbal questions. Sure, that can be fun—especially if the questions are decent—but that isn’t a show, and c’mon, wouldn’t your crowd rather play a real quiz show? Quality trivia providers (the Big Quiz Thing among them) incorporate visual puzzles and audio clues for a fully engaging game-show experience (and they’re experienced at working with a venue to make sure things go smoothly from a tech perspective). And yes, demand originality: See <a href="http://youtube.com/bigquizthing">the BQT’s YouTube page</a> for some examples of our multimedia games, which are a cut above plain old “Who is this a picture of?” visual questions.<br />
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<b>Make sure you’re getting a professional quizmaster: </b>No one individual is more integral to the success of a quiz event than the host, so ask about him (or her, of course). Confirm that they have experience in hosting not just corporate events, but corporate quiz events—engaging the players, steering the format, presenting the material properly. Some trivia providers employ stand-up comedians or TV newscasters as their hosts; those people might be fun, but they’re not professional quizmasters. (Think of it this way: I’m a professional quizmaster, but I would <i>strongly</i> advise you against paying me to give an interpretive dance performance.) Dovetailing with the point about multimedia, look for a company that provides an actual performance, not a dry exercise. After all, if that’s a boring guy reading questions is enough, why not give a microphone to the funny guy in accounting, google “great trivia questions,” and do it yourself? (Pro tip: Don’t do that.) With <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/bqt-tv.html">our own TV quiz show</a> under our belt, <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">the Big Quiz Thing</a> is the best there is at bringing true game show excitement to live groups of all sizes. Plus, I wear a sparkly jacket.<br />
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The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-45120277727993164582014-04-15T13:00:00.000-04:002014-04-15T13:00:00.391-04:00Palindrome trivia in honor of Palindrome WeekIn the annals of pointless holidays (e.g., Pi Day, the time when I was in middle school when it was 1:23 and 45 seconds on 6/7/89), let us not overlook our present joyous occasion: We are in the midst of <b><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/04/14/palindrome_week_every_date_this_week_is_symmetrical.html">Palindrome Week</a></b>. Yesterday was 4/14/14. Today is 4/15/14. Tomorrow is 4/16/14. And so on till Saturday: Every day's date is a palindrome—the same forward and backward. Monumental, right? Truly a whole-bunch-of-times-in-a-lifetime event.<br />
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To honor this most honor-worthy of happenings, behold a low-ago video puzzle I dug from the archives: "Trivial Palindromes Semordnilap Laivirt." Each statement can be rephrased as a palindromic phrase. For example: "The largest city in Poland had yet to be cooked" can be restated as "Warsaw was raw." Wow. Have at it, Bob.<br />
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Wow, wasn't last night's final-season premiere of <a href="http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men"><i>Mad Men</i></a> fantastic? The way that Don Draper & Co. navigated the highs and lows of the ad business amid the cultural tumult of the 1960s? Incredible.<br />
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But surely the highlight (surely) was our little preshow trivia challenge on <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">Twitter</a>. For an hour (an hour-plus, actually, since we kept tweeting during commercials), we sent out the finest in <i>Mad Men</i>–themed quiz questions for the social-media masses. Thanks to everyone who played, but especially our top scorers: <a href="http://twitter.com/thepaqrat">@ThePaqRat</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/Negro_Abe">@Negro_Abe</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/negropeggy">@negropeggy</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/iblameshane">@iblameshane</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/greenmelinda">@greenmelinda</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/riptor">@riptor</a>. <br />
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For those of you who didn't play (or aren't even following <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">the BQT on Twitter</a>, for shame), see the questions below—the first 12, I'll send up the rest later in the week. And since we didn't quite get to every query last night, we'll be <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">tweeting</a> out a few more next week during Episode 2's premiere. You don't want most of it, you want all of it. Am I right?<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_%28number%29">How many years passed between the first episode of Season 1 and the last episode of Season 6?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.townofossining.com/j25/">What’s the common factor: Sing Sing Correctional Facility, and Don and Betty Draper’s home? </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ryeny.gov/">What’s the common factor: A type of bread, and Henry and Betty Francis’s home?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://madmen.wikia.com/wiki/Joan_Harris">Which character’s silhouette is pictured here?</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBm5RjI6QBA">Complete this quote: “I’m Peggy Olson, and I want to BLANK some BLANK.”</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2215143/">Which cast member’s name can be anagrammed to “Shakier Napkin”?</a><br />
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More later. Have a cigarette (or don't).The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-20435953748690375872014-04-09T15:56:00.000-04:002014-04-09T15:56:26.711-04:00Sunday: An online Mad Men trivia challenge!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some fun coming this Sunday: That outrageously entertaining, era-defining chronicle of America in transition, <a href="http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men"><i>Mad Men</i></a>, is back on <a href="http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men">AMC</a> for its final season (10pm EST). And to capitalize on the mania, we'll be presenting an BQT online trivia challenge: A whole bunch of questions all about the show's preceding six seasons, in the inimitable BQT style (which means yes, some multimedia fun). Starting at 9pm (one hour before the premiere), we'll be posting one question at a time on our Twitter feed <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">(@BigQuizThing</a>), and hey, maybe we'll give away a prize or two. Fun, fun, fun. And a day or two later, we'll post all the questions on this blog for your tweet-free edification. So <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">follow us on Twitter</a>, review the preceding seasons on Netflix, and try to avoid getting run over by a lawnmower, Guy.<br />
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The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-2856685223454815972014-02-14T15:00:00.000-05:002014-02-14T15:00:02.691-05:00Perfect prizes for private and corporate trivia events<span style="font-family: inherit;">As you might imagine, our <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">multimedia quiz party business</a> involves a heck of a lot more than asking trivia questions. In fact, a huge aspect of it is answering questions—as with anyone who provides a professional service, clients who hire us for their own trivia nights always have queries for us: They want to know what we can offer and how we can offer it in the realm of corporate trivia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some questions are easy to answer (yep, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152025010136197&set=pb.56778091196.-2207520000.1392081951.&type=3&theater">we provide the pens</a>). Others are more challenging (I think I’ll keep those examples to myself). One that falls somewhere in the middle, but is certainly one of the most often asked questions, is about prizes. As we explain to all clients, we don’t include prizes in our cost, but we’re always happy to advise on them, and even help acquire them. Some suggestions for great trivia prizes…<br /><br />—<b>Gift cards. </b>Easy to acquire, desirable, lots of variety, relatively inexpensive. Plus, I can be real smooth about pulling them out of my quizmaster jacket pocket.<br /><br />—<b>Novelty trophies/medals. </b>Available at any party-goods store, and they add to the whole game-show milieu. Depending on the design, we can even simply customize them with a company-logo sticker (or, why not, a Big Quiz Thing sticker). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">—<b>A corporate perk. </b>This is a fun one: Several companies we’ve worked with have given members of the winning team a company prize. We’ve awarded extra telecommuting days, an in-office ice cream bash, even—for one group of summer interns—a group lunch date with the CEO. Yes, you college go-getters, your ultimate business success depends on how well you answer trivia questions about M&M’s.<br /><br />—<b>Puzzle books and pocket games.</b> Twenty minutes and 50 bucks at Barnes & Noble can get you a huge bag of mini board games, portable games, puzzle books, etc., that can be super fun for a winning team to split up and take home.<br /><br />—<b>Something big.</b> Want to go deluxe? We’ve given away $10k online gift certificates, brand-new iPods, a basket of Google Chromecast media players (those are actually pretty cheap, but they look impressive). No better way to really get the competitive juices flowing.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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A quiz show is the perfect entertainment for an educational fundraiser since, let’s face it, a trivia game is itself educational. Sure, playing the BQT event isn’t going to earn you a Ph.D. (unless you're getting your degree in <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2011/06/anatomy-of-perfect-trivia-question.html">how to write the perfect trivia question</a>), but I'd argue that the typical BQT attendee leaves a little smarter than when they arrived (<i>smarter</i> being a relative term). Naturally, we’ve picked up a few useful tricks for how to adapt our format for more enlightening purposes than mere trivial diversion. </div>
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Last year, the BQT partnered with a fantastic organization, <a href="http://www.btny.org/">Breakthrough New York</a>. BTNY, <a href="http://www.btny.org/mission-core-values/">in its own words</a>, is “a non-profit organization that transforms the lives of motivated, low-income students by preparing them for college so that they can succeed in the world,” running topflight after-school educational programs. As part of its annual big-ticket gala (at the absolutely splendid <a href="http://www.capitaleny.com/">Capitale</a> in Chinatown), they asked us to help them design and stage an “Are You Smarter than a Breakthrough Student?”–themed event—a quiz in which the adult attendees tested their knowledge of the BTNY curriculum. Great idea for an educational fundraiser, right?<br />
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For most custom events, I don’t write a top-to-bottom new set of questions; we do offer a <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">bespoke-trivia option</a>, but it’s rare that a company asks for an entirely new collection of material. This, however, was such a rare instance, and perhaps the most fun we had doing one: The BTNY staff sent me reams of its curriculum—science, grammar, literature, and more—for a variety ages, and I pored through it, crafting questions that reflected both the organization’s ethos and the BQT style of creative trivia. (In other words, fun and "figureoutable" trivia questions, not just asking players to parrot back facts they learned lo those many years ago.) Take, for example, the one in that photo above: not too tough, though still not a complete gimme.<br />
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Meanwhile, on the grammar tip, I pulled the above image from a BTNY teacher’s lesson Powerpoint, and asked, "What do DC and IC stand for here?" (While quizmastering this one, I managed to squeeze a joke out of the fact that <i>Hawkman</i> gets the dynamic-spellcheck underline.)<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><br />
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But with all corporate and private events, it’s important to keep the focus on the client (we’re the hired help, after all). With trivia fundraisers, that’s even more important: The guests need to remember what cause they’re supporting (and why). And in Breakthrough New York’s case, we wanted to spotlight their young scholars: the kids whose lives they transform, as it were. So <a href="http://edpnyc.com/">EdP</a> and I broke out a gimmick that we’d used very successfully at a previous educational fundraiser (for the equally worthy <a href="http://www.experiencebell.org/">Building Educated Leaders for Life</a>): We visited a Breakthrough school one afternoon, and recruited a few of the more outgoing kids to ask a few questions on camera, and screened it for the guests at the gala, effectively letting each kid serve as quizmaster for a question. It was an effective touch, and for EdP and me, a fun one (the more we work with kids in any capacity, the more we enjoy it; take our recent success with the <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2014/01/nyc-quiz-recap-big-family-quiz-thing.html">Big Family Quiz Thing</a> public event).<br />
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The show was a terrific hit (<a href="http://www.btny.org/blog/2013/5/14/michael-goldstein-smarter-than-a-breakthrough-student">here's an interview with the adult winner</a>), so Breakthrough has recruited us for its 2014 gala. It’ll be happening <a href="https://breakthroughnewyork.thankyou4caring.org/smarter">Tuesday, April 29</a>, this time at <a href="http://apogeeevents.com/about_tribeca.asp">Tribeca Rooftop</a> (EdP is making a site visit this week to know what to expect techwise; something we do for any event, big or small). If you’re the charitable-gala type, <a href="https://breakthroughnewyork.thankyou4caring.org/smarter">consider it unmissable</a>—a great cause, excellent food and drink, and, of course, primo entertainment. And I’m just now starting to once again dive into the BTNY curriculum, coming up with this year’s batch of multimedia trivia, designating questions for youngsters to once again ask on camera, and fondly remembering my own long-ago education (what exactly <i>are</i> the differences between equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles?), adapting it for my adult avocation.<br />
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Interested in your own BQT trivia fundraiser? Of course you are…but if you need more convincing, read on here about our entire <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/private-corporate-quiz-events.html">custom-trivia program</a>. And then get in touch with us, at <a href="mailto:booking@bigquizthing.com">booking@bigquizthing.com</a>, and let’s talk. <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/">The Big Quiz Thing</a>: Making learning (and fundraising) fun.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-68277093038434250182013-07-15T10:30:00.000-04:002013-07-15T10:30:00.132-04:00#BQTonTV premiere press roundupWell, that was fun! <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/bqt-tv.html">The Big Quiz Thing TV show</a> premiered last night on <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/media/html/tv/nyctv_life_big_quiz_home.shtml">NYC Life</a>, and damn, does it look good (if you missed it—or even if you didn't—<a href="http://a002-vod.nyc.gov/html/recent.php?id=2105">Episode 1 is right here</a>). And the best news: There's more! Seven episodes total, premiering each Sunday night through August (with reruns throughout the week). <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/bqt-tv.html">Details, details</a>.<br />
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A quick roundup of some of the press we've generously received for the show, and for the <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2013/07/photos-from-our-sneak-preview-tv.html">Sneak Preview</a> event at the <a href="http://highlineballroom.com/">Highline Ballroom</a> last Tuesday…<br />
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—<a href="http://timeout.com/newyork"><i>Time Out New York</i></a>, one of the many <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2013/06/sneak-preview-tv-screening-party-and.html">fabulous prize partners</a> last Tuesday, hyped us not <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/the-big-quiz-thing-is-coming-to-tv-check-out-a-preview-video">once</a>, but <a href="http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/the-big-quiz-thing-sneak-preview-tv-screening-party-and-quiz">twice</a> (and possibly a third time soon). I tell ya, work at a publication for more than a decade and it's amazing what they'll do for you…<br />
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—<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-groner/">Danny Groner</a> of the <a href="http://huffpo.com/">Huffington Post</a> was at the Sneak Preview event and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-groner/the-next-big-quiz-thing-h_b_3576998.html">interviewed me</a> after the fact. Yay, Arianna!<br />
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—Also at the live event: a reporter/photographer from a fantastic NYC event site called <a href="http://www.localbozo.com/">Local Bozo</a>; he <a href="http://www.localbozo.com/2013/07/the-big-quiz-thing-at-highline-ballroom/">got some great shots and filed a terrific report.</a><br />
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—If you're any kind of TV game show fan, you really should know about <a href="http://buzzerblog.com/">BuzzerBlog</a>, an indispensable source for news on all things <i>Price Is Right</i>–etc.–related. They had <a href="http://buzzerblog.com/2013/07/nycs-the-big-quiz-thing-starts-tv-run-tonight-at-9pm-on-nyc-life/">some nice words for us</a> yesterday.<br />
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—And of course, folks on the BQT <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/bigquizthing">Facebook</a> pages have been kindly expressing their excitement. See you again Sunday the 21st…The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-89047205004288952562013-06-19T23:13:00.001-04:002013-06-19T23:13:55.766-04:00#BQTonTV: The newest promoWe're less than a month till the premiere of the Big Quiz Thing TV show, my friends. Check out this latest preview…and <a href="http://highlineballroom.com/show/2013/07/09/the-big-quiz-thing/">buy your tickets now</a> to our <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/pr-bqt-tv.html">Sneak Preview TV Screening Party and Quiz</a> at the <a href="http://highlineballroom.com/show/2013/07/09/the-big-quiz-thing/">Highline Ballroom</a>, Tuesday, July 9. Glory!<br />
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Sorry to say it, NYC, but this was our best Comic Con show yet. (Hey, there's always <a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/">next October</a>.) Want a small taste? Can you put these Batman movie chest logos in order, oldest to most recent?<br />
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<a href="http://katievagnino.com/">Quizmistress Katie</a> hopes to see the Team Namers at <a href="http://www.uncommonground.com/pages/devon_home/35.php">Uncommon Ground</a> in Edgewater this Thursday, for our next monthly Chicago show (at the special time of 8:30pm). Passes to the <a href="http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/">Adler Planetarium</a>, $200 grand prize, extra-special goodies from the BQT prize closet that I brought to Chicago over the weekend. And yes, trivia nirvana. 8:30pm, friends.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-67333213337320104412013-04-03T10:30:00.000-04:002013-04-03T10:30:00.341-04:00Quizmaster Noah: The life and times<div style="text-align: center;">
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Well, how about this: I am the subject of a rather <a href="http://narrative.ly/gamers-geeks/the-trivial-life-of-noah-tarnow/">in-depth profile</a> at the fascinating journalism website <a href="http://narrative.ly/">Narratively</a>. Written by the severely talented <a href="http://helainahovitz.wordpress.com/tag/helaina-hovitz/">Helaina Hovitz</a> and photographed by Courtney Dudley (she was at our <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2013/02/nyc-quiz-recap-big-oscars-quiz-thing.html">humdinger of an Oscars quiz</a>), this article represents a unique experience for me: I get to see my mind and story laid bare as if I were an actual, real, honest-to-God celebrity (it does focus on the incipient <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2013/02/photo-essay-shooting-bqt-on-tv.html">BQT TV show</a>, so hey, that's not completely off-base).<br />
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I can't say that I'm 100 percent happy with everything here—I hope Zach Braff never reads it, for example—but that's the media for you. And hey, I'm nit-picking: It's<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> </u></span>fair, and paints a reasonably impressive portrait of who I am and what I've accomplished. (My mom hates it, but I think she may be slightly biased.)<br />
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This week, we completed shooting of the Big Quiz Thing: The TV Show, and man, was it an adventure. Seven episodes of a New York City–themed game show, effectively (in my opinion) adapting the BQT format for the small screen. It airs starting this summer (exact date TBA) on the <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/media/html/tv/nyctv_life.shtml">NYC Life</a> network (channel 25 of Time Warner Cable or Fios). Of course, we'll be plastering clips all over the Internet, fear not.<br />
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Rehearsal,
which took place at the NYC Media studio in Downtown Brooklyn. The
modified logo was great—still recognizable as the BQT, but spiffed up nicely . At right is NYC Media producer Liisa Lunden, along
with Bill Hamilton of our house band, <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/nipsey">Nipsey</a>,
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A team table, this one featuring a regular BQT team, the Fat Kids. We had a few live-show frequenters taking the TV challenge, though not all could keep their familiar names (e.g., no dice on "the Fantastic Fournicators").</div>
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The view from my podium onstage. Three teams of three people—I think this was ultimately the most faithful way to adapt the traditional team-trivia format to TV.</div>
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A question during the Lightning Round. Won't tell you more than that, but yes, that is an NYC-based query. Really pleased with how the content turned out. </div>
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Loading out on the last day. Element was the perfect space for this show (we're even chatting with them about doing a live event there).</div>
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There will be much, much more hyping in the months ahead, don't you fret. Get ready.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-34083712672527528822012-11-13T10:30:00.001-05:002012-11-13T10:30:03.803-05:00Quiz recap: Boston 11/12/12Before we go any further, last night there was an odd confluence among the team names at the Big Quiz Thing's beloved Harvard Square home of <a href="http://cluboberon.com/">Oberon</a>: three squads whose names referenced the grand lord of statistics, <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/">Nate Silver</a>. Sure, the guy had a great week, accurately predicting that a likeably cool-headed American success story would be elected over a desperate plutocratic buffoon. But still, odd coincidence. (Clearly Silver isn't yet old news. Neither is the Willardtron 3000, judging by the frequency with which we all used Mitt Romney as a piñata last night.) My noticing of this led me to ask the audience something I've been wondering: What if we did a special BQT event with Sir Silver, nothing but politics and baseball? Interested? I definitely am (I hate baseball), and the crowd tonight definitely seemed to think so. Stay tuned.<br />
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For the uninitiated, Smart-Ass Points are credit for wrong but funny answers, one of the many things that makes the Big Quiz Thing so double-plus awesome. And last evening, we had lots of excellent Smart-Ass Points. But here's the problem: We're in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/163252900480681/">NYC tonight</a>, with much of the same fabulous BQT content (yeah, you heard me), so I'm loath to share with you some of yesterday's better SAPs, for fear of giving away. So I will tread carefully (then again, I do like rewarding people for reading this blog)…<br />
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—The book that included a murderer's analysis of the music of Genesis, Whitney Houston, and Huey Lewis and the News (really? I can't make fun of Huey, booing fans?) was<i> Mein Kampf.</i><br />
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—The old smoking dude from the '50s clog-dancing in Appalachia was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irm57aeJ7tU">crumping</a>.<br />
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— Whose did Mike Tyson bite off in '97? Vincent Van Gogh.<br />
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Et cetera. The audio round, "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," was particular fertile Smart-Ass territory, as anytime a team didn't know the answer, they were tempted to use the Snappy Answer clue to come up with something clever. The best of the bunch won't make sense here without question-killing context, so allow me to be mysterious: "Are You Proficient in Word?" got the biggest laugh of the night.<br />
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As predicted, the video puzzle, "Movies and TV: Untranslated," was tricky…somewhat. IDing the movies and TV shows was fairly simple, but puzzling out the foreign languages was rather brutal. Tip for folks in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/163252900480681/">NYC</a> (and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/357021044391152/">L.A.,</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/130311663785798/">Chicago</a>): Bring a linguistics major to join your team, you won't regret it (and they won't, of course).<br />
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A quick thank-you to our <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/11/boston-prize-sponsors-this-monday.html">serious prize sponsor lineup</a> for the evening: Our old friends at the <a href="https://www.beerbrew.com/">Modern Homebrew Emporium</a> and the <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/07/boston-prize-sponsor-harvard-museum-of.html">Harvard Museum of Natural History</a>, plus newcomers the <a href="http://www.graftonstreetcambridge.com/">Grafton Street Pub</a> and the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/">MIT Museum</a>. Beats remainder DVDs any day of the week, doesn't it? And also a thank-you to my returning warm-up comedian/sidekick, Mr. <a href="http://twitter.com/weshazard">Wes Hazard</a>. The man, the legend.<br />
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And the finale: Quick and easy, <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/10/boston-recap-monday-1022.html">returning champs</a> the Monstrous Humanoids mopped it up over perennial contenders Loose Lips Sink Quips and Nate Silver = Is Relevant (it's an <a href="http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html">anagram</a>! <i>neeeeerds!</i>). Two questions, and Humanoidette Esther claimed the top prize, the first time in their long BQT history that the Humanoids had a repeat victory. Done, and done well.<br />
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1. The Monstrous Humanoids<br />
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5. <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/sir-rex-hunt-dies-aged-1432752">Sir Rex Hunt</a> Kicks Ass!! <br />
6. Tip Us Maybe (Oberon staff team!)/Ice Cream Antisocial (tie)<br />
8. David Petraeus: The Spy Who Shagged Me<br />
9. Nate Silver Gives Us a 91% Chance of Losing<br />
10. Salvador Dali Parton/DARA the Explaras (tie)<br />
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Next: I repeated ad nauseam at last night's show, but it bore repeating: <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/11/the-tenth-anniversary-quiz-show.html">We are less than three weeks away</a> from el grande enchilada, the Boston edition of our <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/pr_10yr_marathon.html">Tenth Anniversary Quiz Show Marathon Spectacular</a>! Sunday, December 2, noon to 10pm; <a href="http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/big-quiz-thing%E2%80%99s-tenth-anniversary-quiz-show-marathon-spectacular">one cheap ticket</a> and you can come and go all day. Nonstop quiz excitement, music, short films, comedy from <a href="http://www.improvboston.com/">Improv Boston</a>, food, and <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/10/its-back-bqts-tenth-anniversary-quiz.html">ridiculously fantabulous prizes</a>, including a grand $500 jackpot. <a href="http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/big-quiz-thing%E2%80%99s-tenth-anniversary-quiz-show-marathon-spectacular">Get your tickets </a>now, now, now, now, now, and <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/05/quiz-marathon-strategy.html">plan your strategy</a>. We love you.<br />
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Courtesy the BQT's ever-indefatigable videographer, <a href="http://americancaesar.net/">William K. Scurry Jr.,</a> check out the BQT in action at last month's nerd-mungous <a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/">New York Comic Con</a>! It was our second straight year of delighting the fanboy and -girl masses, and much fun was had all around (especially by BQT superfans the Fantastic Fournicators, who won yet again).<br />
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Hoping to be back next year. In the meantime, now that <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/11/quiz-recap-chicago-11112.html">the BQT has conquered Chicago</a>, we might bring the Comic Con quiz to the Midwest's own edition of the geek summit, <a href="http://www.c2e2.com/">the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo</a>, in April. The wheels are in motion, as they say.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-32618976137770069942012-11-05T12:01:00.000-05:002012-11-05T12:01:00.316-05:00Video: Tenth Anniversary Quiz Show Marathon training montage!Since yes, <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/10/its-back-bqts-tenth-anniversary-quiz.html">we're doing it one more time—now in Boston</a>—I'm back in training. Check out Quizmaster Noah preparing once again for ten solid hours of live quizmastering!<br />
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<a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/10/its-back-bqts-tenth-anniversary-quiz.html">Details on the Marathon right here</a>: ten solid hours, amazing prizes, live comedy from <a href="http://www.improvboston.com/">Improv Boston</a>, so much more. And cheap advance <a href="http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/big-quiz-thing%E2%80%99s-tenth-anniversary-quiz-show-marathon-spectacular">tickets right here</a>. Don't you dare to even briefly consider missing it, friends.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-39279404656858549462012-10-29T17:55:00.000-04:002012-10-29T17:55:55.093-04:00It's back! The BQT's Tenth Anniversary Quiz Show Marathon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Really? No, seriously? Yes—we’re doing it again. After <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/06/quiz-recap-ten-frickin-hours.html">last June’s earth-shaking Ten Hour Quiz Show Marathon in NYC</a>, to celebrate a decade of BQT action, we are just insane enough to be doing it again. Our ever-supreme Boston-area home, Harvard Square’s <a href="http://cluboberon.com/">Oberon</a>, is hosting the second performance of our Tenth Anniversary Marathon (this one closer to the actual ten-year mark), with another full day of scintillating live game show action, and another ten hours of <a href="http://twitter.com/noahtarnow">Quizmaster Noah</a> (that’s me) doing the nonstop-quizmastering thing at the expense of his health and sanity (now accepting 5-hour Energy donations). It's <a href="http://bigquizthing.com/pr_10yr_marathon.html">Sunday, December 2, noon–10pm</a>, a little more than a month till I tempt fate once again.<br />
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First, the basics: It’s ten hours of the familiar BQT team-quiz formula, 25 rounds total of the game. The greatest hits from the BQT's decade of video and audio puzzles, naturally, plus the world’s greatest trivia questions, a passel of Lightning Rounds, a handful of Text Message Challenges, Smart-Ass Points galore. And no, you don't have to stay all day: For one low ticket price, guests can come and go as they please—as long as someone from your team submits an answer sheet for a given round, your team will receive points for that round. (<a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/05/quiz-marathon-strategy.html">Last May’s blog post about BQT Marathon strategy ought to come in handy</a>.) Backing us up all the way will be the return of our erstwhile Boston music-meister, <a href="http://dotdotcomdotcomcom.com/category/podcast/">DJ Xdon RicklesX</a>.<br />
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And now, your most eager question: prizes. The winning team takes home more than double the haul of a typical BQT: a cool $500. Plus we’ll have tons more goodies from a rafter of Boston’s greatest stores and experiences: So far, we've got regular Boston prize sponsors <a href="http://blog.bigquizthing.com/2012/07/boston-prize-sponsor-harvard-museum-of.html">The Harvard Museum of Natural History</a>, <a href="http://beerbrew.com/">the Modern Homebrew Emporium</a>, and <a href="http://followthehoney.com/">Follow the Honey</a>, plus Harvard Square's lovably old-school <a href="http://www.themillionyearpicnic.com/">Million Year Picnic</a> comic-book store, Kendall Square's inspirationally wired <a href="http://voltagecoffee.com/">Voltage Coffee and Art</a>, the film nerd paradise of the <a href="http://www.coolidge.org/">Coolidge Corner Theatre</a>, the wacky-gift wonderland that is <a href="http://www.harvardsquare.com/Home/Shops/Joie-de-Vivre.aspx">Joie de Vivre</a>, and more. Even Improv Boston will be tossing in prizes, and there are plenty more on the way. <br />
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It’s Sunday, December 2, noon to 10pm, and the <a href="http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/big-quiz-thing%E2%80%99s-tenth-anniversary-quiz-show-marathon-spectacular">ridiculously cheap advance tickets are already on sale right here</a>. Form your team, organize your strategy, and do not sleep on this one…I certainly won’t.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-28421725598336250122012-08-29T21:47:00.000-04:002012-08-29T21:47:41.401-04:00The BQT: Straight outta Times Square!The super-exclusive crowd at last Friday's NYC History Spectacular at the New-York Historical Society got a dose of this, but here's our latest video project: Quizmaster Noah (to use the third-person) finding some of NYC's most charactery characters and asking them some of New York's finest New York–specific quiz questions. Enjoy.<br />
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BTW, missing from this is that guy you always see in Times Square dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume and posing for photos. I actually asked him the Statue of Liberty question, gave him clues galore, and he still missed it. The irony was fun, but it turned out more sad than anything else—I don't think the dude's grasp of English was all it could be. It's the center of the universe, after all.The Big Quiz Thinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08519581270310367461noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6594809616200305066.post-48437149468397424072012-07-01T16:38:00.004-04:002012-07-01T16:38:55.530-04:00A Canadian BQT flashback<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://gocanada.about.com/od/publicholidaysincanada/a/canada_day.htm">Happy Canada Day!</a> This day has somewhat special significance for your beloved quizmaster, since I am —technically—Canadian. My father was born in the bustling metropolis of <a href="http://www.citywindsor.ca/Pages/Home.aspx">Windsor, Ontario</a>, best known as the city where 19- and 20-year-old Detroit kids go on Friday nights in order to drink legally. When I was 15 years old, he was transferred to the considerably more bustling metropolis of <a href="http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/">Montreal, Quebec</a>, where I spent the last three of my high school years (and by virtue of my dad's heritage, acquired a Canadian passport, which is pathetically out of date at the moment). Montreal was awesome, but by the time I was 20, back in the States for good, this adventure had retreated into the nostalgic recesses of my mind, and I was boring old American again. But I will always bristle when my countrymen express their characteristic ignorance of their northern neighbor (as when, yes, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/people-moving-to-canada-because-of-obamacare">right-wing idiots declared they were moving to Canada to escape Obamacare</a>). And to answer your question, yes, it was damn cold, but that doesn't sound so bad considering what it's like in NYC right now (good thing global warming is a myth, huh?).<br />
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Today is Canada Day, the anniversary of Canuck independence (1869), and I'm honoring it by <a href="http://twitter.com/bigquizthing">tweeting my favorite Canadi-factoids all day</a>. But twice in the BQT's history—2003 and 2008—I commemorated the holiday with a special audio round: "Keep on Rockin’ in the Land of Socialized Health Insurance" (well, the first time I didn't call it that, since I wasn't as imaginative back then). Songs by Canadian artists, of which there are many, many, because Canadians are awesome (and there ain't much else to do in Winnipeg but form a band). Digging through the archives, here's what I deemed quizworthy back in the day…<br />
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1. "These Eyes" -- The Guess Who<br />2. "Fat Lip" -- Sum 41<br />3. "Never Surrender" -- Corey Hart<br />4. "Puppy Love" -- Paul Anka<br />5. "All For Swinging You Around" -- The New Pornographers<br />6. "Suzanne" -- Leonard Cohen<br />7. "Sk8er Boi" -- Avril Lavigne<br />8. "Southern Man" -- Neil Young<br />9. "Informer" -- Snow<br />10. "Carey" -- Joni Mitchell<br />
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A nice mix there: legends and flashes in the pan, great tunes (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8nXCx5qgo">"These Eyes"</a> is immortal) and conscious garbage (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuG_fTwoUoU">"Puppy Love"</a>). I remember that hardly any teams could ID <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcVLIN1cJQ8">the New Pornographers song</a>, but hey, I wanted to seem current (Avril Lavigne wasn't enough for me; BTW, in those days before easy song downloading, I acquired that song by purchasing a bootleg CD on Canal Street in Chinatown). I also seriously considered upping the list to 11 tracks, since I felt the desperate need to squeeze in Toronto's pride of the '90s, Barenaked Ladies. Laugh, if you want, but I was way into that band in high school, when they had yet to break through in the States, and they were a terrifically dorky live act. Granted, everything they've done in the past 15 years sucks, but hey, how good is your band?<br />
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1. "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" -- Shania Twain <br />2. "Heat Of The Night" -- Bryan Adams <br />3. "Signs" -- Five Man Electrical Band <br />4. "Turn Me Loose" -- Loverboy <br />5. "Building a Mystery" -- Sarah McLachlan <br />6. "Closer To The Heart" -- Rush<br />7. "Money City Maniacs" -- Sloan<br />8. "1234" -- Feist<br />9. "Welcome To My Life" -- A Simple Plan <br />10. "If You Could Read My Mind" -- Gordon Lightfoot<br />
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