The Singing Chocker Quiz

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Welcome to the Singing Chocker quiz home page, written by me, Steve Kidd. For the pub and Flaming Grill site click here

We run two quizzes: On Wednesdays it's General Knowledge, on Saturdays it's Music. There are more games and prizes than you can shake a stick at, and if they are not the best quizzes you go to, let me know why!

Before I go any further, if you would like the questions (perhaps you run a pub quiz yourself) I can e-deliver them to you. Just imagine, no more six hour sessions setting questions! If you want a quiz presenting - I'm yer man.

Anyhoo; this is how we roll! Each round is different, there are loads of prizes, here is a description and some tips.

Prizes

Both Nights
Quiz Prize: Eight pints or a £20 food voucher Game of Phones: One Pint per night rolls over if not claimed Bubbly Bonanza: Bring any of the following people in the pub to claim your bottle: there are more but I just havn't posted 'em yet Play Your Cards Right: Variable. 3 contestants. Increase by entry money each week, cards decrease by one each week until won.
Wednesday General	Saturday Music
Round 3 connection: Bottle of Wine Rookie prize: Bottle of Wine Deal or no deal: Average value of @£15 in each box!!	Loads of Chocolate and sweets for all Furthest competitor: Bubbly Random prizes: Bubbly, bubbly bubbly

Objectives

Saturdays

Wednesdays

Some people say a quiz is "just a bit of fun". I hope mine is a lot of fun. For me fun does not incorporate being marked wrong for perfectly correct answers, being given simple answers which everybody can answer without hesitation, or being asked "what's in my pocket" type questions.

I like to handicap my teams, If they win they are handicapped (I give 'em a point for the equivalent of every three quid they win, and a point back for each time they compete). There are seventy questions to each quiz, with eighty points available. I would estimate the general net score to be 48 give or take ten.

It's not a spelling test.

Names: Cliff, Elvis and Kylie are all good for answers. Every other person requires a surname. If there is any ambiguity, a christian name is also required (e.g. For "who won the 2012 Olympic Heptahlon?" the answer "Eniss" is just fine, Jessie, or Jess or Jessica Eniss is also good, but "Jeremy Enniss" is only half right and gets half a point). Likewise if the question was "Who won the 2012 Olympic Men's Triathlon?" The answer "Brownlee" might not be sufficient, as there were two of them competing, therefore the surname would only be worth half a point.

The Rounds

1. Pictures

Ten pictures. I like a variety of topics, eg one actor, one actress, one sportsperson, one animal, one view, one map/flag and one symbol etc. If a customer or staff member is featured, they are obliged to tell anybody their name if they are bought a drink!

2. Current Affairs

Ten Questions. Not particularly cryptic this round. Of course the questions generally apply to what is happening at the time of writing, but I have tried to frame them so they will 'last forever'!

I generally will post five of these up prior to the quiz on twitter @currentquiz.

3. Connections

Ten questions, all the answers have a connection. I generally give a bottle of wine for the first person to get the connection, one guess per person. The connections may be difficult or hidden, eg. Superbowl and Charlize Theron were answers in a round of answers connected by birds (and Pete's daughter got it with those two - Wow!). Once somebody nails the connection I tell everybody what it is and we give 'em a round of applause.

4. Last = First

Another ten questions this time the thread is that the last letter of every answer is the first letter of the next one.

5. Pointless

This is the best quiz round ever. It is time consuming to set and takes ages to mark but it is proper fun. There are five subjects in each round, each subject being a list (e.g. "The Films of Dustin Hoffman"). Each team gets two shots, if those shots are unique they get a point. It is incredible how often people get away with really easy answers 'cos most teams think they are too obvious.

6. Music

I generally tend to do these on the fly. I will pick a subject (e.g. US Number Ones, Songs containing the word 'summer') and play five, and ask for the artist and title for a point each.

7. Wipe Out

Five questions worth a point each. All correct five bonus, One written wrong answer, no points for the round. (Answers may be left blank for no penalty)

8. Hand In

The last round comprises of one long 'drip fed' question, divided into five parts, where the intention is for the answer to become gradually more obvious. If the question is answered correctly on the first part and the sheet handed in it is worth ten points. Each clue reduces the value by two. After the whole five parts have been read out the answer should be blindingly obvious but only worth two points. Here is a sample sheet and questions:

	Quiz 25 by Steve Kidd	15 August 2012
1:	Pictures
		Aimee Teegarden
		Robert Pattinson
		Alistair Darling
		Hull City
		David Rudisha
		Sudan
		Andrew Smith
		Laura Trott
		Back To The Future
		Sean Bean
2:	Current
1	What meteor shower generally happens around August 12th every year	Persid
2	Name the Southampton pub threatened in 2012 with legal action over its name by movie company SZC	The Hobbit
3	Who most famously said "There's only one word for it – magic darts'"	Syd Waddell
4	Name the 12 year old girl murdered in South London in August 2012	Tia Sharp
5	What percentage of the top ten in the 2012 US PGA championship were European	70
6	On the Def Jam label, who's 2011 album Talk That Talk returned to top the UK Album chart in August 2012	Rihanna
7	Which character reappeared in EastEnders on 13 August 2012 after a six year hiatus	Sharon Watts
8	Who closed the 2012 Olympics	The Who
9	Give either of the most popular first names given to boys or girls born in England and Wales in 2011	Harry, Amelia
10	What is the world record for the 4x100m	36.84 seconds
3:	Connections - Gold Post Boxes
1	Where is the headquarters of the Open University	Milton Keynes
2	Which "Blonde Bombshell" was born Harlean Carpenter	Jean Harlow
3	With the initials BSB, in 1965 what became the first employment agency to be listed on the London Stock Exchange	Brook Street Bureau
4	Which hard, sedimentary form of quartz has been extensively used in tool making and for ignition	Flint
5	Where did Thomas Watt Hamilton go on a killing spree	Dunblane
6	In which city is the Royal Armories Museum	Leeds
7	Ronnie Corbett, Arthur Conan Doyle and Nicky Cambell were all born in what city	Edinburgh
8	Which duo had a breakthrough hit with Requiem in 1988, but were both killed in an Alpine car accident in 1996	London Boys
9	Who played the ninth Dr Who, in between Paul McGann and David Tennant	Christopher Ecclestone
10	What trophy gives its name to the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia	Sheffield Shield
5:	Last three = first three
1	Which product used the slogan "Fit the best"	Everest
2	Who hit #1 with Kanye West in 2008 with American Boy	Estelle
3	What was the first name of the player who, on November 19th 2001 at the age of 20 became the the twentieth (and youngest) male to be ranked world tennis number one	Lleyton (Hewitt)
4	Who created Coronation Street	Tony Warren
5	Which motor manufacturer produced models called Fuego, Kangoo and Laguna	Renault
6	What name describes what was the world's longest roller coaster between 1991 and 1999	Ultimate
7	In 1972, which crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit	A team
8	Who was Taoiseach of Ireland during WW2 and became president in 1959	Éamon de Valera
9	Who had hits in 1988 with Ship Of Fools, Chains of Love and A Little Respect	Erasure
10	What is the more common name of carbamide, an organic compound with the formula CO(NH2)2	Urea
4:	Pointless
1	Top 10 singles by Kylie Minogue
2	Films of Ben Affleck
3	Counties in Republic of Ireland
4	Female 2012 Olympic Track & Field champions
5	Characters in The Magic Roundabout
7:	Music
8:	Wipe Out
1	How many times did Cambridge win the boat race during the 1980's	Once
2	Of which US state is Harrisburg the capital	Pennsylvania
3	Which alcoholic drink is distilled from grain flavoured with juniper berries	Gin
4	Which athlete was BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 1979	Sebastian Coe
5	What is the main ingredient of Laver Soup and Bread	Seaweed
9:	Hand-In
1	Whose feature film career began with The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	Marilyn Monroe
2	And ended with The Misfits
3	When asked what she wore in bed, replied "Chanel #5"
4	Was married to both Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller
5	Whose real name was Norma Jean Baker, the subject of Candle In The Wind