About Our Trivia Questions
It's acutally harder than you might think to write good trivia questions. Though anyone can make up some questions or copy them from a book, getting 'good' questions is much harder. For example, we can have ten different 'Who is the Prime Minister of xyz country?' questions but this would get boring very quickly.
We make sure our trivia questions are not too easy nor too hard, and not irrelevant or obscure. They are interesting, entertaining, thought-provoking and memorable. Our goal is to have people talking about the questions for weeks to follow. Unlike the Prime Minister example above, we try to make our questions multi-dimensional so that even if you don't know the answer you might be able to guess it and, at the least, will be interested to hear the answer.
A successful trivia night will have interesting questions that are relevant to its audience. For example, teams attending a cricket club quiz night in Victoria will probably groan audibly if faced with a State of Origin Rugby League question.
Free Questions
What animal-linked word describes someone who always gets blamed?
Scapegoat
Which is the lowest whole number, when spelt out, is in correct alphabetical order?
Forty (take your time with this one, many people get this wrong!)
Movie Quiz Questions
Which actor died shortly after starring as The Joker in The Dark Knight?
Heath Ledger
In winning his first Golden Globe Award, who thanked every American who had not sued him?
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)
Aussie Quiz Questions
Which of these real estate agencies did not originate in Australia – Ray White, LJ Hooker or Century 21?
Century 21
What car model was being made by Mitsubishi's Adelaide plant when its closure was announced in 2008?
Mitsubishi 38
Sports Trivia Questions
Who did Matthew Hayden pass as having scored the most one-day international runs in a calendar year?
Mark Waugh
True or False, the tied AFL Grand Final was the highest rating program in 2010?
False (Masterchef Winner Announced; 3.9 million vs 2.8 million)
True or false, Shane Warne is older than Elizabeth Hurley?
False (Warne was born in 1969 and Hurley in 1965)
Tonight's Task
This is a task for players to complete during the night. For example, match faces with names, match the actor with his/her movie or solve a word puzzle. Usually the Tonight's Task is only used in the event of a tie; its main role is to keep players occupied between rounds.
What car model was being made by Mitsubishi's Adelaide plant when its closure was announced in 2008?
Mitsubishi 38
Who Am I
As the name suggests, this question requires the players to solve the clues and name the person. A new clue is offered each round with the number of bonus points players can win falling with each additional clue. For example, the first clue might start "I was born in ..." and be worth 6 points. Teams only get one answer for the competition.
Other Novelty & Bonus Questions
All TNQ packages include a Who Am I bonus question and a Tonight's Task novelty Question