Initial answer pub quiz rounds
An initial answer pub quiz round is usually a set of 8 questions and answers. The first 7 are general knowledge questions. What makes this round different is that the last question asks you to take the first letter of each of the previous 7 answers and to rearrange them to spell out the final answer. That may be a word, place, celebrity, film basically anything. It usually relates to the subject of that round. An initial answer round generally is one that is read out by the quiz master but it can easily be made into a handout round. Here’s how to build one.
Spell out the final answer.
Pick the answer to the final question. Remember how many letter dictates the length of the pub quiz round. Generally go for answers bigger than 6 but smaller than 13 letters long. A seven letter word of film is a good starting point to get practice as they do take a little longer than normal quiz rounds to complete. Let’s now assume that the initial quiz round we are designing is for a pub quiz round of 8 including the final seven letter answer on question 8.
Now see if you can link the previous questions to the final answer. If you can’t, don’t worry as you could make guessing the final answer too easy by trying to make it a connection quiz. General knowledge questions would be good for the start.
Now pick two questions and answers from a topic not directly related to the answer but again if possible they may have an indirect link.
Now pick two questions that are difficult any topic even general knowledge but make sure that they are challenging to the pub quiz goers. Be careful here not to make the questions too difficult but make sure people have to use their brain.
For the seventh and final question make this one you either know it or your don’t. Make the answer obscure as well and if it can be numerical all the better. It adds a little extra as most people will write the number down not the Alpha value e.g. 12 instead of Twelve. Whilst most will get this straight away some will struggle.
Finally get it formatted to how the rest of the quiz is and get it tested by a mate or family member someone who wont be in the pub quiz when it is to be used.
This example showed you a 8 question initial quiz round but if you were to do a bigger one just add extra questions to the stages. Initial answers are great in a pub quiz and get the brains going.
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