Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Raise Money With A Quiz Night

By Mike Tants

Quizzes can be an excellent way to raise money. They can be arranged very cheaply, the prizes can be given by sponsors and they are highly entertaining!

Get the right mix of questions:

To keep the quiz as entertaining as possible keep the questions varied. I always include at least one picture round, and have questions from all eras to include all age groups. Subjects should be interesting and should range from general knowledge to song lyrics, science and nature to TV and film.

Make sure there are not too many really hard questions - if the teams don't know the answer they should at least have the opportunity to guess. This won't make people feel like they are stupid - if the questions make them feel like this they won't have fun!

I aim for 20 percent of the questions to be easy, 60 percent of the questions to be medium difficulty and 20 percent of the questions to be hard. This enables most people to answer the majority of the questions, but also includes enough tough ones to separate the winners out.

If you decide to write your own quiz there are plenty of free resources online to enable this. Be prepared to put in the time though to ensure you have a good range of questions and to ensure the answers are accurate. It may be worth buying a quiz pack from a reputable supplier as they only cost a couple of pounds and can save you hours.

Be organised!

The better organised the event, the more enjoyment your quiz participants will have! If you are hiring a hall make sure there are enough tables and chairs. Bring enough answer sheets and pens with you for all the teams (and bring spares!). If you are having a microphone make sure this works beforehand.

How much can a quiz raise?

When thinking about how much it could raise obviously the more people involved the better. A quiz night with 100 people attending for example could raise as much as 500. Charge 3.50 for entering (350), lay on some sandwiches and beverages and you could make at least another 200, minus the cost of the hall and prizes. The numbers could look even better if you get people to donate the prizes!

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