tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post6971363014992477978..comments2024-03-12T12:54:32.926-07:00Comments on Life After Mastermind: Questions v. PicturesLondiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-41723163984211531572013-06-24T01:06:35.761-07:002013-06-24T01:06:35.761-07:00I'm poor at picture rounds, especially if they...I'm poor at picture rounds, especially if they are topical or pop culture. My worst experience was a pub quiz in which the setter decided to make them all wrestlers - not even the Mick McManus/Kendo Nagasaki era, but 1980s/90s WWF wrestlers. And THIRTY of them! Needless to say the two WWF fans in the pub cleaned up, and I got two. If you are going to specialise this much, it should at most be 10.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17005504982536146457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-52385645068639496582013-06-22T04:00:09.322-07:002013-06-22T04:00:09.322-07:00I'm rubbish at picture rounds too, but I have ...I'm rubbish at picture rounds too, but I have to produce two a week for the quizzes I host. So I always theme the picture round - so, every answer might begin with the same first letter, and will include a mix of celebs, country maps (showing the capital), logos, computer games characters, film stills... anything to get away from just plain faces.Ben Duttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626732284749728398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-57455432608262796722013-06-21T17:35:06.869-07:002013-06-21T17:35:06.869-07:00Oh yes, totally agree. Horses for courses and all ...Oh yes, totally agree. Horses for courses and all that.<br /><br />I'm rather fortunate that my local quiz has a 'picture' sheet that caters for all-comers: there's always some celebrity spotting, but then there are picture puzzles, some logos, a country outline, that sort of thing. As such there's usually something for everyone.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-11484643818391509672013-06-21T11:31:09.964-07:002013-06-21T11:31:09.964-07:00Hi statatron
I know where you're coming from....Hi statatron<br /><br />I know where you're coming from. But the quiz in the club has a wide range of regulars to cater for, from the Lemurs and ourselves who are able quizzers and, speaking for myself, do care about how well we perform on the night, down to the people for whom the quiz is their one real night out a week, and it's the evening and not the quiz that is important. So while I can definitely agree that I don't personally see the 'fun' in an average picture round, it would be wrong of me to condemn other people who clearly do see the fun in it, and stupid of me not to agree that they have a right to be catered for as well. Quizzing is a broad church. <br /><br />Still don't like picture quizzes very much myself, though.Londiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871325359167581176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401280171563686515.post-1917732103672087152013-06-21T09:20:06.544-07:002013-06-21T09:20:06.544-07:00I loathe picture rounds, although that's proba...I loathe picture rounds, although that's probably because I'm utterly dreadful at them. There's little more demoralizing than to be handed the question/picture sheet at the start of a quiz and see 10 marks (and often your hopes of winning) resting entirely on your ability to recognize faces from TV shows. They're also seldom any fun - you either recognize someone or you don't - and while that's obviously true of a lot of quiz questions as well, it seems rather akin to having 10 questions of the form "What chemical element is represented by the symbol..." which I'm sure a lot of people would claim was beyond tedious.<br /><br />But, as you say, most people seem to like them, so one can't really complain. Having some sort of connection or theme seems like a good way to address the 'problem' though - it gives the rest of us something to work with while still providing a "spot the celebrity" round for those who are so inclined.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156076135206556474noreply@blogger.com