I mentioned a few days ago, the excellent 50@6 daily quizzes that utilise the Speedquizzing software, and given how many quizzes I have played in using Speedquizzing software over the year, its worth a mention of its own!
I have always enjoyed Speedquizzing on the rare occasions I get to play. Sadly, that is not through choice but it just appears that the company have yet to breakthrough in the north east region and hence its rare to find a pub running a Speedquizzing event. Hopefully, Lockdown has changed that as players and hosts have seen how good it can be!
Speedquizzing were one of the first, if not the first, major Quiz Company to start moving things online as Lockdown hit and indeed have certainly been the most successful. Initially, everything was free to hosts so there became such a huge choice of quizzes it was overwhelming at times and I spent more time picking what quizzes to play that playing I think. The quality varied massively but I managed to find a nice regular 3-4 quizzes to play which were largely cheat free and fun questions. Don't get me wrong, there were some awful quizzes out there with rampant cheating and you have to accept that people in the room aren't probably taking it as serious as you. (typified by the fact people will buzz answers to multiple choice questions before the question!).
But in general, with Pub Quizzes a no go, Speedquizzing has provided thousands of people with enjoyment over the past year and gave people a new appreciation of quizzing. One positive affect of this could be that people who didn't used to attend Quizzes in the past, may be tempted when pubs reopen due to their experiences of quizzing online. They now charge online hosts if they have over 12 players logged in which has meant two things - a) hosts either ask for donations or now charge a fee to play and b) the quality is higher as the weaker quizzes have vanished and what you see left are the ones people enjoy enough to pay!
There are some many quizzes ranging from themed ones to general knowledge to tournaments etc and the best way to get involved is HERE. You can see listings of quizzes and usually of an evening you can find a quiz starting every hour
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