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Sources for General Knowledge Trivia Best answer on the web
Author: webmaster // Category: xn--g7qx97f.comknowledge trivia questions. I currently produce trivia shows and
would like extra resources to assist in speedy prep of shows. Also,
if you come across it, are there any businesses currently using an
online question. The scenarion being that they must visit the website
to get an answer for that nights show at their local hotel?
I was coming back here to add a site pointed out to me by another researcher when I noticed your comment with a clarification. Unfortunately, I am only notified when a 'clarify answer' request is made, not when comments are made. For that reason, I didn't see it. I assure I was not ignoring your clarification request, and will get to work on it ASAP.
Regards,
revbrenda1st
I was working on your question when I a question of my own popped into my head. I was assuming that you wanted sites which provide questions AND answers. Is that correct? (As opposed to lists of just trivia facts.) Also, how many sites would you feel is sufficient? One I found has almost 450,000 questions! That one alone would keep you busy for months.
Also, I've not yet run across any business sponsored trivia.
Regards,
revbrenda1st
Your interesting job provided me with a very interesting evening. I'll be answering trivia questions in my sleep! It's simply mind-boggling the number of trivia quiz sites there are, and the range of topics is huge. There are quizzes about people, places, sports, eggs, monkeys, cows, soup... the list goes on an on.
I've found what might possibly be the grand-daddy of such websites.
It has 447,917 questions spread among 36,001 quizzes in 5,253 categories!
Trivia Portal - World's Largest Trivia Site
http://www.funtrivia.com/
"TriviaWeb is a FREE interactive trivia game which will allow you to test your knowledge in several topic categories... We currently have over 25,000 unique questions in our online trivia database."
Trivia Game With Thousands of Questions
http://www.trivia.net/
"Test your knowledge in a variety of fields like Music, Sports, Movies, History, Geography, Art, Animals and Astronomy. All Games are completely free, so just enjoy it!"
TriviaZone66 Trivia Online
http://www.triviazone66.com/
"Current quiz topics - general knowledge, classical music, the recent past, ships, famous writers, famous quotes."
Egghead Trivia
http://www.geocities.com/eggheadtrivia/
"...a categorized archive of thousands of trivia questions."
Trivia Stampede
http://rinkworks.com/trivia/
This one is not as large as most of the others.
Triviaplaza - The Trivia Quiz Site
http://www.triviaplaza.com/
"Syvum's Trivia and General Knowledge section has quiz games for everyone interested in increasing his or her knowledge. Though there is no hard and fast rule regarding the breakup into various levels, suggested age groups for different levels are: Level I -- 6 to 12 years, Level II -- 13 to 19 years, Level III -- 20 years and above."
Quiz Games : Trivia & General Knowledge from Syvum
http://www.syvum.com/quiz/
While this site is not as large as it title might imply, it distracted me from my research for a while:
BIG Trivia Quiz
http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~ddrge/trivia/quiz.html
"As well as General Knowledge quizzes, categorized quizzes are also published. You can play an Alexander the Great quiz or the more modern 'King' Elvis Presley quiz... There are 138915 questions available on this site - all completely free!"
Interactive Trivia Quizzes
http://www.triv.net/
This page provides a list of 240 questions -- the answers follow. It's not an interactive quiz like those above.
Trivia Questions to Test Your IQ: General Knowledge
http://www.geocities.com/~robink/genknowqa.html
After I posted my question clarification request, I re-read your question and decided I was indeed on the right track, so I'm going to go ahead and post this answer. Depending on our respective time zones, it could be hours before you might respond.
I looked at dozens and dozens of websites during this research, but still found nothing along the lines of the hotel scenario you provided. I'm sorry about that, although if I do run across something like it, I'll post it here as a comment immediately.
I hope this list meets your needs. If not, please use the Clarification of Answer button and I'll follow up.
Regards,
revbrenda1st
Search strategy:
trivia
://www.google.ca/search?q=trivia&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N
trivia quiz
://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=trivia+quiz&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
Just want to clarify...Im dont need the online quizzes!
What Im after should have the questions and answers on the same page.
Like this:
5 MUSIC: Who sang Every Day Is A Winding Road
A: SHERYL CROW
6 What berries give gin it’s flavour?
A: JUNIPER
7 What day of the week did Harold Holt go for his big swim?
A: SUNDAY
8 What is the former name of Istanbul?
A: CONSTANTINOPLE
9 What film did John Wayne win his only Oscar for?
A: TRUE GRIT
Thats the way I put my shows together...
I dont have the time to be clicking and answering online games, and then getting spammed...
just need a couple of nice easy word.docs or pdf etc...
Cheers for ya comments
Well, as luck would have it your response arrived about the same time as I posted my answer. I think we're on the same page, but I'll be here a little while longer to see if you need any clarification before you rate the answer.
As for the trivia answers being correct, I won't vouch for the accuracy of each and everyone. It would be a daunting task indeed to check them all, since the list I sent you contains literally hundreds of thousands of entries. Anything I did see -- including one about pandas and bamboo -- looked good to me, though.
Thanks again,
revbrenda1st
a big thanks to the revbrenda1st..!!
i now a major datbase of future questions that i can utilise in the production of my trivia shows....the ole trivial pursuit is just a tad too tough for some of my youthful players... with many other sources of info, i can now select even better questions (as for the english questions, well i always add a few in, cos we have so many UK tourists at the pub, and many of our Aussies have been to London and around...should test them!
thanks again
bevvo
www.tuesdaytrivia.com (as from 12 april '03)
yep, sure would need the answers...correct ones too!
heres 3 q's from the show i am producing right now...
1 Which two South American countries do not border Brazil
A: CHILE and ECUADOR
2 What do pandas feed on?
A: BAMBOO
3 What movie was Peter Finch posthumously awarded an Oscar for?
A: NETWORK
hope fully that gives you an idea...
cheers for ya help
bevvo
You say, "just need a couple of nice easy word.docs or pdf etc..."
After some hours, I'm afraid that 'easy' is easier said than done, but I have managed to find some sites which do include answers to the questions and are NOT interactive game sites. One is in .doc format, but it's one of the smaller collections. Another has thousands of questions, but currently states that .pdf formatting is coming soon.
I hope the following are more in line with what you want. Remember to use the Clarify Answer button (rather than 'Comment') to catch my attention.
Thanks,
revbrenda1st
I've found an encyclopedia of trivia answers. It's divided alphabetically and the format is Answer first, Question directly below. You can choose a letter at random from the string across the top of the page, or use the 'next page' link at the bottom of each page, once you've chosen 'A.' You can print out the questions quite easily without having to do the whole page by highlighting the questions text, choosing print, checking off 'selection' in the printer dialogue box, then choosing 'gray-scale' from colour properties.
Trivia Answers and Encyclopedia
http://www.searchforsales.com/trivia/answers/encyclopedia-a.html
This one provides answers, but you'll need to write the questions. For example:
"An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain."
Perhaps, Which is bigger, an ostrich's eye or its brain?
or
Is an ostrich's eye bigger than its brain?
Animal Trivia
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/a-triv.html
The same holds true for the following pages:
Trivia about Plants
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/p-triv.html
Sample answers:
The world's tallest grass, which has sometimes grown 130 feet or more, is bamboo. One pound of tea can make 300 cups of the beverage.
Geography Trivia
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/g-triv.html
Sample answers:
Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.
Trivia about History
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/u-triv.html
Sample answers:
Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890.
Richard Nixon was the 1st US president to visit China in February, 1972.
Famous Firsts is divided into four pages by century grouping.
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/1-triv.html
"50 facts about each U. S. State"
U.S. States Fast Facts and Trivia
http://www.50states.com/facts/
The next site takes you to free questions and answers in eight categories. The webmaster says, "Feel free to use these questions in your quizzes. This is not a game, there's no scoring, and questions are provided as a service only."
You'll see the question - just click on answer to see that. The answers will remain visible as you move along the list, so you can print the page out or save it to your HD.
Madrid Pub Quiz
http://www.avendano.org/quiz/
Here's a site from the Canterbury Prison Staff Club.
The webmaster advises, "The links below allow you to download a complete version of each Quiz Night featured on these pages Each zipped download contains an answer booklet, all the questions, all the answers, plus any additional rounds I have included and will give you a Full Quiz Night - from start to finish."
Free Quiz Downloads
http://www.cpsc.co.uk/quiz/index_quiz_downloads.htm
From a commercial site, a selection of 50 questions and answers -- primarily geared toward a British audience, but with many general questions.
Free Quizzes
http://www.freequizzes.co.uk/freequizzes/sam001.doc
I think you'll like this: "There are currently 5,226 quiz questions in the quiz-zone database."
Quiz-zone: Browse Questions
http://www.quiz-zone.co.uk/browsequestions.html
This set of of questions is presented in 11 files. It isn't an interactive site. You'll see the question and find the answer hidden below it. All you need to do is click on 'answer' to access it.
Wildstar Roadshow
http://home.freeuk.net/wildstar/pubquiz.htm
Search strategy:
trivia answers
://www.google.ca/search?q=trivia+answers&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
free online general knowledge trivia questions
://www.google.ca/search?q=free+online+general+knowledge+trivia+questions&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N
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