TriviaNightsforDummies,AustralianEdition琐事之夜
分類: 图书,进口原版书,经管与理财 Business & Investing ,
作者: Alan Lovett著
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出版时间: 2007-8-1字数:版次: 1页数: 186印刷时间: 2007/08/01开本: 大32开印次: 1纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780731405947包装: 平装内容简介
Written by a trivia expert, Trivia Nights For Dummies guides readers through the planning and preparation required to run their own successful fundraising trivia night. While Trivia Nights For Dummies mainly provides information needed to run an event aimed at raising funds, this book does also cover organising a trivia night purely for fun. This book comes complete with checklists, insider tips and trouble shooting, as well as a sample trivia night script and example trivia questions.
作者简介
Alan Lovett is an exper.ienced, trivia night host and founder of the Melbourne Tnwa Company.He has run trivia events for the Melbourne International Film Festival and for the National Gallery, of Victoria.
目录
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
How This Book Is Organised
Part I: Planning a Trivia Night
Part II: Finding the Best Questions
Part Ill: Putting on the Night
Part IV: The Part of Tens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part Ⅰ: Planning a Trivia Night.
Chapter 1: Trivia Nights -- Your Kind of Party
What Is Trivia?
Sizing Up Trivia Events
Satisfying your trivia need
Deciding Whether Trivia is Right for Your Night Out
Playing trivia to raise money
Playing trivia for fun
Staging a Trivia Event
Important Questions for You to Answer
Trivia Questions for Your Guests to Answer
Chapter 2: Using Trivia to Fund a Good Cause
Understanding How a Trivia Event Makes Money
Finding (and Keeping) Helpers
Choosing a Host for the Trivia Event
Hiring the professionals
Going it alone
Picking the Date, Time and Place
Scheduling your event
Planning the venue
Working Out How Much to Charge
Organising Food and Drinks
Feeding the players
Deciding on drinks
Talking Technology
Advertising Your Trivia Event
Choosing your audience
Getting the word out
Chapter 3: Playing Trivia Just for Fun
Getting Your Mates to Help
Hosting the Event
Planning When and Where
Setting the date
Choosing the place
Feeding the Guests
Ordering the food
Laying on the drinks
Offering Prizes
The winning trivia team
The lowest-scoring trivia team
Games winners
Spreading the Word
Chapter 4: Prizes, Games and Auctions for Fun and Funds
Organising Prizes
Deciding on prize categories
Getting hold of prizes
Allocating prizes
Planning the Games
Matching games to the audience
Categorising games
Using the Auction Option
Live auctions
Silent auction
Part Ⅱ: Finding the Best Questions
Chapter 5: Finding Trivia Questions That Work
Chapter 6: Creating a Running Sheet for a Trivia Night
Chapter 7: Finding the Right Balance of Trivia Questions
Part Ⅲ: Putting on the Night
Chapter 8: Ticking Off the Jobs before the Show
Chapter 9: Let the Show Begin
Part Ⅳ: The Part of Tens
Chapter 10: Ten Games to Play at Trivia Events
Chapter 11: Ten Places to Find Prizes
Chapter 12: Almost Ten Ways to Advertise Your Trivia Event
Chapter 13: Ten Handy Sources for Trivia Questions
Chapter 14: Ten Great Trivia Questions
Index