Tomorrow night, quiz fans from all over the country and beyond will be locked in battle in the first of four special lockdown quizzes hosted by RTÉ presenter Shay Byrne.
By signing up for €12, you and your household will get to pit your wits against the competition on music, celebrity, general knowledge, politics and much more – all you need to join in is a laptop or tablet and your phone.
The Big Interactive Quiz Show is running on May 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd, and there are prizes to be won including a €100 voucher for Boutique Wines’ online shop, and vouchers for Just Eat. It’s for a good cause too, with 20% of profits going to Breast Cancer Ireland.
Mark French from Creative Events explains: “There are a number of fun, bonus games, and each question has a time limit so that really adds to the urgency and the atmosphere.
“There's one fantastic music question, for example, where you have to put six Beatles albums in the order that they were released. There's another great round called In This Year, so it might be four facts from that year and then you have to pick what year it is.”
Mark’s firm normally focuses on corporate events and team-building exercises within businesses. But with offices closed and so many people now using Zoom and Skype on a regular basis – and with the instant technology to make it work – they decided to create a virtual version of their popular quiz for the coronavirus lockdown.
“We've been running these quizzes for about 10 years and they're extremely popular,” he told Dublin Live. “Only recently, the tech came out where you can do it virtually.
“People log in and they're watching a stream through Zoom with a live presenter, Shay Byrne. There are nine different rounds but the key bit is that the questions come up on the screen – your tablet or laptop – and then you're submitting your answers using your phone.
“People love quizzes, and it's high energy, high tech and you know your scores at the press of a button. This is all about speed, energy and excitement – it's like being on a live game show.”
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Mark is confident that there is a future for these live events far beyond the current crisis.
“Virtual events are not just for covid, I believe they are here to stay in the long term as more people work from home,” he says. “We've set up a live streaming studio on Dame Street and we're ready to do all sorts of virtual events as well as the quiz.”
Tickets for the May 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd shows on sale now. Book now at the Creative Events website.
