Fruit Machine Chat

'fraid not, sorry. I was given a number of artistes and all my questions were about them. It was a mixed bag. I can't remember them all but they included B*Witched (ugh!), Eminem, Shakira, Madonna I think. Damn it's been so long I've forgotten most of them.

Aha, yes the Dickens and Shakespeare thing makes a lot of sense. I know instinctively I've had a lot of questions about those.

Come on people, what else?

Aye aye. Do you think there is any benefit to be gained from memorising certain sets of facts, as far as playing quiz machines is concerned? I'm thinking of things like: Grand National winners/jockeys/trainers for the last x years Derby winners FA Cup winners and runners-up Prime Ministers and their...

OK, I've now read around the forum enough to know that Pepsi Chart Challenge was a pretty well-regarded game. It gives me a warm glow to know that I was part of that game. I must admit, I enjoyed playing it and continued to do so long after I had found that I rarely got one of my own questions. And ...

Cheers for the reply. I wrote questions for the 'Pepsi Chart Show' game (that may not be its exact title, I forget). A reasonable game if you like pop music I think. Somewhat chance events led to me getting asked to write questions for it, based upon a betting column I briefly wrote on the now long-...

Hello, good to find this forum. I haven't trawled it much yet, but can I assume that the pro approach involves memorising the questions of a particular game? After a couple of years of using memory techniques I've only just realised their value on quizzes - what a prat. In my defence, this is partly...