Making up quiz questions
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Sometime around 1992 I was tasked with setting some quiz questions for an upcoming pub quiz. I thought up a question, 'Name all six members of the Monty Python team'. I pondered the next question for a moment and one came to me - 'What was the name of the diver who hit his head on the diving board in the 1988 Olympics?' The intended answer was of course, Greg Louganis.
All this mental exertion was tiring so I decided to make a cup of tea. In the kitchen I found that the tea caddy was empty so I opened a new packet of Brooke Bond tea. Brooke Bond used to put little picture cards in with the tea. It could be birds, buildings, landmarks, cartoon characters - just about anything.
I picked out the card. It showed a diver in mid-air. I turned the card over. It was Greg Louganis.
George Carey
Date submitted:Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:49:49 +0000Coincidence ID:6581
