Face UP! Quiz

Thank you for hosting a quiz to raise money to support the work of Facial Palsy UK. We really appreciate your support!

Here you will find some tips for hosting your quiz. Our fundraising team can also send you some quiz questions and answers if you need help with those.

Hosting your quiz

Whether you want to hold a virtual quiz, host a pub quiz or just do a quiz at home, the first thing you need to do is decide a date, time and venue to suit the people you want to involve. For quiz nights likely to be attended by the public make sure your date doesn’t clash with major events or occasions, or other quizzes taking place nearby. Also allow a few weeks to plan your quiz.

Virtual quiz

For a virtual quiz, choose your preferred way to video chat and get the host to read the quiz questions out. You can either let players mark their own or ask them to send a photo of their answers to the host to be marked. Remember to keep track of the scores and give them a round of applause!

Pub quiz

Speak to your local pub or club or other venue to see if they will let you host a quiz night in aid of charity. There may be a fee involved or they may give you the space for free if you can guarantee a minimum spend at the bar on the night.

Quiz at home

If you want to hold a quiz at home then just get everyone some paper and pens and get started. Players can swap papers to mark their answers at the end of the quiz.

Raising some money

The funds you raise will help make sure every person affected by facial palsy can be given access to the best information, treatment and support available. We provide this support through our website, via our helpline, through family days and local support groups. We cannot thank you enough for helping support this important work by hosting a quiz and fundraising for Facial Palsy UK.

Ways to fundraise

For virtual quizzes the easiest way to collect funds is to set up a JustGiving page at https://www.justgiving.com/fpuk and suggest people donate the price of a drink on an evening out. For face-to-face events you can charge an entry fee on the night.

Think about your numbers

 If you are hosting your quiz at a venue then you may only be allowed a maximum number of participants depending on venue capacity and if there are any social distancing measures. Ask your venue how many teams they can host and numbers per team. We recommend up to six people per team otherwise you could have one team with two players and another with fifteen!

Think about refreshments

For a public quiz people will expect to be able to buy drinks or you could include a drinks token in the ticket price. Snacks are always handy as well to keep those brain cells working!

Think about prizes

You can have first, second and third prizes, try to get these donated by local businesses if you can.

Get your invites out

Ask friends, family, work pals and other contacts to spread the word and try and make up teams of six. Advertise your quiz on social media, at your local groups, clubs and pubs to get the word out. Use the hashtag #FaceUP. Here are some links to images that you can use on social media. Please click the link and then right click and ‘Save Image as…’ to get the image.

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

You can download a poster to advertise your Face UP! Quiz here – Click to download.

Set your ticket price

You can either ask for a donation per person or per team, e.g. £5 – £10. You can boost your fundraising on the night by holding a raffle. You can also use a JustGiving page to collect donations before and on the night of the quiz. https://www.justgiving.com/fpuk

On the night

Don’t let your quiz run over time – allow time for a 30 minute refreshment break that you can always cut short if you’re running slightly over.

Remind people to put their phones away at the start and after the break – cheating spoils the fun for everyone! Promote the fact the quiz is “retro fun” and ask a volunteer or bar staff to keep an eye out for phones being used.

Don’t forget to thank everyone at the end of the night and remind them where their donations will go and why the charity is important to you.

Preparation for your Quiz master

•  Make sure you have quiz answer sheets, and plenty of scrap paper and pens on the night.
• Think about giving each round a theme such as sport, geography, history, your local area or music. Remember to add a few easier questions so people don’t get bored.
• Run through all your questions and answers with a willing volunteer who won’t be taking part in the quiz. Double check your answers and make sure you can reference your sources in case someone challenges you. Make sure your questions make sense and that you have allocated the right amount of time. If you realise one of your answers is incorrect, admit to it and give all teams full points for that answer.
• Ask all your teams to decide on a name at the start of the quiz and make a note of them.
• Read your questions slowly and clearly and repeat them. Remember that some people may have hearing loss so check you can be heard. You can ask if anyone needs a question repeating at the end of the round.
• Read the answers clearly and repeat if necessary.
• At the end of each round ask the quiz teams to swap their papers with neighbouring teams to mark each other’s answers. If you wait until the end of the quiz to mark then it could take 30 minutes and players get bored easily. Scoring after each round means teams know where they are on the scoreboard so far and the competition hots up! Ask a volunteer to log the totals for each team at the end of each round.
• Have fun and throw some jokes in, so everyone has a fantastic time!

Tell us about your event

Don’t forget to let us know about your plans so we can do our best to support you. Thank you!

Click here to tell us about your fundraising event.