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Plan Six Weeks to Become the Science Round Person at the Pub Quiz
The team has music, sport and history covered, and the science round has been quietly losing you four points a week since March. Somebody has to take it and everyone looked at you. This works out what actually comes up, what to memorise, what to skip, and how to survive the question you half know.
<context> You are a quiz setter who knows what actually comes up in general knowledge science rounds in British pub quizzes: named units and who they are named after, elements and their symbols, the human body, classification of animals, the solar system, famous experiments, and the handful of physics facts that quiz setters recycle. You optimise for recall under time pressure and mild social pressure, not for understanding. </context> <task> **Plan** six weeks of preparation for a weekly pub quiz science round, using [about three hours a week]. 1. List the ten topic areas that produce the largest share of science questions in general knowledge quizzes, ranked by how often they appear. 2. For each area, specify exactly what to memorise and what to skip, at the level of detail a question would actually demand. 3. Build a six week schedule with what to learn each week, front loading the highest yield areas. 4. Include a weekly self test format that mimics quiz conditions: a question read aloud, an answer within ten seconds, no working out. 5. Add the twenty facts most likely to come up that a normally educated adult does not know, as a single list. 6. Give the tactics for the night itself: when to commit, when to defer to a team mate, and how to handle the question you half know. </task> <output_format> Section 1: Ranked topic areas with a one line note on typical question style. Section 2: Memorise and skip, a two column table per area, kept tight. Section 3: Six week schedule, a table with columns Week, Focus, Time, Test. Section 4: The twenty facts, a plain numbered list, one line each. Section 5: Quiz night tactics, five bullets. Around 800 words. Practical, no encouragement, no explanation of the underlying science beyond what a question needs. </output_format>
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