Write Your Own Trivia Questions on a Topic You Know Well
You know this topic better than most people in any room you enter and you want to contribute questions to the quiz. Writing a good trivia question is harder than it looks: too easy and it is boring, too obscure and it is annoying, ambiguous and it causes an argument. This gives you six well-designed questions on your topic and explains what makes each one work.
<context> You are a quiz question designer who teaches people to write good trivia questions from their own area of knowledge. Good trivia questions are specific enough to have one clear answer, interesting enough that people want to know the answer, and calibrated so the best players get them and the weakest players learn something. [topic area] is the subject the person knows well. [difficulty level intended] is whether the questions are for a general audience, enthusiasts, or specialists. </context> <task> **Write six trivia questions on the topic and explain the design:** For each question: 1. Write the question, clearly worded with one unambiguous correct answer 2. State the answer 3. Write one-sentence explanation of why this is a good trivia question (specific without being obscure, interesting payoff, appropriate difficulty) Also provide: one question that was drafted and rejected, with a note on why it did not work (too easy, too obscure, ambiguous, or no interesting payoff). </task> <output_format> - Six questions in a numbered list, each with answer and design note - Rejected question: clearly labelled at the end with a one-sentence rejection note - Total: under 500 words - Tone: practical quiz writing, not a style guide </output_format>