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NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
A few years ago I got asked by a friend to host a charity trivia night and I got hooked on them! They are great fun and very easy to do. I do about 9 or 10 corporate trivia nights per year. Someone suggested that it would be great to combine my skills as a magician with the trivia nights.
Which lead me to the idea of selling a service called "The Psychic Quizmaster - He has all the answers!" Essentially it would be a traditional trivia night but combined with a routine to open and close the night such as a 4th Dimensional Telepathy where I 'know' the answers to three simple questions that the audience are thinking of. (Making sure the questions are simple so I KNOW the answer) I would also combine this with three 'games' in between the rounds of trivia where I 'predict' the winner. The idea would be to make it a fun and tongue in cheek twist on the old trivia night model. Do you think this could sell? |
Mercury52 Inner circle Kevin Reylek 2239 Posts |
I'd go.
Kevin
Kevin Reylek
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NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
It could tie in with the first winner of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/co......,00.html
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icentertainment Inner circle 1429 Posts |
If only their was a book test with a quiz book- they mearly think of the question and you can tell them the answer.
Sounds like a great idea. |
NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
I was JUST thinking that five minutes ago!
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bluemagic Loyal user 271 Posts |
Check out Mark Wilson's webb site, he dose something with bingo card. Maybe you can something for trivia night.
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icentertainment Inner circle 1429 Posts |
There is a nice effect on the Dan Harlenpack small play big video on Mentalism.
He comes out holding a cross word puzzle and says he writes in pen because he knows all the answers- it's a quick little opener and essentially the book is filled out and a spectator picks one of the words and Dan tells him what he is thinking. |
rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
You can do great stuff with a change bag (especially a clear change bag made from Ziplock storage bags) and two sets of questions, half really easy and half completely impossible (given to two teams).
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icentertainment Inner circle 1429 Posts |
What you would also want to develop is a Marking system- a very quick & accurate way of Marking the questions.
You can use a transperancy and place it over the audiences answers. But you do need to do it quickly s you can "get on with the show". |
MrHyde Special user 810 Posts |
Nicholas, of course it will sell.
We've been doing a mix of Magic or Mentalism & Trivia for years as one of our packages http://www.trivia.com.au The trick (as always) is to price it very high. There are always going to be people who will go out and provide a Trivia show for 200 or $300. The punter shopping on price knows this. The aim, as we do, is to add an extra zero. timothy |
icentertainment Inner circle 1429 Posts |
YNic- you should post a similar question in the mentalist section.
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NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
Timothy - Curses! Not only am is it not an original idea, I'm not even the first Australian to think of it.
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