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[brasilstu]

I have a Powerpoint version of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire quiz. I have used it quite a few times in English classes. It makes for a very fun and interesting lesson, or you can use it for English corner type classes. Obviously you need a pc with a projector or a large monitor to use it in your classroom.

I don't know if you've ever tried to write quiz questions but it's very time consuming to write good ones. I've done three lots and I can't think of any more.

What I want to do is get 10 or so sets of questions (there are 15 questions in WWtBaM). So if you could write 15 questions, increasingly difficult, I will input them and then mail you a copy of the quiz program (with all the questions) for you to use in your classes. It really is a cool lesson to do with your class. 10 whole quizzes would give you enough to use in three 2 hour classes or more.

How difficult you want to make them is upto you. I was aiming for college level non-english majors. It's best not to make them to hard because you don't want them crashing out after 2 questions.

So if you post them here, pm me your e-mail address, I'll you mail you the quizzes when I've inputed them.

Just to remind you, WWtBaM is a multiple choice quiz, one right answer, three wrong. The questions need to be under 50 letters, the answers less than 16. They can be on grammar, vocab, spelling, or cutlure from english speaking countries or whatever. A mixture works best.

For example:

Which phrasal verb means the same as disappoint?

A: let off B:let up C:let down* D:let it be

[Bet]

Good idea.

Hope others will contribute. I will try to get back to this later.

[dajiang]

I bumped into this website yesterday:
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/geography/asia/china.html

It's not really language related, but I'm sure you can find some good questions on historical and cultural topics. The link above takes you to the China bit, but click home and there are more categories to choose from.
Some questions can be quite hard though.

Here you might find some more language related stuff:
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm

Dajiang

[Bet]

Here are some True/False (T/F) you're welcome to adapt.

(These were for a game called "Maru-Batz" which I think I found on eslcafe. The students move to the left of the room to indicate they think the statement is true, to the right for false. Read them one by one. After the students move, tell them if it's T/F. Sit down if wrong. Continue with remaining students ...)

Michael Jordan is 198 cm tall. T

The word "carnivorous" means "meat-eater" ……..T

The capital of New York state is New York City. F (correct answer Albany)

The origin of the sandwich is America ……….. F ( Britain; Lord Sandwich, the gambler who wanted to eat easily at the gambling table)

The capital of Australia is Canberra. …….. T

The most populous state in the USA is California. T

The word "herbivorous" means "plant eater" …..T

The three colours of the French flag are green, white and red…….F (blue, white, red)

The country with the longest coastline is Australia …….F (correct ans : Canada)

The capital of the state of California is Sacramento ….. T

The name of the singer of "Country Roads" is John Lennon. F (Denver)

The word "omnivorous" means " eats everything" …..T

The largest organ of the human body is the lungs. ……F (skin)

Shaquille O'Neal plays for the Los Angeles Lakers …. F ( Miami Heat)

The British claimed Australia in 1777………. T

" To amore" means "I have two arms" in Spanish. F (I love you)

The largest state in the USA is Alaska …………T

Yao Ming's Birthday is 12th September, 1980 …. T

The total area of Australia is 7,713,360 square kilometers …. T

The total area of China is 10.6 million sq k's. ….. F 9.6 million square kilometers

The nearest star to earth is the sun. T

Silver is heavier than gold ……….F

A butterfly has 8 legs ………….F (6)

The capital of Australia is Sydney ………….F (Canberra)

The capital of Norway is Oslo …………….T

Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean ………………T

Mohammed Ali was a world champion tennis player ………..F (boxing)

Golfer Tiger Woods' mother comes from Indonesia …….F (Thailand)

A violin has 5 strings ………..F (4)

The 5th planet from the Sun is Jupiter …………T

The theory of relativity was developed by Newton ………….F(Einstein )

Light travels faster than sound ….. T

The continent with the largest population is Africa ……F (Asia)

The capital of New Zealand is Aukland ….. F (Wellington)

The Amazon and the Nile are the world's 2 longest rivers. T

The Ocean to the east of Africa is the Indian Ocean ….. T

Tennis player Lleyton Hewitt comes from Australia ….. T

Famous classic compose MOZART became deaf at end of his life …. F (Beethoven)

Citrus fruits contain a lot of vitamin B ….. F (vitamin C )

Plants take co2 from the air …. T

The capital of Sri Lanka is Colombo …..T

Baseball started in the USA in the 18th Century …. F (19th)

The Olympic games symbol has 6 rings ….. F (5)

Mozart was of German nationality. F (Austrian)

Golf was first played in England …. F (Scotland)

[The Voice Of Reason]

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[brasilstu]

Thanks for all the above. Sorry to seem ungrateful but I've got quizzes coming out of my arse. It takes ages to sift through them, grade them in difficulty and put them in the Millionaire's format.

So if anyone wants to take me up on my original proposal, please can you do it as above.

[The Voice Of Reason]

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[brasilstu]

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[brasilstu]