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Showing posts with label TACO Trivia Resources. Show all posts

Top 10 Best Trivia Sites on the Net

Are you looking for the Top 10 Best Trivia Sites of the Net?

Here is a list of of the 10 best trivia sites according to Taco Trivia Fundraising:

1. Fun Trivia - Lots of varieties of trivia questions and great if you are looking to play online.
2. 3 Streets Trivia - These guys have put alot of work in, and have Trivia Questions for every occassion.
3. Answer Blip - Very easy and fun way to find answers to specific questions.
4. Pub Quiz Help - I find this an interesting site, with a few helpful trivia questions and facts.
5. Trivia Champ - Got a helpful list of questions down the left hand side. Simple look to site.
6. Quiz Moz - Can quickly do your own trivia quizzes. Besides the occassional spelling error, it's a good trivia site.
7. Quiz.co.uk - Quite a funky site. Tries hard to make you pay for trivia questions, but otherwise good.
8. Moore Quiz - Good Trivia site - Have to register first though.
9. Bible Quizzes - Good site for Christians looking for a Trivia Site with specific Bible oriented questions.
10. Taco Trivia Fundraising - C'mon, you know this would make the top 10!

Well that's Taco Trivia Fundraising's Top 10 Trivia Sites on the Net. If you think you know a Trivia Site worthy of being on this top 10, comment here. This top 10 Trivia Site list is always up for adapting...

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Trivia Products - Trivia Products for your next fundraiser

What Trivia Products are worth purchasing? What Trivia items will help with your next fundraiser? If you have any thoughts, then comment below.

At TACO Trivia we have a couple of things:
* TACO Trivia E-Booklet, selling for $4.95. This is a short booklet giving you some ideas on running a Trivia night. Click here.
* We sell badges for $1. (Well it's not for Trivia, but click here if it interests you).

Some other Trivia Products. Check out: www.triviadatabase.com They have things to purchase, and a whole heap more questions to consider than TACO Trivia.

At www.pubtriviaquiz.com you can get your hands on an answer sheet template and a free poster template, once you have logged in to their system. Worth looking at?

Do YOU have any Trivia Products worth spruiking? Comment here.

Tips on How to Run a Successful Fundraising Trivia/Quiz Night

Here are TACO Trivia's Top 5 Tips on "How to Run a Successful Fundraising Trivia/Quiz Night"

Tip #1 (How to run a Successful Fundraising Trivia Night) - Advertise like crazy

There are many ways to advertise a Trivia Night. Here's a list of some standard and creative ways:
* Facebook - Load up a new event. Put it on your 'wall'. Put it on your status updates
* Twitter - Just twit about it everyday. Put a link on it to a webpage, or your facebook.
* Email - Try emailing the local Council members and the local Council Youth worker, and the Non-For-Profit sector of the community. Ask them to forward the advertisement on. Many of these workers already have mailing list that they forward newsletters on to. Email your local Parliament member.
* Flyers - A4, A5, A3. Put the flyers up at shops, at local schools, letterbox drop the flyers
* School Newsletters. Usually a quick email to the appropriate person works, and if you don't know the right email address, just ring the admin office of the school.
* Local Radio - It is much easier to get a quick advertisement onto local radio. Some radio stations will even interview you, if the cause of the Trivia Night is news worthy.

Tip #2 (How to run a Successful Fundraising Trivia Night) - Have a Cause - Raise the profile of the Cause

If you want to spark interest, and if you wish to raise a lot of money, you need to communicate to people the cause of the trivia night. The stronger people's connection to the cause, or the stronger you can build people's passion for the cause, the greater the night will be. When people open up their heart to what the night is supporting, they generally open up their wallet as well. It can be frustrating to think that people won't just give you lots of money if you tell them 'I'm raising money for...' But if you share a story or two, or real life people or events that have changed things for the better, then people will support the cause more generously.

Tip #3 (How to run a Successful Fundraising Trivia Night) - Don't just rely on entry sales to raise money

Depending on demographics of people within your contact groups really changes how much you would charge people to enter the trivia night. Some groups put on glamorous events and charge $55 a head. Other community groups charge $10 a head and encourage people to book a whole table. To run a successful quiz night, don't just rely on these entry sales. If you have 100 people at your trivia night, and they each have paid $15 to enter, that's $1,500. Think how much disposable income people have in their wallets. Sure, some have nothing, but others are probably willing to let go of another $50 or so if there is a strong enough cause, or reason to do so. Play some fundraising games. Charge for drinks at the bar/counter. Run an auction with donated goods; its amazing how much money people let go of, when they're receiving something or worth, as well as donating to a fundraising cause. Try not to just run games where you are only asking for $1 and $2 coins. Find creative ways to have people donate some more than this.

Tip #4 (How to run a Successful Fundraising Trivia Night) - Good Trivia Questions
Make sure you don't have vague trivia questions that could have more than one answer, e.g. 'What ingredients do you use to make Playdough'? Well, five different people have five different answers and you end up with arguments. Have the appropriate amount of rounds. TACO Trivia Nights tend to have 8 rounds, with 10 questions in each round. Don't let the quiz questions be too hard. Ever sat in the trivia night where the brainy table are getting all the answers, and everyone else don't know ANY of the answers. Have different rounds of questions. For example:
Round 1 - Sport
Round 2 - Entertainment
Round 3 - General Knowledge
Round 4 - Children's Questions
Round 5 - Music
Round 6 - Science
Round 7 - History
Round 8 - Technology

Questions for trivia nights can be found on many websites, including here at TACO Trivia.

Tip #5 (How to run a Successful Fundraising Trivia Night) - Plan well in advance

Ever used Microsoft Project or something similar? You can outline all the expectations for running a trivia night. Start well in advance. Set your trivia night date. Then list all the facets of the trivia night, e.g. advertising, volunteers, finances, running of the night, etc, that need to be completed prior to the event. You could put together a working party, and delegate tasks to each other. Someone could be in charge of advertising, another of collating Trivia Questions, etc.

Well there you have it, TACO Trivia's Top 5 Tips on "How to Run a Successful Fundraising Trivia/Quiz Night".

Hope some of that helps. Feel free to comment, and leave some advice to others.

TACO Trivia! TACO Trivia! What is it?

TACO Trivia was birthed in Melbourne, Australia, and is about empowering Salvation Army Centres around the World, to raise money for training Salvation Army Cadets in third world countries. TACO stands for 'Train A Cadet Overseas'. All we are asking Salvation Army centres/corps to do, is to run a Trivia Night, eat some TACOs, charge people money to come, and send all your profits to a Salvo Training College in a Third World setting.

If you click the 'TACO Resources' button at right, you will find some blogs that give you some help in running a TACO Trivia Night.

In 2009, we are looking at raising well over $25,000 for Training Cadets Overseas. Will you join the TACO Trivia challenge?

Any questions, comment here, or email: peter.brookshaw@aus.salvationarmy.org

Advertisement files for a TACO Trivia Night

Want to advertise a TACO Trivia Night? Then these two files might be helpful. Cut and paste and turn it into a TACO Trivia Flier. Any questions, email: peter.brookshaw@aus.salvationarmy.org

Outline of a Trivia Night

TACO Trivia Resources: Here is an outline of a Trivia Night. (Specifically, a TACO Trivia Night)

This may give you a rough idea of how the Trivia Night goes. Follow it if you wish:
· 7pm – Entry
· 7:15pm – ROUND 1
· ROUND 2
· Answers Round 1 – Score Update
· ROUND 3
· Answers Round 2 - Score Update
· Eat TACOS
· Answers Round 3 - Score Update
· ROUND 4
· ROUND 5
· Answers Round 4 - Score Update
· Fundraising Games
· Short Description of ‘What is TACO?’ - Train A Cadet Overseas
· Answers Round 5 - Score Update
· ROUND 6
· ROUND 7
· Answers Round 6 - Score Update
· Answers Round 7 - Score Update
· ROUND 8
· Answers Round 8 – Final Score
· 9:30pm - Finish

I hope this outline helps you run a successful TACO Trivia Night!!
For more TACO Trivia Resources, click on 'TACO Trivia Resources' on the link at right.

Fundraising Games for a TACO Trivia Night

TACO Trivia Resources - Fundraising Games for a TACO Trivia Night

During a TACO Trivia Night, it would be great to do some fundraising games to break up the continuous trivia, and of course to raise more money for cadets overseas. Here are fundraising game ideas:

· Coin Tower - Simply ask each table to make a coin tower, and the table with the highest tower wins a prize. Just let the people know that whatever they put on the coin tower will be a donation!!
· Auction - If you’re able to find some products to auction, then this is a fun addition to any night. Auction off wrapped up presents, in which the gift is unknown to the bidders.
· Coin toss - Place a prize on the ground. Draw a line a few metres away, and have people throw coins at the prize. The closest coin to the prize, wins the prize. You obviously donate all the coins tossed! (Is this gambling? You decide!)
· Love offering - Feeling like you have a generous crowd that just wants to give? First of all, congratulations. You may like to communicate the cause of the TACO Trivia night (to Train A Cadet Overseas), and then take up an offering. Simple.
· Team Rivalry - Each table pays $5 for their team to play. Have one person from each table come forward and do any of the following:
§ Eating contest, e.g. TACO’s, Breakfast Cereals, Ice-cream
§ Sculling a Can of drink
§ Completing a small puzzle
§ Egg n’ spoon race
§ JUST MAKE SOMETHING UP and make it fun!!

God bless you as you have fun doing some of these fundraising games. Check out more TACO Trivia Resources, by clicking 'TACO Trivia Resources' on the right.

Volunteers that are needed for a TACO Trivia Night

TACO Trivia Resources - Volunteers that are needed for a TACO Trivia Night

To help a TACO Trivia night run smoothly you will need some volunteers. You will need the following people:

· A small advertising team – Some people who are keen to help promote/advertise the trivia night would be great!
· A small set-up team on the night – to set up tables seating eight-ten people each, and other pre-event set-up needed
· Compere – Reads trivia questions, gives answers, welcomes people from up front of stage etc.
· Entry sales – Someone to collect entry fee at start of night
· 2 cooks – If cooking TACO’s, a couple of people cooking/preparing/serving Taco’s is helpful
· (If you advertise BYO food and drinks, there is no need to sell drinks or food, as people will generally bring plenty themselves)
· A Score Tallier! This could be the same person as the one doing the entry sales…

God bless you on your TACO Trivia Night. If you get people excited, they will volunteer!
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Click on 'TACO Triva Resources' on the right for more TACO Trivia Information.

How to Cook Tacos

TACO Trivia Resources - How to Cook Tacos.

A Taco Trivia Night works well with Tacos! Here's a simple recipe on how to cook Tacos:

The Ingredients:
You will only need to cater for 2 Tacos per person on a TACO Trivia Night (anymore than this is too much, from past experience) and these are the ingredients and amounts you will need per 50 people:

· Taco Kits (enough for 100 tacos) OR
· Taco shells (x 100), Taco Seasoning (8 packs) and Salsa (6 jars)
· Lettuce (x 2)
· Cheese (3kg - shredded)
· Mince (7kg)
· Onions (5 onions)
· Garlic (2 Tablespoons)
· Oil (roughly 4 Tablespoons)
· Canned Tomatoes (One large can)
· Sour Cream (one large tub)
· Packet of Serviettes and/or paper plates

Firstly the TACO Mince:
* Put some oil in a pot
* Sautee chopped onions and garlic in pot
* Add mince and cook til brown
* Add TACO seasoning and Canned Tomatoes
* Boil til at the right consistency

Preparing TACO’s:
Place the following in separate bowls:
* Chopped lettuce
* Salsa
* Sour Cream
* Cheese
* Cooked TACO mince

Heat the TACO Shells in the oven for a short period of time. Serve warm TACO Shells with the ingredients of the bowls already prepared. Too Easy!

Now you know how to cook Tacos. Leave any comments below with any ideas to help other's who are cooking Tacos.

How to Promote a Trivia Night

Here's some thoughts on how to promote a Trivia Night:

1. Promote your Trivia Night by Building Networks with community groups, not-for-profits, Council, Rotary Club, Lions Club, RSL, Businesses:
(a) visit the same cafe every time you have coffee
(b) Buy from the same electrical store
(c) Get to know the Mayor, the Council members, etc.
(d) Build relationships/networks with local Schools/Universities, etc.

2. Make catchy fliers for advertising. Promote your Trivia Night everywhere!
(a) Letterboxes
(b) Milkbars
(c) Noticeboards @ Shopping Centres
(d) Businesses, e.g. the Hair Dressing Salon
(e) Community Groups - hand fliers out at Rotary, or birthdays, or playgroups, etc.

3. Promote the Trivia Night Using the Internet
(a) Blog about it*
(b) Email it out
(c) Get others Blogging it
(d) What about Google AdSense?
(e) Websites

4. Promote your Trivia Night using other forms of Communication
(a) Word of Mouth - Always a cheap, easy way
(b) SMS everyone!
(c) Have it announced on Radio - email, write, phone local Radio Stations
(d) Huge Banner outside your organisation, facing the traffic
(e) Newspaper Ads - Pay $200 for example, for a small ad, or the community sections of the Paper - even the classifieds might work
(f) Phone people - more expensive, but they might promote the Trivia Night to others, who knows?

Any other thoughts? Hope it all goes well!

*For a Blog about things of faith and community development, check out Transforming Mission.

Best Ways to Advertise a Trivia Night

What's the best way to advertise a Trivia Night?

1. WORD OF MOUTH
Get the word out. Make the Trivia Night appealing to others. Ask people to tell others about it. An exciting night will always attract others.

2. INTERNET
There's numerous ways to advertise a Trivia Night on the net. Post it onto Blogs. Have friends link to it from their site. Use facebook - list a new event. Use MySpace. Email your contact lists - Ask people to forward the advertisement on to their mates.

3. POSTERS & FLYERS
A bright, eye-catching poster and flyer will attract people's attention. Create a flyer that you can simply print in A5, A4 and A3 (Don't bother make three different poster designs!). Don't clutter the advertisement with too much writing. Maybe letter-box drop the flyers in your local community. Send the flyer attachment to the local newspaper.

God Bless you in your Trivia Endeveours.

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