POP CULTURE QUIZ ... all new trivia about theatre, TV, music, etc.

Tonight, Thumbs Up Theatre Toronto had another of those quizzes on, so I signed up again.

Really tired tonight, after a long and tiring day - but I made it. And this time, so did most of the participants - turned out that there was a mix-up with the Zoom link last time, and two different ones got sent out. Lordy though, talk about many cooks spoiling the broth.. isn't it insane how people can't do something as simple as follow instructions?

We were given the link for Kahoot, which about half of the participants didn't know what to do with. We had people who didn't know where the address bar was, people who thought they couldn't type over what was already there, people who didn't know where the internet was on their phone.. people with weird problems they didn't know how to describe - it was like trying to troubleshoot my mother's internet issues over the phone! At least we had video, so could see what they were doing. But it just took the biscuit when the host tried several times to share her screen, not realising that there were different things you could share, and kept showing us the whiteboard instead of the screen with the game PIN on it..

Fifteen minutes after scheduled start time, we were off. And I started ok - until she started putting up questions that weren't multiple choice. TV shows I had some chance with, got a couple. But, to add insult to injury, the last several were on Canadian / American brands. I hadn't a hope - stuck it out until the last question, just out of curiosity, and signed out. Well, my highest score tonight was sixth. And everyone complained about the non-multiple-choice: the host remarked that the feedback was useful, but for heaven's sake, who wouldn't prefer multiple choice! And it was fun, with a lot of banter - a number of people compared it favourably with another quiz they'd been doing, which was more rushed and a lot less fun. True, and I'd attend again..

On Saturday, reliable Cultureseekers has a quiz of their own: this time, name the Ladybird book whose cover I'm showing you! Well, I mightn't be able to identify them - but they're delightful to look at!