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Effortless Entertainment from Believe it or Not

QUIZ NIGHT

Effortless Entertainment from Believe it or Not

Take the hassle out of organising an awesome night of entertainment with help from Believe it or Not Quiz Nights. And if you act quickly they will send you a freebie trial too!

stablished in 1998 in Auckland, Believe it or Not Quiz Nights pioneered the quiz industry in New Zealand and is the largest provider of quiz nights, and trivia-based products in the country. When Brendan Lochead, founder of Believe it Not, noticed that the quiz night offered at his parents’ retirement village wasn’t really up to scratch, he realised there was an opportunity to provide a true event for retirement and aged care residents based on his years of experience.

“The quizzes were not great; no real thought had been given to the types of questions that this age group would enjoy. So, we turned a simple quiz night into a proper event, because this time in the residents’ lives should be all about living!”

Believe it or Not’s aged care/retirement product is designed to be interactive, using a village’s communal area’s entertainment system to run the entire night through big screen projectors or televisions (although there is also a version that can be used without TVs).

Benefits for Seniors

The mental health benefits of trivia games and quizzes are well documented. Exercising the mind to keep it active is as important as maintaining physical fitness and strength in older age and the benefits of running a quiz night for seniors include increased brain health, improved cognitive skills, reduced stress, and the encouragement of social interaction.

Something for Everyone

The special aspects of Believe it Not pub quizzes remain in the aged care offering and it’s these that set a Believe it or Not quiz night apart from the rest.

These elements go into making a Believe it or Not multimedia quiz night a special event, one that villages can use to not only connect residents, but also to attract family and friends to

the village to reconnect with loved ones.

Easy to Organise

Believe it Or Not’s core business is to make the best product, delivered to you each time. It’s easy to host a quiz night and it doesn’t necessarily need to be run by a staff member – a keen resident (or group of residents) can host the night, using everything provided by Believe it or Not, taking the stress away from already busy staff members.

The quiz uses PowerPoint so all that is needed is a Windows laptop and either a projector and screen or a large television for teams to see.

Why Believe It Or Not?

You may be asking, why can’t a village just make up their own quiz questions? Well in short you can. In fact, you may have a quiz already, but Believe It Or Not’s multimedia quiz is more of a game show, so there’s no reason why you couldn’t carry on running your local quiz as well and have two regular quizzes in the village!

There is a skill to setting quiz questions, noted Lochead, something that many people overlook.

“If we ask questions that are too hard or irrelevant to the audience, they’re not going to want to come back. By and large residents love history, geography, science, and the arts, and we keep our entertainment rounds focused primarily on pre-1980s.”

Using economies of scale means Believe It Or Not can charge you a really fair price for an outstanding quiz product with its multimedia quiz takes approximately 25 hours to make from woe to go.

Quiz nights are extremely popular and universally loved. They are a great community event that can attract a very loyal following of people and inspire residents’ wellbeing. One of the best parts about a Believe it or Not event is once established, the quiz runs itself and can become a highly addictive hobby.

For more information about how Believe it or Not can make your next quiz night the mustattend event at your village, and to claim your free quiz, visit www.believeitornot.co.nz or contact brendan@believeitornot.co.nz

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