2 Cool

I haven't really remained true to my promise to post more regularly, but that's because work in general hasn't become significantly less busy in the last few weeks, with further question-writing projects as well as a fair few quizzes, ranging from a fairly huge, fairly tricky but enjoyable quiz for Barclays for 'Cultural Awareness' to a small quiz for some design firm in Shoreditch House which was, being honest, a long way too cool for school.
If there's anything I find vexing when running quizzes its not being shouted out, or people not doing well, or people not paying attention (well, ok, i do find all those things a little annoying, but let me continue), it's people who persist in some kind of phoney embarrassment at the very idea of knowing anything. You ask a question - partly there's a response of 'how are we supposed to know that' but then quite a few people do it and they know it in a kind of 'god, i can't believe i know that, it's so beneath me to know that' way. O well.
As far as I'm concerned it's all just knowledge, whether it's about Beats International featuring Lindy Layton or Pi Appreciation Day.
Furthermore, at one quiz, I got the 'How are we supposed to know that?' reaction when I asked 'Who was third in the US presidential election in 2000?', where the answer, Ralph Nader, and his very candidacy, has arguably had a more significant effect on the world than almost anyone in the last 20 years. That's how your supposed to know. I understand not knowing exactly where you would fing Cell Number IV65536, but come on, knowledge, like ridicule (they often go hand in hand) is nothing to be scared of.