USA Sites for the Transatlantic Quiz www.transatlanticquiz.com thus far include: Athens, GA Boulder, CO (contact info posted soon) Lakeland, FL New York, NY Phoenix, AZ Sioux Falls, SD St. Louis, MO Seattle, WA (contact info posted soon) (we hope to get a couple more, perhaps in California) PEOPLE ACROSS THE POND TEST THEIR TRIVIA SKILLS NEW YORK/LONDON -- Who's better at trivia? The British? The Americans? The Canadians? We'll find out on Saturday March 15th when top game show contestants and everyday people compete in the 2nd annual Transatlantic Quiz. The two-hour written quiz taken by individuals will cover a mixture of pop culture and academic trivia. The general public is invited to take part in the two-hour written test that will cover pop culture and academic trivia in the areas of culture, entertainment, history, lifestyle, media, sport, science, and world topics. Event sites and times can be found via links at www.transatlanticquiz.com – note that the test will be given live in the various locations and not on the web. Current venues include sites in various states of the US, provinces of Canada, and locations in the UK with more being added in the weeks leading up to the test. The questions for the quiz have been balanced between the three competing countries and developed from the USA by Ray Hamel, reference librarian and crossword puzzle constructor, NY Times Trivia Master, and Quiz writer for "Pages" magazine and Paul Bailey, president of the Game Show Congress. Questions from Canada have been developed by Paul Paquet, trivia writer through Triviahalloffame.com for clients such as Microsoft Encarta and MTV Europe, head writer for World Trivia Night, and a writer for merchandising of "1v100" and "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire". The questions from the UK have been developed by Chris Jones, former civil servant and winner on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" who now works full-time for Quizzing.co.uk. The Transatlantic Quiz will also prepare players for the World Quizzing Championships, which take place June 7, 2008.
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