What "Custom" means to me

One of my favorite quizzes I ever did was for a long-time quizzer’s going away party when he left? the tech startup he was working at. The categories for that particular event? Russian History, Regional Pizza Styles, East-Coast Hip Hop, and Guys Named Will. Admittedly I had a bit of an advantage, having talked to this particular person over the years and developing a few inside jokes, it really allowed me to create a fully custom experience for his party. I didn’t pull from existing templates or dig into a laundry list of pre-written trivia questions, but really created something specifically for this remote team's occasion.?

So when I see a company offering “customization” in a quiz that includes picking from a set list of categories, I feel like it’s time to stop being so polite and call it for what it is. It’s not really custom trivia. I genuinely enjoy getting to know organizations and putting together truly tailored quizzes to fit their unique needs and interests, and I hate seeing something less than that labeled “custom.”

Trivia in a corporate setting isn’t about distraction, it’s about facilitation. It’s there to provide people a chance to get to know one another, discuss their own experiences, and ideally learn something new about their workplace colleagues. Just grabbing any-old-questions is not the way to do that. It can also be limiting to the people who aren’t interested in a particular quiz category.

What do I mean by that? Lots of people may not be that interested in history. You might not know that many names. For an airline customer, a history round might consist of questions about historical figures who have international airports named after them. Or a sports round for a group of computer programmers might focus on math and statistics in sports instead of names and titles. (Both of which are rounds I’ve written before.)

So when I say I customize a quiz, it doesn’t mean you get to choose from 50 exciting categories and 5,000 backlogged questions. It means that the whole experience is designed from our initial meeting and every trivia question for your organization is written from scratch to meet your needs and keep your guests and employees engaged. There’s even opportunities to add inside jokes or references. I once did a round that was in theory about museums. Seems niche at first, but this New York-based company had used the names of local museums to name their conference rooms, and all the answers were taken from those.

When you purchase a custom trivia experience for your organization it should mean tailor-made questions specifically for your organization. Employees will stay engaged because the topics are designed for them uniquely. When this is done right, regardless of category choices, the trivia experience will feel welcoming, easy, and fun to engage in.?

That’s what makes Anywhere League questions so good for international groups. We take the time to write questions based on where your people are and what they might be interested in, creating an experience that your people will remember and your company culture will benefit from.?

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