Towards the end of the first day’s Facilitation class, our trainer divided us into 4 groups and asked each group to prepare a warm-up / energizer for the next day. Our group rolled the highest score so we would go first and do the warm-up first thing in the next morning. When the day ended, the lady who rolled the dice for us got up and said to me, “I have got a tender to do now so …”. I was like … and then another lady got up and said, “I have never done energizer in my life before so …”. And I was like … Need not to say, my 3rd lady member also got up and said, “Well, you and I run retreats all the time but we always get help from our associates. So I have no clue on what to do.” All 3 ladies walked out on me and I was like, “Huh? I am supposed to do this?!”
On my way to my car, I thought about it briefly. During dinner, I forgot to think about it. I was supposed to research from the Internet but I did not bother with it. Before going to bed, I did not even want to think about it.
In the morning, I started to panic about it. When I started the car, I started to think about it. At the first junction, I turned to Cynthia and told her that, “Look love, I need some help.” I explained what I needed to do in less than 60 minute’s time and we were like … starring at the traffic just thinking … or the lack of it.
At the second junction, I suddenly screamed, “A quiz!”. “A what?!” Cynthia asked. “Do a quiz as warm-up!”. I was so excited that I asked if she has paper with her. No, she answered. I tried to search through my wallet (while driving) and before I found a nice piece of paper, Cynthia dug up 2 pieces of petrol receipts from nowhere. I passed her the pen and we went … blank.
“Hey, you read a lot of Life section right?!” I inquired (Life section is the entertainment section of a local newspaper).
She: “Err … ya but …”
Me: “Can’t you think of something?!”
She: “Err … no …”
Me: “…..”
She: “…..”
Well, it was actually quite a fun thing for us to do and I have even forgotten to monitor my speed when I went pass the speed camera. Anyway, we have come up with 15 cool questions in the category of current affairs, sport, entertainment, movies, and books for the groups and they were (see how many questions you can answer!) as follows.
- How many years of independence does Singapore have?
- Husband of Britney Spears?
- What nationality is tennis player Roger Foderer?
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being is written by?
- Name the 2nd and 4th runner-ups of World Cup 2006.
- Who is the main actress in the TV series Ghost Whisperer?
- Name the Singapore Idol judge who was previously a radio DJ.
- Name the President of Indonesia.
- Who is the female Malaysian singer who just got married?
- Name the 2 main actresses in The Devil Wears Prada.
- Dave Grohl is the vocalist of which band?
- Name the latest album from Justin Timberlake.
- Name the new baby boy of Britney Spears.
- JK Rowling is the author of which series?
- Name the Asia actress in Miami Vice.
- Who are the 2 finalists left in Singapore Idol.
Footnote: The quiz went well. I think everyone was thoroughly entertained as we have lots of laughters. I immediately texted Cynthia, “The quiz was a blast, thank you”.