Why is “How High Is Mount Everest?” an Invalid Trivia Question?
One way to ensure that your trivia contest runs smoothly is to make sure your questions are all valid. An invalid question will open the door for arguments and can cause you plenty of headaches as you might be forced to do some quick translations. So what is an invalid question? It is a question which allows for more than one answer. An example of an invalid trivia question would be as follows: How high is Mount Everest? This may seem like a good question to ask but do you see the problems? The first problem that should be apparent is that the question does not specify whether the answer is in imperial measurements or metric. So not only could you answer 8848 metres or 9,676 yards but any of the following: 29,029 feet, 248,248 inches, and 884,800 centimetres. If all hamsters were two inches tall, you could even answer 124,124 hamsters high. And none of these answers would be wrong. The next way to validate your trivia question is to use a source. One website might say that Mount Everes
