Create 500 questions every month!Information gathering techniques heard by a super busy quiz writer | @Dime at Daim

　Quizes that can be enjoyed by men and women of all ages are popular content for TV programs and apps.Many people are enjoying with friends and family, such as the problem of knowledge boasting and the problem of competing for the softness of the head.And what delights us is the quiz writers who create various problems.

　One of them, 27 -year -old Kenji Sato, is one of them.He noticed the joy of the quiz in high school, and now created "about 500 questions on average", mainly on game apps and online programs.At work hours a week, "25 questions" are calculated around a day.

Kenji Sato, who is active as a quiz writer

　Mr. Sato says that the rule of the quiz problem is "simple and more accurate and easy to understand in 80 characters."What kind of "input output" is devised behind the knowledge that shape knowledge at a surprising pace?He heard "information utilization" that he wanted to try on a daily basis.

It is important to think about "why?" In the city

―― From the problem of competing for knowledge to the twist of your head.It is now an unprecedented “quiz boom”, focusing on TV programs.Mr. Sato is also an active quiz writer.I think it's a busy day, but what kind of information do you regularly collect to create a problem?

Kenji Sato (hereinafter Sato): In my case, I am not doing anything special because I am making quick -press problems for the general public mainly for quiz apps.The basics are from what readers can see.Watching news programs and sports news, I am writing about unknown topics and topics that I think will be attracting attention in the future.

―― For example, how do you check the news program?

Sato: You can always watch the weekend broadcast program because you can review the content for one week.When creating a problem, the approximate genre is decided at the time of ordering, so perform keyword search with all program recording functions.Insert rough keywords such as anime and sports, and if you have any information, you will pause on the net, and gradually play one after another.

――I'm also worried about how you are observing the city.

Sato: I'm thinking about the reasons for things.For example, a shoe store may be easy to understand.I often see shops that say "duplicate key" on the shoe store, but there is a reason for that.If you have a question for something, "Why?"I want you to be conscious.

The quiz tournament "ATOZ" sponsored by Mr. Sato.The semi -finals by nine people narrowed down from more than 100 participants

――By the way, is there a professional disease unique to a quiz writer's work?

Sato: If you look at the interesting signs in the city, you will think, "Can you make a quiz problem?"On the train, I'm worried about the contents of the hanging advertisement, and if I look up with a smartphone, I sometimes get over it (laughs).However, I try to look at the essence of the information as much as possible.For example, when you see a suspended advertisement in a new novel, you try to pay attention to the contents, not a complaint like "~ Manabe breakthrough".

Understand the browser tab to grasp the "whole image"

――What kind of input do you use?

Sato: I use "ANKI" (high -performance memorization card application, PC version: free / smartphone version: paid).App version of so -called vocabulary.You can learn the questions and answers you entered repeatedly in the app.The feature is that you can repeat the knowledge you have forgotten according to the human forgetting curve.Since CSV files can be read, it is convenient to make use of the data compiled in Excel all at once.

Screen of high -performance memorization card application "ANKI" (provided by Mr. Sato)

――It seems that there is also a device in the Internet search.

Sato: I am conscious of catching the whole picture because I make problems for each genre.For example, recently, I had a request about e -sports, so I thoroughly investigated, "What is e -sports?", "What kind of tournaments are there?"Utilize the browser tabs full when checking.Open the necessary links from one end, and after confirming each one, erase it.You don't have to remember it in detail, and if you concentrate on it, you'll see the flow of the whole thing.

――What kind of ideas do you do in the output?

Sato: It may be a special example.I rented a public hall on the weekend and had a quiz -off party with my friends.I am sure that the knowledge I gained is a quick push problem.If you check from the respondents' perspective, you will notice that this is difficult to understand and you've learned this time, so it is also useful for a quiz writer's work.

――When you try it in private.Finally, if you can give advice on "input output" for those who are not good at using information.

Sato: About the input, I think it is better to thoroughly investigate the topics you are interested in.I want you to dig into a specific genre because it may be wide and shallow.If your head and body get used to that method, your resistance to things you are not interested in will diminish.You will surely understand the fun of gaining knowledge.

And I think it's best to send out the output anyway.You can tweet it because you don't like the content that you don't love.Once you get used to it, I want you to make a quiz problem within 80 characters.The quiz problem has the rule of "accurate, concise, and easy to understand".The long sentence is a short sentence connection, and videos are perfect for cultivating the "transmitted power" of a certain era.

　Mr. Sato who loves quizzes regardless of public and private questions and keeps making problems while having fun.The speed and amount of input output will probably be comparable to us.This time, the “information utilization technique” as a quiz writer taught will surely be useful in business and other situations.

　A quiz -talented quiz problem production unit, Q Hoshi -gun's experience quiz event led by Teruyuki Hayashi, who was active in the TBS quiz program "Dongdao" and the Web Quiz Media "QuizKnock"It will be held on the 2nd to 3rd performances each day.

　This time, Koji Sato, who cooperated with the interview, and Daiki Yamagami, a writer of "QuizKnock", also produced a quiz.The start of the application will be announced at a later date.looking forward to!

◎ Experience quiz event "Invitation from Teruyuki Hayashi"

Interview / sentence / Kanekoshuhei