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Question 1
On average how many words per minute (wpm) do most people use when giving a speech?
A) 60 – 100 B) 101 – 160 C) 161 – 200 D) 201 – 250 E) 251 – 310
Question 2
As soon as you have finished your speech, your words begin to fade from the audience’s memory. But according to the accepted research, how long will it take for your audience to forget 90% of what you said?
A) 10 Hours B) 1 Day C) 3 Days D) 5 Days E) 1 Week
Question 3
Who said “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”?
A) Steve Jobs B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Oprah Winfrey D) Albert Einstein E) Sheryl Sandberg
Question 4
Martin Luther King gave his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech at the March on Washington in 1963. But he hadn’t actually planned on giving this particular speech until a close friend in the audience, who felt his speech needed more oompf, shouted out ‘Tell ’em about the dream, Martin!’ Who was that friend?
A) Mahalia Jackson B) Rosa Parks C) Sidney Poitier D) Jesse Jackson E) Sammy Davis Jnr
Question 5
In the 1977 Book of Lists, public speaking came Number 1 in the survey of people’s greatest fears. But what was Number 2?
A) Death B) Bugs & Insects C) Financial Problems D) Heights E) Sickness
Question 6
One of the earliest known texts on the art of public speaking was written in the 4th century BC by Aristotle. What was it called?
A) Elocution B) Oratory C) Eloquence D) Persuasion E) Rhetoric
Question 7
Messages delivered through stories are many times more likely to be remembered than messages with facts alone. But how many times more likely?
A) Twice as likely B) Three times more likely C) Five times more likely D) Ten times more likely E) 22 times more likely
Question 8
What does the T.E.D. in TED Talks stand for?
A) Talk. Explain. Debate. B) Technology. Entertainment. Design C) Telepromter Enabled Discourse D) Tell Everyone to Dance E) To Educate Doers
Question 9
Approximately how long was the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln?
A) 3 minutes B) 7 minutes C) 12 minutes D) 18 minutes
Question 10
“Most presentations are boring!” What percentage of audiences agree with this statement?
A) 25% B) 53% C) 79% D) 86% E) 95%
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Answers (don’t cheat!)
Question 1: B
Question 2: C
Question 3: D
Question 4: A
Question 5: D
Question 6: E
Question 7: E
Question 8: B
Question 9: A
Question 10: C (check out these stats https://presentationpanda.com/blog/new-presentation-statistics/)