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The Smart Phone
The biggest problem for a trivia host used to be drunk patrons. Now days the biggest problem is the smartphone. It is not like the good old days when the only way a person could cheat with a cellphone was to go outside and call for help. Not only can it be used to cheat during the game, it can be used to disprove the answers you have given. It is rare when at least person on a team doesn’t have a data plan.
So how can you deal with this situation? You can always ignore the situation and hope nobody complains. Then again you can make the question so obscure that even Google doesn’t have the answer. Of course neither of these solutions is practical.
Unfortunately, the smartphone has made your job as host more difficult. You best course of action is simply request that people keep their phones turned off and in their pockets or purses. Treat the contest as though it were a movie.
As the trivia host you must police the situation. If you see someone cheating disqualify the team or impose a less severe punishment such as the loss of points.
It is important that you explain this rule before the contest starts.
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