You had to be there!
Q 'n A's from the 2004 Joint Meeting "RML Update" Game Show
On January 30th at the Joint Meeting of NCNMLG, MLGSCA, and PNC/MLA, two regional offices of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (PSR and PNR) presented the "RML Update" (see the "What's New at NN/LM" handout from the "RML Update"). After the initial presentation by Heidi Sandstrom and Neil Rambo, the RMLs hosted a game show with questions on PubMed, MedlinePlus, DOCLINE, Gateway, ToxTown, Household Products Database, and other NLM systems. The game show was an amalgamation of The Price is Right, Jeopardy!, and any other famous game show that pops into your head.
The main objectives of the game show were to entertain and, most importantly, to educate our Network members. Three teams of 3 contestants each represented the chapters. Each of the contestants were given horns to blow when their team had an answer, and people sure used those horns! Scorekeepers also represented the three MLGs. The game show hosts, Kay Deeney (PSR), Maryanne Blake (PNR), Gail Kouame (PNR), and Andrea Lynch (PSR) took turns asking the questions that were delivered by Alan Carr (PSR) and Linda Milgrom (PNR) dressed up as PricewaterhouseCoopers representatives. M.C. Kay Deeney acted as the "whistleblower" when contestants got too rowdy. You had to be there!
If you would like to see the questions and the "real" answers from the game show, visit: http://nnlm.gov/psr/pres/jtmtg2004_gameshow.html. Test yourself, your colleagues, and others! Use these questions to educate your library's patrons! Use the idea of doing a game show for your own library's events and presentations! If you end up using any of these questions or the idea of a doing a game show at your next library event, let us know.