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Welcome to Title Builder Beta.

This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

To build an easy to find question title simply select the paper and quiz, enter the quiz number if relevant and fill in the Publication Date. Once you’re happy click “Build Title” and the information should populate the Title field. Fill in the final required details of your question as you normally would, and click submit.

As this is a Beta we only have a limited number of papers and quizzes listed. If you think your favourite Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle should be listed here don’t hesitate to contact us.

Remember: You do not have to use the title builder - simply enter the title and question as you normally would and click submit!

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The Applause Experiment

maureeo | 16:02 Sat 12th Feb 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles

2 Answers

A comedy show was recorded with a loud electronic applause and played back to one half of a group of University students in an Australian experiment. The students had been informed beforehand that the applause on the show was recorded off some colleagues of theirs at an early session. Then the same show (and applause) was played back in a similar way to the other half of the same group of students. This time, however, they were told beforehand that the applause on the recording was from members of an unpopular political party. Results the first set of students (at para 2. above) apparently enjoyed the show and rose to applaud it lustily, alongside the electronic applause. The second set of students (at para. 3 above) showed little or no sign of enjoying the show, and did not join the electronic applause. Explain.