FunTrivia quiz: 10 timed questions with scoring
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I haven't played in a while, its still fun!
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My source for information for trivia quiz. Each of these songs has answered at least one question so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHQFAoPy00A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCuDDAPggw&NR=1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCuDDAPggw&NR=1
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Eh Gads, playing blindfolded really did not help.
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hypatia said:
Cool, I just found this thread and took my first quiz!
(I followed hypatia's advice and removed my blindfold before playing.)
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At http://my.funtrivia.com/private/board.cfm?tid=87626 :
We could try that. To space out the sci/tech days, perhaps World Trivia could be moved to Monday, and have sci/tech on Sun-Tue-Thu.
Out of curiosity, what are the choices? Besides the obvious bias toward sci/tech, I like the Fun Trivia days as well.
The current schedule is
What do others think? (I shouldn't be the only voice in changing the categories.)
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We could try that. To space out the sci/tech days, perhaps World Trivia could be moved to Monday, and have sci/tech on Sun-Tue-Thu.
Out of curiosity, what are the choices? Besides the obvious bias toward sci/tech, I like the Fun Trivia days as well.
The current schedule is
What do others think? (I shouldn't be the only voice in changing the categories.)
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Redbelly,
I like your suggestions, and if no one objects, will implement them.
The list of topics include,
Animals (1 level)
celebrities
general knowledge (6 levels)
geography (3 levels)
history (3 level)
hobbies (1 level)
literature (2 levels)
movies (3 levels)
music (3 levels)
people (2 levels)
religion (3 levels)
sci/tech (3 levels)
sports (4 levels)
world (5 levels)
One issue is the number of questions, the default mixed bag has 100000 questions, some of the levels have less then 1000. I try to pick categories with several thousand questions, even then there seems to be lots of repeats. The smaller and easier categories turn into speed contests. Since I am slow, I tend to avoid those.
Do we want a speed demon day? Some of you are getting pretty fast now, I would be fine with it if that is what you want.
some of these have multiple levels
I like your suggestions, and if no one objects, will implement them.
The list of topics include,
Animals (1 level)
celebrities
general knowledge (6 levels)
geography (3 levels)
history (3 level)
hobbies (1 level)
literature (2 levels)
movies (3 levels)
music (3 levels)
people (2 levels)
religion (3 levels)
sci/tech (3 levels)
sports (4 levels)
world (5 levels)
One issue is the number of questions, the default mixed bag has 100000 questions, some of the levels have less then 1000. I try to pick categories with several thousand questions, even then there seems to be lots of repeats. The smaller and easier categories turn into speed contests. Since I am slow, I tend to avoid those.
Do we want a speed demon day? Some of you are getting pretty fast now, I would be fine with it if that is what you want.
some of these have multiple levels
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And it only took you 44,760 secondsChi Meson said:
Wow, there are a lot of topics. Another option would be to switch 1 or 2 of them around 3 or 4 weeks, but keeping at least 2 sci/tech quizzes each week. Of course, that is extra work for you Integral, so feel free to ignore this suggestion.Integral said:
It may be that people are pretty okay with whatever you decide.
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The current mix of topics seems reasonable. I know some days leave me thinking "What the ___?", but it shouldn't be lots of people getting 10's all the time.
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It might be worth changing some topics for August. I have nothing against the current list, I'm thinking more for the sake of variety.
I'd be for keeping the two Sci & Tech quizzes, since we're mostly Sci & Tech people in here.
I'd be for keeping the two Sci & Tech quizzes, since we're mostly Sci & Tech people in here.
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I also suffer from a slow click. Personally I do not like the speed tests but some people enjoy that so I have kept one on the schedual.
I agree that it is time for a change, will see what I can come up with. I am very dissapointed in the lack of a true history category, when I have tried them they are called humanities and simply do not have the questions I want.
I agree that it is time for a change, will see what I can come up with. I am very dissapointed in the lack of a true history category, when I have tried them they are called humanities and simply do not have the questions I want.
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I am sure it's been talked about somewhere in this ginormous thread so my apologies if this is a repeat but do people here know about www.sporcle.com?
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Integral said:
I'm the same way. But the FunTrivia Mix is often a speed quiz as well, so with General Knowledge - Easier we had up to 3 of these in a single week.
Just noticed the new schedule. Thanks Integral!
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Still fun, thanks Integral.
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I guess I should have read further into this thread than Trivia in the first post, here I've been using my mouse pad on my laptop.
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OK.
It's Thursday. I check into the Trivia game. Lo and behold, Integral, my nemesis, has tanked. Last time this happened, I missed that day. But not today, no not today.
I planned my strategy...
wait to the last moment, wait until the kids are all asleep and everything is quiet,
wait for everyone else to play and see how fast I need to go, or whether I can take my time and score higher. It's a careful decision.
Anyway, I need to take my son to his swimming lesson and he can't find his Crocs. I get up, and help him with his things and get his swim bag all ready, and I turn back to put the computer to sleep and...
BENNY IS PLAYING THE QUIZ!
Benny is four, and he knows how to play internet games. He hit the start button and was halfway through answering the questions and a full minute into the game!
"YAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Benny! Benny! GEt away from there! You've ruined me! YOU'VE RUINED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
QUickly, no knowing how many seconds have gone by, I fix all the answers I can, in total panic. Arg! Arg! Arg! I hit submit, Three wrong!
Still, edged out Integral.
It's Thursday. I check into the Trivia game. Lo and behold, Integral, my nemesis, has tanked. Last time this happened, I missed that day. But not today, no not today.
I planned my strategy...
wait to the last moment, wait until the kids are all asleep and everything is quiet,
wait for everyone else to play and see how fast I need to go, or whether I can take my time and score higher. It's a careful decision.
Anyway, I need to take my son to his swimming lesson and he can't find his Crocs. I get up, and help him with his things and get his swim bag all ready, and I turn back to put the computer to sleep and...
BENNY IS PLAYING THE QUIZ!
Benny is four, and he knows how to play internet games. He hit the start button and was halfway through answering the questions and a full minute into the game!
"YAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Benny! Benny! GEt away from there! You've ruined me! YOU'VE RUINED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
QUickly, no knowing how many seconds have gone by, I fix all the answers I can, in total panic. Arg! Arg! Arg! I hit submit, Three wrong!
Still, edged out Integral.
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Chi,
That had me laughing harder than I have in a long time. Thanks for sharing.
I can't promise that I will give you another chance like that, so guess you will just have to settle for #2 again.
(What happened to all of our smileys?)
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Look on the bright side Chi. Thanks to your son, I got my first win in 2 months.
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Some of you may have noticed some strange comments by me in the quiz comments box.
So I started taking these triva quizes http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/ATOT-Daily-Trivia-Challenge-78979.html". I have found that you need separate logons for each quiz and yet another for the main Funtrivia site.
You cannot take a quiz you are not logged into but the comment box still works. Only problem,when you make a comment it does not matter which quiz you are looking at,the comment shows up in the quiz you are logged in to.
So my last comment. I am currently #1 in the Anandtech quiz, as I was yesterday until something less then a half hour before the end, when a user named Bolomite came in and beat me out of first. He is both accurate and lighting fast, but does not play everyday. So the "B word" is Bolomite.
So I started taking these triva quizes http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/ATOT-Daily-Trivia-Challenge-78979.html". I have found that you need separate logons for each quiz and yet another for the main Funtrivia site.
You cannot take a quiz you are not logged into but the comment box still works. Only problem,when you make a comment it does not matter which quiz you are looking at,the comment shows up in the quiz you are logged in to.
So my last comment. I am currently #1 in the Anandtech quiz, as I was yesterday until something less then a half hour before the end, when a user named Bolomite came in and beat me out of first. He is both accurate and lighting fast, but does not play everyday. So the "B word" is Bolomite.
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Chi Meson said:
Not every day, sometimes more!
But I only have 3 user names for that site, one for each quiz and 1 for the main site. It took me several months of sporadic trying to get this quiz set up because of the necessity of separate user names.
IIRC I started using the integral51 on sites that would not accept integral when I was 51.