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Topic: Bus Ride Renewal Challenge

Posted by: Terry

Subject: Bus Ride Renewal Challenge
Date: Mar 16 10

While the replacement of low-ranked quizzes is a continuing goal, preparation of extra quizzes to introduce variety for the tourists is also important now that the Bus Ride is well-established. Some tourists are on their third tour, and even nice quizzes get repetitive. The lowest-ranked quiz at the moment (in the cycle), aside from a few that have already had a volunteer for a new quiz, is Dominica, around 31,000, which is roughly in the top third of all quizzes.

The following list shows the quizzes in the current rotation in need of an additional quiz:

Angola, Belize, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Moldova, Mozambique, Nauru, North Korea, Palau, Republic of Congo, Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Swaziland, Syria, The Bahamas, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zambia

If you create a new quiz on one of the preceding countries, get it placed online, and have it place within a reasonable ranking, it will be removed from the listing for this project and placed into the cycle for future rides.

As an added bonus, we have modified the ratings system to give all quizzes in our rotation a ratings bump.

Feel free to use this thread to also "claim" a country so that you don't duplicate someone else's effort and make sure to follow along with our later posts and updates to make sure that everything is in order. We look forward to seeing what you can come up with!

LINK TO CURRENT BUS QUIZ STATUS:
http://www.funtrivia.com/buslist.cfm



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Jakeroo

My goodness but Looney has been busy! Way to go : )

Reply #141. Apr 05 10, 1:26 PM

looney_tunes

I am on the last day of my holidays, and have been immersing myself in the 'countries in need' as my main form of entertainment, producing an amazing number of geography quizzes for someone who wouldn't call it a particular strength. The research has been a fantastic learning curve! Tomorrow I go back to work, and will settle back to a more reasonable writing pace.

Guitargoddess, I'm sorry I left you off the list - I realised that my checking of who had claimed what on previous pages had only included the countries listed on Terry's last list of urgency, and didn't include all of the second and third tier countries (just as I have still ignored anyone saying they would write a quiz on any other countries - my list is purely to help identify the countries most in need of a volunteer) - I am about to go back and look for the other countries, and add the names of those who have offered to write a quiz for them.

These names of people who have 'claimed' a country are really only an indication that this country has been adopted, and is no longer a desperate orphan. Claimed is probably not the right word, as all authors are encouraged to write a quiz on ANY country, and the highest-ranking quiz available will be used in the Bus Ride. But I am most interested in the countries with no name.

Reply #142. Apr 05 10, 4:35 PM

salami_swami

I haven't put too much urgency on my quiz... Uganda is not in THAT much need of a quiz. It's ranked 30,000 ish... So it's fine for now. :-)

Reply #143. Apr 05 10, 6:51 PM

kyleisalive

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Gab-On-the-Equator-324608.html

Leo's Gabon is up!

Reply #144. Apr 05 10, 10:32 PM

looney_tunes

I have submitted Honduras, and will next move to a whole new part of the world, closer to home, and explore Vanuatu. This will take more time, as I am back at work tomorrow, and won't have the luxury of entire days with nothing to do except research and write!

Reply #145. Apr 06 10, 1:04 AM

looney_tunes

Zimbabwe is online.

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/A-Provincial-Tour-of-Zimbabwe-324741.html

Reply #146. Apr 06 10, 1:15 AM

redwaldo

I just played it; a very good quiz!

Reply #147. Apr 06 10, 1:24 AM

James25

I wasn't aware of this challenge until now, but my quiz about Albania just went online. I did not write specifically for this challenge and naturally I hope the person who seems to have claimed it does not feel bad about it.

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/A-Visit-to-Albania-324581.html

Reply #148. Apr 06 10, 7:17 AM

salami_swami

This is more fun than I ever imagined. I am halfway done writing the Uganda quiz, and I am learning a lot. This is a great challenge. :-)

Reply #149. Apr 06 10, 10:32 AM

looney_tunes

"I wasn't aware of this challenge until now, but my quiz about Albania just went online. I did not write specifically for this challenge and naturally I hope the person who seems to have claimed it does not feel bad about it."

Nobody really has claims (that was a poor choice of word on my part) - they are just volunteering to provide a needed quiz. If there are multiple quizzes on the same country posted here, Terry will pick the one that has the higher ranking when he checks. It would be fantastic to have AT LEAST two quizzes for each country, but the urgent priority is one good one!

Reply #150. Apr 06 10, 2:18 PM

salami_swami

My quiz is written. I will submit it after another two quizzes go online. :-)

Reply #151. Apr 06 10, 5:48 PM

abechstein

No worries, James -- another Albania quiz just went on line, so now the challenge is to work mine into a different shape. It was going to have more of a physical geography focus, anyway.

Reply #152. Apr 06 10, 7:39 PM

looney_tunes

Here's the other Albania quiz to which abechstein referred.

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Albania---Land-of-the-Mountain-Eagle-324501.html

Reply #153. Apr 06 10, 8:18 PM

Deunan

Halfway there. Just 5 more questions and then the polishing.

This is fun!

Reply #154. Apr 06 10, 9:14 PM

rossian

The poor geography editors must be wondering what hit them!

Reply #155. Apr 07 10, 5:12 AM

LeoDaVinci

Did anybody "claim" Tonga? If not, then I can work towards my goal of one quiz per continent...

Reply #156. Apr 07 10, 6:33 AM

James25

I am glad you don't mind, Abechstein. I look forward to playing your quiz as well. I quite enjoyed the other new Albania quiz too.

Reply #157. Apr 07 10, 12:54 PM

looney_tunes

Here's a quiz for Benin.

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Republic-of-Benin-Formerly-Dahomey-324779.html

Reply #158. Apr 07 10, 1:23 PM

looney_tunes

I have noted that Tonga now has a volunteer (I have changed from claimed, it sounds too possessive and exclusive), and it will appear in the next summary I post.

Reply #159. Apr 07 10, 1:25 PM

looney_tunes

Here's a Lesotho quiz.

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/The-Landlocked-Kingdom-of-Lesotho-324699.html

Reply #160. Apr 07 10, 7:06 PM

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