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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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looney_tunes

And the Bus Ride actually has 195 countries! Niger, Eritrea and San Marino are all currently offline, but someone has volunteered to write a quiz for each of them before the start of the nest tour.

The link is looking a bit strange right now - everything is unranked. So I am assuming that nothing much has changed other than the inclusion of the 3 missing countries, and the replacement of old quizzes with new ones if relevant.

Here is my record of what needs to be done, and who has volunteered for the countries that are either offline of shown as having no II. There are other countries, as can be seen at the link, which are old or have a low ranking, and which would be ideally replaced.

Offline
Niger – PDAZ volunteered
Eritrea – geniusonwheels volunteered
San Marino – Snowman volunteered


No Info
Moldova – runaway_drive volunteered
Solomon Islands – guitargoddess volunteered
Iran
Colombia

Reply #301. May 28 10, 1:10 AM

Terry

Countries in most need of an update:

Niger
Eritrea
San Marino
Moldova
Albania
Iran
Solomon Islands
Colombia
Malawi
The Netherlands
Somalia
Nicaragua
Guatemala

Reply #302. May 28 10, 1:11 AM

kyleisalive

Runaway_Drive sent a message to me about a week or two ago stating he had some computer troubles. I'm not sure how extensive these are (I've already sent him a message in regards to some other challenges), but just wanted to pass the word on in regards to Moldova.

Reply #303. May 28 10, 1:26 AM

Snowman

There's a very good Albania quiz online already by solan_goose. It is an Editor's Choice quiz. Here's the link;

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Only-in-Albania-313263.html

Reply #304. May 28 10, 2:00 AM

looney_tunes

Here's an offering for El Salvador.

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Ebullient-El-Salvador-326543.html


From Terry's list, Niger, Eritrea and San Marino (offline) have been selected by writers who are willing to provide a replacement. Moldova is problematic, as it had been covered by Runaway_Drive.

Snowman has suggested an Albania quiz. Solomon Islands has a volunteer, a does the Netherlands.

Given that, and assuming Runaway _drive is still planning to do a Moldova quiz, the countries in the highest need are (as best as i can figure it out):

Iran
Colombia
Malawi
Somalia
Nicaragua
Guatemala



Reply #305. May 28 10, 2:25 AM

EmmaF2008

I'll take on Nicaragua next.

Reply #306. Jun 01 10, 11:01 AM

kyleisalive

Safe to say put Moldova back on the list.

Reply #307. Jun 01 10, 11:08 AM

Deunan

Now that my computer has quit acting up, may I have Moldova?

I also have a backup this time.

Reply #308. Jun 01 10, 11:35 AM

Deunan

Oh wait, what do you mean "put it back on the list"?

Reply #309. Jun 01 10, 11:36 AM

kyleisalive

Take Moldova. ;)

Reply #310. Jun 01 10, 11:41 AM

Deunan

I will give it back when complete.

I can't keep a country, house isn't big enough.

Reply #311. Jun 01 10, 11:43 AM

looney_tunes

Moldova's not a very big country - slightly larger than Maryland, according to the CIA Factbook.

Reply #312. Jun 01 10, 2:01 PM

Deunan

A question about Moldova...

Will the entire country fit inside Deunan's townhouse?

I know, I know. Not a question.

I'll settle down...someday.

Reply #313. Jun 01 10, 2:23 PM

stuthehistoryguy

A buddy of mine used to be deputy consul to Moldova. Funny guy.

Reply #314. Jun 01 10, 7:38 PM

Rowena8482

Wasn't it Moldova that featured in the episode of Dynasty where the royal family and half the cast were brutally massacred at the wedding of the year in "this series' thrilling denoument"? :-| I remember being amazed when I discovered it was actually a real place.

Reply #315. Jun 02 10, 4:48 AM

Snowman

I think it was Moldavia rather than Moldova. The two are linked but are not exactly the same place (Moldavia is an historic area of Romania, of which Moldova was a part).

Reply #316. Jun 02 10, 5:20 AM

KayceeKool

There is a very funny book by Tony Hawks called "Playing the Moldovans at Tennis" which involves a bet about him having to beat all eleven members of the Moldovan football team at tennis. Well worth a read if you want a smile.

Reply #317. Jun 02 10, 5:26 AM

geniusonwheels

I will give up my Eritrea challenge.

Reply #318. Jun 02 10, 9:37 AM

looney_tunes

Since Eritrea is offline, it now becomes the highest priority for replacement. Anyone interested? If nobody else volunteers, I may have time this weekend, but would just as happily work on the Sinatra challenge quiz which is only a concept at this point!

Reply #319. Jun 02 10, 1:49 PM

aya3098

I'll try Eritrea out, I suppose.

Reply #320. Jun 02 10, 2:19 PM

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