leith90 
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How on earth did you manage to write and have your quiz accepted so quickly Row? I am truly amazed.
I genuflect and offer up sacrificial chocolate to you, oh great one. :)
Reply #362. Jul 10 10, 5:24 AM
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Rowena8482
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The acceptance was nothing at all to do with me lol, that was the Editor. I guess the geography queue must have been empty or very nearly so, and I got lucky. The writing balances out the months the other one is taking me! It's still no further on :-S Just how it works out, sometimes a quiz "writes itself" almost, and Eritrea did turn out to be more interesting than I thought it would be, I learned all sorts of lovely facts :-D
Reply #363. Jul 11 10, 3:37 AM
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looney_tunes
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Anyone interested in Kuwait? I must admit that my preliminary research has left me worried about being able to produce an interesting Bus Ride quiz, but somebody's got to do it! You just might be the one to see an interesting take that will work.
Reply #364. Jul 11 10, 3:39 AM
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Rowena8482
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I think a historical one might be easier for Kuwait, it just doesn't have very much geography lol. Even with a hsitorical slant though, I don't think it's going to be exactly thrilling, but at least it would have a quiz... let me give it some thought and do a bit of research and I will decide if I think I can scrape up 10Qs. :-) (If anyone else does have a burning desire to write it meantime, go for it!)
Reply #365. Jul 11 10, 4:51 AM
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Rowena8482
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The other Kuwait quiz is online again now, and fixed btw - I just played it. That makes it less "urgent" to have another I guess, although I might end up doing a historically slanted one anyway, there is some interesting-ish info out there. Will see if the urge grows on me lol. (I think I'm procrastinating the invertebrate geography one now!)
Reply #366. Jul 11 10, 6:14 AM
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stuthehistoryguy
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I've submitted two Macedonia quizzes: one in History and one in Geography. I will let clearer heads than mine decide which, if either, is worthy of a bus stop.
Reply #367. Jul 11 10, 7:27 AM
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Rowena8482
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Your quizzes are always beautifully crafted works of trivia art Stu! It's not the quizzes being worthy of a bus stop, it's a bus stop being worthy of your quizzes!
Reply #368. Jul 11 10, 7:39 AM
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stuthehistoryguy
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LOL, Rowena. Be careful--I'm hard enough to live with as it is.
I think the geography one covers most of what folks are looking for on the Bus Ride. Hard to say, though--the BR is a bit of a different animal.
Reply #369. Jul 11 10, 7:44 AM
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Rowena8482
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The bus ride is very different, I think that's why your Kenya one "suffered" on its day :-S It's a whole different audience of players, for 95% of them, all they want is to open the quiz, open Wiki, score 50% asap and if they get an "oo I didn't know that" moment in there somewhere, it's a bonus. The other 5% would play geography quizzes anyway because they actually like it lol, not because they want a badge...
Reply #370. Jul 11 10, 8:52 AM
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looney_tunes
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And then there are those who are just there for the food :)
Stu, I have seen your history one online. I was about to post a link here for it, but will now wait and see which feels more Bus Ride-ish when I have played them both. What an abundance of riches! (If anyone disagrees with my choice, by the way, please say so and enter into discussion - we can try to make our opinion clear along the way. Those of us who play the quizzes and write the replacements should be getting a good idea of what works and what doesn't by now.)
Reply #371. Jul 11 10, 1:32 PM
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Rowena8482
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I know I could go and scour the list etc, but you always have all the info to hand L-T - is there anywhere else that is urgent, or hasn't got a suitable quiz at all, that needs doing "desperately"? Or was Kuwait it? I have a quiz writing urge today lol, and I did half a music one then realised I can't submit it until the other one is online, but a geog one I could...
Reply #372. Jul 11 10, 3:25 PM
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looney_tunes
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All countries with no online quiz have had someone say they would produce one. The highest on my priority list that is unclaimed is Colombia - while there is a quiz on the Bus Ride, it is not terribly good, and flagged as No Extra Info. The other two Colombia quizzes are also old, and require too much familiarity with local culture to be suitable for the Bus Ride (IMHO). I didn't enjoy any of them particularly! Colombia is therefore the current top of my personal hit list. Grab it if you want - I haven't done anything about a replacement quiz other than deciding it was the next in line!
I cannot always give such an exact answer, especially when I am at work, but chjecking out Colombia to see what other options were available for it was something I happened to do yesterday, so I remember!
Reply #373. Jul 11 10, 6:04 PM
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looney_tunes
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But there are not a lot of Colombian invertebrates.
Reply #374. Jul 11 10, 6:05 PM
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Terry
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Updated to this point! Wow you guys have been busy :)
Things are looking much better now. Here are the priorities:
San Marino
Kuwait
Solomon Islands
Colombia
Malawi
Guatemala
The Netherlands
Suriname
Jamaica
Reply #377. Jul 13 10, 8:05 PM
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PDAZ
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I'll take Guatemala
Reply #378. Jul 13 10, 9:28 PM
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leith90
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I'll go to Jamaica.
Reply #379. Jul 13 10, 10:49 PM
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Rowena8482
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I'll do Solomon Islands.
Reply #380. Jul 14 10, 12:29 AM
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