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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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glendathecat

I'm happy to go for the Netherlands.

Reply #481. Nov 13 10, 4:40 PM

looney_tunes

To bring them to the top of the current page, I will paste here links to the replacements that have been produced and are waiting to go online at this stage.

Malawi – http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Miscellaneous-Malawi-329250.html
Malaysia - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Malaysia-261920.html
Brazil - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/There-are-Millions-of-Brazilians-276774.html
Israel - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/A-Bus-Tour-of-Israel-327453.html

The following countries have had someone say they would write a quiz, but nothing much has happened about it, so you should feel free to write one if you have the inspiration: Guatemala, Ukraine, Croatia, Nicaragua.

I have checked what is available online already for some of the lowest-ranked quizzes currently listed. None of Suriname, Costa Rica or Thailand has a good replacement available.

If you are interested in any other country which has a red-highlighted entry on the link, I would suggest first checking the available quizzes - if you find one that you think would work, you can post a link to it. If not, write one!

Reply #482. Nov 16 10, 2:42 PM

salami_swami

Again I wold like to nominate Looney_Tunes as the Bus Ride editor! :-)

Reply #483. Nov 16 10, 2:53 PM

thelancinator

I did a new quiz for Chad if you think it would be a good replacement for the old one...it just barely went online a few minutes ago :)

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=331654

Reply #484. Nov 19 10, 11:29 AM

glendathecat

The Netherlands is now in the queue.

Reply #485. Dec 01 10, 10:41 AM

glendathecat

And the Netherlands is now online
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Lets-Go-Dutch-331816.html

Reply #486. Dec 07 10, 11:41 AM

PDAZ

Guatemala will be submitted this weekend -- just have to finish the ii.

Reply #487. Dec 10 10, 8:25 AM

portgleep I noticed Haiti is in Red. I'll "claim" Haiti if no one has claimed it yet. I expect it'll take me a few days to a week.

Reply #488. Dec 12 10, 11:48 PM

portgleep I finished the questions for my Haiti quiz. I'll put in interesting info later.

"As an added bonus, I have modified the ratings system to give all quizzes in our rotation a ratings bump." Would you mind sharing what this boost is?

This is my first geography quiz, so don't expect anything special.

Reply #489. Dec 13 10, 12:40 AM

kyleisalive

There is no actual number for the boost that has been released. For all we know it's a percentage increment. Since the boost is automatically added when your quiz is placed into the rotation and the ratings change every week, there's not an easy way to pinpoint the change.
Of course, boost or not, the ratings given by players in the game will determine how it fares. There are still quizzes that sink to the bottom, but it is a nice bonus to keep the quizzes in good shape.

Reply #490. Dec 13 10, 12:48 AM

Rowena8482

*cough*invertebrates*cough* ;-)

Reply #491. Dec 13 10, 1:34 AM

kyleisalive

I've been consistently reminding and it's on a list of 'bugs' for Terry to fix. ;)

Reply #492. Dec 13 10, 1:53 AM

stuthehistoryguy

Dear Looney, Kyle, and the powers that be:

Is there a particular country you'd like a quiz written for? I've lost track.

Thanks!

Reply #493. Dec 28 10, 6:36 PM

kyleisalive

Looney's usually the one to keep track of these and she's on vacation until the 7th of January. :P

Ukraine, Croatia, and Nicaragua seem to need attention according to an earlier post.

Reply #494. Dec 28 10, 6:52 PM

stuthehistoryguy

Heh, heh. Croatia it is.

And you know what they have there?

Three guesses, mate.

Reply #495. Dec 28 10, 6:59 PM

kyleisalive

Forts, forests, and Dalmatian puppies?

Reply #496. Dec 28 10, 7:06 PM

stuthehistoryguy

Can't see my avatar, eh?

::cackles evilly::

Reply #497. Dec 28 10, 8:23 PM

Jakeroo

vampires? lol

I'd like to re-enroll for Ukraine. I was supposed to do it earlier, but 2010 hadn't been a good year until just lately : )

Reply #498. Dec 28 10, 10:03 PM

stuthehistoryguy

Have at it, mate. The Balkans are my specialty, but all I know about Ukraine is very biased stuff from Russian and Polish historians who are tired of the Ukrainians trying to take credit for various things. I was thinking of stretching north and east to cover the Slavic homeland, but I'll gladly defer.

Reply #499. Dec 28 10, 11:14 PM

PDAZ

Here's Guatemala

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Gallivanting-through-Guatemala-332769.html

Reply #500. Dec 29 10, 6:30 PM

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