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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, 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, 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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kingfiredog380

I just played the old Colombia quiz. Some of the questions have NO interesting info...so has anyone taken Colombia yet?

Reply #521. Feb 04 11, 6:42 AM

dcpddc478

I'll pick up Somalia...please

Reply #522. Feb 04 11, 2:16 PM

looney_tunes

Colombia is at the top of my list of countries in need of a replacement quiz! Not only is the current quiz short on info, none of the other Colombia quizzes I could find are suitable, either. Please write one of you feel the urge.

I have added Somalia to my list of countries for which someone has volunteered a quiz.

According to my notes, Suriname, Costa Rica and Thailand all have quizzes that could do with replacement, and the ones I found would not be any real improvement - too hard or with a low ranking from past players. I haven't had time to explore all the other countries with red flags on Terry's list.

Reply #523. Feb 04 11, 5:31 PM

looney_tunes

I just saw the post on the previous page about Vatican City. Nobody has volunteered for it, but I haven't checked to see if there is a better quiz already available. The only other one in Geography is old, hard and has a low rank. There might be one in another category - History and World both have lots of country-specific quizzes that could make interesting Bus Stops.

Reply #524. Feb 04 11, 5:38 PM

looney_tunes

Now that we're on a new page, here is a list of all the quizzes I have seen posted on this board for inclusion on the Bus Ride when the next replacement occurs. Any not mentioned here are up for grabs, especially if highlighted in red on terry's list.

Zambia - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/How-Much-Do-You-Know-About-Zambia-329129.html (quiz is already available and recommended as appropriate)

Malawi – http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Miscellaneous-Malawi-329250.html

Malaysia - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Malaysia-261920.html

Netherlands – http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Lets-Go-Dutch-331816.html

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

Chad - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/So-you-think-you-know-Chad-331654.html

Guyana - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Oh-Beautiful-Guyana-333448.html

Croatia – http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Croatia-A-Historical-Landscape-333413.html

Brazil - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/There-are-Millions-of-Brazilians-276774.html

Haiti - http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?quiz=322403 (new quiz not yet ranked; may or may not end up with a higher ranking than the current quiz, which is quite high; current quiz is very old)

Israel - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/A-Bus-Tour-of-Israel-327453.html

Spain – http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Lost-in-Spain-330543.html

China - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/A-Whirlwind-Tour-of-Beijing-274157.html

Algeria - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/What-Do-You-Know-About-Algeria-324873.html


In addition, the following quizzes have had someone volunteer, although no quiz has as yet been produced.

Somalia – dcpddc478 volunteered
Ukraine – Jakeroo volunteered
Nicaragua – EmmaF2008 volunteered; PDAZ volunteered
Latvia – GreenGal volunteered

If any of these authors have changed their minds, please post here so everyone knows the country needs some love!

Reply #525. Feb 04 11, 10:51 PM

reedy

I'll tackle Suriname!

Reply #526. Feb 04 11, 11:31 PM

stuthehistoryguy

I'll give Colombia a shot. If I come up empty, I'll check in.

Quick poll: would you prefer a standard cities/currency/mountains type quiz, or something more Stu-ish?

Reply #527. Feb 05 11, 1:01 PM

kyleisalive

Stuish is always a good bet. :)

Reply #528. Feb 05 11, 1:05 PM

looney_tunes

Just what I was going to say! Members of the Bus Ride visit a new country each day, and can get awfully tired of the standard fare. Any quiz that takes a different line is going to come as a breath of fresh air! I would actually encourage authors planning replacement quizzes to consider a quiz that would fit in World (visit 10 tourist attractions), Hobbies (10 different interesting foods), History (most countries have at least 10 different interesting points to note in the course of their existence), etc. When I was looking to see if the highlighted countries have suitable replacements already online, I found a number of delightful quizzes (unfortunately, not for the relevant countries) in these categories. Also one each from Sports, Animals and People which focused on a range of sports figures, animals and famous people from a particular country. So don't feel that you have to produce a Geography quiz - as Terry said in response to an earlier query, he just wants them to be interesting and informative quizzes that will give players a feel for the country they visit.

I am really hoping that Terry has time to make another rotation before the next cycle starts, in about two weeks. If you can get a quiz online before then, it may be able to go in. If not, it will have to wait until the next rotation of countries occurs.

Reply #529. Feb 05 11, 2:55 PM

stuthehistoryguy

OK, but you've been warned!

::cackles evilly::

Reply #530. Feb 05 11, 3:09 PM

kyleisalive

It'll probably be for the next rotation. Terry is busy with real life stuff this month. :p

Reply #531. Feb 05 11, 3:24 PM

looney_tunes

I have now finished scouring the site to see if any of the countries in need of replacements have suitable quizzes filed in categories other than Geography. I came up with the following quizzes that would be good as replacements for countries currently showing red for replacement. (There are zillions of USA quizzes, and lots with sunglasses; this looked like the most suitable to me, but if anyone thinks they know of a better one they can post it and let Terry decide at rotation time.)

Nepal - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/History-of-Nepal-280679.html

Austria - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Austrian-History-33824.html

Iraq - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/They-Came-to-Baghdad-325982.html

United States - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/Roadside-America-20---Reclaim-Your-Vacation-251156.html

Burkina Faso - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/Baedeker-to-Burkina-Faso-311926.html

Portugal - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/A-Whirlwind-Tour-of-Lisbon-246457.html

Hungary - http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Hungarian-Goulash-315798.html


This leaves 60 countries with red (ignoring Italy - even though it's old, it is so highly ranked that I doubt anyone will produce a quiz that would knock it out). Actually, I think Zambia needs a new quiz, as the one I suggested as an acceptable quiz rather than leaving nothing online has a current ranking around 54,000 - that is well below Terry's target of 25,000. In order of urgency (according to rankings, since enjoyment of the tour is the primary goal) the 'Top 10' countries most in need of a volunteer to produce anew quiz are:

Thailand
Zambia
Syria
Bangladesh
Mali
Japan
South Korea
Micronesia
Mauritania
Saudi Arabia

I am off to start exploring Thailand this afternoon.

Reply #532. Feb 05 11, 8:19 PM

stuthehistoryguy

Ah, yes, Kyle. Real life. I heard of that once.

Reply #533. Feb 06 11, 9:59 AM

Rowena8482

I take it that's the Federated States of Micronesia? I'll have a bash at that one:-)

Reply #534. Feb 06 11, 10:30 AM

glendathecat

I'm happy to take Mauritania unless anyone else is desperate for it.

Reply #535. Feb 06 11, 12:01 PM

Snowman

I'm sorely tempted to have a crack at Zambia, a fascinating country that I visited on my honeymoon. You will have to be patient though - I've not got a lot of time for quizwriting at the moment so it may take a while.

Reply #536. Feb 06 11, 1:53 PM

looney_tunes

Snowman's interest in Zambia is noted. I have correspondingly moved it down my personal priority list, and will tend to other needy countries first. There is no urgent rush on any of this, it would just be nice to keep on with improving the Bus ride experience until we have 195 works of art there!

Reply #537. Feb 06 11, 5:50 PM

kingfiredog380

Japan sounds good to me. I'll take it.

Reply #538. Feb 07 11, 10:03 AM

Rowena8482

FSM is submitted.

Reply #539. Feb 08 11, 5:17 AM

portgleep Just wondering - will my Haiti quiz replace the VERY old one thats currently up? Please let me know.

Reply #540. Feb 09 11, 8:32 PM

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