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Topic: Looking for Ideas

Posted by: Matthew_07

Subject: Looking for Ideas
Date: May 16 11

Sometimes I can only think of five or six questions for a ten-question quiz. And then the quiz template will be left unattended for weeks simply because I can't think of any other suitable questions that fit the quiz. This is particularly true for themed quizzes.

So the purpose of this thread is for you to post the type of questions that you would ask for your quiz, and the others might have some ideas for some of the questions for your quiz. You can acknowledge their idea or contribution in the interesting information section or the quiz conclusion part.

When posting, you can include the title of the quiz that you're working on, or you can just post the type of questions that you want. Or, you can ask for ideas for interesting quiz titles from other members as well.

However, if you're working on quizzes for Quiz Commissions and don't want to spoil the fun, you can describe the type of question that you plan to have in your quiz, and not give away the title. Also, you can always "hint" the type of questions that you want so that you do not "reveal" the title of the commission that you're working on. Let's keep the title of the quiz to yourself until the quiz is online, because that's what commission is all about, right? :)

On the other hand, if you're working on "normal" quizzes, i.e. quizzes other than commissions, then you can choose if you want to tell the others about the title of your quiz.

Have fun and let's get those quizzes online. :)



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Oidioid32123

I got one
how old was Barack Obama at Hillary clinton's choosing to allow him to run his political party for top man of that country with fifty parts?
forty-six
fortx-four
forty-two
fifty
Obama soon won that picking of top man. Obama had to surpass John McCain, and that man did.

Reply #41. May 24 11, 6:24 PM

looney_tunes

I would rate that question poor - which helps make it clear why Matthew is having so much trouble with his idea. Not only is the language convoluted and almost unintelligible, but the answer choices are numbers that are so close together it is virtually impossible to make a reasnoed guess - you have to know his age at some ill-defined moment of time.

Maybe you could set up the quiz so that each question has a vowel missing, but not always the same one? Just a thought.

Reply #42. May 24 11, 7:30 PM

Aussiedrongo

Matthew, how about this for your 'E'less quiz.

Which jazz musician was commonly known as 'Satchmo'?
Louis Armstrong
Max Roach
Cab Calloway
Frank Sinatra

Interesting info could be tricky considering he played trumpet.

I think you've set yourself a very big challenge and I hope you succeed.

Reply #43. May 24 11, 9:38 PM

Matthew_07

Thank you all for the input. Now I have five questions done. :) Five more to go. Aussiedrogo, how about this for the interesting information?

Louis Armstrong was born in Louisiana on August 4, 1901. His was known for his famous songs, such as "Stardust", "April in Paris" and "That Lucky Old Sun".

Boring stuff, and somewhat irrelevant to the question, but that's the best I can do, lol.

Reply #44. May 25 11, 7:30 AM

Matthew_07

I have a few ideas.

What color is... [General]
What fruit is... [Hobbies]
... known for its...

I have created questions in TV, Sports, Movies, Celebrities, World and Music.

Four more to go. :)

Reply #45. May 25 11, 8:23 AM

rossian

There are lots of proverbs which don't have 'e' in them. You could put one in humanities on the lines of 'Which saying is synonymous to .......'.

Reply #46. May 25 11, 8:37 AM

Matthew_07

Aha, thanks for the word, "synonymous". It will come in handy. :)

Reply #47. May 25 11, 8:44 AM

Matthew_07

Added another short animal question. Three to go. :)

Reply #48. May 25 11, 8:49 AM

rossian

'In which location' could stand in for 'where'.

Reply #49. May 25 11, 9:01 AM

malik24

How many x in a y (currency, measurements...)?

Reply #50. May 25 11, 9:09 AM

Matthew_07

Thanks all again for the idea. Finally got all ten questions done. :)

Reply #51. May 25 11, 9:50 AM

Matthew_07

I am planning to create a quiz where each question has the word 'amazing' in it. So far I have got five categories covered.

Music: Amazing Grace
Movies: The Amazing Spider-Man movie
Television: The Amazing Race TV series
Humanities: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Literature: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

I am looking for five more questions, preferably in other categories. I am wondering if there're some popular nicknames like "amazing something" given to a particular person or place. Those will fit well for Person and Geography. If I can't find more popular names with the word 'amazing' in it, perhaps I will go for more general type of 'amazing' words, like water is being called an amazing substance.

Thanks for your help. :)

Reply #52. Sep 30 12, 1:38 PM

looney_tunes

For Children (Books for Kids) - there are quite a few titles with Amazing in their title, such as Janet Pedersen's 'Houdini the Amazing Caterpillar'.

Reply #53. Sep 30 12, 2:22 PM

reedy

The Amazing Kreskin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreskin)

Possibly for People, Celebrities, or Entertainment

The Amazing Mumford (muppet) (http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Amazing_Mumford)

Possibly for Entertainment or For Kids

Amazing Animals (Toys) (http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=242340&e=thumb&pcat=AmazingAnimals)

Possibly for Hobbies or For Kids

Reply #54. Sep 30 12, 3:38 PM

reedy

The Amazing Disappearing Lake (http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/the-amazing-disappearing-lake-.htm)

Geography

Reply #55. Sep 30 12, 3:41 PM

dcpddc478

How about the famous magician and debunker The Amazing Randy? He might fit in celebrities, people, or entertainment ;)

Reply #56. Sep 30 12, 3:54 PM

pollucci19

one of the ways I'd search for something like that is do a google search and type in "the amazing a" .... see what options come up ... backspace .... type in "b" ... and so on

Reply #57. Sep 30 12, 5:17 PM

Matthew_07

Thank you all for the wonderful and great ideas. :) Appreciate it.

Reply #58. Sep 30 12, 10:53 PM

malik24

Hope you don't mind if I resurrect this as I need a little tip to help finish a question.

I'm looking for a food that is a vegetable or fruit (or is based on either of the two) and that sounds like meat or a meat-based food. The food in question cannot contain any meat.

Thanks in advance.

Reply #59. Dec 20 12, 12:20 AM

kyleisalive

Kidney Beans and Blood Oranges?

Reply #60. Dec 20 12, 1:11 AM

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