Subject: Transit Maintenance II
Posted by: kyleisalive
Date: Dec 03 23
Infrastructure repairs are never complete. Ever.
You may have travelled, before, on the FunTrivia Bus Ride, and if you've been here in the lounge lately you might have seen our previous Maintenance effort. Our goal is to keep the ride running and the world tour fresh and exciting.
With this in mind, we're aiming to perform a bit of a refresh, in some cases closing down the old bus stops and installing new ones along the route. It's all the same countries, but it's time to make some long-needed transit maintenance happen, especially since we have so many new quiz types that have yet to be seen in some sections.
In this thread here, we have thirty different nations, the first set of countries that, based on our current infrastructure and surveying, need new quizzes. Working together, it's time to accomplish the challenge. A few requirements, however:
Variety is the spice of life! We're aiming to create a dynamic Bus Ride that takes a look at the many unique facets of the nations visited. This means that in addition to Geography quizzes, which are generally the go-to, there is a likelihood that new quizzes in the World category (eg. cultures) or the General category (eg. Mixed Countries) or similar will be a good fit. At least ten of the countries below must be in categories that aren't Geography.
Speaking on variety again, we have so many new quiz types that it doesn't make sense not to employ them. 3 quizzes submitted for this challenge must be Label Quizzes; 3 must be Order Quizzes; 3 must be Classification Quizzes; 3 must be Fun Fill-It Quizzes; 3 must be Collection Quizzes.
As a reminder, the quizzes used on the Bus Ride must be country-specific. If the option is for the Czech Republic, then a quiz solely about Prague isn't necessarily going to make the grade.
Below are the thirty new countries we're aiming to see replacement quizzes for. Selections are first-come-first-serve and you may claim additional countries when your previous ones have gone online.
Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Belgium - JanIQ
Bosnia
Brazil - Pollucci19
Cape Verde - VegemiteKid
Chad - Leodavinci
Costa Rica - Leodavinci
Côte d'Ivoire
Cyprus
Denmark - LadyNym
Egypt - Trident
Equatorial Guinea
India - LadyNym
Israel
Laos
Madagascar - Matthew_07
New Zealand - Leodavinci
Nicaragua
Saudi Arabia - LadyNym
Serbia
Seychelles - Snowman
Slovakia
Somalia
Sudan
Taiwan
Togo
Uruguay - 1nn1
Uzbekistan - LadyNym
Vatican City - Stoaty
Non-Geography Quizzes: 5/10 (Brazil, Chad, Denmark, Egypt, India, Uruguay)
Label Quizzes: 1/3 (Cape Verde)
Order Quizzes: 0/3
Classification Quizzes: 2/3 (Egypt, New Zealand)
Fun Fill-It Quizzes: 2/3 (Saudi Arabia, Uruguay)
Collection Quizzes: 2/3 (India, Seychelles)
Posted by: kyleisalive
Date: Dec 03 23
Infrastructure repairs are never complete. Ever.
You may have travelled, before, on the FunTrivia Bus Ride, and if you've been here in the lounge lately you might have seen our previous Maintenance effort. Our goal is to keep the ride running and the world tour fresh and exciting.
With this in mind, we're aiming to perform a bit of a refresh, in some cases closing down the old bus stops and installing new ones along the route. It's all the same countries, but it's time to make some long-needed transit maintenance happen, especially since we have so many new quiz types that have yet to be seen in some sections.
In this thread here, we have thirty different nations, the first set of countries that, based on our current infrastructure and surveying, need new quizzes. Working together, it's time to accomplish the challenge. A few requirements, however:
Below are the thirty new countries we're aiming to see replacement quizzes for. Selections are first-come-first-serve and you may claim additional countries when your previous ones have gone online.
Countries:
Afghanistan
Albania
Belgium - JanIQ
Bosnia
Brazil - Pollucci19
Cape Verde - VegemiteKid
Chad - Leodavinci
Costa Rica - Leodavinci
Côte d'Ivoire
Cyprus
Denmark - LadyNym
Egypt - Trident
Equatorial Guinea
India - LadyNym
Israel
Laos
Madagascar - Matthew_07
New Zealand - Leodavinci
Nicaragua
Saudi Arabia - LadyNym
Serbia
Seychelles - Snowman
Slovakia
Somalia
Sudan
Taiwan
Togo
Uruguay - 1nn1
Uzbekistan - LadyNym
Vatican City - Stoaty
Non-Geography Quizzes: 5/10 (Brazil, Chad, Denmark, Egypt, India, Uruguay)
Label Quizzes: 1/3 (Cape Verde)
Order Quizzes: 0/3
Classification Quizzes: 2/3 (Egypt, New Zealand)
Fun Fill-It Quizzes: 2/3 (Saudi Arabia, Uruguay)
Collection Quizzes: 2/3 (India, Seychelles)
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LadyNym 
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Here's my India quiz, just placed online:  https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/world/wonderful-world-heritage-sites-of-india-415301.htmlIt's a non-Geography (World) Collection quiz, so it covers two bases :-)! I'll take Saudi Arabia next, and try to produce a Fun Fill-It quiz this time. Reply #21. Jan 29 24, 4:10 AM |
1nn1
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Please can I take Uruguay? Thanks Reply #22. Jan 30 24, 3:18 AM |
JanIQ
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I'd like to do a quiz on my own country - Belgium. Reply #23. Jan 30 24, 3:14 PM |
trident
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Egypt quiz online now: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history/pyramid-scheme-415325.html Reply #24. Feb 02 24, 4:45 PM |
heidi66
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Maybe you could add a space rocket (infinity and beyond; the planets) , a river cruise or an ocean cruise (visting islands) as some new destinations? Reply #25. Feb 03 24, 5:06 AM |
VegemiteKid
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My Cape Verde quiz will be a label quiz Reply #26. Feb 10 24, 3:29 PM |
| LadyNym
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My Saudi Arabia quiz is almost ready to be submitted - and it is a Fun Fill-It quiz! Reply #27. Feb 10 24, 5:15 PM |
| LadyNym
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And here it is: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/geography/saudi-arabia-for-beginners-414851.html I'll wait a bit before choosing another country, as I would like other people to dig in as well :-). Reply #28. Feb 12 24, 5:42 PM |
looney_tunes
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I currently have 22 quizzes on the Bus Ride, and about that many waiting available for rotation, so feel myself well and truly over-represented, but may decide to explore some of the newer formats with Bus Ride quizzes. When the game first started, it was as a result of finding something (anything) for each country, with some purpose-written quizzes created in the challenge for complete coverage. As I played the first time around, I was not impressed with the quality on offer - not nearly what this site should be using as a promotion! But now there is not a single country whose quiz does not have a star, except for a few that were selected to represent some of the new templates. As we get higher-ranked quizzes to represent the formats, they will be rotated out. Ideally, there would be a strong representation of all formats at any one time, and a rotation would just shift which countries are traditional MC (we have some excellent quizzes in that format), which are Photo (especially when the photos add to the sense of a tourist visit, and don't just function as clues), Classification, Label, Match. FunFillIn is an option that is worth exploring, as it lends itself well to writing a paragraph or two of interesting information, then removing key terms in such a way that players do actually need to know (or look up) something about the country. Order is probably not much fun for tourists, as they would tend to be numerical (dates, river length, town size) and players on the whole don't respond well to numbers. But someone may have an inspiration. Reply #29. Feb 13 24, 12:08 AM |
Snowman
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I'd like to take the Seychelles please Reply #30. Feb 13 24, 3:18 AM |
pollucci19
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My Brazil quiz is on line and it will fit into the Non-Geo classification https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/in-the-middle-of-a-good-time-415419.html Reply #31. Feb 17 24, 4:53 PM |
| Snowman
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Here's a new Seychelles quiz -- https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Geography/The-Islands-of-the-Seychelles-330857.html Hopefully suitable for the bus ride as it is easily answerable with wikipedia open :) It's a collection quiz. Reply #32. Feb 19 24, 9:36 AM |
| LadyNym
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And Uruguay also went online: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history/three-down-for-uruguay-i-history-415514.html Reply #33. Feb 19 24, 9:48 AM |
LeoDaVinci
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It’s not Stacey but it’s Chad: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/progress-between-yellow-desert-to-blue-sea-415762.html Reply #34. Mar 09 24, 8:12 PM |
| LeoDaVinci
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I'd like to go to Costa Rica next. Still deciding on a direction. Reply #35. Mar 10 24, 7:34 PM |
| VegemiteKid
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https://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=415464 Cape Verde label Geog quiz Reply #36. Apr 14 24, 2:27 PM |
| LadyNym
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Now that I've taken a bit of a break, I can choose another country. Uzbekistan for me, please :-)! Reply #37. Apr 14 24, 2:28 PM |
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