Really well done to all. Also, it's great to see four llamas have cracked the top 25

******* September 2010 *******

Top 25 Rated Quizzes


1. Literary Drop-a-Letter .................................. adams627 ............. Literature

2. Starring Albert Collins .................................. deputygary ........... Music

3. Vampires of the Enlightenment ........................ stuthehistoryguy ..... History

4. Mundy ..................................................... Emmaf2008 ............ Music

5. The Top Hits of 1977 .................................... maddogrick16 ......... Music

6. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles ..................... FatherSteve .......... Literature

7. "The Vampire Diaries" - Season 1 ....................... Gamemaster1967 ....... Television

8. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda .................. stuthehistoryguy ..... Music

9. It Wasn't Me! .............................................. LadyCaitriona ........ General

10. Afrikaans to Zulu ......................................... pu2-ke-qi-ri ............. History

11. The Shop Around the Corner ............................ thejazzkickazz ...... Movies

12. "The Big Bang Theory": Cooperisms from Season 3 .. jmorrow ............. Television

13. Nigeria: Economic Beacon of West Africa ............. dsimpy .............. Geography

14. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Series: Muddy Waters .... ralzzz .............. Music

15. August Saints ............................................. CellarDoor .......... Religion

16. Dear Athena... ............................................ jouen58 ............. Humanities

17. When in Doubt, It's A Christ Figure ..................... adams627 ............ Literature

18. Scandalous Art ............................................. arlesienne .......... Humanities

19. Sisters ...................................................... Gamemaster1967 ...... Literature

20. Disney's "StarStruck" ...................................... Swanton_Bomb ........ Children

21. Shakespeare By Body Count .............................. adams627 ............ Literature

22. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 ......... skunkee ............. Children

23. The Specials ................................................ DUFFMONKEY .......... Music

24. Dead Parrots Across the Ages ............................ stuthehistoryguy .... Entertainment

25. Literary Change-A-Letter ................................. adams627 ............ Literature

Congratulations to all that made this list!

Wow, Adams, 4 literature quizzes in there.

...and CD's former #1 dropped to 15th! Wow.

My number 17 last month has dropped to 217, with only a single play during the month. The difference between ratings for the quizzs near the top must be very slender indeed.

************* November 2010 *************

Top 25 Rated Quizzes


1. Kazuo Ishiguro: ‘Artist of the Floating World’ ............... dsimpy ................................ Literature

2. "The Vampire Diaries" - Season 1 ............................. Gamemaster1967 ................... Television

3. Literary Drop-a-Letter .......................................... adams627 ............................ Humanities

4. Starring Albert Collins .......................................... deputygary ............................ Music

5. Vampires of the Enlightenment ............................... stuthehistoryguy ...................... History

6. Mundy .............................................................EmmaF2008 ........................... Music

7. The Top Hits of 1977 ........................................... maddogrick16 ........................ Music

8. It Wasn't Me! .................................................... LadyCaitriona ......................... General

9. The Shop Around the Corner .................................. thejazzkickazz ........................ Movies

10. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles ..........................FatherSteve ........................... Literature

11. Afrikaans to Zulu .............................................. pu2-ke-qi-ri ........................... World

12. Scandalous Art ................................................ Arlesienne .............................. Humanities

13. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda ..................... stuthehistoryguy ....................... Music

14. "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" ............................. Polaris101 .............................. Television

15. And All I Got Were These Lousy Points .................... adams627 ............................... Video Games

16. Dear Athena................................................... jouen58 .................................. Humanities

17. Nigeria: Economic Beacon of West Africa.................. dsimpy ................................... Geography

18. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Series: Muddy Waters ........ ralzzz .....................................Music

19. Literary Change-A-Letter .................................... adams627 ................................ Literature

20. August Saints ................................................. CellarDoor ................................ Religion

21. "24": Day 8, Hours 23 and 24 ................................ PDAZ ...................................... Television

22. Sisters ......................................................... Gamemaster1967 ........................ Literature

23. Dead Parrots Across the Ages .............................. stuthehistoryguy ......................... Entertainment

24. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.............. stuthehistoryguy ........................ Geography

25. The Specials .................................................. DUFFMONKEY ............................. Music


dsimpsy takes over the top spot from Adams627 with their Kazuo Ishiguro: ‘Artist of the Floating World’ quiz. Stuthehistoryguy brings four quizzes into the Top 25, leading all other authors. Adams627 earned three spots in the Top 25. Congratulations to all that made the list. Good luck in the next 60 days!

Thanks for this list, Nightmare. :-)

I love that Dear Athena is still up there, it is my favourite quiz on the whole site I think

******** January 2011 ********

Top 25 Rated Quizzes


1. Literary Drop-a-Letter ............................ adams627 .................. Literature

2. "The Vampire Diaries" - Season 1 ............... Gamemaster1967 ......... Television

3. Vampires of the Enlightenment .................. stuthehistoryguy .......... History

4. Mundy ............................................... EmmaF2008 ............... Music

5. The Top Hits of 1977 ............................. maddogrick16 .............. Music

6. It Wasn't Me! ....................................... LadyCaitriona ............. General

7. Timid Timothy: Young Church Worker .......... Cowrofl ..................... Religion

8. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles .............. FatherSteve ............... Literature

9. Starring Albert Collins ............................. deputygary ................ Music

10. "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" ................. Polaris101 ................ Television

11. Scandalous Art .................................... Arlesienne ................ Humanities

12. The Shop Around the Corner .................... thejazzkickazz ............ Movies

13. Afrikaans to Zulu ................................. pu2-ke-qi-ri ............... World

14. Shakespeare By Body Count ..................... adams627 ................. Literature

15. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Series .............. ralzzz ...................... Music

16. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda ......... stuthehistoryguy ......... Music

17. And All I Got Were These Lousy Points ........ adams627 ................. VG

18. Literary Change-A-Letter ....................... adams627 .................. Literature

19. The Holocaust II .................................. bloomsby .................. History

20. Artist of the Floating World .................... dsimpy ..................... Literature

21. Dear Athena ...................................... jouen58 .................... Humanities

22. The Asian Games ................................ SP44000 .................... Sports

23. Dead Parrots Across the Ages .................. stuthehistoryguy .......... Entertainment

24. Ian McEwan's "Saturday" ........................ Snowman ................... Literature

25. The Specials ...................................... DUFFMONKEY .............. Music

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Congratulations to authors bloomsby and Cowrofl who made it to the Top 25 for the first
time in 2010.

Kudos to all the authors who have appeared on this list more than five times in 2010.
They were CellarDoor, EmmaF2008, stuthehistoryguy, Gamemaster1967, Adams627,
thejazzkickazz, Arlesienne, and LadyCaitriona.

Congrats all! And thanks again Nightmare for such a wonderful list.

Urg. I have quiz #26. :P

Oh, waah, Kyle. I have quite 1338. Haha.

I will someday be in the top 25. I may have to create a million accounts, and play every quiz and rate it VERY POOR, but I will someday be in the top. Haha. JK JK!

And I have #27!

Okay okay. Geesh.

26. Classic Mario Enemies................................. kyleisalive ................ VG

27. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 ..... skunkee ................... Children

LOL - thank you good sir!

I'm still not on the list, Nightmare. You need to go all the way to 1338 now. Haha.

March 2011

Top 25 Rates Quizzes


1. Literary Drop-a-Letter ...........................................adams627 ............... Literature

2. It Wasn't Me! ......................................................LadyCaitriona .......... General

3. Mundy .............................................................. EmmaF2008 ............ Music

4. Starring Albert Collins ........................................... deputygary .............. Music

5. Vampires of the Enlightenment ...............................stuthehistoryguy ....... History

6. The Top Hits of 1977 .............................................maddogrick16 .......... Music

7. Timid Timothy - Young Church Worker in Olden Days ......Cowrofl .................. Religion

8. Scandalous Art .....................................................Arlesienne .............. Humanities

9. The Shop Around the Corner ....................................thejazzkickazz ......... Movies

10. "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" .................................Polaris101 .............. Television

11. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles ............................FatherSteve ............ Literature

12. Shakespeare By Body Count ....................................adams627 ............... Literature

13. Afrikaans to Zulu ..................................................pu2-ke-qi-ri ............ World

14. Literary Change-A-Letter ........................................adams627 ............... Literature

15. Dead Parrots Across the Ages ..................................stuthehistoryguy ...... Entertainment

16. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Series: Muddy Waters ..........ralzzz .................... Music

17. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda .......................stuthehistoryguy ...... Music

18. Dodger-Giant Traitors ............................................Nightmare .............. Sports

19. Dear Athena... .....................................................jouen58 ................ Humanities

20. Ian McEwan's "Saturday" .........................................Snowman ............... Literature

21. ...And All I Got Were These Lousy Points ....................adams627 .............. Video Games

22. "The Vampire Diaries" - Season 1 ..............................Gamemaster1967 ..... Television

23. When in Doubt, It's A Christ Figure ............................adams627 .............. Literature

24. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 ...............skunkee ................ For Children

25. The Bluest Eye .....................................................Pagiedamon ............ Literature

The Golden Pencil is still held by adams627 for their "Literary Drop-a-Letter" top quiz, and also takes the honors for having five in the top 25. Congratulations to all who made it to the top 25!

***** May 2011 *****

Top 25 Rated Quizzes


1. It Wasn't Me! ...................................................... LadyCaitriona .......... General

2. Literary Drop-a-Letter ........................................... adams627 ............... Literature

3. Starring Albert Collins ........................................... deputygary .............. Music

4. Mundy .............................................................. EmmaF2008 ............. Music

5. "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" ................................ Polaris101 ............... Television

6. The Top Hits of 1977 ............................................ maddogrick16 ........... Music

7. Vampires of the Enlightenment ............................... stuthehistoryguy ...... History

8. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles ............................ FatherSteve ............ Literature

9. "The Vampire Diaries" - Season 1 .............................. Gamemaster1967 ..... Television

10. Rise Up Singing - The Voice of Marni Nixon ................ looney_tunes .......... Movies

11. Shakespeare By Body Count .................................. adams627 ................ Literature

12. Scandalous Art .................................................. Arlesienne ............... Humanities

13. Literary Change-A-Letter ..................................... adams627 ................ Literature

14. Afrikaans to Zulu ............................................... pu2-ke-qi-ri ............. World

15. Dead Parrots Across the Ages ............................... stuthehistoryguy ....... Entertainment

16. Celebrating Thailand ........................................... looney_tunes ........... World

17. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda ..................... stuthehistoryguy ....... Music

18. The Shop Around the Corner ................................. thejazzkickazz .......... Movies

19. Dear Athena ...................................................... jouen58 .................. Humanities

20. Betsy Taylor- Queen of the Damned? ....................... Gamemaster1967 ........Literature

21. Dodger-Giant Traitors .......................................... Nightmare ................ Sports

22. Completely Literary, Yet Completely "LOST" ............... kyleisalive ................ Television

23. "By the river gently flowing, Illinois..." ..................... oldstuff28 ................ Music

24. The Circle Trilogy ............................................... Gamemaster1967 ........ Literature

25. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 ............ skunkee ................... For Children
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LadyCaitriona has become the new sheriff in town with their "It Wasn't Me" taking the top spot.

Six new quizzes have broken the barrier and entered the top 25:
Gamemaster1967 with their "Betsy Taylor- Queen of the Damned?" and "The Circle Trilogy".
kyleisalive has joined the ranks for the first time with "Completely Literary, Yet Completely LOST".
looney_tunes with their "Rise Up Singing - The Voice of Marni Nixon" and "Celebrating Thailand.
oldstuff28 has their first in the top 25 with "By the river gently flowing, Illinois...".

Congratulations to everyone!

I am in awe of these 25 quizzes! Really quite an honor!

***** July 2011 *****

Top 25 Rated Quizzes


1. Dodger-Giant Traitors ....................................... Nightmare ....................... Sports

2. Starring Albert Collins ....................................... deputygary ...................... Music

3. It Wasn't Me! .................................................. LadyCaitriona .................. General

4. "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" ............................ Polaris101 ...................... Television
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5. Mundy .......................................................... EmmaF2008 ..................... Music

6. Literary Drop-a-Letter ....................................... adams627 ....................... Literature

7. Vampires of the Enlightenment ........................... stuthehistoryguy ............... History

8. Turning Neither Left Nor White ........................... adams627 ........................ Literature

9. The Top Hits of 1977 ......................................... maddogrick16 .................. Music

10. Afrikaans to Zulu ............................................ pu2-ke-qi-ri ..................... World..

11. Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards .................... kyleisalive ....................... People

12. Scandalous Art ............................................... Arlesienne ....................... Humanities

13. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles ....................... FatherSteve ..................... Literature

14. Dead Parrots Across the Ages ............................. stuthehistoryguy ............... Entertainment

15. The Shop Around the Corner .............................. thejazzkickazz ................. Movies

16. "The Vampire Diaries" - Season 1 ......................... Gamemaster1967 .............. Television

17. Dear Athena ................................................... jouen58 ......................... Humanities

18. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda ................... stuthehistoryguy .............. Music

19. Literary Change-A-Letter ................................... adams627 ....................... Literature

20. I Have a Novel Idea! .......................................... adams627 ....................... Literature

21. The Circle Trilogy ............................................. Gamemaster1967 .............. Literature

22. "Glee" Season 2 Part 3 ....................................... Matthew_07 ..................... Television

23. Betsy Taylor- Queen of the Damned? .................... Gamemaster1967 ............... Literature

24. Shakespeare By Body Count ................................ adams627 ........................ Literature

25. Akhenaten, the Heretic Pharaoh .......................... CellarDoor ....................... People
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Sports has a quiz sitting in the top spot for the first time with Dodger-Giant Traitors by Nightmare.

adams627 makes the Top 25 list with five of their own.
Gamemaster1967 and stuthehistoryguy ranks three in the Top 25, and in diffferent categories.
Applause goes to Matthew_07 for making the Top 25 for the first time.

Congratulations to everyone!

Wow! And about time, Nightmare.

Terrific result, and thanks for the great work- there are some pretty impressive names in the other 24 spots, too.

I echo ozzz's sentiments. It IS about time Nightmare had the top quiz. He is a prolific writer for a reason!

Congrats to everyone on the Top 25 list. I can only dream of being there.

A friend of mine asked me the other day if there was a list of the top quizzes. I didn't know but I've read this thread before so off I went to google to find it. Instead I found this link http://www.funtrivia.com/catranks.cfm?cat=1
After 18 months here I no longer consider myself a FT newbie and I thought I pretty much knew where everything was but I've never seen this list before. Have I been completely blinkered as I've wandered around the FT corridors or could this list do with more prominence? Would anyone else be interested in playing their way through the best/most popular quizzes in order to learn more about the world and/or about quiz writing?

I have spent many hours playing my way through the top quizzes in each category - there are some great quizzes there, and it's a good way to learn about some of the categories about which I come to the site knowing very little. I access it through the 'Me' menu - it's under Gold Member features.

What a great list! I have never seen that either, but it is a great starting place for a rainy day when I just want to go quiz crazy!

Thanks looney_tunes for pointing out that the list is available in the drop down menu. I probably should have found that earlier but there's so much to do here that I missed that link. I shall pass it on to my friend who was looking for a list and one day I'll plough through it too. This reminds me of the time I discovered the dial that controlled the dashboard lights in my car... after three years of ownership! I'd never needed it before so I never went looking for it, only to find it by chance one day

I had a friend who lived in a house for four years with the main light in the front room broken. Eventually he decided it was time to get an electrician in to fix it. Sparky took one look at the light, changed the bulb and hey, presto...

Now, now Snowman, I know how to change a light bulb! I didn't need to find the dial to alter the dashboard lights so I never looked for it The big question is how much did the sparky charge to put in a new light bulb?

Seeing as Nightmare is no longer around to do this, I thought I would pick up the baton.

***** September 2011 *****

Top 25 Rated Quizzes


1. Yours Truly, Cassandra....................................... adams627....................... Humanities

2. Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards .................... kyleisalive ...................... People

3. Turning Neither Left Nor White ............................ adams627 ....................... Literature

4. Literary Drop-a-Letter ....................................... adams627 ....................... Literature

5. It Wasn't Me! .................................................. LadyCaitriona .................. General

6. Vampires of the Enlightenment ............................ stuthehistoryguy ............. History

7. The Top Hits of 1977 ........................................ maddogrick16 .................. Music

8. Dead Parrots Across the Ages ............................ stuthehistoryguy .............. Entertainment

9. Afrikaans to Zulu .............................................. pu2-ke-qi-ri .................... World

10. Scandalous Art ............................................... Arlesienne ....................... Humanities

11. "The Vampire Diaries" - Season 1 ....................... Gamemaster1967 ............. Television

12. The Shop Around the Corner ............................. thejazzkickazz ................. Movies

13. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles ....................... FatherSteve .................... Literature

14. Dear Athena ................................................... jouen58 ........................... Humanities

15. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda ................. stuthehistoryguy .............. Music

16. Literary Change-A-Letter .................................. adams627 ........................ Literature

17. Sisters............................................................ Gamemaster1967............. Literature

18. The Circle Trilogy ............................................. Gamemaster1967............. Literature

19. Empedocles Goes Classic - Water ....................... JanIQ ............................... Music

20. The Bluest Eye ................................................ Pagiedamon .................... Literature

21. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 ........ skunkee .......................... Children

22. They Remember Me For WHAT?............................ pu2-ke-qi-ri .................... People

23. Ian McEwan's "Saturday" ................................... Snowman ........................ Literature

24. Fifteen Minutes of Germ Warfare.......................... adams627 ....................... History

25. "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" ........................... Polaris101 ...................... Television

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adams627 makes the Top 25 list with five of their own, including a remarkable 3 of the top 4.

Gamemaster1967, stuthehistoryguy and pu2-ke-qi-ri also make the Top 25 with more than one quiz.

And a special call out for JanIQ who hits the Top 25 for the first time.

Congratulations to everyone!

I'm pleased my "Empedocles" quiz has moved up.

Maybe I should think of other Empedoclean quizzes next year.