Thanks, mate. The 25th is coming up--have one for absent friends.

*** May 2012 ***

1. Yours Truly, Cassandra By Author: adams627 (Humanities)
2. Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards By Author: kyleisalive (People)
3. Vampires of the Enlightenment By Author: stuthehistoryguy (History)
4. Literary Drop-a-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
5. The Top Hits of 1977 By Author: maddogrick16 (Music)
6. Afrikaans to Zulu By Author: pu2-ke-qi-ri (World)
7. Turning Neither Left Nor White By Author: adams627 (Literature)
8. It Wasn't Me! By Author: LadyCaitriona (General)
9. Scandalous Art By Author: Arlesienne (Humanities)
10. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles By Author: FatherSteve (Literature)
11. Dear Athena... By Author: jouen58 (Humanities)
12. The Shop Around the Corner By Author: thejazzkickazz (Movies)
13. Ian McEwan's "Saturday" By Author: Snowman (Literature)
14. The Bluest Eye By Author: Pagiedamon (Literature)
15. Dead Parrots Across the Ages By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Entertainment)
16. Where Are We In Skyrim? By Author: eburge (Video Games)
17. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Music)
18. It Was the Best of Times ... The 1960s By Author: looney_tunes (History)
19. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 By Author: skunkee (For Children)
20. The Kite Runner By Author: jmorrow (Movies)
21. Your Vacation to Brunei By Author: adams627 (Geography)
22. "The Big Bang Theory": Cooperisms from Season 3 By Author: jmorrow (Television)
23. Sisters By Author: Gamemaster1967 (Literature)
24. Akhenaten, the Heretic Pharaoh By Author: CellarDoor (People)
25. Who's the Baddest? By Author: Pagiedamon (History)

OK, so it was May not April but eburge still makes the 25!

Me too! This is the first time that one of my quizzes stayed in the top 25 to get itself listed on an update.

Thanks Snowman.
My quiz is now beginning the inevitable descent through the rankings, though I'm absolutely chuffed to have seen it peak at #3 for a week or two.

I'm still baffled that a vg quiz can get that high! Well done, eburge, but I've never even heard of Skyrim.

We need to fix that then, Pam.

Sorry LT for not calling you out. Having enviously noticed your high-rating bus ride quizzes in the past, I'd just assumed that you had made it into lights before. Congrats!

Is it anywhere near Greece, Ethan? I've got a map of Crete and I can't find it on there.

It's nowhere near as warm as Greece. It has a certain Scandiwegian (as Stephen Fry would say) feel to it.

A bit behind schedule but here is the top 25 as of July 1st (that's the only time you'll see me use "as of" on this site)

***July 2012***

1. Yours Truly, Cassandra By Author: adams627 (Humanities)
2. Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards By Author: kyleisalive (People)
3. Vampires of the Enlightenment By Author: stuthehistoryguy (History)
4. Literary Drop-a-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
5. Turning Neither Left Nor White By Author: adams627 (Literature)
6. The Top Hits of 1977 By Author: maddogrick16 (Music)
7. Afrikaans to Zulu By Author: pu2-ke-qi-ri (World)
8. The Shop Around the Corner By Author: thejazzkickazz (Movies)
9. Revenge is a Dish By Author: kyleisalive (Hobbies)
10. It Wasn't Me! By Author: LadyCaitriona (General)
11. The Bluest Eye By Author: Pagiedamon (Literature)
12. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles By Author: FatherSteve (Literature)
13. Dear Athena... [i] By Author: jouen58 (Humanities)
14. Scandalous Art By Author: Arlesienne (Humanities)
15. Ian McEwan's "Saturday" By Author: Snowman (Literature)
16. Dead Parrots Across the Ages By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Entertainment)
17. It Was the Best of Times ... The 1960s By Author: looney_tunes (History)
18. "The Big Bang Theory": Cooperisms from Season 3 By Author: jmorrow (Television)
19. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 By Author: skunkee (For Children)
20. Radiology By Author: adams627 (Brain Teasers)
21. The Kite Runner By Author: jmorrow (Movies)
22. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Music)
23. Literary Change-A-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
24. The Mysteries of Tony Hillerman By Author: CellarDoor (Literature)
25. Who's the Baddest? By Author: Pagiedamon (History)

Missed again... 28th and 30th for me, but can't seem to make the list

I just missed, too. 616.

Haha Salami. I do have a quiz that made it to the top 25 once upon a time. It is currently ranked 250! My highest rated quiz at the moment is sitting at 113 right now.

Often regression to the mean operates with inexorable efficiency. Ten years ago or so I had a quiz in top 25 and now it's at 15,000 + where it seems to have found its level, for the time being at least.

Keeping a quiz in the top 25 (or for that matter in the top 1,000) is quite an achievement.

The top 25 is definitely difficult to stay in. Ethan's Skyrim quiz suffered the same fate.

My highest rated quiz ever was about 300. 5 years later it's still under 3,000. :-P

Hmm, I amaze myself if I write any quiz at all lol. My best ranked quiz is in the 7,500+ somethings. I know exactly why that is, but I'm more than okay with it. I also have two quizzes at OVER 65,000 (which I wish I could rewrite!). In any case, this list is meant for kudos, so it's nice to see several of my favourite authors in the top 25 yet again - congrats to you all! For those who are oh-so-close or who have recently dropped off, am absolutely sure you'll be there (or be there again) in the future : )

Thanks for compiling the list, Snowman!

Doing this a couple of days early as I'm going to be at the Paralympics on the 1st (and the rankings will be the same as they are today).

***September 2012***

1. Yours Truly, Cassandra By Author: adams627 (Humanities)
2. Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards By Author: kyleisalive (People)
3. Literary Drop-a-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
4. Vampires of the Enlightenment By Author: stuthehistoryguy (History)
5. The Top Hits of 1977 By Author: maddogrick16 (Music)
6. Afrikaans to Zulu By Author: pu2-ke-qi-ri (World)
7. Ian McEwan's "Saturday" By Author: Snowman (Literature)
8. The Shop Around the Corner By Author: thejazzkickazz (Movies)
9. Chernobyl: Anatomy of a disaster By Author: WesleyCrusher (History)
10. Turning Neither Left Nor White By Author: adams627 (Literature)
11. The Bluest Eye By Author: Pagiedamon (Literature)
12. It Wasn't Me! By Author: LadyCaitriona (General)
13. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles By Author: FatherSteve (Literature)
14. Dear Athena... [i] By Author: jouen58 (Humanities)
15. Revenge is a Dish By Author: kyleisalive (Hobbies)
16. Scandalous Art By Author: Arlesienne (Humanities)
17. Dead Parrots Across the Ages By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Entertainment)
18. The Kite Runner By Author: jmorrow (Movies)
19. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 By Author: skunkee (For Children)
20. "The Big Bang Theory": Cooperisms from Season 3 By Author: jmorrow (Television)
21. Radiology By Author: adams627 (Brain Teasers)
22. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Music)
23. It Was the Best of Times ... The 1960s By Author: looney_tunes (History)
24. The Mysteries of Tony Hillerman By Author: CellarDoor (Literature)
25. Hear, Again? By Author: WesleyCrusher (Music)

adams627 is slacking--only four quizzes in the top 25 this time around! stuthehistoryguy has three. jmorrow and kyleisalive are joined on two by WesleyCrusher, who hits the top 25 with the only two new entries this month.

Congratulations, Wesley - no wonder you wanted to make sure this month's list got posted!

What happened to August? I only ask because for the first time ever I had one quiz in there. It's now dropped to 29 so just misses out for the current list!

It's a bi-monthly update (often less due to forgetfulness).

I'll just have to content myself with knowing that I did, once, achieve this then. Of course, the quiz might bounce back up but, with my luck, it would be in the month that doesn't count.

Thanks for your efforts - it was remiss of me not to say that in the previous post.

Nice job with the list. Congrats to all.

I'm not even close... Highest rated is over 600. Someday, I'll be in the top 25 (you know, when I turn into Adams and Stu and write a quiz about Literary Vampires of the Enlightenment Drop-a-Letter. :P

That's been tried before and is ranking somewhere down in the 7500s

Aah, but I liked that quiz, Wes.

***November 2012***

1. Yours Truly, Cassandra By Author: adams627 (Humanities)
2. Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards By Author: kyleisalive (People)
3. Literary Drop-a-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
4. Vampires of the Enlightenment By Author: stuthehistoryguy (History)
5. The Top Hits of 1977 By Author: maddogrick16 (Music)
6. Afrikaans to Zulu By Author: pu2-ke-qi-ri (World)
7. Ian McEwan's "Saturday" By Author: Snowman (Literature)
8. The Shop Around the Corner By Author: thejazzkickazz (Movies)
9. Turning Neither Left Nor White By Author: adams627 (Literature)
10. The Bluest Eye By Author: Pagiedamon (Literature)
11. Dear Athena... By Author: jouen58 (Humanities)
12. Literary Allusions in Literary Titles By Author: FatherSteve (Literature)
13. It Wasn't Me! By Author: LadyCaitriona (General)
14. Scandalous Art By Author: Arlesienne (Humanities)
15. Radiology By Author: adams627 (Brain Teasers)
16. Chernobyl: Anatomy of a disaster By Author: WesleyCrusher (History)
17. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 By Author: skunkee (For Children)
18. Dead Parrots Across the Ages By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Entertainment)
19. The Kite Runner By Author: jmorrow (Movies)
20. "The Big Bang Theory": Cooperisms from Season 3 By Author: jmorrow (Television)
21. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Music)
22. Hear, Again? By Author: WesleyCrusher (Music)
23. Who's the Baddest? By Author: Pagiedamon (History)
24. Literary Change-A-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
25. "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" By Author: Polaris101 (Television)

Not much changes in the top 25 this month, except that adams627's representation in the list is back up to five and that Polaris101 has sneaked a new entry in at 25. Good authoring everyone.

***February 2013***

1. [-] Yours Truly, Cassandra By Author: adams627 (Humanities)
2. [-] Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards By Author: kyleisalive (People)
3. [-] Literary Drop-a-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
4. [-] Vampires of the Enlightenment By Author: stuthehistoryguy (History)
5. [-] The Top Hits of 1977 By Author: maddogrick16 (Music)
6. [-] Afrikaans to Zulu By Author: pu2-ke-qi-ri (World)
7. [+9] Chernobyl: Anatomy of a disaster By Author: WesleyCrusher (History)
8. [+3] Dear Athena... By Author: jouen58 (Humanities)
9. [+4] It Wasn't Me! By Author: LadyCaitriona (General)
10. [-] The Bluest Eye By Author: Pagiedamon (Literature)
11. [+7] Dead Parrots Across the Ages By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Entertainment)
12. [-3] Turning Neither Left Nor White By Author: adams627 (Literature)
13. [-6] Ian McEwan's "Saturday" By Author: Snowman (Literature)
14. [+6] "The Big Bang Theory": Cooperisms from Season 3 By Author: jmorrow (Television)
15. [-] Radiology By Author: adams627 (Brain Teasers)
16. [+1] "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 By Author: skunkee (For Children)
17. [+8] "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" By Author: Polaris101 (Television)
18. [+6] Literary Change-A-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
19. [+4] Who's the Baddest? By Author: Pagiedamon (History)
20. [+1] And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Music)
21. [-9] Literary Allusions in Literary Titles By Author: FatherSteve (Literature)
22. [NEW] Holidays, Witches, Dreams and Dead Dean- Pt. 20 By Author: gamemaster1967 (Television)
23. [NEW] Shakespeare By Body Count By Author: adams627 (Literature)
24. [NEW] The Top Shelf Collection By Author: adams627 (Literature)
25. [NEW] "Supernatural" Season 7 Episodes 20 through 23 By Author: boredinVA (Television)

No change at the top of the list this time around but plenty going down below. Spookily there are two new entries for quizzes on TV show Supernatural.

Top authoring all.

And a special congratulation to adams627, who is about to conquer this list. With 7 out of 25 already there, his coup is almost succeeded.

***April 2013***

1. [-] Yours Truly, Cassandra By Author: adams627 (Humanities)
2. [-] Historical Stick Figures on Cue Cards By Author: kyleisalive (People)
3. [-] Literary Drop-a-Letter By Author: adams627 (Literature)
4. [+1] The Top Hits of 1977 By Author: maddogrick16 (Music)
5. [-1] Vampires of the Enlightenment By Author: stuthehistoryguy (History)
6. [-] Afrikaans to Zulu By Author: pu2-ke-qi-ri (World)
7. [+3] The Bluest Eye By Author: Pagiedamon (Literature)
8. [-] Dear Athena... By Author: jouen58 (Humanities)
9. [+4] Ian McEwan's "Saturday" By Author: Snowman (Literature)
10. [-3] Chernobyl: Anatomy of a disaster By Author: WesleyCrusher (History)
11. [-2] It Wasn't Me! By Author: LadyCaitriona (General)
12. [-1] Dead Parrots Across the Ages By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Entertainment)
13. [+3] "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Part 2 By Author: skunkee (For Children)
14. [+11] "Supernatural" Season 7 Episodes 20 through 23 By Author: boredinVA (Television)
15. [-1] "The Big Bang Theory": Cooperisms from Season 3 By Author: jmorrow (Television)
16. [-4] Turning Neither Left Nor White By Author: adams627 (Literature)
17. [-] "I Love Lucy" - "The Passports" By Author: Polaris101 (Television)
18. [-3] Radiology By Author: adams627 (Brain Teasers)
19. [-] Who's the Baddest? By Author: Pagiedamon (History)
20. [-] And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda By Author: stuthehistoryguy (Music)
21. [+1] Holidays, Witches, Dreams and Dead Dean- Pt. 20 By Author: gamemaster1967 (Television)
22. [NEW] Larry Niven's "Ringworld" By Author: CellarDoor (Literature)
23. [-2] Literary Allusions in Literary Titles By Author: FatherSteve (Literature)
24. [-1] Shakespeare By Body Count By Author: adams627 (Literature)
25. [NEW] 'M*A*S*H' - Father Mulcahy By Author: thejazzkickazz (Television)

Television continues to threaten Literature as the category that produces the most high-ranked quizzes with a fifth quiz entering the top 25 this month. adams627 remains the king of quizmaking with one fifth of the top 25.

Happy quizzing all.