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Quiz-Making: More Hints

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QuizMaking More Hints game quiz
"This is a sequel to my previous quiz on this topic. Again, the examples are closely based on (or taken from) quizzes actually submitted in Quizzyland."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Which of these is the most serious problem with the use of 'fill-in-the-blank'?
    It makes a quiz tough and unpopular
    It tests spelling
    It's often very hard to predict all the correct versions of the answer
    Choosing a helpful hint is hard


2. You want to ask for the name of the most northerly German 'Land' (or state), and the answer is Schleswig-Holstein. Why are you not allowed to use 'fill-in-the-blank' for this question?
    The answer is hard to spell
    It's impossible to give a hint
    The answer involves a foreign name
    Answers requiring punctuation are not allowed in 'fill-in-the-blank'


3. Which of these types of questions are inherently unsuitable for 'fill-in-the-blank'?
    Those with several different correct spellings of the answer
    All of these
    Those requiring a list as an answer
    Those where there are different ways of representing the answer


4. One should never use 'fill-in-the-blank' questions?
    True
    False


5. In a question you refer to Queen Elizabeth I (of England) as 'the bastard daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn'. What is the biggest problem of all with this?
    It's simply incorrect
    It will give English people taking the quiz a tantrum
    It's one-sided opinion presented as fact
    Even in this context the word 'bastard' is profane


6. You ask which European country once ruled Sri Lanka and your answer is Britain. It's a multiple choice question and one of the incorrect choices is the Netherlands. Is there a problem?
    Yes
    No


7. You ask what caused the First World War, and your answer is 'the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand'. Perhaps you were even taught this at school, so what's the problem?
    Some historians maintain that the German General Staff and the German government deliberately exacerbated the crisis in June-July, 1914
    The causes of the outbreak of WWI are a matter of debate
    All of these
    The answer you give assumes that the crisis caused by the assassination could not have been contained


8. You want to ask which warship finished off the crippled Bismarck in May, 1941. Some websites say it was HMS Devonshire, others that it was HMS Dorsetshire. What is the most sensible next step?
    Try a different approach, such as finding out about HMS Devonshire and HMS Dorsetshire
    Look at ten websites on the Bismarck and go along with the majority
    Post the question on a question-and-answer site
    Opt for the answer that's first in alphabetical order


9. In a currency quiz you ask how the Australian dollar is subdivided, and your answer is '100 Australian cents'. What is the problem with this kind of question?
    The answer is inaccurate
    All modern currencies called 'the dollar' are divided into 100 cents
    It's misleading as there is no Australian dollar
    All of these


10. You ask what brought Mussolini to power in 1922, and your only answer is 'The failure of Italian Liberalism'. This is not untrue, so is there still a problem?
    Yes
    No


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Compiled May 24 13