Subject: The Quiz and Crossword Contracts
Posted by: WesleyCrusher
Date: May 01 19
Sometimes a throwaway joke can inspire an idea. When explaining to a newer author how to best deal with challenge requirements in the edit process I mentioned, jokingly, that they had only become an issue since we had tasks like "Write a Fill the Blank quiz in a subcategory of Sci/Tech that you have exactly one quiz ranked worse than 50,000 in, featuring the name of a deceased actor from Bhutan in the title, using all 26 letters in the alphabet in each question and writing the info in limerick form". Then, about 20 minutes later, I was struck by the realization that, if this task were posted in the Lounge, someone would probably actually do it, sooner or later.
And that means we can make a game out of it, right?
So let's get creative - both in setting tasks and in solving them. Here are the current ten tasks:
Contract #312 - 22 points: Write a classic style quiz or photo quiz in the History category on the history of any one country that does not already have a history quiz on FT. (by BigTriviaDawg)
Contract #318 - 16 points: Write a quiz for the Sub-Sets Challenge. (by Kyleisalive)
Contract #320 - 14 points: Write a photo quiz about coronations. At least one question must be FITB, and one question 50/50. (by Reedy)
Contract #325 - 9 points: Write a quiz about Adrien Brody. (by VBookWorm)
Contract #328 - 6 points: Write a quiz about a Russian television series of your choice. (by VBookWorm)
Contract #329 - 5 points: Write a classification quiz where the categories are all related to ducks but are not in the animal or science categories. (by Ilona_Ritter)
Contract #330 - 4 points: Write a 15-question quiz with exactly six words in the title, without using the letter 'e' in the title. At least three questions must be FITB, and two T/F-Y/N questions. (by Reedy)
Contract #331 - 3 points: Create a crossword on the history of any country with no more than 20% fillers. (by Sam388)
Contract #332 - 2 points: Write a quiz containing the word 'Pizza' in its title that is exactly 15 questions long and is neither in Food (Hobbies), Sci/Tech, nor World. The quiz can be either a Photo Quiz or a Photo-Match Quiz. (by Ilona_Ritter)
Contract #333 - 1 point: Using COVID-19 as an example, write a quiz about epidemics that changed the course of history. (by 1nn1)
Once you have picked a task and written, please submit it with the entire contract stipulation (including the number) in the note to the editor.
Wait for the quiz to go online, then report it here to claim the contract. If it's good, you'll receive the task's point value for the leaderboard AND you get to set up a new contract, entirely of your choosing. Come up with an evilly convoluted challenge, set up an easy one in the hopes of it being snatched quickly or just use the opportunity to make someone write a quiz about THAT ONE topic you always wanted to play but never got the chance as all nineteen online entries about it are yours... anything goes as long as it is possible. ("Write a match quiz in which every answer is a pangram" would not work - answers that long would not be accepted in the format). You must provide a new contract stipulation in the same post as your claim or the claim is invalid.
Every time a new contract goes up, all others increase in value by one point. Thus, there will always be ten options and after the starting phase in which scores are a bit on the low side, there will be always be a task (the oldest one) worth at least 10, and possibly considerably more if no one has taken it for a while. Thus, the longer a contract sits there (and thus the harder it presumably is to fill), the more lucrative it will become. And at some point, even writing that Sci/Tech quiz named after a dead Bhutanese actor will sound like a really enticing proposition...
You can finish any unfinished quizzes/crosswords to fill a contract, no need to make a new template, as long as the template was never submitted by the time the contract went up. You can't claim your own contracts of course, although authors whose contracts go all too high in value are encouraged to prove that it CAN be done.
There is no reserving in this game - you need to be the first to claim a contract, by actually fulfilling it with a quiz that meets the requirement. There's also no double-dipping - if you submit a quiz, you fill one and only one contract with it (if it qualifies for more than one, you must indicate which one you want - it'll probably be the higher score).
Yes this counts for Pangalactic and while it is probably not the best idea to advertise what you are working on (someone else might feel encouraged to steal it from under your nose), bluffing and other tactics are perfectly legit in this game. The only thing we don't want to see is collusion - so don't post a contract specifically tailored to your best buddy.
As some authors may wish to request clarifications for a contract by personal message (to not immediately alert anyone to the fact they're working on), we ask that anyone who answers such a clarification request post the answer to the thread as well while preserving anonymity, so that everyone is on the same page regarding a specific task.
Also, importantly, please remember the editors are under no obligation to check your entry for compliance with the task. You will find that most are willing to send it back for fixes if they find an obvious, easily fixed, mismatch, but there are no guarantees. If your entry only almost qualifies and goes online, well, you have a good quiz online and a second opportunity to work on the contract, possibly even for a higher score.
And now have fun!
LEADERBOARD
bernie73 - 683 points
1nn1 - 411 points
RedHook13 - 257 points
leith90 - 236 points
Kankurette - 205 points
psnz - 183 points
reedy - 151 points
ramonesrule - 140 points
LadyNym - 107 points
zorba_scank - 78 points
Kyleisalive - 77 points
windrush - 68 points
Ilona_Ritter - 51 points
rossian - 48 points
Pollucci19 - 44 points
Lpez - 43 points
AcrylicInk - 38 points
fifiona81 - 35 points
Gracious1 - 34 points
VegemiteKid - 34 points
spanishliz - 33 points
WesleyCrusher - 26 points
CmdrK - 25 points
Saleo - 23 point
moonraker2 - 22 points
Rowena8482 - 21 points
Apathy100 - 20 points
BigTriviaDawg - 20 points
VBookWorm - 16 points
Sam388 - 9 points
Angikar - 4 points
Godwit - 4 points
Ceetee - 1 point
COMPLETED CONTRACTS
(For earlier contracts, please click here.)
Contract #301 - 1 point: Write a TRIC quiz (X, Y or Z, it doesn't matter) in a category you don't usually write in. - Bernie73
Contract #302 - 5 points: Write a quiz of any size or format in any category you like other than Celebrities. - Lpez
Contract #303 - 1 point: Create a symmetrical medium or large literature crossword focussing on a group or genre of authors, such as science fiction or the Lakes poets, or the Bloomsbury Group. The choice is up to you. No 2 letter words or IATA codes. - Psnz
Contract #304 - 5 points: Identify two words or phrases which meet these criteria: (a) 15-17 characters in length; (b) the same length; (c) connected in some significant way. Insert these words or phrases as the first and last lines of a puzzle and construct a symmetric crossword between them. No two-letter words or IATA codes, please. - Windrush
Contract #305 - 6 points: Write a 10 question, all multiple choice quiz on either Australian flora or fauna, then create a medium symmetric crossword on Australian flora and fauna. No two letter answers in the CW. Both Quiz and CW should have the same title. - Bernie73
Contract #306 - 8 points: Write a quiz with a title that contains the name of a country that starts and ends with the same letter. The quiz cannot go in the Geography category. - Ilona_Ritter
Contract #307 - 23 points: Write a classification quiz in the Entertainment category where all answer choices end with a vowel. - Reedy
Contract #308 - 21 points: Write a quiz with "Tom Hanks" in the title in any category except for Celebrities, Movies, People, or Television. - Ilona_Ritter
Contract #309 - 10 points: Write a large Religion crossword with at least 6 clues being 10 letters or longer, and at least 4 words relating to religious festivals (words can fit either or both criteria). No 2 letter words or IATA codes please. - Psnz
Contract #310 - 22 points: Construct a crossword with a least fifteen colors and then write a quiz using fifteen of the colors as names (first, last, or middle) for people (real or fictional) as the answers to the corresponding questions. - Ilona_Ritter
Contract #311 - 14 points: Write a quiz or crossword puzzle that is inspired by the work of another author on FunTrivia. - VBookWorm
Contract #313 - 13 points: Write a quiz from the "Old is New" list, using any of the 'new' quiz formats (order/label/classify), AND use an Author Challenge Title. - Bernie73
Contract #314 - 1 points: Write a quiz or crossword puzzle with a four word title where all four words begin with the same letter for either History or Humanities. Quiz must be a format other than MC. - Psnz
Contract #315 - 1 point: Construct a symmetric medium crossword puzzle whose answers do not contain any of the letters in "SKIN". No two-letter words or IATA codes, please. - Ceetee
Contract #316 - 5 points: Construct a symmetric medium crossword puzzle all of whose answers contain any of the letters in "SKIN". No two-letter words or IATA codes, please. - Windrush
Contract #317 - 1 point: Write a quiz or symmetrical crossword with a theme surrounding April Fools Day. - Kyleisalive
Contract #319 - 3 points: Create a symmetric medium or large crossword puzzle in which at least 60% of the clues or answers relate to loanwords commonly used in English. A minimum of six loanwords must be of Hungarian origin. No two-letter answers or IATA codes, please. - Windrush
Contract #321 - 2 points: Create a symmetrical crossword relating to important landmarks in Europe. These can be natural formations or man-made. - Psnz
Contract #322 - 9 points: Create a symmetric medium or large crossword puzzle in which at least 60% of the clues or answers relate to loanwords commonly used in English. A minimum of six loanwords must be of Italian origin. No two-letter answers or IATA codes, please. - Sam388
Contract #323 - 1 point: Construct a large symmetric crossword containing at least one word with consecutive double letters for 20 different letters (or more) of the English alphabet. The crossword title must include "double" or a variant of the word, such as "doubling." Please, no two-letter words, Roman numerals or IATA codes. - Leith90
Contract #324 (1) (2) - 3 points: Construct TWO crosswords, one large and one medium, to submit to the Brain Teasers category. Both puzzles should be in different sub-cats (eg, drop or add a letter, anagrams, cryptic etc) and the titles should reflect that they are a pair. Grids must be symmetrical with no two-letter words, IATA codes or Roman numerals please. - Psnz
Contract #326 - 2 points: Write a quiz that is meant to satisfy the Author's Gallery monthly challenge for at least one requirement. - VBookWorm
Contract #327 (1) (2) (3) - 6 points: Create a set of THREE linked crosswords (one small, one medium and one large) for either the Celebrities, History, Religion or Video Games categories. Titles should reflect that they are a set. Each puzzle grid must be symmetric, with no two-letter words, IATA codes or Roman numerals. - 1nn1
Posted by: WesleyCrusher
Date: May 01 19
Sometimes a throwaway joke can inspire an idea. When explaining to a newer author how to best deal with challenge requirements in the edit process I mentioned, jokingly, that they had only become an issue since we had tasks like "Write a Fill the Blank quiz in a subcategory of Sci/Tech that you have exactly one quiz ranked worse than 50,000 in, featuring the name of a deceased actor from Bhutan in the title, using all 26 letters in the alphabet in each question and writing the info in limerick form". Then, about 20 minutes later, I was struck by the realization that, if this task were posted in the Lounge, someone would probably actually do it, sooner or later.
And that means we can make a game out of it, right?
So let's get creative - both in setting tasks and in solving them. Here are the current ten tasks:
Contract #312 - 22 points: Write a classic style quiz or photo quiz in the History category on the history of any one country that does not already have a history quiz on FT. (by BigTriviaDawg)
Contract #318 - 16 points: Write a quiz for the Sub-Sets Challenge. (by Kyleisalive)
Contract #320 - 14 points: Write a photo quiz about coronations. At least one question must be FITB, and one question 50/50. (by Reedy)
Contract #325 - 9 points: Write a quiz about Adrien Brody. (by VBookWorm)
Contract #328 - 6 points: Write a quiz about a Russian television series of your choice. (by VBookWorm)
Contract #329 - 5 points: Write a classification quiz where the categories are all related to ducks but are not in the animal or science categories. (by Ilona_Ritter)
Contract #330 - 4 points: Write a 15-question quiz with exactly six words in the title, without using the letter 'e' in the title. At least three questions must be FITB, and two T/F-Y/N questions. (by Reedy)
Contract #331 - 3 points: Create a crossword on the history of any country with no more than 20% fillers. (by Sam388)
Contract #332 - 2 points: Write a quiz containing the word 'Pizza' in its title that is exactly 15 questions long and is neither in Food (Hobbies), Sci/Tech, nor World. The quiz can be either a Photo Quiz or a Photo-Match Quiz. (by Ilona_Ritter)
Contract #333 - 1 point: Using COVID-19 as an example, write a quiz about epidemics that changed the course of history. (by 1nn1)
Once you have picked a task and written, please submit it with the entire contract stipulation (including the number) in the note to the editor.
Wait for the quiz to go online, then report it here to claim the contract. If it's good, you'll receive the task's point value for the leaderboard AND you get to set up a new contract, entirely of your choosing. Come up with an evilly convoluted challenge, set up an easy one in the hopes of it being snatched quickly or just use the opportunity to make someone write a quiz about THAT ONE topic you always wanted to play but never got the chance as all nineteen online entries about it are yours... anything goes as long as it is possible. ("Write a match quiz in which every answer is a pangram" would not work - answers that long would not be accepted in the format). You must provide a new contract stipulation in the same post as your claim or the claim is invalid.
Every time a new contract goes up, all others increase in value by one point. Thus, there will always be ten options and after the starting phase in which scores are a bit on the low side, there will be always be a task (the oldest one) worth at least 10, and possibly considerably more if no one has taken it for a while. Thus, the longer a contract sits there (and thus the harder it presumably is to fill), the more lucrative it will become. And at some point, even writing that Sci/Tech quiz named after a dead Bhutanese actor will sound like a really enticing proposition...
You can finish any unfinished quizzes/crosswords to fill a contract, no need to make a new template, as long as the template was never submitted by the time the contract went up. You can't claim your own contracts of course, although authors whose contracts go all too high in value are encouraged to prove that it CAN be done.
There is no reserving in this game - you need to be the first to claim a contract, by actually fulfilling it with a quiz that meets the requirement. There's also no double-dipping - if you submit a quiz, you fill one and only one contract with it (if it qualifies for more than one, you must indicate which one you want - it'll probably be the higher score).
Yes this counts for Pangalactic and while it is probably not the best idea to advertise what you are working on (someone else might feel encouraged to steal it from under your nose), bluffing and other tactics are perfectly legit in this game. The only thing we don't want to see is collusion - so don't post a contract specifically tailored to your best buddy.
As some authors may wish to request clarifications for a contract by personal message (to not immediately alert anyone to the fact they're working on), we ask that anyone who answers such a clarification request post the answer to the thread as well while preserving anonymity, so that everyone is on the same page regarding a specific task.
Also, importantly, please remember the editors are under no obligation to check your entry for compliance with the task. You will find that most are willing to send it back for fixes if they find an obvious, easily fixed, mismatch, but there are no guarantees. If your entry only almost qualifies and goes online, well, you have a good quiz online and a second opportunity to work on the contract, possibly even for a higher score.
And now have fun!
LEADERBOARD
bernie73 - 683 points
1nn1 - 411 points
RedHook13 - 257 points
leith90 - 236 points
Kankurette - 205 points
psnz - 183 points
reedy - 151 points
ramonesrule - 140 points
LadyNym - 107 points
zorba_scank - 78 points
Kyleisalive - 77 points
windrush - 68 points
Ilona_Ritter - 51 points
rossian - 48 points
Pollucci19 - 44 points
Lpez - 43 points
AcrylicInk - 38 points
fifiona81 - 35 points
Gracious1 - 34 points
VegemiteKid - 34 points
spanishliz - 33 points
WesleyCrusher - 26 points
CmdrK - 25 points
Saleo - 23 point
moonraker2 - 22 points
Rowena8482 - 21 points
Apathy100 - 20 points
BigTriviaDawg - 20 points
VBookWorm - 16 points
Sam388 - 9 points
Angikar - 4 points
Godwit - 4 points
Ceetee - 1 point
COMPLETED CONTRACTS
(For earlier contracts, please click here.)
Contract #301 - 1 point: Write a TRIC quiz (X, Y or Z, it doesn't matter) in a category you don't usually write in. - Bernie73
Contract #302 - 5 points: Write a quiz of any size or format in any category you like other than Celebrities. - Lpez
Contract #303 - 1 point: Create a symmetrical medium or large literature crossword focussing on a group or genre of authors, such as science fiction or the Lakes poets, or the Bloomsbury Group. The choice is up to you. No 2 letter words or IATA codes. - Psnz
Contract #304 - 5 points: Identify two words or phrases which meet these criteria: (a) 15-17 characters in length; (b) the same length; (c) connected in some significant way. Insert these words or phrases as the first and last lines of a puzzle and construct a symmetric crossword between them. No two-letter words or IATA codes, please. - Windrush
Contract #305 - 6 points: Write a 10 question, all multiple choice quiz on either Australian flora or fauna, then create a medium symmetric crossword on Australian flora and fauna. No two letter answers in the CW. Both Quiz and CW should have the same title. - Bernie73
Contract #306 - 8 points: Write a quiz with a title that contains the name of a country that starts and ends with the same letter. The quiz cannot go in the Geography category. - Ilona_Ritter
Contract #307 - 23 points: Write a classification quiz in the Entertainment category where all answer choices end with a vowel. - Reedy
Contract #308 - 21 points: Write a quiz with "Tom Hanks" in the title in any category except for Celebrities, Movies, People, or Television. - Ilona_Ritter
Contract #309 - 10 points: Write a large Religion crossword with at least 6 clues being 10 letters or longer, and at least 4 words relating to religious festivals (words can fit either or both criteria). No 2 letter words or IATA codes please. - Psnz
Contract #310 - 22 points: Construct a crossword with a least fifteen colors and then write a quiz using fifteen of the colors as names (first, last, or middle) for people (real or fictional) as the answers to the corresponding questions. - Ilona_Ritter
Contract #311 - 14 points: Write a quiz or crossword puzzle that is inspired by the work of another author on FunTrivia. - VBookWorm
Contract #313 - 13 points: Write a quiz from the "Old is New" list, using any of the 'new' quiz formats (order/label/classify), AND use an Author Challenge Title. - Bernie73
Contract #314 - 1 points: Write a quiz or crossword puzzle with a four word title where all four words begin with the same letter for either History or Humanities. Quiz must be a format other than MC. - Psnz
Contract #315 - 1 point: Construct a symmetric medium crossword puzzle whose answers do not contain any of the letters in "SKIN". No two-letter words or IATA codes, please. - Ceetee
Contract #316 - 5 points: Construct a symmetric medium crossword puzzle all of whose answers contain any of the letters in "SKIN". No two-letter words or IATA codes, please. - Windrush
Contract #317 - 1 point: Write a quiz or symmetrical crossword with a theme surrounding April Fools Day. - Kyleisalive
Contract #319 - 3 points: Create a symmetric medium or large crossword puzzle in which at least 60% of the clues or answers relate to loanwords commonly used in English. A minimum of six loanwords must be of Hungarian origin. No two-letter answers or IATA codes, please. - Windrush
Contract #321 - 2 points: Create a symmetrical crossword relating to important landmarks in Europe. These can be natural formations or man-made. - Psnz
Contract #322 - 9 points: Create a symmetric medium or large crossword puzzle in which at least 60% of the clues or answers relate to loanwords commonly used in English. A minimum of six loanwords must be of Italian origin. No two-letter answers or IATA codes, please. - Sam388
Contract #323 - 1 point: Construct a large symmetric crossword containing at least one word with consecutive double letters for 20 different letters (or more) of the English alphabet. The crossword title must include "double" or a variant of the word, such as "doubling." Please, no two-letter words, Roman numerals or IATA codes. - Leith90
Contract #324 (1) (2) - 3 points: Construct TWO crosswords, one large and one medium, to submit to the Brain Teasers category. Both puzzles should be in different sub-cats (eg, drop or add a letter, anagrams, cryptic etc) and the titles should reflect that they are a pair. Grids must be symmetrical with no two-letter words, IATA codes or Roman numerals please. - Psnz
Contract #326 - 2 points: Write a quiz that is meant to satisfy the Author's Gallery monthly challenge for at least one requirement. - VBookWorm
Contract #327 (1) (2) (3) - 6 points: Create a set of THREE linked crosswords (one small, one medium and one large) for either the Celebrities, History, Religion or Video Games categories. Titles should reflect that they are a set. Each puzzle grid must be symmetric, with no two-letter words, IATA codes or Roman numerals. - 1nn1
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For clarification on Challenge 234: foreign words in everyday use (common to most people) are allowed, foreign words like 'nyet' and 'roi' are not. Reply #581. Sep 02 21, 4:47 PM |
ramonesrule
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I'd like to claim Contract #196 - 39 points: Create a quiz about any 10 styles of tattoos used as elimination challenges on the hit television series "Ink Master". Your quiz cannot be about "Ink Master" or any of its episodes. (by Apathy100) https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Entertainment/Tattoo-Ideas-For-You-406530.htmlNew challenge is to create a quiz of any length where each answer is the name of a Disney movie. The quiz category must be either History, Geography, Sports or Sci/Tech. Reply #582. Sep 02 21, 6:27 PM |
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I want to claim Contract #232 - 4 points: Write a crossword puzzle where at least one-third of the answers are each words that are homophones with other two-letter words. (by Bernie73) My "Two-letter Word Homophones" crossword is at: https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=8593Time constraints meant that the editor approving this puzzle was unable to verify that I met the terms of the contract. I'll provide some evidence in the next post in case anyone wants to check for themselves. New Challenge Feed Me, Seymour: Construct a symmetrical crossword based on the 103 ingredients currently available in the Author's Kitchen on Fun Trivia. ALL FILLERS should be neutral or appropriate to the topic. Crosswords can be submitted to any category except General and must not contain any two-letter words. Reply #583. Sep 03 21, 12:09 PM |
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My source of two-letter words was this website: https://www.lexico.com/explore/two-letter-words My puzzle has 34 clues and so requires 12 homophones (there are 17 in the CW): 1A PIE (pi) 5A TOO (to) 8A RAE (re) 10A ADD (ad) 16A ANNE (an) 18A WRAY (re) 20A LEIGH (li) 23A AWE (or) 25A BYE (by) 29A AYE (ai) 1D PAR (pa) 2D EYE (ai) 3D KNEE (né) 5D TEA (ti) 23D AXE (ax) 24D EWE (yu) 25D BEA (be) Reply #584. Sep 03 21, 12:15 PM |
bernie73
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Now that's dedication! Reply #585. Sep 03 21, 2:14 PM |
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I wish to claim Contract #234 - 3 points: Create a fully symmetrical CW with six full length words (11 for a small, 15 for medium and 17 for large). These answers may be one word or two, but not three. Two of the chosen words must intersect in the centre of the grid. Must have an 'O' in the centre square. Grid must be 80% filled. All words must be general ie, no people, places, bands, foreign words etc. Well-known idioms are ok. No 2-letter words or IATA codes. (by Leith90) My "O Dear!" crossword can be found at: https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=8598New Challenge Construct a symmetric geographical crossword about quadripoints. No two-letter words and at least 50% of the answers must have more than three letters. Puzzles must be submitted to Geography with any IATA codes used only for airports in countries or territories forming part of a quadripoint. Reply #586. Sep 05 21, 10:29 PM |
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I'd like to claim Contract #230 - 7 points: Write a quiz about a related series (two or more) of paintings. (by Bernie73) https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/The-Black-Paintings-by-Goya-406599.html New challenge: write a quiz that is inspired by your favorite brand. Let's say I really like Starbucks coffee, my quiz should be inspired by them but not explicitly about them. So not a quiz about the ten different kinds of lattes they sell for example. Reply #587. Sep 06 21, 8:08 AM |
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I would like to claim contract #233: Choose a consonant and WILLFULLY construct a symmetric crossword that has four single-word answers which each contain four of your chosen letter. No multi-word or hyphenated answers, two-letter words or IATA codes. https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=8608 New Contract: create a symmetrical crossword about human spaceflight, real not fictional (so no HAL's, Jetsons or Major Tom's). No two-letter answers please. Reply #588. Sep 06 21, 3:51 PM |
LadyNym
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I would like to claim Contract #209 - 31 points: Write a quiz about the animal associated with your star sign (sheep for Aries, fish for Pisces etc). If you're a Gemini, write a quiz about twins, real or fictional. If you're a Virgo, write a quiz about a woman from the Bible. If you're a Libra, write a quiz about law. If you're an Aquarius, write a quiz that has something to do with water. I am a Sagittarius, so I wrote a quiz about horses. New contract: Write a quiz in the Thematic Fun subcategory. Each question should contain the name of a country you have visited or would like to visit. Reply #589. Sep 07 21, 9:36 AM |
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Apologies - I forgot to post the link :D: https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/If-Wishes-Were-Horses-406576.html Reply #590. Sep 07 21, 9:40 AM |
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I would like to claim Contract #236 - 5 points: Construct a symmetrical crossword based on the 103 ingredients currently available in the Author's Kitchen on Fun Trivia. ALL FILLERS should be neutral or appropriate to the topic. Crosswords can be submitted to any category except General and must not contain any two-letter words. (by Psnz) for my CW "Author's Kitchen Mix" https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=8612For the next contract, I propose: Create a quiz in any format or category where the answers include the names of characters (human or Muppet) from Sesame Street. The quiz can not be about the "Sesame Street" program or franchise. Reply #591. Sep 10 21, 9:39 PM |
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Now, I'm going to check what I've gotten in the author's kitchen to see if I can make any more recipes. :) Reply #592. Sep 10 21, 9:40 PM |
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Can I claim Contract #231 Please. Create a symmetrical astrological crossword based on your own personal star sign and famous people you share it with. The completed puzzle must contain your sign of the zodiac (as a clue) and have an alliterative title. ALL FILLERS should be neutral or appropriate to the topic, with no two-letter words. The crossword can be submitted to any category except General. (by Psnz) https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=8623 New challenge- create a symmetrical crossword about puppets. Reply #593. Sep 11 21, 6:33 AM |
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Could I claim Contract #237 by psnz, please? https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=8622 Construct a symmetric geographical crossword about quadripoints. No two-letter words and at least 50% of the answers must have more than three letters. Puzzles must be submitted to Geography with any IATA codes used only for airports in countries or territories forming part of a quadripoint. My contract: Construct a symmetrical crossword about mystery/crime literature. No two-letter words, no more than one IATA code (if you must) and at least 50% of the answers must have more than three letters. Puzzles must be submitted to Literature. Reply #594. Sep 11 21, 11:09 PM |
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I would like to claim contract #239 - 5 points: Create a symmetrical crossword about human spaceflight, real not fictional (so no HAL's, Jetsons or Major Tom's). No two-letter answers please. (by Leith90) My "Human Spaceflight" crossword is online at: https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=8618New Challenge: Construct a pair of symmetric crosswords which both use the same grid. The first needs to be a left-handed puzzle, whose answers only use letters on the left of the QWERTY keyboard (Q, W, E, R, T, A, S, D, F, G, Z, X, C, V and B.) The second must be a right-handed puzzle using only the right-side letters (Y, U, I, O, P, H, J, K, L, N and M.) No two-letter words or IATA codes, please. Reply #595. Sep 13 21, 6:51 PM |
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This is an interesting sounding contract. I think when this is fulfilled it will probably be worth quite a few points and the author will have earned all of them. :) Reply #596. Sep 14 21, 7:16 AM |
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A cruciverbalist sent me this message: (( Out of interest I wonder if you have compiled such crosswords to determine the feasibility of such a challenge. Whilst I think the "left handed puzzle" should cause few problems, I'm not convinced that the "right-handed puzzle" is practicable. )) No, I haven't compiled the right-handed puzzle, but I will do so. The basis of this challenge was discovering unsymmetrical puzzles using these requirements in Fun Trivia's archives. The only extras I added were requiring the use of identical symmetric grids with no two-letter words and IATA codes. Anyone undertaking this contract would be well-advised to complete the right-handed puzzle first. Said cruciverbalist also sent me all the possible three- to seven- letter words utilising the right-side letters from an online tool. I am happy to accept that there are two seven-letter words, although the anagram utility I favour found more words in every other word-size category. Reply #597. Sep 15 21, 9:37 AM |
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I need to take exception with my statement about there only being two seven-letter words. That was based on the mistaken notion that each letter might only appear once in a given word, resulting in JUMPILY and PHONILY. However, letters can appear multiple times. Thinking about that resulted in these seven-letter words which would be acceptable: holmium, hominin, homonym, hyponym, jillion, jimminy, jollily, jumpily, killjoy, kinkily, kookily, kopiyky, kopiyok, limpkin, lollopy, loonily, loopily, lumpily, lupulin, milkily, million, minikin, minimum, moonily, mullion, munnion, muonium, nippily, nonoily, opinion, phonily, pillion, plumply, polynyi, pulpily, pumpkin There might be more. Using my favorite anagramming tool with four of each letter resulted in 512 words (although 29 had just two letters). There was one 11-letter word and six nine-letter ones. The other thought is that there are also some multi-word phrases possible: KILO-OHM is one that springs to mind. Some of those two-letter words could also be part of a phrase. I'll keep working on a solution. The puzzle that inspired this challenge was: https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=2448 Reply #598. Sep 15 21, 12:14 PM |
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I'm happy to report that I've compiled a right-handed solution to that part of Contract #244. Reply #599. Sep 15 21, 1:56 PM |
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I'd like to claim Contract #235 (which was Ramonesrule, NOT Bernie as I thought). I did a Sports quiz. The challenge: "Create a quiz of any length where each answer is the name of a Disney movie. The quiz category must be either History, Geography, Sports or Sci/Tech." My quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Sports/Its-Disney-Clive-But-Not-As-We-Know-It-406591.htmlMy challenge: write a Geography quiz about one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan. Reply #600. Sep 15 21, 4:04 PM |
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