Subject: November 2023 Quiz Writing Month
Posted by: looney_tunes
Date: Oct 21 23
For the 15th edition of National Quiz Writing Month, we are giving the challenge a facelift, to concentrate on variety rather than just on volume – although, of course, we want to see a lot of new material! The site has a wealth of new formats available for quiz writers to use, and we want everyone to explore their potential.
Instead of counting questions, this year you will get 10 points for each quiz you submit that meets one of the 15 set criteria listed below. EACH QUIZ CAN ONLY COUNT ONCE, even if it fits in two spots, so you can strategise regarding how you place them. We will give credit for any quiz submitted during the month of November. If you have a template ready to submit but cannot do so in time, we will have a look at the template, and count it as long as the quiz looks ready to submit. Templates can be set up earlier, as one of the goals of this challenge is to encourage authors to get moving on those half-completed projects!
Here are the 15 criteria, worth 10 points each:
• A quiz using a Standard template (questions can be MC, FITB, T/F, 50/50, or any combination)
• A quiz using the standard Photo template.
• A quiz using the standard Match template
• A quiz using the Order template
• A quiz using the Label template
• A quiz using the Classification template
• A quiz using the Photo/Match template
• A quiz using the Mystery Sort template
• A quiz using the Fun Fill-It template
• A quiz using the Collection template
• A quiz that is an Adoption (or, if you can do so, Renovate an old quiz of your own)
• A quiz that is a Hot Topic
• A quiz that is an Old is New topic
• A quiz that is an Author Challenge
• A crossword (or alternatively, 10 single questions, each submitted to a different category)
If anyone manages to cover all 15 criteria before the end of the month, we will give an extra 50 points to an author who covers all 20 categories with their entries in the month. With careful planning, this might require another 5 quizzes; it could be a lot more if you play it comfortable on the first 15.
As you submit a quiz (you do not need to wait for it to go online), please post here so it can be recorded. You can provide the name of the quiz and the category to which it has been submitted, or just its quiz ID (the number you see in the URL just before the .html); it would be helpful if you also indicated the criterion being met, but we can check the template and make a decision on your behalf if you do not do so.
Authors need to be clear that EACH QUIZ CAN ONLY BE COUNTED FOR ONE CRITERION. The four quizzes that do not have a format specified must be in addition to another quiz in that format if both criteria are to be met. The aim here is variety, not shortcuts. Authors who change their mind about which criterion a specific quiz should be counted for just have to let us know. At the end of the month we will count how many quizzes and/or crosswords you have submitted which meet different criteria.
The names used to designate various levels of aspiration will use the same terms as in recent years, with roughly equivalent points needed:
• Personal = 10 points
• National = 20 points
• Worldwide = 50 points
• Galactic = 100 points
• Cosmic = 150 points
• Universal = 200 points
We haven’t worked out full details of the backstage mechanics, but this information should be enough to get you thinking and planning for an exciting month!
Posted by: looney_tunes
Date: Oct 21 23
For the 15th edition of National Quiz Writing Month, we are giving the challenge a facelift, to concentrate on variety rather than just on volume – although, of course, we want to see a lot of new material! The site has a wealth of new formats available for quiz writers to use, and we want everyone to explore their potential.
Instead of counting questions, this year you will get 10 points for each quiz you submit that meets one of the 15 set criteria listed below. EACH QUIZ CAN ONLY COUNT ONCE, even if it fits in two spots, so you can strategise regarding how you place them. We will give credit for any quiz submitted during the month of November. If you have a template ready to submit but cannot do so in time, we will have a look at the template, and count it as long as the quiz looks ready to submit. Templates can be set up earlier, as one of the goals of this challenge is to encourage authors to get moving on those half-completed projects!
Here are the 15 criteria, worth 10 points each:
• A quiz using a Standard template (questions can be MC, FITB, T/F, 50/50, or any combination)
• A quiz using the standard Photo template.
• A quiz using the standard Match template
• A quiz using the Order template
• A quiz using the Label template
• A quiz using the Classification template
• A quiz using the Photo/Match template
• A quiz using the Mystery Sort template
• A quiz using the Fun Fill-It template
• A quiz using the Collection template
• A quiz that is an Adoption (or, if you can do so, Renovate an old quiz of your own)
• A quiz that is a Hot Topic
• A quiz that is an Old is New topic
• A quiz that is an Author Challenge
• A crossword (or alternatively, 10 single questions, each submitted to a different category)
If anyone manages to cover all 15 criteria before the end of the month, we will give an extra 50 points to an author who covers all 20 categories with their entries in the month. With careful planning, this might require another 5 quizzes; it could be a lot more if you play it comfortable on the first 15.
As you submit a quiz (you do not need to wait for it to go online), please post here so it can be recorded. You can provide the name of the quiz and the category to which it has been submitted, or just its quiz ID (the number you see in the URL just before the .html); it would be helpful if you also indicated the criterion being met, but we can check the template and make a decision on your behalf if you do not do so.
Authors need to be clear that EACH QUIZ CAN ONLY BE COUNTED FOR ONE CRITERION. The four quizzes that do not have a format specified must be in addition to another quiz in that format if both criteria are to be met. The aim here is variety, not shortcuts. Authors who change their mind about which criterion a specific quiz should be counted for just have to let us know. At the end of the month we will count how many quizzes and/or crosswords you have submitted which meet different criteria.
The names used to designate various levels of aspiration will use the same terms as in recent years, with roughly equivalent points needed:
• Personal = 10 points
• National = 20 points
• Worldwide = 50 points
• Galactic = 100 points
• Cosmic = 150 points
• Universal = 200 points
We haven’t worked out full details of the backstage mechanics, but this information should be enough to get you thinking and planning for an exciting month!
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Catreona 
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Currently working on a collection quiz: Quiz ID 414007 Reply #101. Nov 08 23, 7:23 PM |
pollucci19
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Here's my first week thanks LT Order Template - Moses & the Exodus - Religion  https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/religion/moses-and-the-exodus-42288.htmlPhoto Match Template - How the West Was Really Won - Sport https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/sports/how-the-west-was-really-won-414430.htmlMystery Sort - In Distill of the Night While the Moon Shines – Brain Teasers https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/brainteasers/in-distill-of-the-night-while-the-moon-shines-414331.htmlFun Fill It - Midsummer Night's Doom - Literature https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/midsummer-nights-doom-414426.htmlCollection - Kinky Boots - Entertainment https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/entertainment/kinky-boots-414375.html Old is New - Animal House Who Were Those Guys - Movies https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/movies/animal-house-who-were-those-guys-414417.htmlReply #102. Nov 08 23, 10:00 PM |
looney_tunes
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Catreona, I will add that to my spreadsheet of authors meeting criteria. One format down, 14 to go! Reply #103. Nov 08 23, 10:18 PM |
| looney_tunes
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That message referred to the post on the previous page. I am now adding two criteria, one completed, one in the process. Reply #104. Nov 08 23, 10:20 PM |
Rowena8482
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I've started a classification quiz. It's my first go at the format, but so far so good! Am getting the hang of the new editor page slowly but surely :-) Reply #105. Nov 08 23, 11:04 PM |
LadyNym
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Here's my Collection quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/geography/under-lock-and-key-414432.html The Photo Match one is still in the queue. I am currently working on a Photo quiz, which hopefully will be submitted by the end of the day. Reply #106. Nov 09 23, 4:46 AM |
spanishliz
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This one is for my Author Challenge title, and is in General: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/hang-on-a-minute-414347.html Reply #107. Nov 09 23, 11:31 AM |
lordprescott
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My 2nd, an order quiz in the Video Game format, has been submitted earlier today. Reply #108. Nov 09 23, 12:07 PM |
| looney_tunes
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Quick progress report - which does not really reflect everyone's progress, it only deals with templates that have been indicated here as complete, and a Quiz ID number provided. I know there are others in progress, some actually submitted, and some (like five of mine!) being worked on, and often well underway. So far authors have reported meeting a total of 44 criteria. Ony Crosswords has not yet had a registered submission, and Match format has seen the most, with 7 people having completed one. Collection and Adoption are close behind on 6. Because we are only counting finished quizzes, not progress in terms of questions written, things look a bit slower than last year at this point, but there is some exciting stuff being written, and I look forward to more! Reply #109. Nov 09 23, 1:18 PM |
kyleisalive
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Seeing a lot of great quizzes. Haven't posted any of my completed ones yet. Slowly working out where I want to slot some. :) Reply #110. Nov 09 23, 3:12 PM |
| LadyNym
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And here's my Photo Match quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/did-they-really-name-it-after-me-414341.html Reply #111. Nov 09 23, 6:42 PM |
VBookWorm
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Here is a photo match quiz. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/gather-round-the-world-its-dinner-time-103167.html Reply #112. Nov 09 23, 6:50 PM |
sally0malley
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My collection quiz is online. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/world/a-mans-home-is-his-castle-414253.html Reply #113. Nov 10 23, 5:46 PM |
| spanishliz
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Here's my crossword, which is in Video Games: https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=10354 Reply #114. Nov 11 23, 11:26 AM |
| LadyNym
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And here's my Photo quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/woods-414386.html Reply #115. Nov 11 23, 1:23 PM |
| spanishliz
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Here's my Order quiz, in Sci/Tech: https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/SciTech/Hardness-of-Rocks-and-MineralsB-24633.html Reply #116. Nov 11 23, 1:28 PM |
| Catreona
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My collection quiz, "Cities and Towns in Massachusetts" quiz ID 414007, has been submitted. Reply #117. Nov 11 23, 2:16 PM |
| Catreona
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Now working on a photo match quiz, "Name That Tune: International Edition" quiz ID 413360. This one may take a while. Reply #118. Nov 11 23, 3:28 PM |
tiye
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I submitted an adopted Animals quiz, qid=37858. With this second quiz I completed my pledge for National but I still have half a month, who knows? :) Reply #119. Nov 11 23, 3:35 PM |
| looney_tunes
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tiye, I must have missed a post, as I don't have any other quizzes listed against your name. I see you submitted a match quiz, but don't have the quiz ID, so am not sure I am looking at the right one - Michelle, Ma Belle? Please let me know if I got it wrong. Reply #120. Nov 11 23, 5:00 PM |
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