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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rossian
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Here are my week two quizzes: Standard MC -  https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/a-welsh-potpourri-414427.htmlAuthor Challenge - https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/well-butter-my-biscuit-414428.htmlMystery Sort - https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/brainteasers/mysterious-connections-iv-414504.htmlReply #141. Nov 15 23, 2:20 AM |
LadyNym 
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Fun Fill-It: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/tiramisu-414509.html Reply #142. Nov 15 23, 4:30 AM |
ponycargirl
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After week one: link https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/sports/college-school-mascots-104210.htmlIn Sports - a photo match quiz link https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/geography/reaching-a-plateau-414328.htmlIn Geography - an Author Challenge title link https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/passing-through-papua-new-guinea-414346.htmlIn General - Old is New O, To Be Some Other Name! Submitted to Celebrities Standard Matching https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/celebrities/o-to-be-some-other-name-53552.htmlWeek two: Add "E" to Form A New Word Standard Photo https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/brainteasers/add-e-to-form-a-new-word-175904.htmlThe Queen's GREAT-Grandchildren! Hot Topic https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/the-queens-great-grandchildren-414448.htmlTwo have also been submitted that will be seen a bit later. Christmas Past: More NES Games Collection quiz And It Came to Pass...Part II Fun Fill-It Reply #143. Nov 15 23, 6:19 AM |
Kankurette
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I've submitted a photo quiz. I think I've got most formats covered - the only one I've never done is Label, so that's going to be difficult, but someone posted links to web editors so I can try those. Reply #144. Nov 15 23, 7:24 AM |
wellenbrecher
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And now a Fun Fill-In: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/lucy-in-the-sky-without-diamonds-414460.html Reply #145. Nov 15 23, 12:11 PM |
Catreona
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Here's my photo match: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/name-that-tune-413360.html Reply #146. Nov 15 23, 2:34 PM |
| Kankurette
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My Old is New quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/entertainment/a-bagful-of-peanuts-414410.html Reply #147. Nov 15 23, 7:30 PM |
Chavs
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Submitted my second quiz. Type: classified ID: 414067 Category: Writers and Authors in the People category, I think. (For reference my first quiz is already reported here but now online https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/jeopardy-mixed-trivia-28351.html )Reply #148. Nov 15 23, 11:37 PM |
lordprescott
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Submitted my third quiz, an Author's Challenge match quiz in the Religion category. Reply #149. Nov 16 23, 8:19 AM |
| wellenbrecher
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An Author Challenge: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/television/the-late-shows-414451.html Reply #150. Nov 16 23, 1:54 PM |
looney_tunes
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lordprescott, will that be a match quiz or an Author's Challenge quiz? Or haven't you decided yet? Reply #151. Nov 16 23, 2:00 PM |
| Kankurette
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Collection quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/hunt-the-black-sisters-414416.html Order quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history/influenza-412745.htmlReply #152. Nov 16 23, 3:22 PM |
| Catreona
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My standard quiz for one of the wildcards has been submitted in General: "My Desert Island Discs" ID 414490 Reply #153. Nov 16 23, 8:17 PM |
Snowman
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I've submitted a Standard quiz to General. The ID is 414541. Reply #154. Nov 17 23, 9:23 AM |
| Catreona
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Here's my wildcard quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/my-desert-island-discs-414490.html Reply #155. Nov 17 23, 12:21 PM |
| Kankurette
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My photo quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/the-shipping-news-66768.html Reply #156. Nov 17 23, 4:55 PM |
spanishliz
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This one in Brain Teasers is for the Standard template requirement: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/brainteasers/the-easy-way-or-the-hard-way-414498.html Reply #157. Nov 17 23, 8:06 PM |
| LadyNym
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I would like to report that I have also submitted five single questions since the beginning of November. I will probably submit another five to complete one of the requirements and reach 100 points. I have a Label quiz in the queue (my seventh this month), and am about to finish a Match quiz. Another quiz (adopted) should be ready before the end of the month. Reply #158. Nov 18 23, 8:39 AM |
| wellenbrecher
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An Old is New quiz has just gone online: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/fabulous-fiji-in-10-words-414518.html Reply #159. Nov 18 23, 2:12 PM |
| Catreona
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Currently working on a match quiz: "WWII Novel Match", quiz ID 53909. Though it's an adopted quiz, I'd like it to count towards the match criterion. Reply #160. Nov 18 23, 2:53 PM |
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