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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LadyNym 
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And here's my Label quiz:  https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/world/minority-report-414484.htmlReply #161. Nov 18 23, 3:08 PM |
spanishliz
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I'd like this one to count as my Adoption, please: https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Movies/Pacino-in-Other-WordsB-10899.html It's in Movies. Reply #162. Nov 18 23, 4:18 PM |
Snowman
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This one is a hot topic quiz. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/television/ghosts-how-did-they-die-414553.html Reply #163. Nov 18 23, 5:11 PM |
Kankurette
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Photo match quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/dont-have-a-cow-man-414364.html Reply #164. Nov 18 23, 6:44 PM |
trident
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An update from me: Collection quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/ghosts-of-literature-and-legend-414456.htmlPhoto Match: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/chefs-ingredients-spices-414466.htmlFill-It: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/forchildren/roald-dahl-openers-414520.htmlMultiple Choice: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/television/i-forgot-i-had-book-club-414486.htmlAnd I have submitted single questions to 10 different categories (People, World, General, Literature, Animals, History, Sci/Tech, Humanities, Hobbies, Geography) - last two are still in the queue. Currently at 9 challenges, just need one more to hit my goal of Galactic. Reply #165. Nov 18 23, 8:06 PM |
| Snowman
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And a standard template quiz in General from me. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/how-hard-can-it-be-414541.html Reply #166. Nov 18 23, 11:13 PM |
looney_tunes
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And here's my Photo quiz. In General to get the picture frame. :) https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/dont-you-know-about-414483.html Reply #167. Nov 19 23, 1:47 AM |
wellenbrecher
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Here's my Label quiz in History: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history/europes-historic-clashes-414550.html Reply #168. Nov 19 23, 1:55 AM |
Ilona_Ritter
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I finished my quiz for the Hot Topic category under the People category for died in 2020s with a quiz called "Twenty People Who Died Between 2020-2023." I will submit it after my other quiz goes up. Now working on a photo match quiz in the religion category. Reply #169. Nov 19 23, 8:29 AM |
VBookWorm
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I have a standard quiz online. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/hard-habit-to-break-414493.html Reply #170. Nov 19 23, 10:05 AM |
JanIQ
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Five more quizzes on line: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/celebrities/british-comedians-414505.html - Celebrities - Standard quiz https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history/g-is-for-gallipoli-414514.html - History - Order quiz https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/brainteasers/the-science-of-a-chameleon-414482.html - Brain Teasers https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/iberian-dishes-414530.html - Hobbies - Fun Fill Me In https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/humanities/n-is-for-nestor-414555.html - Humanities - Match quiz That makes a total of 12 quizzes on-line, fulfilling eleven criteria. Furthermore, seven single questions have been accepted in seven different categories. In the first week I covered People, Movies, Sports and Animals, and the past week I've added History, Geography and Humanities. Reply #171. Nov 19 23, 10:08 AM |
| Snowman
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I can't keep up with some of you on here but this is prolific by my standards - as many quizzes online in the last three days as I'd managed in the previous three years. This one is an author challenge - very very long in the making. https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Movies/I-Met-My-Maker-in-Mexico-371602.htmlReply #172. Nov 19 23, 1:57 PM |
| Ilona_Ritter
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The Adopted quiz is up which is for the music category. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/america-in-song-titles-20395.html Just submitted Hot Top Quiz for People category "Twenty People Who Died Between 2020-2023" Reply #173. Nov 19 23, 2:49 PM |
| trident
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Order quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/-a-decade-of-difference-414571.html I've completed ten challenges for 100 points. I will still be writing quizzes this month, but I am finished with the challenge that I have set out to complete. Best of luck to everyone else! Reply #174. Nov 19 23, 4:23 PM |
| Ilona_Ritter
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I finished writing my photo/match quiz also my commission 76 quiz. I will submit it once the one before it goes up. Reply #175. Nov 19 23, 7:56 PM |
| looney_tunes
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Two more online today - one finished on the weekend, one in the wee hours of the morning when the cricket tournament finished, 48 matches later. Standard template https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/television/great-british-menu-2023-414224.htmlHot Topic https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/sports/one-fine-one-day-414409.htmlReply #176. Nov 20 23, 12:00 AM |
pollucci19
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A bit slower the last week LT Author Challenge Your Advertisement Here https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/world/your-advertisement-here-414436.html These two won’t be fitting any of the QuiWriMo criteria but I have added them in the event (miniscule)/possibility, that I might get to Universal. These two will fill some of the FT categories. General https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/ill-take-you-to-the-antique-shop-414488.htmlFor Children https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/forchildren/easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy-414511.htmlReply #177. Nov 20 23, 12:59 AM |
| Ilona_Ritter
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Here is my hot topic requirement: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/twenty-people-who-died-between-2020-2023-414449.html Reply #178. Nov 20 23, 6:37 AM |
Chavs
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My second quiz (already declared) is now online https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/the-fellowship-414067.html Quiz 3 Category: Fun fill it https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/behind-the-green-door-414076.htmlReply #179. Nov 20 23, 6:46 AM |
BigTriviaDawg
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I'm FINALLY on the board. Real life has been very busy and finding time to write has been a challenge. Enjoy! This is a Collection quiz. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/geography/capitals-of-the-eastern-usa-414324.htmlReply #180. Nov 20 23, 10:17 AM |
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