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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JanIQ 
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The following quizzes went on line this past week: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/television/sleuth-414604.html https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/geography/basic-geography-of-palestine-414529.html - a Hot Topic https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/books-are-food-for-thought-414582.html - an ordinary Photo Quiz https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/religion/saint-elsewhere-in-north-america-414603.html https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/videogames/elementary-pok%C3%A9mon-part-5-414642.htmlSo that makes 17 quizzes on line in 17 categories, and fulfilling 13 criteria. Coming up soon: a label quiz in World (#414663, submitted) and the two last quizzes to write (For Children and General Knowledge). Reply #221. Nov 26 23, 8:40 AM |
| JanIQ
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I've also eight single questions already on line: People, Movies, Sports, Animals, History, Religion, Humanities and Television. Hobbies has been submitted, and I'll try to come up with the tenth category. Reply #222. Nov 26 23, 8:45 AM |
wellenbrecher
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A sports quiz, my 15th category. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/sports/qatar-2022-the-players-414624.html Reply #223. Nov 26 23, 8:59 AM |
Chavs
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Hi, I have submitted a topic I picked from the "old is new" list but I changed which (sub)category it fell into. Does that still count? Reply #224. Nov 26 23, 9:42 AM |
kyleisalive
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Old is New needs to be one-to-one with its subcategory otherwise it won't get knocked off the list. Reply #225. Nov 26 23, 9:55 AM |
Stoaty
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Another quiz from me - Universities Ancient to Modern, a World quiz for the order quiz criteria https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/world/universities-ancient-to-modern-414388.html Reply #226. Nov 26 23, 10:29 AM |
sally0malley
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https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/inge-by-inge-punny-you-should-say-that-414489.html That's 2 quizzes from me with the third submitted today. Reply #227. Nov 26 23, 3:12 PM |
| Chavs
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Thanks Kyle. Reply #228. Nov 26 23, 4:01 PM |
Jennifer5
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I have submitted the one I put my name down for called 'Deal Me an Ace, Music Style' in Music, Something in Common. It's a Match quiz. Reply #229. Nov 26 23, 5:02 PM |
looney_tunes
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I have the templates for my last three quiz formats set up with answers in place, just need information, with two evenings of writing available. I think I can get them all done, but sadly my first crossword is still in the future. I spent two hours of my one-hour lunch break today trying to find a shape into which I could make some of my tentative ideas fit, and eventually gave up in favour of working on the ones I might actually get done before the deadline! Reply #230. Nov 26 23, 10:00 PM |
| wellenbrecher
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A literature quiz went online: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/name-the-fantasy-62463.html Reply #231. Nov 27 23, 2:49 AM |
lordprescott
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Here's my 5th and last quiz for completing my goal of Worldwide! This one was probably my favorite to write, and prompted by Adventures in Authoring. It's a Standard Hobbies quiz. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/a-time-for-tea-412080.html Reply #232. Nov 27 23, 5:25 AM |
Kankurette
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Here’s my Classification quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/scitech/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-414496.html Reply #233. Nov 27 23, 6:54 AM |
Catreona
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My classification quiz is up: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/donny-marie-or-donny-marie-412125.html Reply #234. Nov 27 23, 12:38 PM |
Ilona_Ritter
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I finished writing my photo template standard quiz for the animal category on dog breeds. Reply #235. Nov 27 23, 2:54 PM |
| JanIQ
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All right, I've reached Galactic. Here are the most recent quizzes approved: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/world/world-heritage-sites-in-spain-414663.html - a Label quiz https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/forchildren/fairy-tales-by-hans-christian-andersen-414683.htmlMy single questions have been approved in People, Movies, Sports, Animals, History, Hobbies, Humanities, Literature, Religion and Television. I'll start now on my General Knowledge quiz, the last of the 20 categories. Reply #236. Nov 28 23, 1:03 AM |
| JanIQ
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I mean I've reached Galactic with my label quiz and the last single questions. One step to Universal remains. Reply #237. Nov 28 23, 1:04 AM |
| looney_tunes
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JanIQ, I haven't recorded your Old is New quiz. To save me trolling back through all the postings, can you please let me know which one it is? The name will do, as I can then find it in your quizzes. Reply #238. Nov 28 23, 2:08 AM |
| wellenbrecher
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A quiz for Children: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/forchildren/bible-heroes-of-the-new-testament-for-kids-414527.html Reply #239. Nov 28 23, 2:14 AM |
| Kankurette
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Author challenge: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/but-daddy-i-love-him-414564.html Reply #240. Nov 28 23, 4:23 AM |
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