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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Nine of my ten single questions have already been approved in the following categories: Geography, General, Literature, Hobbies, Music, Humanities, Sci/Tech, Animals, Religion. The tenth question still waiting for approval is in Movies. Reply #241. Nov 28 23, 5:35 AM |
Ilona_Ritter
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My Fun Fill-It Template Quiz is now up in the children's category. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/forchildren/tenderheart-introduces-his-cousins-414615.htmlI just submitted the collections template quiz for geography on US State capitals Reply #242. Nov 28 23, 6:38 AM |
wellenbrecher
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People, my 18th category https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/the-monarch-formerly-known-as-prince-414639.html Reply #243. Nov 28 23, 7:21 AM |
masfon
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Here are my quizzes approved during November: Acclaimed African Authors - Literature classification quiz Remembering Pioneering Women - People match quiz Visiting Africa? Be Careful with your Choices - Geography collection quiz Tears & Cheers - Brain Teaser mystery sort quiz And What's Up in this Quiz? 7 General classical format quiz Obs.: This is a quiz adopted in September. I only worked on it in November. So, I'm not sure if it can be on this list. Reply #244. Nov 28 23, 7:26 AM |
Chavs
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"Templates can be set up earlier [than November], as one of the goals of this challenge is to encourage authors to get moving on those half-completed projects!" It's not where you start it's where you finish. ;) Reply #245. Nov 28 23, 10:53 AM |
| Chavs
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Hmm...reading over this list, maybe a regular badge should exist for completing this list in any given year. Upgrades an option...any given month, or 2 of each kind, 3 of each kind....? Reply #246. Nov 28 23, 10:57 AM |
Catreona
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My adopted quiz is up: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/catreonas-common-bond-95122.html Reply #247. Nov 28 23, 1:15 PM |
Kankurette
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A quiz using a Standard template - DONE (Paranoid 6teen, General) • A quiz using the standard Photo template - DONE (The Shipping News, Literature) • A quiz using the standard Match template - currently working on this one, it's for Religion • A quiz using the Order template - DONE (Influenza, History) • A quiz using the Label template • A quiz using the Classification template - DONE (Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Sci/Tech) • A quiz using the Photo/Match template - DONE (Don't Have a Cow Man, Hobbies) • A quiz using the Mystery Sort template - in progress • A quiz using the Fun Fill-It template - in progress • A quiz using the Collection template - DONE (Hunt the Black Sisters, Literature) • A quiz that is an Adoption - DONE (Habari Gani: A Kwanzaa Quiz, World) • A quiz that is a Hot Topic - DONE (2022-2023 Premier League Teams, Sports) • A quiz that is an Old is New topic - DONE (A Bagful of Peanuts, Entertainment) • A quiz that is an Author Challenge - DONE (But Daddy! I Love Him!, Literature) • A crossword - DONE (I've just submitted a 'Chalet School' crossword) Reply #248. Nov 28 23, 2:15 PM |
| LadyNym
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My 9th quiz (Adopted) has just been submitted. ID is #38639. And with this, Galactic level has been completed! Reply #249. Nov 28 23, 6:39 PM |
spanishliz
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This photo match quiz, in Humanities, should bring me to the 100 points I've been aiming for to achieve Galactic: https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/Medieval-Words-and-ConceptsB-19666.html Reply #250. Nov 28 23, 6:41 PM |
| Catreona
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My order quiz, ID 412722, has been submitted to Household items in General. Reply #251. Nov 28 23, 7:00 PM |
Gispepfu
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I managed to squeeze in a Collection quiz in the World category, still pending approval (#414647). Reply #252. Nov 28 23, 7:27 PM |
pollucci19
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I have the following works in the queue waiting to go online - Quiz 414637 Title "Cheers" in Celebrities and it is a Hot Topic quiz - Crossword "Music Box 117" As much as I'd like to have finished all 15, work is getting in the way and I won't have a chance to complete the last two tasks. Reply #253. Nov 28 23, 7:36 PM |
| pollucci19
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OK, that crossword is now on line... thanks Liz https://www.funtrivia.com/crossword/play.cfm?gid=10373 Reply #254. Nov 28 23, 8:03 PM |
| LadyNym
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And here's my Adopted quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/an-introduction-to-italian-poetry-38639.html Reply #255. Nov 29 23, 4:42 AM |
ponycargirl
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Week Three on Line! People/Order https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/and-we-live-to-keep-the-promise-2-414515.htmlWorld/Standard https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/world/tales-of-the-purple-heart-49971.htmlWeek Four: Science/Mystery Sort https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/scitech/the-elements-414601.htmlHumanities/Adopted "In Love With Shakespeare's Words" - just submitted I should have just one more on the list to do! In the other quiz categories: History - https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/history/napoleon-at-war-defeats-413947.htmlHobbies - "Gee I Really Like Those Hot Wheels!" - submitted For Children - "Go Tell It on the Mountain" - submitted And I still have a few others in the works. My brain is turning to mush! But its happy! Reply #256. Nov 29 23, 6:53 AM |
Jennifer5
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My Music quiz for the November challenge is now online - https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/deal-me-an-ace-music-style-411737.html Reply #257. Nov 29 23, 9:39 AM |
Stoaty
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Three more online for me in the past few days The Ten Grossest Foods Ever, a picture quiz in Hobbies: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/the-ten-grossest-foods-ever-414297.htmlThe Lord is my Blank, a fun fill it quiz in Religion: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/religion/the-lord-is-my-blank-414667.htmlSilver Age, an Author Challenge title in General: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/silver-age-414675.htmlReply #258. Nov 29 23, 9:43 AM |
| Ilona_Ritter
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I just wrote my mystery collections quiz which will go into the Entertainment category. Also, all my 10 questions in lieu of the crossword puzzle have been submitted 9/10 have been accepted one is waiting to be, so that one is mostly set now. Reply #259. Nov 29 23, 2:46 PM |
JanIQ
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Looney, my Old is New quiz was the Mozart one. https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/music/mozart-operas-414271.html Reply #260. Nov 29 23, 3:12 PM |
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