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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looney_tunes
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psnz, Universal does not just require 20 categories this year, it requires first that you meet all 15 of the variety criteria, then do as much more as needed to have 20 categories covered. We would love to see crosswords added to all 120 categories, but it would only be a Personal goal, unless you can make some of the crosswords also fit one of the criteria that do not specify a particular quiz format. Reply #41. Oct 28 23, 4:48 PM |
Midget40 
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I will give myself a goal of Worldwide as its my first year of trying. I may need the motivation but nice to know its not a fail if I don't make it Reply #42. Oct 28 23, 7:32 PM |
| looney_tunes
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There is no failure in November - just a range of successes. If this challenge makes you try a new quiz format you had not yet ventured on, or finish up a template that has been rotting on the back shelf for too long, or in any way make you write something that you might not otherwise have written, you have been part of a successful month! Reply #43. Oct 28 23, 9:04 PM |
Kankurette
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I'm up for doing this but I just need to check - do quizzes that have been started before November count? I ask because one of my aims is to clear a couple of quizzes I've been working on in ages. Reply #44. Oct 29 23, 5:06 PM |
| Kankurette
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Never mind, you answered my question. It's been a long day. Reply #45. Oct 29 23, 5:07 PM |
masfon
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Please register me = Worldwide = 50 points Reply #46. Oct 30 23, 8:39 AM |
| looney_tunes
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And we're off - at least, I am, because around here it is the morning of November 1. Happy QuiWriMo, everyone! Reply #47. Oct 31 23, 12:54 PM |
kyleisalive
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I'm jealous. I'm sitting on my hands. Reply #48. Oct 31 23, 2:32 PM |
Gispepfu
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I'm signing in for National, hopefully aiming to go Worldwide, but my life is going through a very moving phase that leaves me little to no time for quiz making. I do have several projects in mind though. Reply #49. Nov 01 23, 6:10 AM |
BigTriviaDawg
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My goal is 50 points this year. It will be a stretch as I have a busy month in RL. Reply #50. Nov 01 23, 7:13 AM |
Chavs
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Personal will be a win for me but I'm going for National with an eye on Worldwide. Reply #51. Nov 01 23, 11:20 AM |
| masfon
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My first quiz Nov 01 23 Visiting Africa? Be Careful with your Choices Reply #52. Nov 01 23, 2:02 PM |
trident
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*Poke, poke* By participating in this challenge, you can also fulfill two of the requirements to earn a painting in the Author's Gallery (an author's challenge quiz and one of four quiz formats). If you've never visited that part of the site, it would be a good way to get credit for multiple things with one quiz. Reply #53. Nov 01 23, 4:04 PM |
VBookWorm
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I currently have a collection quiz titled "Pretending" in the editing queue right now. Reply #54. Nov 01 23, 6:31 PM |
| trident
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My first quiz "Dinner is Served" has been submitted to Hobbies to satisfy the Author Challenge requirement. Reply #55. Nov 01 23, 9:08 PM |
wellenbrecher
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"Flavours of Four Nations: An Asian Dish Quiz" (414148) A classification quiz Reply #56. Nov 01 23, 10:12 PM |
| looney_tunes
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During the month, especially at this early stage, I would really appreciate it if you could post a link to your quiz when it goes online, as that provides me with the fastest way of recording it in my spreadsheet for the records. While it is great to see people completing and submitting, I am not recording the submissions until the quiz goes online. When we reach the end of the month, and we need to check for complete templates that have not yet made it online, I will enlist the assistance of other editors as relevant. I have not yet finished anything - but one of my older adoptees is progressing nicely. Reply #57. Nov 02 23, 12:17 AM |
| trident
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LT, would you prefer I wait for my quizzes to go online before posting? I don't want to spam the board with double messages if I can help it. Reply #58. Nov 02 23, 12:26 AM |
VegemiteKid
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I've got half a dozen quizzes I want to get off my conscience and In Progress list. Might have a few late nights to get them done! Reply #59. Nov 02 23, 2:02 AM |
JanIQ
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I suppose it's best not only to post the link to the quiz but also the criterium we would like to fulfil with it, the category and possibly the number of correct answers. Reply #60. Nov 02 23, 2:03 AM |
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