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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My plan is to keep my own records and report once a week. Not that I have anything done yet, but a few plans are on the drawing board. Reply #61. Nov 02 23, 9:36 AM |
kyleisalive
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This is my plan as well. This is the first year in...15 years?... where I haven't tracked my November questions on a daily basis, which feels a little crazy. That said, I've spent this year being pretty meticulous with my quiz submissions, so it is what it is. It will be a good idea, I think, to send the quiz ID # along with the criteria met. Reply #62. Nov 02 23, 10:11 AM |
Stoaty 
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 https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Music/Band-Leaders-and-Their-Signature-TunesB-8935.htmlFirst one for me online a music quiz for the match quiz criteria. Reply #63. Nov 02 23, 2:44 PM |
Ilona_Ritter
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I just submitted "But for Me, It was Tuesday" as an Author Challenge Quiz. Reply #64. Nov 02 23, 4:16 PM |
LadyNym
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I have also submitted my first quiz for QuiWriMo, which is a Mystery Sort. More to come! Reply #65. Nov 02 23, 5:09 PM |
tiye
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Submitted my first quiz for 10 points, a match quiz. Reply #66. Nov 03 23, 9:17 AM |
Kankurette
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I've submitted an adopted quiz as my first. Reply #67. Nov 03 23, 6:51 PM |
looney_tunes
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And I just submitted an adopted quiz as my first. It went to Religion. Reply #68. Nov 03 23, 11:48 PM |
| LadyNym
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My second quiz for QuiWriMo - a Photo Match quiz - was submitted yesterday. Reply #69. Nov 04 23, 12:20 PM |
| Kankurette
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I've submitted a Hot Topic quiz. It's a collection one but I intend to do another collection challenge. Reply #70. Nov 04 23, 3:05 PM |
spanishliz
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Here's my first, a match quiz, in TV: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/television/dogs-and-their-owners-on-tv-414382.html Reply #71. Nov 04 23, 3:40 PM |
| kyleisalive
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If anyone's trying for a History quiz, we need one more in this challenge: https://www.funtrivia.com/bb.cfm?action=details&qnid=31794&boardid=2222222&start=60 Reply #72. Nov 04 23, 3:45 PM |
| Ilona_Ritter
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I just finished my 2nd quiz, it is a matching quiz for the general category on words that start and end with A which I will submit and my other quiz is approved. I had to make some minor corrections to that one and resubmit it. Reply #73. Nov 04 23, 6:51 PM |
Chavs
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Submitted first quiz. - it is an adopted quiz 10 Qn Mix For Experts C (original category, may be changed by editor) ID 28351 Title "Jeopardy! - Mixed Trivia" :^) Reply #74. Nov 04 23, 7:23 PM |
trident
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Submitting a few finished quizzes here: - Author challenge quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/hobbies/dinner-is-served-414362.html- Label quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/general/skipping-stones-414368.html- Mystery sort: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/brainteasers/alphabetical-boxes-i-414370.html- Adopted quiz: https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Whispers-of-PersiaB-32767.htmlReply #75. Nov 04 23, 7:48 PM |
VBookWorm
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I have a collection quiz now online: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/literature/pretending-414322.html Reply #76. Nov 04 23, 7:49 PM |
| Stoaty
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https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/sports/european-teams-at-the-2022-fifa-world-cup-414387.html My latest offering - this time for the 'hot topic' requirement. Reply #77. Nov 05 23, 5:30 AM |
| looney_tunes
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The first online, although not the first submitted, is my match quiz (which also cleared my adoptions so I can take on another for November). https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/movies/movie-taglines-match-game-49507.html Reply #78. Nov 05 23, 11:54 AM |
JanIQ
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My first two are on line: https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/scitech/capturing-carbon-414287.html - an Author's Challenge in Sci-Tech and https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/entertainment/collect-some-disney-cats-and-big-cats-414330.html - a Collection Quiz in Entertainment. I've also a single question in People on-line. Reply #79. Nov 05 23, 12:05 PM |
Midget40
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I have 3 so far: Elizabeth’s Events : A quiz that is a Hot Topic https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/people/elizabeth-iis-events-414286.htmlHail Mary, Gentle Mother : A quiz using the Fun Fill-It template https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/religion/gentle-woman-words-414308.htmlWhat Stage in the States: A quiz using the Label template https://www.funtrivia.com/quiz/humanities/what-stage-in-the-states-for-these-songs-414216.htmlReply #80. Nov 05 23, 4:27 PM |
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