The Inaugural STW Pub Quiz – Page 2 – Chat Forum – Singletrack World Magazine Forum

Cougar · 2021-03-17T19:30:41Z

Welcome to the first official* STW Super Happy Fun Time Quiz! (* - still totally and utterly unofficial) Your hosts are: @NBT: Quiz-master. @RogerMoore: Zoom-master. @Cougar: Cat-herding master. The quiz will be played via myquiz.org so we'd strongly suggest having two separate devices for the chat and the quiz. Please check that you can load the site in your browser of choice ahead of time. You can sign up via various methods but it's not mandatory, you can just play a one-off by entering the game code on the front page. The running order is thus: 7:30pm - We will post a Zoom link for the chat channel on the forum. So if you haven't already, go install Zoom now and test that it works. Choice of video / audio / text / lurking is up to you, no chat shaming. Changing your Zoom display name to something forum-recognisable would be helpful, shall we say 'username (real name)' unless you'd rather remain anonymous? Three dots in the corner of your video in a Windows client, other devices I don't know. I shall endeavour not to say any rude words but will likely fail inside of the first minute so anyone with small ears in range may want to equip themselves with a headset. 7:40 - The game code for the quiz will be dropped into the Zoom group. 7:50 - The same code will be posted here on the forum. So, active participants get first dibs on slots, after that it’s open season. 8:00 - start of the quiz, faffage notwithstanding. You should still be able to join the quiz after it's started but you won't score for questions you've missed. 8:30 - end of the quiz, assuming we managed to start promptly. Hang out and pretend we like each other until we all get bored. There is a hard limit of 50 on the quiz because free software. If we hit that I will be absolutely astounded (from the comments here I’m hoping for half that) but should that happen and you’re blocked out you can still join the chat thanks to RM’s generously loaned paid-for Zoom account. The quiz comprises 12 rounds of 5 multiple choice questions each. The rounds are: – St Patricks Day – Geography – Travel – Art – Mythbusters – History – Literature – Landmarks – Food – Board Games – Film – General Knowledge Once the quiz starts, it will run automatically. You will have 18 seconds to read and answer the question, then 12 seconds to understand why you got it wrong and what the right answer was 😀 This means that the quiz will take 30 minutes to run (18+12 = 30 seconds, * 60 questions = 30 minutes). Scores are kept automatically and you can see the leaderboard to see how you’re doing. Anyone is welcome on the chat at any time, but I’d ask that if you don’t get a quiz slot then please don’t be disruptive until it’s finished. If it does turn messy then we might have to mute everyone, so if that happens then don’t take it personally as we’ll likely do it across the board. . . . Zoom Meeting ID: 998 7491 2134 Code: 202020 Direct link:

perchypanther

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I can barely run a bath, never mind organise a quiz.

I got shitloads of the questions wrong , I only did well because I was quick. All those bonus points for quick answers soon rack up.

Posted : 19/03/2021 10:19 am

Underhill

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Bring it

Posted : 19/03/2021 10:32 am

perchypanther

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Already brung it.

Posted : 19/03/2021 10:34 am

WorldClassAccident

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[i]I got shitloads of the questions wrong , I only did well because I was quick. All those bonus points for quick answers soon rack up.[/i]

Like a machine gun - horribly inaccurate but at the same time, horribly effective

Posted : 19/03/2021 10:35 am

Underhill

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Let's hope there's no questions about posting images...

Posted : 19/03/2021 10:36 am

Cougar

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Wait - you get points for quickly providing wrong answers? That seems a little flawed...

Posted : 19/03/2021 2:06 pm

perchypanther

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No, you get additional bonus points for providing the correct answers more quickly than the other contestants.
It was all in the pre-quiz instructions.

Posted : 19/03/2021 2:09 pm

tomhoward

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Wait – you get points for quickly providing wrong answers? That seems a little flawed…

Don’t think so but if you get double points (or whatever) for getting a right answer quickly, it may negate the ones you get wrong.

Posted : 19/03/2021 2:10 pm

duncancallum

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1st right answer gets an additional lift point wise, works towards solving tie break situations too

Posted : 19/03/2021 2:36 pm

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