Advent Quiz 2001
Lucky Libran
almost time for the annual quiz over at http://www.buffyquiz.com
The quiz is UK-friendly for those of you with access to Sky or the
box-sets -- this year will consist of 240 questions covering Buffy Season 5
and Angel Season 2.
As always, we're starting with a 'warm-up' round which is available on the
site now. The scores won't count towards the main leaderboard -- it's just
an opportunity for you guys to know what to expect, and for me to make sure
everything is working properly. Due to the fact that for some reason Angel
questions seem a lot harder to come up with than Buffy ones this year, the
warm-up quiz is Buffy only. The main quiz will, of course, be split equally
between the two shows.
The main quiz will once again be running from the 1st to the 20th of
December, 10 questions per day, with four double-length rounds.
Hope you enjoy the quiz, and good luck!
Lucky Libran
--
"I find television very educational. Every time
someone switches on the set, I go into another
room and read a book"
http://www.buffyquiz.com
Mattia Valente
>
> Yes, it's me, it's the end of November, so you know what that means -- it's
> almost time for the annual quiz over at http://www.buffyquiz.com
Oooh! Yippeee!
C'mon, join in the fun. We did it last year, was quite amusing...the
sample/practice questions are quite difficult, actually. 7/10 for me..
Mattia
--
"My beagle went swimming today and now he's typing on my keyboard with
his ample nose. Oh, and he's the bestest handsomeest beagle EVER."
--Tim Minear, Salon.com, May 2001
Elena Sherwood
Mattia Valente wrote:
> Lucky Libran wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it's me, it's the end of November, so you know what that means -- it's
> > almost time for the annual quiz over at http://www.buffyquiz.com
Just finished the test for my first day :)
Nutela
--
Once upon a time there was a lonely wolf,
lonelier than angels.
-- 'Fable' by Janos Pilinszky. --
Dieter Schmidt
"Mattia Valente" wrote > >
>
> C'mon, join in the fun. We did it last year, was quite amusing...the
> sample/practice questions are quite difficult, actually. 7/10 for me..
I'm SO gonna join. Did the sample quiz, also 7/10 :)
(Started panicking after I noticed that timer-thingie on the side ;P
Mattia Valente
>
> "Mattia Valente" wrote > >
> >
> > C'mon, join in the fun. We did it last year, was quite amusing...the
> > sample/practice questions are quite difficult, actually. 7/10 for me..
>
> I'm SO gonna join. Did the sample quiz, also 7/10 :)
That's not a bad score at all. Days vary in difficulty, but there are
very, very few perfect scores (unless you cheat, which is possible, but
there's no fun in that..)
> (Started panicking after I noticed that timer-thingie on the side ;P
Hehehe...ah yes, the pesky timer thingy. Very, very evil. But necessary.
Otherwise you would have time to search your transcripts.
Dieter Schmidt
Now I'm pretty much up to speed with Buffy but Angel is another matter (S1:
seen it once, now watching the second time on TV, taping it too. S2: just
the first 5 episodes, DAMN net5)
So I expect to do OK on the Buffy part but I will defenitely crash and burn
on the Angel part of the quiz.
Still, I'll give it a go. Should be fun :)
Dieter
"Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
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Saskia
> > "Mattia Valente" wrote > >
> > >
> > > C'mon, join in the fun. We did it last year, was quite amusing...the
> > > sample/practice questions are quite difficult, actually. 7/10 for me..
> >
> > I'm SO gonna join. Did the sample quiz, also 7/10 :)
I so suck at quizzes... I had 4/10 :-(
--
Saskia
Chris
> > > > C'mon, join in the fun. We did it last year, was quite amusing...the
> > > > sample/practice questions are quite difficult, actually. 7/10 for
me..
> > > I'm SO gonna join. Did the sample quiz, also 7/10 :)
> I so suck at quizzes... I had 4/10 :-(
Same here. Not very proud of myself!
--
Chris
I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me.
Millan
> Yes, it's me, it's the end of November, so you know what that means -- it's
> almost time for the annual quiz over at http://www.buffyquiz.com
Yay!
I've been waiting for this, it's fun!
> The quiz is UK-friendly for those of you with access to Sky or the
> box-sets -- this year will consist of 240 questions covering Buffy Season 5
> and Angel Season 2.
>
> As always, we're starting with a 'warm-up' round which is available on the
> site now. The scores won't count towards the main leaderboard -- it's just
> an opportunity for you guys to know what to expect, and for me to make sure
> everything is working properly. Due to the fact that for some reason Angel
> questions seem a lot harder to come up with than Buffy ones this year, the
> warm-up quiz is Buffy only. The main quiz will, of course, be split equally
> between the two shows.
[jumping up and down]
I made 9/10.
I rule!
:P
(But will probably only make 1/10 in the main one just because I said this...)
> The main quiz will once again be running from the 1st to the 20th of
> December, 10 questions per day, with four double-length rounds.
>
> Hope you enjoy the quiz, and good luck!
>
> Lucky Libran
/Millan
"You guys can do the brain thing. I'm gonna go to class."
- Buffy, 'Living Conditions'
Lucky Libran
"Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
news:3C026950...@std.vu.nl...
> Dieter Schmidt wrote:
> >
>
> That's not a bad score at all. Days vary in difficulty, but there are
> very, very few perfect scores
Indeed. So far today (40 players in) the average score is just a fraction
over 5/10 -- with a single 10/10, a single 9/10 and a few 8s.
> Hehehe...ah yes, the pesky timer thingy. Very, very evil.
And we've had 2 people run out of time. ;-)
Lucky Libran
(who really hopes some kind person handed his Pocket PC into lost property
after his drunken train journey home last Friday, since it had half of the
questions on...)
Lucky Libran
news:9tu453$bgu$1...@reader05.wxs.nl...
> It only just occured to me that the real thing will be a Buffy/Angel quiz.
> Now I'm pretty much up to speed with Buffy but Angel is another matter
(S1:
> seen it once, now watching the second time on TV, taping it too. S2: just
> the first 5 episodes, DAMN net5)
> So I expect to do OK on the Buffy part but I will defenitely crash and
burn
> on the Angel part of the quiz.
> Still, I'll give it a go. Should be fun :)
As with last year, as well as the overall scoreboard I'll be keeping
separate Buffy and Angel ones in order to give those people who only watch
one show, or are behind in one of them, something to aim for.
Dieter Schmidt
"Lucky Libran" <webm...@buffyquiz.com> wrote in > As with last year, as
well as the overall scoreboard I'll be keeping
> separate Buffy and Angel ones in order to give those people who only watch
> one show, or are behind in one of them, something to aim for.
>
> Lucky Libran
Ah! Music to my ears :)
Dieter
Mattia Valente
>
> "Mattia Valente" <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote in message
> news:3C026950...@std.vu.nl...
> > Dieter Schmidt wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm SO gonna join. Did the sample quiz, also 7/10 :)
> >
> > That's not a bad score at all. Days vary in difficulty, but there are
> > very, very few perfect scores
>
> Indeed. So far today (40 players in) the average score is just a fraction
> over 5/10 -- with a single 10/10, a single 9/10 and a few 8s.
That's exluding repeats, I take it? But hey, wowza. What kind of 'cheat
protection' is there, if any?
> > Hehehe...ah yes, the pesky timer thingy. Very, very evil.
>
> And we've had 2 people run out of time. ;-)
Figures...it's happened to me once or twice, but only on the older,
general quiz type questions. Where the timer seemingly decided that half
a candle was all I'd get...the 'normal' quiz timer, OTOH, worked fine.
> Lucky Libran
> (who really hopes some kind person handed his Pocket PC into lost property
> after his drunken train journey home last Friday, since it had half of the
> questions on...)
Oh, bah bah bah....lets hope so.
Mattia Valente
> "Lucky Libran" <webm...@buffyquiz.com> wrote:
> > Yes, it's me, it's the end of November, so you know what that means -- it's
> > almost time for the annual quiz over at http://www.buffyquiz.com
>
> Yay!
> I've been waiting for this, it's fun!
Yep.
> [jumping up and down]
>
> I made 9/10.
Yowza...
> I rule!
> :P
:-p
How many did you guess at? Honestly? I guessed at about 4 (three of
which I got, well, dead wrong.)
> (But will probably only make 1/10 in the main one just because I said this...)
Murphy's Law, eh?
Lucky Libran
> That's exluding repeats, I take it? But hey, wowza. What kind of 'cheat
> protection' is there, if any?
It's mainly manually done -- the IP address of players gets sent to me, so
it's easy to spot people who score 4/10 then come back ten minutes later and
score 10/10 (especially if they use the same name, as half of them tend to
do!) I also check the web log for people who do particularly well to ensure
they're only loading the file with that day's questions in once (so reading
the questions and then reloading the page without sending the results won't
work!)
I try to give people the benefit of the doubt in case of computer / site
crashes, at least the first couple of times, plus I have to consider that
there might often be a couple of people who both want to play from the one
machine. Ultimately there are no actual prizes involved, and it's not as
though I get thousands of players, so I like to think that most people who
make the effort to play through all 240 questions are playing honestly...
Lucky Libran
Millan
> Millan wrote:
> > "Lucky Libran" <webm...@buffyquiz.com> wrote:
> > > Yes, it's me, it's the end of November, so you know what that
> > > means -- it's almost time for the annual quiz over at
> > > http://www.buffyquiz.com
> >
> > Yay!
> > I've been waiting for this, it's fun!
>
> Yep.
>
> > [jumping up and down]
> >
> > I made 9/10.
>
> Yowza...
>
> > I rule!
> > :P
>
> :-p
>
> How many did you guess at? Honestly? I guessed at about 4 (three of
> which I got, well, dead wrong.)
Honestly?
One.
The one that I got wrong. I couldn't remember Warren's last name.
With all the others I could see each scene in front of me.
Is this the time when I should start to wonder wether I'm 'fanatic' fan?
:)
> > (But will probably only make 1/10 in the main one just because I said this...)
>
> Murphy's Law, eh?
Yep.
> Mattia
/Millan
"To read makes our speaking English good."
- Xander, 'I Robot, You Jane'
Miriam Rocke
>
> Honestly?
> One.
> The one that I got wrong. I couldn't remember Warren's last name.
>
> With all the others I could see each scene in front of me.
> Is this the time when I should start to wonder wether I'm 'fanatic' fan?
> :)
*Wonder*? <g>
Mir
--
Miriam Rocke "Just so we're clear, you guys
mrr...@ucdavis.edu know you're nuts, right?"
http://handel.cipic.ucdavis.edu/~mrrocke/ --BtVS, "Gingerbread"
Mattia Valente
>
> Mattia Valente <mae.v...@std.vu.nl> wrote:
> > Millan wrote:
> > > "Lucky Libran" <webm...@buffyquiz.com> wrote:
> > > > Yes, it's me, it's the end of November, so you know what that
> > > > means -- it's almost time for the annual quiz over at
> > > > http://www.buffyquiz.com
> > >
> > > Yay!
> > > I've been waiting for this, it's fun!
> >
> > Yep.
> >
> > > [jumping up and down]
> > >
> > > I made 9/10.
> >
> > Yowza...
> >
> > > I rule!
> > > :P
> >
> > :-p
> >
> > How many did you guess at? Honestly? I guessed at about 4 (three of
> > which I got, well, dead wrong.)
>
> Honestly?
> One.
> The one that I got wrong. I couldn't remember Warren's last name.
Kewl....I did recognize that one.
> With all the others I could see each scene in front of me.
> Is this the time when I should start to wonder wether I'm 'fanatic' fan?
> :)
Hmmm....only having watched each ep once (mostly) doth have it's
disadvantages..
P@rick
> Yes, it's me, it's the end of November, so you know what that means -- it's
> almost time for the annual quiz over at http://www.buffyquiz.com
Whooo! The waiting is finally over. It has been a long year of replaying
the quiz, learning the Watcher's Guides and Monster Book by heart and
memorizing the transcripts. But I'm ready now.
Let the black-out begin!
Bye, Patrick
--
8/10
Mattia Valente
Oh dear god.....
I feel all puny now.
;-P