New QUIZ Ideas

[needapausebutton]

Please post all initial ideas for new quizzes in this thread. 

• If it is just a preliminary idea to "toss around" you can see if there is interest or not, or discuss its viability.
  

• If you are definitively going to develop this quiz, you will be the quiz "Owner". Please then set up a new thread specifically for discussion concerning the actual development of that quiz thereafter.

[BanjoZebra]

Fictional Pigs?

Oink.

[teddy109711]

I'm not sure if this has been made already, but what if we had a quiz about countries spelled with element symbols.
Either we could have them guess the country by giving them the elements that go with it in a random order. Making them not only think of the element symbols, but construct the country as well.
Or, we could have the country as the hint (and then group answers by hint) and the player has to go in order through the letters of the country.
I personally like the first one better because it combines geography and science as well as word play.
If love some feedback on this idea, so any would be appreciated!
Thanks
Teddy109768

[bysoftball1998]

Good idea teddy but I think it's been done if this is what you mean - http://www.sporcle.com/games/WorldWhiz/countries_elements

[rer2121]

BanjoZebra: Snowball, Piglet, Wilbur, Babe, Porky Pig (just to name a few), I think there could be enough fictional pigs for a quiz.

      Anyway, my idea is an acrostic puzzle. If you haven't seen an acrostic puzzle before, here's an example of one: Acrostic Puzzle

The solution to an acrostic puzzle is a message in a grid, reading from left to right, line by line. Word endings are not indicated in the diagram, and a word may continue from one line to the next.

      To get the letters in the message, there are four word games. For example, in the acrostic puzzle I linked above, the four games were:

Singer Rhyme Time - Name the famous singers from words that rhyme with their name

Two Clues For One - Name the following words based on two definitions of the word

Famous Character - Name the title characters in each of these authors most famous works

Four + Four = One? - Name the following eight-letter words by unscrambling the two four-letter words given

      Anyway, you write your answer to the question in the blanks next to the word game, one letter per space. The letter and number under a blank tell you where the letter you wrote on that blank is supposed to be written in the grid. 

      For example, if H2 is under a dash, the letter on that dash goes in the second square in column H of the diagram.

     I don't know how hard it will be to make, but I thought that it might be a cool quiz to create. Any feedback on this idea would be appreciated. Thanks!

[BanjoZebra]

So... shall I start a thread about Fictional Pigs?

[zalkon2004]

An idea I had when the new multi-colored cell option became available couple weeks ago was a Television puzzle-style quiz based around the colors of a TV test pattern.

Now I don't know if this is possible as I describe it but... The puzzle would be based on those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books which provide the reader with different endings based on choices made at points throughout the book or in this case quiz. Some choices would result in a quiz-takers 'demise' while others would result, potentially, in a completed game.

The quiz could run as a short narrative story with 'choices' presented in some form (A or B option, Q&A, something more creative I haven't thought of, etc) which would reveal more story thus continuing the quiz until the quiztaker makes a wrong choice or completes the game.

Since I know I don't have brain energy or patience to crack this quiz much less write the story, this seems like a great place to put it out there for consumption.

[needapausebutton]

All:   There does not necessarily have to be any certain amount of response (or lack thereof) for you to go ahead and open a new thread for a particular Quiz Idea.

In some instances, you may want to have a fair amount of discussion about that particular idea.  If you already know that you really want to pursue it, go ahead and start a separate thread. Ditto if you want to feel out the feasibility of that idea.  Maybe you'll get some specific responses about your idea, maybe nobody will be interested.  So people may take a bite out of your cookie, or it might crumble -- surely both will happen frequently.

So, if you want to make a quiz, you can make a thread about it. It should be clearly labeled (don't "bury the lead!")  If nobody responds, hey, feel free to make such a quiz on your individual Sporcle account.  Sometimes we'll have a good idea, but others may either be preoccupied with other things, or not have ideas to contribute at the time.  So, a quiz thread just might also "sit here" for a while until either its Owner decides to gauge interest again, or perhaps someone else will jump in and say, "yeah I want to help out with that idea."

Bottom line:  Once you've presented an idea in this thread, feel free to open up the separate new thread wherein all related discussion can ensue.  In such instances I think it would be a good idea to make a simple post here, in this thread (or close your post with this tag line) saying:  "See new thread - Fictional Pigs QUIZ" or "See new thread - Acrostic Puzzle QUIZ" and so forth.  Be sure to include the word "QUIZ" for quizzes... (or "TEMPLATE" for those) in the header, so the two don't get mixed up.

Thus, this thread will serve as a sort of "menu" of "what's available so far, to discuss/work on", and it would be the springboard to make you aware that a distinct thread is now up and running.

One last note: The structure of this forum is, itself, a "work-in-progress" and we'll discover together how to best focus on particular areas.

- napb

[mcomisky]

I have an idea for a quiz. What if we could make a quiz that is a logic puzzle and/or a trivia quiz depending on how you decide to play it. For example, there would be a logic hint and a trivia question on each answer. So if somebody doesn't know trivia or if they aren't great at logic, they can work around it. Would this even be possible? It sounded good in my head, not sure how good it sounds written down.

[Daniel Hodgson]

I hope this time everyone gets it... :)
So what I accidentally sent to just mcomisky was to basically post an example because I'm understanding the concept, but I'm not sure that I get how a question would look.  So maybe could you post an example?

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[mcomisky]

Here is an example of if the quiz was based off of Harry Potter trivia.

Let's say the options are dead or alive. If the person is alive, then they can be injured. For example, Hermione Granger was just found injured. What her box could reveal is two different clues:

1. There is at least one dead person in each row

2. Enter Molly Weasley's maiden name in the Molly Weasley box to find out her fate.

This allows the quiz taker to be able to complete the quiz if they are good at logic, or if they know the trivia. I hope this makes sense!

[Daniel Hodgson]

Soo it's like one of those vikZ specialty puzzles, that makes more sense. Thanks!

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[mcomisky]

I'm going to start a thread with this quiz. I think it would be better with themed trivia, so I think I will do Harry Potter, as many people have read those books

[needapausebutton]

I've started a separate thread for a quiz idea that I've already started on, entitled

“Follow That Line: Movie Dialogue We've Had To Endure” QUIZ

The idea and the details are presented in that thread.

- napb

[MovieGuru]

How about a picture quiz where users guess TV shows given a bald character?
I can't make picture quizzes atm, so this will only work if one of the veteran picture quiz makers would put the pictures together (provided by us).

[citkeane]

I'll do the picture editing if you want, MovieGuru. 

[titanjmg]

I was thinking about a quiz about cats (most likely fictional). Not because I'm a big cat lover (I'm allergic) but because there are plenty of them and the amount of them is pretty vast. Maybe a Clickable, called "Clickable Cats". Thoughts?

[needapausebutton]

@titanjmg:  Thanks for wanting to get in on the fun. Ideas are always encouraged... and please do not in any way feel "dis"-couraged by my advice which follows!......

I think we should focus on original ideas and themes (including theme spin-offs) for the time being.  I just did a very quick search -- linked here: Sporcle search for "Cats" and it is a topic which has been covered many times, in many ways.

If you read my post in the "Nice Going, Gang" thread, you'll notice I mentioned "timing".

I suppose part of this may just be "personal preference" but I'm not a huge fan of producing "sequels" or "closely-related-themed-quizzes" immediately on the heels (or paws) of quizzes, even if they are highly successful.

I feel that many quizzes and themes need breathing room, and that sequels are more enthusiastically received after sufficient time has passed for the idea to once again feel "fresh and exciting"; something that players "will have looked forward to".

And, titanjmg, if you come up with 10 ideas, and I advise otherwise, then I WANT you to still come up with an ELEVENTH idea!  I truly mean to be helpful and supportive of all efforts made here; and sometimes, I think the most helpful advice is to say, as kindly as possible "I don't think that would work too well; what else do ya got?"  :)

- napb

[AdmiralMaxtreme]

I've got an idea for a large-scale quiz that might not really even be feasible.  There's more details in the other thread that I started:  Sporcle Subcategory Sojourn

[BanjoZebra]

I was thinking about a Letter Pair quiz. It would be fun, fairly easy, and a good collaborative quiz. I'll make a thread about it.

[needapausebutton]

BZ, I'm all for that!

It is fine to have multiple threads existing about different quizzes/ideas. I would still like to see BOTH discussions continue on their respective threads too!

Glad to see you back in action.

[BanjoZebra]

What about a quiz of pairs of famous people with the same name (first and last)? I'm not quite sure if this exists yet; I don't know what I would search.

There's George Clinton and George Clinton and Richard Burton and Richard Burton and, I bet, loads of others.

[needapausebutton]

BZ - that sounds really intriguing!

I recommend you just try whatever comes to mind in researching the idea, and yeah, I know it could bring up tons of unrelated stuff.  Things like "same name" "shared name" "identical name" and so on.

If anybody else is out there monitoring this thread and can help with any other search parameter ideas, and can do some searching as well, that could help BZ I'm sure.

Thanks for persisting BanjoZebra! You can always be counted on to get the ball rolling with ideas here, and thanks for that.

Also, just as an fyi, the other idea of AdmiralMaxtreme IS still in progress.  But it would be cool to have another quiz in the works as well.

[BanjoZebra]

I haven't found any quizzes like this yet (yet).

But while searching, I came across with this great (but rather unnoticed) quiz:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/DSNorth/samedifference

[BanjoZebra]

Nooooooo!

http://www.sporcle.com/games/RealityChuck/namesame

[needapausebutton]

Bummer! :(

Yeah that contributor may not have released any quizzes lately, but is clearly active as a player, so it would be rather delicate to try to do something similar, even if we could find alternate names.

Keep thinking, I'm sure as soon as more people start noticing that you've posted, either you or somebody will come up with a fresh idea!

[teddy109711]

What does anyone think of a word ladder that in some way makes a sentence or spells some kind of clue for a final answer?  It seems kind of difficult, but do-able with the awesome minds we put together here.

[needapausebutton]

Seems like it would be quite difficult to form a decent sentence of any length in ladder form. That sort of idea is sort of a one-person-project (i.e. discovering a sequence of three or four or five letter words that fit the rules of ladders and could form a legitimate sentence. Thereafter, if someone were to succeed in that step, a collaboration of players could phrase the clues.

On the other hand, I think a Missing Word quiz, whose answers form a sentence, is quite viable, and I've seen a couple of nice ones from Mimbleton, and I can't remember who else.

[teddy109711]

Okay, after some confusion, I think I have every thing straightened out. I plan on opening a new thread for a mixed word that spells out a sentence or has a hidden message or something.  Napb and I are going to e-mail first to exchange thoughts.

[needapausebutton]

Yeah (but I think you meant to say "missing", not "mixed"). 

I also wanted to alert the group that another one of us BofCers, Spacemaniac, had already been working on an individual quiz of this nature which will be released fairly soon, as he just put the finishing touches on it!

[wiggytitch.sporcle]

I had an idea for a quiz, but I don't have much time to spare at the moment, so maybe some of you guys would like to collaborate on it?

The idea is this:

A general knowledge (or whatever category) quiz, where the player has to spell out the answers to questions using initials of things in geographical categories asked for. Probably not explained it too well, but here's an example:

Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by the bull? (Spell with US States)

The answer is Taurus, and you could answer by typing Texas, Alaska, Utah, Rhode Island, Utah, South Carolina.

I've made a short example quiz with the above question, you can see it here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/test/16e712

wiggy

[Space Maniac]

I love wiggy's idea!

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[NYYanks]

Yeah, I got to agree.

[needapausebutton]

Hey Wiggy, good to see ya!

Thanks for chiming in with your idea and offering it to the group.

I am intrigued by this, with a slight variation perhaps

-  If the answers can be more directly related to the Category-Answer.

So, using a slightly more manageable Zodiac sign for this example, What Zodiac sign is represented by the ram? 

ARIES

Answer using Animals:

Aardvark, Rabbit, Ibis, Elephant, Squirrel

 - Players who do NOT know the answer, would then have to spend time typing in random animals, until they have that "AHA" moment and know which ones they still need to complete the column

 - I'd see this as being One Column-per-set, with perhaps eight to ten columns, something like that

But before anybody takes this on, we'd want to make sure something like this has NOT been done yet (and if anybody wants to volunteer to check the archives, that would be appreciated, I don't have the time available!) - Thanks, - napb

[Josh]

Is there a quiz idea for matching curators to their subcategories?

I like that idea, and we can be selective about who we choose.

On Friday, November 2, 2012 3:35:16 AM UTC-4, needapausebutton wrote:

Please post all initial ideas for new quizzes in this thread. 

• If it is just a preliminary idea to "toss around" you can see if there is interest or not, or discuss its viability.
  

• If you are definitively going to develop this quiz, you will be the quiz "Owner". Please then set up a new thread specifically for discussion concerning the actual development of that quiz thereafter.

[needapausebutton]

Josh, thanks for your proposal.

I just think I'd like to refrain from self-referential quizzes in this group, which would essentially be a "BunchofCurators Quiz about a Bunch of Curators", if you understand what I mean.

And it would be unfair to those curators who would inevitably be left out.

I think NYYanks' quiz is already out there and nicely addresses an acknowledgment of us:   ~ALL Current Sporcle Curators~

And AdmiralMaxtreme's quiz-in-progress is different, in that, although it will involve many curators in its construction, it will not be about them but rather the subcategory-related questions they come up with.

- Pause

[citkeane]

Just thought I'd post a fairly straightforward quiz idea I had that I thought might be fun for BoC. Feel free to shoot it down if you see an issue. If would be a clickable game called:

"NOT an Animal, Mineral or Vegetable"

So the options would all be various nouns and players would simply select any/all of the ones that aren't an animal, mineral or vegetable. Obvious decoys (or in the case of this quiz correct answers) would be fruits, perhaps, a man-made chemical, a live form that isn't an animal (or vegetable). I know it's a simple concept but it would be pretty low intensity (hopefully fun) and I think anyone who wanted to contribute an answer (or wrong answer) could.

Thoughts?

[Josh]

Yes, I approve.

[zalkon2004]

Sounds fun citkeane, especially around the creativity involved in creating some tricky decoys.

[needapausebutton]

Yeah, sounds like a nice one, if you want to get it started in a new thread. :)

[spacemaniacsporcle]

This is the first quiz idea I'm pitching, and I want to see what you all think about it.

A Family Guy Logic Puzzle: basically what we would do is everyone would pitch an idea for a character, and maybe someone else could help me out with the logic aspect of making the quiz.

(People could also pitch some trivia from the show [I also know a lot!] to put into the clues)

Whaddaya y'all think?

Just wanna point out that amazingjosh thought of the idea to make a Family Guy logic puzzle.

Isn't he just amazing ;)

[amazingjosh]

Let's make a new thread for Spacemaniac's and my logic puzzle.

[needapausebutton]

Sounds like fun. Is there an established Logic Quiz whiz-kid within our group who can do the proofing of the logic aspects as this is developed?

[needapausebutton]

Sorry, a-j, I don't think I was clear there.

I intended to ask that of the group, as in: "Who (of our logic quiz experts) would like to offer their services to do that, in support of amazingjosh/Spacemanic's quiz?"

I know who they are, but I really don't want to volunteer somebody, I'd rather someone offer to do that.   (And if it turns out to be VikZ, well, yeah!... but we have a few other highly accomplished logic-quiz-makers as well).

Thanks.

[NYYanks]

I would love to help with the logic part of this. Having a published logic puzzle, I feel I'm up to standards.

[needapausebutton]

Thanks!.  I'll retire this to their new quiz thread then.

[Nathan Cox]

Hi folks,
 
I've been batting around an idea for a quiz, but I'm not sure if I'm the one who should make it.
 
It would be a quiz that would rely completely on submissions. It would be called something like "Hometowns of Sporclers" and it would be a slideshow. Users would submit images of their home town/region. They could take the image themselves, or find one on the internet.
 
Then we put it together into a quiz.
 
The big problem is that not all of us like in cities that would be recognizable to a global community. I live in London (Ontario) and there isn't much that a non-Ontarian would recognize. But, it could be flexible. I might submit a picture of Lake Erie or another Great Lake (though even then not everyone would instantly recognize it).
 
So, thoughts?
nscox

[Mateo56]

It's an interesting idea, and one that could potentially be utilised by BunchofCurators. In the quiz was your idea to tie each of the hometowns included to a Sporcler or just have the cities independent of who's be living there?

For the purposes of being as interesting as possible though, it'd probably rely on getting as many people collaborating that live in as many interesting places as possible - i.e. not too many people that live in the same city/cities in close proximity, with an active attempt to include as many people as possible outside US/Canada/UK (though I'm not sure how many curators do). I agree with what you said, and for particularly difficult places there'd need to be very strong clues/a large scope of accepted answers.

[NYYanks]

I agree with basically everything Mateo56 said.

However, looking back at SU, most people that posted there live in:

-Midwest/Mid-Atlantic US

-Ontario, Canada (more specifically, the area between Detroit, MI and Buffalo, NY)

-Southern UK

So the variety might be tough to do.