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I'm working on a quiz .... need to gauge interest.

The quiz is purely sound based, so how many would play during the working week ??

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Talking of which, where's today's quiz...?!

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If this is done during working hours (say 9-5) then it may stop a lot of people taking part due to some companies etc not buying computers with audio playback capabilities. I know at my old job there was only one PC that had speakers and they weren't official ones either.
What time would the quiz be done?

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*ahem*

A combination of product recalls, last nights beer and an appalling memory, I've forgotten about the bloomin' quiz again :dozey:

Right, I categorically promise that the 'normal' quiz will be at 1 o'clock on Monday :dunce:

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I won't be able to take part in any quiz that is run during the working week.

I'm running enough risk just being on the site from my work computer ;)

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This is what I'm trying to gauge ....

Due to the nature of the quiz, during the day may not be the right time to do it, in the normal fashion.

I'm considering creating the quiz and closing the thread, allowing 24hrs for people to listen. Then re-opening to allow answers. Just thinking aloud at the moment.

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you going to work on Monday then, cos I ain't :p: :D

- and sorry Si, much as I'd like to, we have the sound disabled on our work PC's.

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Well it's a lot more difficult to google for music!

Although I do recall hearing about a service that could identify all sorts of pieces of music for ringtones.

Hmm, ah! http://www.shazam.com/uk/do/ringtones

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:dunce: :blush:

Errrrrr, that'll be Tuesday then :D

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I'll be at work on Monday :(


Nope I wouldn't be able to take part in the quiz either, I don't have sound on my work PC.

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I'd enjoy a quiz but it would be best launched around the time people get home from work as an evening quiz I think.

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Having enjoyed a sneak preview of the quiz Simon is referring to, I can promise you'll all want to have a go, so I think it needs to be run outside work hours when most people will be able to. :D

I do like the idea of posting, closing and then reopening later though, to let the max. number of people download and listen to it. If we do that, it should be reopened during an evening.

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Cheeky answer yes from me as I am one of the "at home" mums so my work week is 24/7 (almost).

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cant do quizzes from work and have no sound here either
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Why reopen? Why not take PM's for the answers. One per entrant containing all of there answers and then post the results 24hrs after the quiz was posted.

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Public posts are more fun for all the members than PMs no-one can see, and posts are also easier to manage than PMs, as you can see all the posts on-screen at once.

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but people have to be here when the quiz is launched or opened for posting

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Good point ...

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This is why I suggested opening, posting the quiz and closing. Giving everyone time to hear the quiz, returning the next day to post the answers. This avoids the necessity to listen while at work. They can listen in the evening and then just post answers the next day.

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Maybe when it is open for posting there should be a short time limit to post in and only one post per person? Otherwise people will just look through the answers already given and add those to their own answers.

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Could this be done through a large poll ? you have the poll open for 24 hours but no one can see any answers or how they voted until the very end.

then just total up

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Thats no bluddy good is it?! I'm going to be in Latvia for next week :mad:

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No not really ..... nice thought though :D
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Hmmm, rapidly beginning to rethink this ..... may be better done in an evening ..... just need to find the time ...

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Well I can't be blamed for your foreign excursions, now can I ;)

Sorry Rammy - I'll send you a lat to spend in Riga if you want :disturbd:

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What about .... I post the quiz, close the thread, reopen the following morning for 24hr period. Each person has one post only, and must contain ALL their answers .... NO EDITING, or reposting ?

Once closed, results and answers will be given.

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This is similar to what I suggested a while back for the Friday Quiz, although I was thinking of a shorter "lock out" period.

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Giving people 24 hours to answer the quiz though puts a lot of emphasis on trust, otherwise everyone could get 20/20.

It would be nice if there was a flash/java applet for it. In fact I could probably write one if I get bored. It'll read questions out of a text file stored locally on the server and compare them with answers, but it will be timer driven so people can't google/confer, and will be available for access 24/7.

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Good idea, so that ppl who pass thru this site at different times during the day and night can take part if they want to. But many do not have access to sound on their computer (me for instance-sound is busted!) so some are disadvantaged there.

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I know that you can get IRC bots that do a similar thing, but that's heading in a totally different direction.....

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The point is that this was a "sound" quiz, making it much more difficult to google.

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i don't think the quiz should be done during the day.....unless you do it in two weeks time ;)

but i am also conscious that it might cause you a lot of work nemmy..... i do like the idea of posting the thread then closing it. why not try it and see how it works this time?

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Except that when there was a poll held, Friday at 1pm *was* the most popular choice :)

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YAY!!!! I'm HOME ON MONDAY....

Bet he forgets... ;)

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when was this poll held? i must have missed it?
:erm: :confused:

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It was a few months back.

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If it's a sound quiz, I'd prefer it like what Simon said, 24 hr lock down, as even though I have speakers at work, it wouldn't be practical to do the quiz.

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my 2p is that a quiz should be 'immediate' - part of the fun of the 'friday fun quiz' is just that, every body tries to get the answer, first - and having been 'quizmaster' I have seen the other side, to that :erm:

A music quiz is a very difficult concept to put in that format - my suggestion is that the 'quiz file' is made available for download in a file, then a wait before answers are valid at a certain time - one answer per post, after that ;)

- form an orderly queue...?

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Right, other than my little issue with forgetting about the Bank Holiday, I've actually remembered about doing the quiz!

As a result, the quiz will be held at 1 o'clock today :)

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Gives Nugget THE LOOK

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Sorry Miss - it won't happen again :(


Although that's mainly because I'm planning on never winning the quiz again ;)

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In my case chance would be a fine thing because I'm either never at a PC on a Friday or people move the day and don't warn you(and I'm still usually working) OR THEY FORGET!!!!!!! :sulk:

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did you say 1 o'clock Nug??

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Catch up do!We are a day late here(only in Nuggets case two days late because he forgot it on Monday... :rolleyes:

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:erm: ... yesterday :disturbd:
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Weeeellllllll, I didn't actually forget it on Monday - what I forgot was that Monday was a Bank Holiday, so I wasn't at work to get on the computer :disturbd:

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:dunce: