Author Topic: Random online quizzes (Read 6026 times)

Wowbagger · « **on:** 30 May, 2022, 05:22:43 pm »

Here's one from the Graun, topically on weights & measures.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/30/how-many-pounds-in-a-stone-try-our-weights-and-measures-quiz

Steph · « **Reply #1 on:** 20 July, 2022, 03:24:29 am »

Got 15/18; the ones I got wrong were the decimetre, the pecks, the grains.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 December, 2022, 07:23:59 am »

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/dec/11/quiz-of-the-year-how-well-do-you-remember-2022?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2022 Quiz of the Year. 9/30 for me.

I don’t think I knew any of the answers so scoring over 25% is a bonus, given that there were 4 possible answers provided for each question.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3 on:** 20 December, 2022, 12:19:00 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/20/fingers-on-your-buzzers-its-joe-lycetts-quiz-of-the-year

Joe Lycett's Quiz of the Year.

11/20. I think all the answers I got right, I knew. None of the guesses.

hatler · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 December, 2022, 12:27:32 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 11 December, 2022, 07:23:59 am

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/dec/11/quiz-of-the-year-how-well-do-you-remember-2022?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2022 Quiz of the Year. 9/30 for me.

I don’t think I knew any of the answers so scoring over 25% is a bonus, given that there were 4 possible answers provided for each question.

11/30.

I only knew three.

hatler · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 December, 2022, 12:33:20 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 20 December, 2022, 12:19:00 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/20/fingers-on-your-buzzers-its-joe-lycetts-quiz-of-the-year

Joe Lycett's Quiz of the Year.

11/20. I think all the answers I got right, I knew. None of the guesses.

10/20. I knew 6.

Jaded · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 December, 2022, 04:57:42 pm »

12/30

Yay!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 December, 2022, 12:14:29 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/24/nature-news-quiz-of-the-year-aoe

13/25. Some educated guesswork, but quite a few I already knew.

Snakehips · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 December, 2022, 04:58:36 pm »

13 here too. My shame knows no bounds.

Jurek · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 December, 2022, 05:43:49 pm »

To my shame, I scored something like 10

Wowbagger · « **Reply #10 on:** 04 February, 2023, 07:59:58 am »

3/10 for me.

“Oh dear!” admonished the Graun’s Virtual Schoolma’am.

I thought that was pretty good tbh. I was confident of two of my right answers and the other was a lucky guess.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #11 on:** 23 February, 2023, 08:37:59 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/23/a-proud-shark-an-uncertain-scientist-and-a-broken-dog-statue-take-the-thursday-quiz

6/15!

One lucky guess. The rest I could either work out or remembered reading somewhere, eg the smashed balloon dog artist. Wouldn't have got their name without it being multiple choice.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 March, 2023, 10:53:39 am »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-64825206

4/7

I knew three of the answers so that's about right.

hatler · « **Reply #13 on:** 09 March, 2023, 10:18:43 pm »

I just hit 17 on today's Wordiply. Highest up to that point was 13. Quite chuffed with that.

However, in arithmetic that makes you cringe, I'm told that "Your best guess was more than 100% as long as the longest common word!?"

Wowbagger · « **Reply #14 on:** 22 March, 2023, 10:07:15 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/22/football-quiz-can-you-identify-these-stadiums-and-pitches-close-to-water

10/18 for me. Not bad, considering I had never heard of some of the football clubs mentioned.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #15 on:** 13 April, 2023, 09:46:54 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/13/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-103

3/15.

one I knew, one was a lucky guess, the other a maths question in which my answer made sense to me but I had no knowledge which allowed me to confirm it. It was the deceleration one. I should have got the probability one, but failed to consider all the possibilities and just guessed.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #16 on:** 20 April, 2023, 01:39:20 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/20/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-104

11/15. Probably my best score ever, and none of them was a wild guess.

Edit: yes it was: the flag question. I know pretty much nothing about flags.

Jurek · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 May, 2023, 12:10:29 pm »

If you do the Guardian Quiz on a Thursday, you can expect similar, if not identical, questions in the BBC's Friday Quiz.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #18 on:** 12 May, 2023, 02:06:26 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/11/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-107

7/14 for me today. I think I knew 3 or 4 and was luckier than usual with the rest.

For a bonus point, guess which question made me laugh out loud.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #19 on:** 25 May, 2023, 09:39:00 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/25/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-109

6/15

Some wild guesses in that lot.

Clare · « **Reply #20 on:** 25 May, 2023, 09:46:18 pm »

12/15

i guess i guessed better than you.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #21 on:** 25 May, 2023, 10:20:57 pm »

Be my guessed.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #22 on:** 03 August, 2023, 11:47:28 am »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/03/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-119

8/15 for that.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #23 on:** 15 September, 2023, 02:55:27 pm »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66808672

1/7 for me there. I didn't know any of the answers and was even below par with my wild guesses.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #24 on:** 15 September, 2023, 03:09:33 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/14/guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-125

Whereas 11/15 in that one, and none of them was a guess.