Posted March 27, 20205 yr Two years ago Quizzes were introduced to the chart forum, with a series of quizzes including Family Fortunes, Pointless, Never Mind The Buzzjacks and Cover Puzzle. In light of the pandemic leaving us all in our own homes for the most part it seems like the ideal time to bring it back for Season 2. If you would like to host a quiz, then please post here which week you would like to take and what quiz you would like to do. You can do one of the tried and tested formats or if you have your own format explain it to me so it can be considered. Your questions ideally should all be chart/music related; for more general-knowledge quizzes, there will be similar events running in The Lounge in the not too distant future. The big question now is, will anyone be able to dethrone... ME! from the top of the leaderboard. Last season's leaderboard can be viewed at this link. To get the ball rolling I will host the first quiz, which will be unveiled later today. Ideally this season should last for 10 weeks as per S1, with one quiz per week, but this can be shortened or extended depending on demand. Schedule: Week 1 (27/03): Pointless [danG] [Entry / Results] Week 2 (03/04): Family Fortunes [mdh] [Entry / Results] Week 3 (10/04): Album Cover Puzzle [M4NGO] [Entry / Results] Week 4 (17/04): Never Mind The Buzzjacks [LewisGT] [Entry / Results] Week 5 (24/04): Single Cover Puzzle [FUTURE NOSTALGIA] [Entry / Results] Week 6 (01/05): Family Fortunes [chrissmith276] [Entry / Results] Week 7 (08/05): Guess the songs that have been at the most different chart positions [jimwatts] [Entry / Results] Week 8 (15/05): Album Cover Puzzle [awardinary] [Entry / Results] Week 9 (22/05): Jordan Lee [Family Fortunes] [Entry / Results] Week 10 (29/05): Bré [Pointless] [Entry / Results] For those of you unfamiliar with Quizzes here is an explanation of the main formats from Bré. FAMILY FORTUNES (example from last year: voting thread / results thread) In this quiz, the host asks a series of questions (typically 10 of them) and participants answer each question with what they think the MOST popular response will be. Points are scored based on how many other people gave the same answer as you to each question, so for example if the question is 'name a single by El Chombo' and 15 people responded 'Dame Tu Cosita', each of those people would be given 14 points for that question. Most points wins. POINTLESS (example from last year: voting thread / results thread) This quiz is basically the inverse of Family Fortunes. The host will, again, ask a series of ~10 questions, but here the participants answer each question with what they think the LEAST popular response will be. Points are allocated the same way as in Family Fortunes but here it's the player with the fewest points at the end that wins (so the best answer to a question - a Pointless answer - is one that no other participant answered). There's also the catch that an incorrect answer is penalised by giving the answerer the maximum possible score for that question, i.e. one less than the number of participants (so if there are 31 participants and someone answered the question 'name a winner of the X Factor' with 'Michelle McManus', they would be given 30 points for that question). NEVER MIND THE BUZZJACKS (example from last year: voting thread / results thread) The host uploads onto SoundCloud/YouTube a series of short (usually instrumental) clips from songs, usually about 20 of them, and participants simply have to name the songs, scoring a point for each one they get right, or a half-point for guessing the right artist. There's also often some kind of bonus questions based on the songs on the side for additional points. Here's a quick guide RabbitFurCoat put together wayyy back in the day with some instructions for uploading a round of NMTBJ onto SoundCloud. ALBUM COVER PUZZLE (example from last year: voting thread / results thread) The host makes a collage of cropped sections from album covers, usually about 20 of them, and participants name the albums that they are taken from. Participants get points for each one they get right - this may just be 1 point per correct answer, or a varying number of points decided by the hosts based on how difficult they think each one is to guess. Like in NMTBJ there may also be bonus questions on the side for additional points. OTHER FORMATS You are also welcome to try other formats out which aren't listed above! For example, last year we had:- Dingbats (courtesy of PeteFromLeeds) Only Connect (courtesy of Suedehead) So you're welcome to propose something brand new or use one of these alternative formats as well. The leaderboard works by giving 30 points to the winner of each quiz, 29 points to the runner-up and so on. If there are more than 30 participants, anyone outside the top 30 will walk away with nothing. If the host is unable to participate in their own quiz (ie if it's NMTBJs/ACP) or wishes to sit out their own FF/Pointless quiz (hosts are allowed to participate in these, on the basis that they write their own answers before others start coming in) then 'host compensation points' are given by taking the average of their points attained from other quizzes.
March 27, 20205 yr I’ll host a family fortunes, might as well get back into it now I’m stuck in the house :,) EDIT - week 2 should be fine :) Edited March 27, 20205 yr by mdh
March 27, 20205 yr Good to see these back in the Chart Forum, consider me interested (in playing, I'll get back to you re hosting).
March 27, 20205 yr I really enjoyed hosting a NMTBJ quiz in the Lounge next year so I'd happily do that again in this. Week 4 maybe :D
March 28, 20205 yr I'll happily host an album covers one - I can do week 3. Edited March 28, 20205 yr by M4NGO
April 9, 20205 yr If no one else signs up for the last few weeks I'm happy to host something for a second time, I've got a few different ideas.
April 12, 20205 yr Author Leaderboard after week 2 King Rollo takes the lead following his win of Family Fortunes, with Dobbo tied for points - whilst Spiceboy who won Pointless currently sits in 13th as he didn't partake in week 2's quiz, Dan17F1 completse the top 3. 1 50 Dobbo :winner: 1 50 King Rollo :winner: 3 44 Dan17F1 4 42 Bjork 5 39 n4yr 5 39 vibe 7 37 coi 8 35 chrissmith276 9 34 dan.G 10 33 girlsaloudjunkie 11 31 Riser 11 31 Scene 13 30 Jade 13 30 Jahq 13 30 Spiceboy 16 29 Bré 17 25 jimwatts 17 25 WhoOdyssey 19 24 mdh † 20 23 PeteFromLeeds 20 23 vancey 22 21 LewisGT 23 20 dandy* 23 20 Dexton 23 20 diva thin muffin 26 19 Beverly 27 18 Math 27 18 paulglib 29 16 MrAndrewMan 30 15 awardinlockdown 30 15 gavindeejay 30 15 West 33 14 SamJudd 34 12 tgl92 35 10 Suedehead2 36 9 Jordan Lee 37 7 M4NGO 38 6 DalekTurret32 38 6 StoneDragon 40 1 xajnipi 41 0 George.keh 41 0 Jester 41 0 Mack 41 0 Mart!n † host compensation points to be added following week 10 Still in need of volunteers for weeks 6-10.
April 13, 20205 yr Author Woah how can I be 16th with a 4th and an 8th so far? :P Turns out I forgot to add your week 2 points on - so after correction... Dobbo and Rollo are currently the joint-winners :cheer:
April 19, 20205 yr If the spots don't get filled, I'm happy to host another quiz in one of the later weeks. I could do another album covers one with a different theme, or an audio one similar to Never Mind The Buzzjacks or something else.
April 19, 20205 yr Author Leaderboard after week 3 Bjork climbs three to take the lead whilst we have an all new podium with vibe in 2nd and chrissmith276 in third, as the previous joint leaders in Dobbo and Rollo drop down to 5th and 6th. 1 72 Bjork 2 64 vibe 3 63 chrissmith276 4 57 coi 5 55 Dobbo 6 54 King Rollo 7 50 Dan17F1 8 49 Jade 9 47 dandy* 9 47 n4yr 11 45 dan.G 11 45 PeteFromLeeds 13 44 jimwatts 14 42 Jahq 14 42 LewisGT 14 42 Riser 17 41 Scene 18 39 SamJudd 19 36 Dexton 20 33 girlsaloudjunkie 21 30 MrAndrewMan 21 30 Spiceboy 21 30 Gezza 24 29 Bré 24 29 StoneDragon 26 26 pcr 27 25 WhoOdyssey 28 24 mdh † 29 23 vancey 30 22 DalekTurret32 30 22 The Hit Parade 32 20 diva thin muffin 33 19 Cremey 34 18 Math 34 18 paulglib 36 16 Jordan Lee 37 15 awardinlockdown 37 15 West 39 14 gavindeejay 39 14 Rush 41 12 tgl92 42 10 Suedehead2 43 7 M4NGO † 44 2 Mack 45 1 xajnipi 46 0 George.keh 46 0 Jester 46 0 Mart!n † host compensation points to be added following week 10 @Mango I'll put you down as a backup. Meanwhile do we have any more volunteers?
April 20, 20205 yr I've been prepping for a new thread on songs which have been at the most different chart positions - I think it could work as a quiz (i.e. guess the songs). Can do Week 7 or any other.
April 26, 20205 yr Glad to have climbed into the top 10! 4th place finish in the latest quiz too so I've found my groove after the blip of the first quiz *.*
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