Thanks for doing this! Interesting that you start off with how to scan for what will be pertinent information, not how to retain it, as being a key difference.
I'm really terrible at using extraneous incidental information in harder clues, even though I try to include it when I write questions myself: no doubt one of the master quizzing skills is to go from 'I have zero clue on this question' to 'plausibly decoded guess'... in the 15 seconds available.
Anyhoo:
19/20 (so much for using extraneous info in clues your scifi red herring was successful in derailing: it's about time I Anki'd the major literary awards)
11/20 (and this time I didn't use all the extraneous info in the questions. Oh well. )
6/20
11/20
3/20
Total 49- a fail grade. (I wish I had a growth mindset that would allow me to take positives.)
Greatly humbled by the geography round, which I usually pride myself on being “my thing” but evidently there’s a lot more to it than knowing the names of obscure countries!
Art and classical music also a huge unknown to me, but I knew that already.
Very enjoyable! I’ll be trying again this Saturday :)
Reassuring to see others struggling with R4, but it's how you get good, I suppose. Never really got on with Disney, definitelybsome gaps to close there.
Excellent work on Disney! I’ve privately heard from one person who was a Fantasia composer away from a full house, but 18 is also sensational - it’s not an easy round, and I’d be struggling for 18 if I hadn’t set it. I’m afraid next week’s round 3 will be very different, but hopefully you’ll continue finding material to get your teeth into.
Yeah it was Fantasia and Lumiere that stumped me (although I’m sure if I had sat on it for a while I would have eventually got the Fantasia q as I was kicking myself afterwards)
This was great fun, and I’ll be recommending this to all of my friends. Superbly written and very educational. Favourite question, as well as ‘get’, has to be The Lady and the Tramp - great work to make it evocative enough to bring the night-time scene to mind. Can’t wait for more.
Great starting quiz and hope there will be many more.
To be an annoying pedant, the Disney villain isn't "John Clayton", he's "William Cecil Clayton" (though he's just called Clayton in the film - John Clayton's another name for Tarzan himself. Went down a rabbit hole to check I wasn't wrong and he's apparently Tarzan's cousin in the books)
Good suggestion. I’d been wondering myself if that might be preferable, and it seems like a lot of people are taking quite lengthy gaps between rounds so I think it probably does make more sense to give the answers to each round individually rather than all at the end. I’ll try it that way this weekend and see what the reaction is.
Really enjoyed this!
1) 19 (Zigged with The Who instead of The Stones)
2) 2 (My Geography absolutely horrific, I’ll be the first to say that)
3) 18 (Let down by the composer and the little mouse…)
4) 8 (All over the place here…)
5) 4 (Says something that my geography is so bad that the brutally hard round is the one I scored more in…)
All in all a decent start on 51/100. but really liked these questions!
Thanks for doing this! Interesting that you start off with how to scan for what will be pertinent information, not how to retain it, as being a key difference.
I'm really terrible at using extraneous incidental information in harder clues, even though I try to include it when I write questions myself: no doubt one of the master quizzing skills is to go from 'I have zero clue on this question' to 'plausibly decoded guess'... in the 15 seconds available.
Anyhoo:
19/20 (so much for using extraneous info in clues your scifi red herring was successful in derailing: it's about time I Anki'd the major literary awards)
11/20 (and this time I didn't use all the extraneous info in the questions. Oh well. )
6/20
11/20
3/20
Total 49- a fail grade. (I wish I had a growth mindset that would allow me to take positives.)
Excellent questions Jonathan.
R1 20
R2 14
R3 6
R4 10
R5 5
55/100
Incredible stuff - very fun. Excited for the next one (which I see is up now!)
R1: 17
R2: 10
R3: 10
R4: 6
R5: 4
Total: 47
R1: 16
R2: 9
R3: 8
R4: 3
R5: 1
Total: 37
Greatly humbled by the geography round, which I usually pride myself on being “my thing” but evidently there’s a lot more to it than knowing the names of obscure countries!
Art and classical music also a huge unknown to me, but I knew that already.
Very enjoyable! I’ll be trying again this Saturday :)
Excellent stuff, Jonathan. Really enjoyed it. Pleased with some good gets in R4 and delighted to pick up some interesting Disney facts.
R1: 20
R2: 15
R3: 8
R4: 15
R5: 3
Total: 61
47
R1: 18
R2: 16
R3: 4
R4: 9
R5: 4
Children’s media clearly a big gap for me, couldn’t remember the title of Wind in the Willows either for one of my R1 misses!
Excellent geography score. And you’re never too old for The Wind in the Willows!
Thanks Jonathan, enjoyed that.
R1: 20
R2: 15
R3: 8
R4: 14
R4: 4
Reassuring to see others struggling with R4, but it's how you get good, I suppose. Never really got on with Disney, definitelybsome gaps to close there.
1. 20
2. 15
3. 20 (right I’ve peaked early, future weeks will be considerably less kind I wager…)
4. 6
5. 1
R1: 20
R2: 12
R3: 13
R4: 15
R5: 2
Cheers Jonathan, great questions and lots of interesting things to learn :)
Great round 4 score! Some tough stuff in that round that I know people have been struggling with. Really happy you enjoyed the quiz.
R1: 19/20
R2: 9/20
R3: 18/20
R4: 8/20
R5: 1/20
Suspect it’ll be a while before a R3 suits me that well again, but really enjoyed that. Look forward to seeing what you come up with in future weeks!
Excellent work on Disney! I’ve privately heard from one person who was a Fantasia composer away from a full house, but 18 is also sensational - it’s not an easy round, and I’d be struggling for 18 if I hadn’t set it. I’m afraid next week’s round 3 will be very different, but hopefully you’ll continue finding material to get your teeth into.
Yeah it was Fantasia and Lumiere that stumped me (although I’m sure if I had sat on it for a while I would have eventually got the Fantasia q as I was kicking myself afterwards)
This was great fun, and I’ll be recommending this to all of my friends. Superbly written and very educational. Favourite question, as well as ‘get’, has to be The Lady and the Tramp - great work to make it evocative enough to bring the night-time scene to mind. Can’t wait for more.
Scores:
R1: 20
R2: 15
R3: 11
R4: 12
R5: 3 (you weren’t joking)
Overall: 61
Great starting quiz and hope there will be many more.
To be an annoying pedant, the Disney villain isn't "John Clayton", he's "William Cecil Clayton" (though he's just called Clayton in the film - John Clayton's another name for Tarzan himself. Went down a rabbit hole to check I wasn't wrong and he's apparently Tarzan's cousin in the books)
Many thanks Matt, and delighted that you enjoyed the quiz! You’re quite correct, and I’ll put that right immediately.
Catching up on your excellent, enjoyable sets:
1) 19
2) 7
3) 5
4) 5
5) 1 (Belknap)
Any chance of the answers between each set? Thanks
Good suggestion. I’d been wondering myself if that might be preferable, and it seems like a lot of people are taking quite lengthy gaps between rounds so I think it probably does make more sense to give the answers to each round individually rather than all at the end. I’ll try it that way this weekend and see what the reaction is.