The old thread is getting a bit cumbersome so I thought I'd make a fresh one for the new year. For those that aren't aware, there is a daily trivia contest that a number of people here participate in. Anyone who reads MC.com is welcome to participate, just go to the URL below and sign up.

http://www.funtrivia.com/...?tid=95583

For the sake of history, here are the top 5 for each of the months the game was going in 2010.

Dec 10

62 players played during the month.

1. mardeeg (616 points, 2 wins)
2. Bridgier (597 points, 5 wins)
3. benjamaniac (521 points, 0 wins)
4. GunnarE (506 points, 3 wins)
5. ingride (480 points, 0 wins)
6. Cooliododah (456 points, 2 wins)
7. snorkie (439 points, 6 wins)
8. mrsdoodlepunk (427 points, 0 wins)
9. foofy (426 points, 1 wins)
10. jakebowl (399 points, 2 wins)
Nov 10

56 players played during the month.

1. ingride (563 points, 2 wins)
2. benjamaniac (552 points, 9 wins)
3. Bridgier (545 points, 0 wins)
4. mrsdoodlepunk (440 points, 2 wins)
5. SsquaredDesign (389 points, 1 wins)
6. foofy (379 points, 3 wins)
7. Cooliododah (364 points, 0 wins)
8. Travis (363 points, 0 wins)
9. bigdave (348 points, 0 wins)
10. LeviF (346 points, 0 wins)
Oct 10

61 players played during the month.

1. ingride (577 points, 2 wins)
2. benjamaniac (533 points, 3 wins)
3. snorkie (529 points, 3 wins)
4. Bridgier (480 points, 4 wins)
5. mtzook (420 points, 0 wins)
6. mrsdoodlepunk (400 points, 3 wins)
7. GunnarE (386 points, 2 wins)
8. Lilly1 (384 points, 1 wins)
9. mrsbigdave (360 points, 0 wins)
10. Travis (359 points, 2 wins)
Sep 10

58 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (566 points, 4 wins)
2. benjamaniac (523 points, 3 wins)
3. snorkie (481 points, 3 wins)
4. ingride (481 points, 1 wins)
5. mrsdoodlepunk (419 points, 1 wins)
6. SsquaredDesign (393 points, 4 wins)
7. GunnarE (366 points, 1 wins)
8. bigdave (363 points, 1 wins)
9. CindyS (360 points, 0 wins)
10. Travis (356 points, 3 wins)
Aug 10

57 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (575 points, 6 wins)
2. ingride (574 points, 3 wins)
3. mrsdoodlepunk (542 points, 0 wins)
4. leifhope (454 points, 0 wins)
5. Bjork (431 points, 5 wins)
6. GunnarE (421 points, 2 wins)
7. benjamaniac (401 points, 3 wins)
8. SsquaredDesign (360 points, 2 wins)
9. Travis (349 points, 1 wins)
10. bigdave (339 points, 1 wins)
Jul 10

57 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (621 points, 8 wins)
2. ingride (576 points, 2 wins)
3. mrsdoodlepunk (414 points, 1 wins)
4. Travis (410 points, 3 wins)
5. benjamaniac (406 points, 3 wins)
6. Bjork (396 points, 1 wins)
7. GunnarE (396 points, 1 wins)
8. leifhope (390 points, 1 wins)
9. phile71 (369 points, 0 wins)
10. havrezooks (364 points, 1 wins)

Jun 10

88 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (624 points, 5 wins)
2. Bill_N (535 points, 0 wins)
3. GunnarE (512 points, 3 wins)
4. ingride (468 points, 2 wins)
5. benjamaniac (432 points, 2 wins)
6. Frank_Hardy (431 points, 0 wins)
7. LeviF (391 points, 2 wins)
8. snorkie (358 points, 4 wins)
9. leifhope (346 points, 0 wins)
10. namma (344 points, 0 wins)

Congratulations to a first time champion in December, MardeeG! 4-time champ Bridgier was back on his game this month, but Mardee managed to squeak it out.

Thanks everybody for playing, good luck in 2011.

Thanks again Levi for running this. It occupies about 5 minutes of my day and I have only gotten worse as time goes on.

I enjoy it and my wife has even tried it a time or two as well.

I love it! It's like taking a rollercoaster ride every day...a 3...a 7... a 10!!!!...a 6....

[This message has been edited by sdrew (1/6/2011)]

(This is just a shameless bump so I don't have to go looking for this thread and link, that is all)

Put it in your favorites.

I love the Daily Trivia. Some days I am almost a genius, and some days I am the village idiot! Thanks Levi.

Just played for the first time, i am already hooked!

New champion for January. Congratulations Benjamaniac.

Jan 11

63 players played during the month.

1. benjamaniac (731 points, 8 wins)
2. mrsdoodlepunk (591 points, 0 wins)
3. ingride (584 points, 1 wins)
4. SsquaredDesign (531 points, 4 wins)
5. Cooliododah (523 points, 1 wins)
6. foofy (516 points, 0 wins)
7. Bridgier (480 points, 1 wins)
8. andersonska (419 points, 2 wins)
9. Lilly1 (410 points, 0 wins)
10. GunnarE (400 points, 0 wins)

Trivia's greatest champion Bridgier returns to first place this month, overtaking Ingrid E on the last day. Congratulations.

Feb 11

55 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (572 points, 6 wins)
2. ingride (563 points, 1 wins)
3. emeney3 (479 points, 4 wins)
4. mrsdoodlepunk (460 points, 1 wins)
5. benjamaniac (448 points, 2 wins)
6. Lilly1 (435 points, 0 wins)
7. SsquaredDesign (430 points, 1 wins)
8. jakebowl (426 points, 1 wins)
9. GunnarE (352 points, 1 wins)
10. bigdave (339 points, 0 wins)

How did March ended up? Thanks.

Sorry for forgetting to post March results. Here they are, Bridgier has recaptured his dominance.

Mar 11

52 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (574 points, 4 wins)
2. mrsdoodlepunk (503 points, 4 wins)
3. bigdave (497 points, 2 wins)
4. benjamaniac (496 points, 3 wins)
5. ingride (473 points, 1 wins)
6. snorkie (448 points, 2 wins)
7. SsquaredDesign (398 points, 1 wins)
8. emeney3 (374 points, 4 wins)
9. GunnarE (352 points, 0 wins)
10. Lilly1 (349 points, 1 wins)


Also, it's been a long time since we shuffled categories, mostly due to my laziness. I'm still fairly content with the current ones, but I know some people aren't and it's probably past time to mix them up.

Here's our current lineup:

Our Category Schedule:
Sunday: Science & Technology 3 : Difficult
Monday: General Knowledge 5 : Difficult
Tuesday: World Trivia 2 : More Difficult
Wednesday: History 2 : Intermediate
Thursday: General Knowledge 5 : Difficult
Friday: Animals
Saturday: Music 2 : Intermediate

And here's the available categories:



As usual, I reserve the right to make the final picks but I will try to accommodate everyone who gives me some feedback here.

My votes are for Religion and/or Geography.

Hobbies

Monophysitism trivia is one of Bridgier's specialties.

I won't lie, I'll probably kick some ass at Oriental Orthodox trivia.

I like Animals and Religion

Out with Music and animals.

In with religion and general sports.

I think animals is too easy, and I get a lot of repeat questions in that one. I would like something new just to see what some of the others are like but don't have any specific suggestions.

We have done hobbies before and it's kind of an odd category. Lots of stuff like sewing and lots of "huh?" questions.

I am thinking we should kick at least one of the general trivia days up to level 6 since that still seems to be one of the easier categories.

I agree with making the General category harder.

Definitely get rid of Animals. Too many repeat questions. Just look at yesterday's scores.

I vote for Geography. Religion would be okay, but I certainly would suck at it. Sports would be okay, too....except knowing this quiz, I'm sure there would be too many questions about cricket and soccer.

Gunnar, you just have to remember that each bowler throws one over, and that bodyline bowling almost caused a diplomatic incident, and you'll do fine with cricket.

You can dump animals if you like. Make one General Knowledge more difficult. But NO SPORTS!!!!!!! Make music harder, maybe?

Happy May everybody. Bridgier made it 3 in a row in April. Somebody better step it up! I would do it myself but I am obviously too scatterbrained to even remember to play every day, let alone pick the right answers. Here's the top 10 for April:

Apr 11

48 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (516 points, 4 wins)
2. ingride (490 points, 2 wins)
3. snorkie (445 points, 3 wins)
4. emeney3 (443 points, 8 wins)
5. benjamaniac (425 points, 1 wins)
6. GunnarE (409 points, 2 wins)
7. mrsdoodlepunk (367 points, 2 wins)
8. andersonska (349 points, 0 wins)
9. bigdave (339 points, 1 wins)
10. Lilly1 (332 points, 2 wins)



And here's the category lineup for May:

Our Category Schedule:
Sunday: Science & Technology 3 : Difficult
Monday: General Knowledge 6 : Very Difficult
Tuesday: World Trivia 2 : More Difficult
Wednesday: History 2 : Intermediate
Thursday: General Knowledge 5 : Difficult
Friday: Religion 2 : More Difficult
Saturday: People 2 : More Difficult

"People" on Saturday I just kind of threw in at the last minute. If you recall we talked about Saturday being a day for lighter topics. If it sucks I promise you won't be stuck with it for 6 months. I will make a point of having this discussion again at the end of May.

Thanks for playing everybody.

Sorry I was too busy with branding to post that Ingrid E. broke Bridgier's 3 month winning streak and came out victorious in May.

May 11

47 players played during the month.

1. ingride (565 points, 5 wins)
2. Bridgier (509 points, 6 wins)
3. benjamaniac (449 points, 5 wins)
4. mrsdoodlepunk (430 points, 2 wins)
5. GunnarE (413 points, 3 wins)
6. bigdave (383 points, 1 wins)
7. snorkie (380 points, 0 wins)
8. Lilly1 (349 points, 2 wins)
9. SsquaredDesign (319 points, 2 wins)
10. smudge (307 points, 0 wins)

What does everyone think of the new categories? Seems to me that the game has gotten quite a bit more difficult with the changes. Not necessarily a bad thing but it's different.

I miss the Music category but it certainly is more challenging.

What does everyone think of the new categories? Seems to me that the game has gotten quite a bit more difficult with the changes. Not necessarily a bad thing but it's different.

Well, I would like more religion

Some days (not tuesdays), I think the test has it out for me personally.

Couple days late posting for July but Bridgier makes it 2 months in a row.

Jul 11

39 players played during the month.

1. Bridgier (462 points, 3 wins)
2. ingride (440 points, 2 wins)
3. GunnarE (410 points, 5 wins)
4. mrsdoodlepunk (404 points, 2 wins)
5. snorkie (378 points, 2 wins)
6. benjamaniac (367 points, 2 wins)
7. phile71 (338 points, 1 wins)
8. emeney3 (335 points, 3 wins)
9. havrezooks (299 points, 0 wins)
10. smudge (290 points, 1 wins)

How do people feel about the harder questions? It doesn't seem to have changed the leader board a whole lot but we do have fewer people playing than we did previously. I don't know if that has to do with the difficulty of the quiz or not.

What is hard for one is likely easy for someone else. Over the week I think the chance to win is pretty balanced. I say leave it alone for now.

Edit: It would be nice to have question that were in English and not French.

[This message has been edited by Richard Bonine, Jr. (8/2/2011)]

I agree with Richard. I think its great that you don't see a dozen or so scores of 10 anymore.

While I stink at some categories (Religion and Science/Technology), I don't mind them, as at least you never see many perfect scores in them.

I'm on the fence about the newer categories. I'd sure like the Music category back, if only because I do well there. {I don't miss the animal category.} But I guess overall it's ok.

Personally, I prefer "9 out of the last 13" to "Two in a row".

Now, the real question is, how many of these will I have to win before my opinions on topics sundry and diverse begin to receive the deference that is their due?

Probably not until you stop writing like a pretentious wanker.

Ah. For Wendy then: How many of these do I have to win before you people shut up and start agreeing with me?

I agree with you most of the time.