Wikinews talk:World News Quiz/Archive 3

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February 6, 2011

 * Quiz set by Rayboy8.


 * 4/5 ...which sounds reasonably good if you don't know that the one I got wrong, I reviewed. --Pi zero (talk) 02:05, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Got lucky with the snowstorm, lost out to the Beeb. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 3/5 I see it as a reasonable score.--Colonel Battaleaxe (talk) 02:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

January 23, 2011

 * Quiz set by yurtletturtle


 * 4/5 The strikers got me. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:51, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 3/5 Sometime during the quiz hiatus I seem to have gotten out of the habit of PAYING ATTENTION. Good quiz.  --Pi zero (talk) 13:20, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

January 16, 2011

 * Quiz set by Rayboy8.


 * 2/5 --Pi zero (talk) 20:02, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 3/5 ~YTT T 21:27, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

January 4, 2011

 * Quiz set by Yurtletturtle


 * 4/5 Good quiz. --Pi zero (talk) 13:49, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * 3/5 -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 22:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

December 24, 2010

 * Quiz set by Yurtletturtle


 * 3/5 missed the last two. I used to pay better attention; I think I've gotten sloppy during the hiatus in quizzes.  --Pi zero (talk) 14:26, 26 December 2010 (UTC)


 * 3/5 for me 90.200.233.212 (talk) 16:06, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

December 18, 2010

 * Quiz set by Yurtletturtle


 * 5/5 Good quiz. Luckily I have followed most of the stories to an extent. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 12:51, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 - Good quiz. I enjoyed doing poorly on it (no, I'm not being sarcastic).  --Pi zero (talk) 08:27, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Thanks for creating a new World News Quiz. I enjoyed it a lot. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 11:08, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Nice quiz. Got the last question wrong. Bobby122   Contact Me   (C)  16:11, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Enjoyed the quiz. Nice idea. ΦAbhaiΦ (talk) 10:15, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Damn you Royal Mail --RockerballAustralia c 10:32, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 I was £50,000 out on the Assange bail question. I hate the number ones. Good quiz, BTW. Δεν δοδγε  Tinsel\Christmas! 00:33, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

October 29, 2010

 * 5/5 - Exceptionally easy even for someone who'd been in a cave all week :) BarkingFish (talk) 23:05, 3 November 2010 (UTC) (29th october update)
 * 2/5 - First time I've been on this page. Glanced at RC, didn't really pay attention to any news items. :| TelCo  NaSp Ve :|  08:16, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Pi zero (talk) 10:54, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Albacore (talk) 21:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 -- I got Q5 wrong by picking tornado. Matthewedwards (talk) 03:02, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5. That is all. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 17:08, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --AVRS (talk) 18:31, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

October 24, 2010

 * Quiz set by Bobby122


 * 5/6 --Pi zero (talk) 12:24, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/6 --Diego Grez return fire 13:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/6 Aroni125 (talk) 05:10, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/6 -- Got questions 1 and 4 wrong. Matthewedwards (talk) 00:10, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 6/6 - and I wasn't even here the last week :) Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:53, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/6 --AVRS (talk) 18:27, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

October 20, 2010

 * Quiz set by Mono and Bobby122


 * 8/8 Booyah! I had to guess on Q6 and 7. Matthewedwards (talk) 02:21, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 8/8 for me too, setting the last part of the quiz helped me out. Bobby122   Contact Me   (C)  03:09, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 6/8 --Pi zero (talk) 11:42, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/8 --Diego Grez return fire 13:44, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

September 27, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88.


 * 2(?)/5 - the answer set for Q3 was not right; I think I set it correctly, but at any rate, it's different than it was. --Pi zero (talk) 21:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * There always seems to be a bug in Q3; anyway, sorry about the bugs, I type these up fast. --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 01:48, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

September 18, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88. A couple hard questions.


 * 1/5 You know which one I got right --Diego Grez return fire 01:37, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - There was a bug in Q3, which I fixed. --Pi zero (talk) 15:56, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 I had no clue about the school. I did review two of the ones I got right. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

September 13, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88. For the 7th time in a row.


 * 1/5 - D'oh! --Diego Grez return fire 02:16, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - I've corrected the answer to Q2. Missed Q5.  --Pi zero (talk) 12:03, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/5 Kenrick talk 05:43, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

September 6, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88. Unfortunately late, but I was taking a wikibreak.


 * 3/4 -- Ugh! --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 03:33, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/4 - I knew the name of the film. --Pi zero (talk) 13:23, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/4 -- but two of those were pure luck. This week's quiz was evil!  Thanks for setting it. --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/4 -- Got Q1 and 3 wrong. How did you manage to get a question wrong in the quiz you set? lol! Matthewedwards (talk) 20:01, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/4 -- Missed the first one. — Mike moral  ♪♫  20:07, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

August 23, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88. A little late, but tried to make it hard.


 * 2/5 -- I was sure about the two I got right, and completely unlucky with the other three.-—Elekhh (talk) 08:14, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 --Pi zero (talk) 21:46, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/5 -- Got the eggs question right. Haven't been around much this last week so I didn't read the other stories. Matthewedwards (talk) 22:35, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 Missed this first two. — Mike moral  ♪♫  22:51, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 Can't believe that I missed the one on the article that I wrote. red  - thunder  .  13:08, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

August 11, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88. Typed up quiz in a hurry, sorry about the typos. :0


 * 5/5 --SputniK 79 (talk) 15:37, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 21:34, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - that's after I adjusted the answer to Q4 in the quiz to match the article. --Pi zero (talk) 22:55, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 -- got the last two wrong. Matthewedwards (talk) 23:39, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 0/5 -- So un lucky this time... :( Kenrick talk 15:37, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5. It's impossible to remember the names... Of the 4 articles mentioned in the quiz I only read two so it's not surprising. :) Kayau (talk &middot; contribs) 15:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

August 5, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88. Wrote this one too early; however I'll be writing later in the future.


 * 8/8 Rishi. Got it all.
 * 4/8 --Pi zero (talk) 14:41, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/8 just by luck (again) Kenrick talk 15:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

August 2, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88. Tried to make this week's quiz harder than the previous ones I wrote up.


 * 3/6 --Pi zero (talk) 17:41, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/6. -- I only got the Chevy Volt and Elmendorf AFB questions right! :( Matthewedwards (talk) 19:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/6. --Patriot8790 (talk) 12:41, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/6 Kenrick talk 15:38, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

July 28, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88.


 * I don't know what's wrong with the template, or what I did wrong. The quiz is not turning out correctly, so can someone please find out what little thing is missing. --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 01:32, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed the section header. --Pi zero (talk) 02:51, 29 July 2010 (UTC)


 * 6/6 - in perfect contrast to my score time before last (0/5). --Pi zero (talk) 02:51, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 6/6- of course. --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 14:05, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I would hope so. You wrote them :p Matthewedwards (talk) 01:47, 30 July 2010 (UTC)


 * 4/6. I thought 120 boats for Q2, and I said Glenn Beck for Q5. Matthewedwards (talk) 01:47, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

July 18, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Tyrol5.


 * 4/5 --Pi zero (talk) 18:50, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 - Just by luck - Kenrick talk 15:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - EdoDodo talk 16:32, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

July 11, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Shankarnikhil88.


 * 3/5 Wrong guesses on IMF and NBA Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:04, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 / 5 --Patriot8790 (talk) 12:48, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5, got questions 2 and 5 wrong. - EdoDodo talk 08:21, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 the wub "?!"  08:39, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 Kenrick talk 15:38, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

July 6, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Tyrol5.


 * 2/5 - I'd have liked the second question better if its answer had been clearer in the article. Numbers usually aren't as interesting as other sorts of questions.  --Pi zero (talk) 15:20, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 -- I missed the last two. Guessed the Aussie Rules Q. -- Matthewedwards (talk) 23:49, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 0/5 - too bad... Kenrick talk 09:00, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Missed Russian murder. Guessed foreign sport. Note that the exact charge against the Argentine President may well be some special flavour of murder, and so that may also be a correct answer. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:05, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

June 30, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:C628. Apologies for delay.


 * 3/5 Never would'ave gotten money laundering. Wild guess on US politician. Knew the others. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:07, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 Knew the US politician, had forgotten the European oil companies (sadly insular of me). --Pi zero (talk) 22:36, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 missed the oil companies, the journalist and the spy one. Griffinofwales (talk) 00:07, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 Kenrick talk 09:01, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

June 15, 2010

 * 4/5 - missed the Apple one. Griffinofwales (talk) 00:23, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - missed the South Korea one. --Pi zero (talk) 22:52, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 missed the iPhone one, and had a lucky guess on the liftoff thingy. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:06, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - missed the iPhone one (I answered "iPhone4".. hahaha), and had a lucky guess on the earthquake. Kenrick talk 15:06, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

June 1, 2010

 * Quiz set by user:Tempodivalse. Sorry there was no quiz last week.


 * 5/5 --Griffinofwales (talk) 00:39, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 --Pi zero (talk) 05:41, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 I could do better... Thank you, --Patriot8790 (talk) 14:21, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Three. — μ 14:40, June 9 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 Benny the mascot (talk) 13:48, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

May 16, 2010

 * Quiz set by user:Tempodivalse. Tried to make it interesting ...


 * 4/5 Interesting, challenging. I enjoyed this.  --Pi zero (talk) 11:43, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Got the last one wrong. On a separate note: Might wanna check and see if the UK also closed its embassy; I know it thought about it but I don't recall if it happened. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:50, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * BRS, you might want to double-check your score, as the quiz scored question 5 incorrectly (now fixed) --InfantGorilla (talk) 12:07, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * TY Gorilla Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:28, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry folks. :( Just my luck I forgot to check the last question. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:58, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

2/5 Infringement153 (talk) 04:50, 29 May 2010 (UTC) catastrofe Ilija.milcinoski
 * 4/5 Pmlineditor discuss
 * 3/5 - Missed Q2 & Q5. Griffinofwales (talk) 22:15, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! AquaTeen13 -- Talk To Me!
 * 3/5... intresting
 * 5/5 despite not having read any of the articles... hooray for lucky guesses! Bencherlite (talk) 10:09, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

May 9, 2010

 * Quiz by Diego Grez; they are quite easy. It's my first quiz ;)

I got them all right!!!Alexmoorehead42 (talk) 18:14, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 :) Mike  moral  ♪♫  23:33, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Hehe. --Diego Grez return fire 23:41, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Pi zero (talk) 00:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Irunongames  •  play  00:30, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Got the last one wrong. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:31, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - Got the one about the flood wrong. Griffinofwales (talk) 00:38, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Benny the mascot (talk) 01:09, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 Kenrick talk 15:14, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

May 2, 2010

 * Quiz set by C628.


 * 5/5 Griffinofwales (talk) 19:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Has anyone noticed that Algeria is listed twice on #5? A p3rson (talk) 19:58, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No, I had not, but fixed. Griffinofwales (talk) 20:06, 2 May 2010 (UTC)


 * 5/5 Benny the mascot (talk) 20:21, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5, most were easy but i forgot the first one. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:24, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Pi zero (talk) 22:08, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5. Tjc6 (talk) 02:44, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 There was celebrity "news"... Mike  moral  ♪♫  02:53, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 I wasn't paying attention to the news...Lamb99 (talk) 02:47, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Forgot the 3rd one. --Diego Grez return fire 00:38, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 Kenrick talk 15:15, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

April 25, 2010

 * Quiz set by user:Tempodivalse. Tried especially hard to use entertaining questions this time around.


 * 5/5 Benny the mascot (talk) 01:53, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Griffinofwales (talk) 01:54, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Bawolff ☺☻ 01:55, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 -- Mike moral  ♪♫  02:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Pi zero (talk) 03:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Pmlineditor discuss 08:00, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 -- the wub "?!"  10:09, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 -- HaroldWilson&#39;sWar (talk) 18:02, 25 April 2010 (UTC) One of the easier quizzes
 * 1/5 -- Bad.... Kenrick talk 05:53, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 -- Anthony talk 12:33, 02 May 2010 (GMT + 10)

April 18, 2010

 * Quiz set by user:Tempodivalse. I had some difficulty coming up with really interesting questions, but tried to avoid numbers as much as possible.


 * 4/5. Couldn't correctly answer the last one. Pmlineditor discuss 09:10, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5. The one number didn't bother me, as it was only one, and it did seem a fairly important number (though I did get get it wrong; ten billion euros here, ten billion euros there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money). --Pi zero (talk) 13:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Missed the question about the euros. Benny the mascot (talk) 13:19, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 -- Mike moral  ♪♫  00:05, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Definitely some guesses though -- Mark Hurd (talk) 18:10, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - nice quiz -- Kenrick talk 09:14, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5, atleast got passing marks.Raynu.sharma (talk) 07:55, 21 April 2010 (UTC)raynu
 * 4/5 Wasn't sure about the Canadian MP scandal HaroldWilson&#39;sWar (talk) 17:04, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Didn't get question 5, and I have to admit that my answer to 4 was a lucky guess. the wub "?!"  20:14, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5. Missed question 4. Griffinofwales (talk) 00:18, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

April 11, 2010

 * Quiz set by <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk].


 * 4/5 --Pi zero (talk) 02:53, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 Bleh, not so good. — Mike moral  ♪♫  03:30, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 -- Benny the mascot (talk) 04:08, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Quite a surprise though. Pmlineditor discuss 08:04, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 -- Always get bad marks... Kenrick talk 04:56, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5—pretty good, considering I haven't seen or read any news this week (and spent much of it in Paris, where English-language news is hard to come by). <em style="color:blue">Δεν <em style="color:red">δοδγε  τ\c 15:34, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Unexpectedly...HaroldWilson&#39;sWar (talk) 08:05, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

April 4, 2010

 * Quiz set by Mike  moral  ♪♫


 * 3/5, although i think you could have made it more interesting by adding more variety to the sentence structure, clarifying some things (i.e., who is Jerald terHorst? or Juana Bustamante?) and perhaps using less obscure things like "antigenic drift". Just a suggestion though. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  02:55, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/5 Kenrick talk 03:28, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 --Pi zero (talk) 04:27, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5. Pmlineditor discuss 08:19, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 Benny the mascot (talk) 21:09, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

March 21, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.

5/7 I got #5 right;however, I think it's not good taste to ask questions about Wikinews itself Cristixav (talk) 14:37, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/7 I didn't like question 5. I think questions should be about newsworthy events, not Wikinews itself. --Joel7687 (talk) 00:21, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 although, i'd prefer if some of the questions were more specific (i.e. "On what day within the last week did a double attack, killing at least seven people, occur?" doesn't make much sense when taken out of context like that). <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  00:39, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/7 That's what I get for not making WN:PEs. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  01:21, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 --Pi zero (talk) 03:18, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/7 -- Kenrick talk 02:09, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 7/7 -- Adam Rusak talk 12:18, 28 March 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.195.179 (talk)
 * 5/7... I got the Iraq one wrong although I wrote it, fail. Pmlineditor discuss 08:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

March 14, 2010

 * Quiz set by Tempodivalse.


 * 3/5 Didn't know 4 or 5. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  04:36, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5... I can't believe it... I didn't read any news article on Wikinews last week (I just read the title) Kenrick talk 07:29, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Got the Brazil one wrong. Pmlineditor discuss 07:53, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - pretty good considering I have hardly read any news stories this week. BTW, what's up with the typos and grammar in this one? <em style="color:blue">Δεν <em style="color:red">δοδγε  τ\c 09:23, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What typos? I don't see any there, and the grammar seems ok ... <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  14:57, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Last time I checked, "maintenanced" wasn't a word (I think you mean "maintained"). "unhealthy amounts of exhaust" also sounds slightly dodgy to me - perhaps "fumes" should be added to the end. <em style="color:blue">Δεν <em style="color:red">δοδγε  τ\c 18:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, noted about the "maintenanced" thingy, that was presumably a typo (i was a bit tired yesterday, not sure what was going on there). The "exhaust" sounds okay though. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  19:39, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The "exhaust" one is borderline, I'd say. I just generally don't use "exhaust" as a noun to mean the fumes. <em style="color:blue">Δεν <em style="color:red">δοδγε  τ\c 22:29, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Yes! There was one question which I wasn't very sure about but I managed to get all of the questions right. And nobody else did! (Sorry if I am boasting just a little bit...) Rayboy8  ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 12:23, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Guessed 4 based on stereotypes of the U.S. and Brazil. --Pi zero (talk) 18:40, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah. I'll just er...keep quiet in the future then, shall I? But well done to you Pi zero! -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 19:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


 * 5/5 Good Questions!!! --S'RA is here —Preceding comment was added at 07:05, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

March 7, 2010

 * Quiz set by Tempodivalse.


 * 3/5 good quiz. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5. Missed number 5. Good quiz. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  03:57, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - Makes the day shorter or longer ? I hate this kind of choices... Kenrick talk 08:18, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Got the last one wrong. Good quiz! -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 09:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5, I got the airline one wrong. the wub "?!"  16:45, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Missed number 3. --Pi zero (talk)
 * 5/5 Looks like I followed WN this time. Pmlineditor discuss 08:53, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

February 28, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 4/7 --Pi zero (talk) 01:15, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 7/7 :-b Been keeping up with the news better this week, was fairly confident I'd gotten all of them right. Side note, one of the quiz answers is incorrect, i fixed it. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  01:36, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoops! Sorry about that. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 13:42, 28 February 2010 (UTC)


 * 5/7 : nice layout on this page... Kenrick talk 13:50, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 -- <font style="color:Purple">Pmlineditor     <font style="color:#50C878">∞    12:22, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

February 21, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 4/7 <em style="color:blue">Δεν <em style="color:red">δοδγε  τ\c 00:31, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 -- Mike moral  ♪♫  00:33, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Missed numbers one and four. Nice quiz! <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  01:29, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Nice quiz! --Pi zero (talk) 01:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Got question 1 and 3 incorrect. Bidgee (talk) 02:22, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Why there is not questions about "Tiger Woods" ??? -- Kenrick95 (talk) 14:55, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Good quiz, I got 1 and 5 wrong. HappyUser4 (talk) 07:07, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 7/7 Great quiz. Guessed on two of them though.

February 14, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 3/7 I thoroughly enjoyed this quiz (even though I tanked).  --Pi zero (talk) 02:47, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Benny the mascot (talk) 03:05, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/7 <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  03:23, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/7 ; 新年快乐 恭喜发财; Kenrick95 (talk) 09:31, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/7—I knew The Beatles one and the one about the dead Olympics competitor, and guessed the rest. I enjoyed the quiz, I just haven't been paying much attention to the news recently. <em style="color:blue">Δεν <em style="color:red">δοδγε  τ\c 14:11, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Just a guess but got question 3 and 5 wrong! Bidgee (talk) 10:39, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

February 7, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 7/7 With some luck. Sorry I haven't posted my score for a while. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:05, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7, 3 and 4 were wrong. Not so good this time and I haven't been following the "celebrity" news as much. But the quiz is still rather number-heavy. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  16:12, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/7 Got all and only the numbers wrong, opposite of two weeks ago. --Pi zero (talk) 16:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * more than half these questions rely on numerical answers. I think that's a bit of a cop-out in formulating a quiz; too many people will not remember such details exactly, and the quiz should be more on interesting details. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * 3/7 -- caused by luck. I don't know all of these news... Kenrick95 (talk) 04:16, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/7, and I wrote one of the ones I got right =P. Too many of the answers were numerical, and I find such questions difficult to answer, as numbers are not particularly easy to remember. <em style="color:blue">Δεν <em style="color:red">δοδγε  τ\c 19:50, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

January 31, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Dendodge.

AquaTeen13 1/5 again?!? Man, I need to read the news!
 * 5/5, but only because I set the quiz =P <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 01:37, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 educated guess on the first one, others were fairly easy as i've been keeping up with the news this week. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  02:07, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 2/5 --Pi zero (talk) 03:34, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5; did you have to set a slightly controversial crime as the "not" answer? :P — μ 09:54, Sunday January 31 2010 (UTC)
 * For that one, I basically did a "where does my mouse stop" kind of thing for choosing the articles. There was no choice involved, really, more random chance. <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 10:13, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 11:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/5 I just suck, don't I? Pililoni - AKA Little Blue Penguin (talk) 22:30, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * My score is 4 / 5 : Caused by luck. I even don't know there is an earthquake in Peru (maybe because the news isn't published in Indonesian newspaper that I read)... :D ,....Kenrick95 (talk) 07:07, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

January 24, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 1/5 . I don't think i've ever gotten a score that low, only one right is the oldest dog question. If I may offer a suggestion, perhaps you'd like to be slightly less number-heavy on the questions next time? Right now four out of five questions are number-based, that doesn't make the quiz as exciting as it could be, imo. (btw, you beat me to it, Rayboy! I was going to write the quiz as soon as midnight struck, but i got distracted at the last minute.) <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  00:38, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 I'd rather get fewer right out of more non-numeric questions, though.  --Pi zero (talk) 01:10, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/5, Well, I failed... -- The New  Mikemoral  ♪♫ 01:36, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 This was my first quiz. Slipknot1 (talk) 22:59, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/5 I also failed... Kenrick95 (talk) 07:23, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1/5 I didn't like the dog anyways. — μ 12:52, Saturday January 30 2010 (UTC)

January 17, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.

AquaTeen13 Doggonit! I only got one right again! Even then I only guessed.
 * 5/7 missed 2 and 4. A bit number heavy though. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  13:31, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/7 missed all the non-earthquake numbers. Seems like the question about fighting between Islamic groups ought to say where.  --Pi zero (talk) 13:57, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/7 Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 15:42, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/7 :( Benny the mascot (talk) 04:30, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/7 missed 2 and 4 as well. Stupid numbers. 71.228.207.72 (talk) 06:51, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 / 7; oh nooooo... why I don't know all these news ??? I only correct at the Haiti earthquake & the biggest exporter question... Kenrick95 (talk) 12:54, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

January 10, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:Tempodivalse.

5/6 Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 00:24, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Pi zero (talk) 01:08, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 / 5 -- Kenrick95 (talk) 07:45, 10 January 2010 (UTC) (IDWIKI user)
 * 5/5 I think I was really lucky this time. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 20:52, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 3/5 - Benny the mascot (talk) 04:21, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

January 3, 2010

 * Quiz set by User:TUFKAAP.


 * 6/6 Most were easy, although I guessed on the last one as I never read the entertainment "fluff" :-p <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  01:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 6/6 Wow I can't believe that I got the Thailand one right, Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 22:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Missed the refugee question. Benny the mascot (talk) 01:36, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 5/6 Refugee question. --Pi zero (talk) 03:17, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/6 -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 10:21, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

December 27, 2009

 * Quiz set by User:Tempodivalse.


 * 5/5 The Nobel question gives the wrong answer. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:17, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Bah! I was sure I had everything checked, sorry. Now fixed, thanks for pointing that out. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  15:20, 27 December 2009 (UTC)


 * 3/5 – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 15:31, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 (missed the plane question) Benny the mascot (talk) 15:42, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 missed the prison sentence (the number I remembered wasn't an option). --Pi zero (talk) 16:13, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 1/5 I was unfortunate once again. I thought I knew the answers to these questions as well. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 10:42, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 Cocoaguy talk‽contribs؟ 00:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - I got confused with the top one; I saw "American" and "plane", and thought it referred to the explosives incident. <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 17:51, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

December 20, 2009

 * Quiz set by User:Tempodivalse.


 * 3/5 Benny the mascot (talk) 00:47, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5 ugh. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 00:53, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 0 1/5 :/ – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:42, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry guys. Did I make it too impossibly hard? I didn't have much imagination today. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  02:04, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 but it was a nasty one. --Brian McNeil / talk 02:10, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Appears to me the quiz is set up with the wrong number of inches of snow. --Pi zero (talk) 02:41, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I took a look at the article, and the answer is 20. I would have gotten it wrong either way, though. Benny the mascot (talk) 02:57, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Bah! It's just my luck that this is the one time I forgot to recheck the answers. My apologies for this error. If you answered 20 on the blizzard question, please give yourself an extra point. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  03:14, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, 1/5 now. :P – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:39, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5. --Pi zero (talk) 03:18, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - didn't get the volcano, and I had looked here first so I knew the snow one (I would have guessed twenty, though). <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 10:28, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 0/5. It was down to just sheer recklessness. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 23:48, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/5. Thats a first :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 21:17, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5, first two were correct. (→ Zachary ) 16:17, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5, Got everything except the volcano. -- <font face="Edwardian Script ITC"><font color="#F7A7A">Duc d' <font color="F7A7A">Atlantique  04:15, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3/5, the only ones I got right were the ones I created Cocoaguy talk‽contribs؟ 00:44, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

December 13, 2009

 * Quiz set by User:Tempodivalse. Hope it wasn't too easy or boring, I had difficulty coming up with interesting/challenging questions this time around. Feel free to add more questions, or change existing ones, etc. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  03:44, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * 4/5. Got that with a little thought, the Guinea one was my mistake, I simply could not remember any details of that. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:28, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5. Africa.  --Pi zero (talk) 18:14, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 What Pi zero said. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:21, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 1/5. Bit rubbish really wasn't it. Should've paid attention to the news more. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 12:21, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

December 6, 2009

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 4/7 Had to guess on a few. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  00:41, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 3/7 Rather number-heavy. --Pi zero (talk) 20:25, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Hadn't done one in a while, agree with Pi zero, far too many with numerical answers, that's taking the easy way out in making the quiz. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:17, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

November 29, 2009

 * Quiz set by Tempodivalse.


 * 3/5 Got 2 and 4 wrong. :( Benny the mascot (talk) 03:15, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 LHC question is dodgy, mind. It's not as simple as an electrical fault; there was a loss of coolant involved. Alternatively, there was a more minor thing recently, but that involved an electrical fire and (IIRC) a small explosion, causing mechanical damage. I gave myself that one as right. Guessed Woods right. Israel beat me. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:43, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Just to note, i rephrased the collider question to try to remove the ambiguity you described. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  16:17, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:20, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/5 --Pi zero (talk) 16:11, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - got the construction halt question wrong. <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 12:33, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - guessed wrong on the Israeli settlements. the wub "?!"  20:22, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5 - I pretty much guessed these. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) 17:28, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

November 22, 2009

 * Quiz set by Tempodivalse.


 * 4/5 - Guessed on 5, but my Guantanamo article showed up! Benny the mascot (talk) 01:53, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 - Missed 5. --Pi zero (talk) 03:30, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Guessed the ship, was fairly certain it would be the Maersk Something. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:03, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5. Guessed wrongly on 2 (I knew it was Maersk something), 3 and 5. the wub "?!"  11:29, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5, OK this time – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 05:14, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 3/5, but I guessed all of them except 1. <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 18:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

November 15, 2009

 * Quiz set by Tempodivalse.


 * 3/5 Benny the mascot (talk) 03:46, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 --Pi zero (talk) 13:37, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/5 :-D the wub "?!"  14:01, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/5 Guessed the chargers, knew the rest Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:14, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/5 I guessed on questions 4 and 5, but definitely knew the answers to the other questions. -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) 17:32, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

November 8, 2009

 * Quiz set by Tempodivalse.


 * 2/5 really dreadful - missed the first three. --Pi zero (talk) 15:58, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 2/5... oh dear! I got the coup and global warming questions right. the wub "?!"  09:33, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 3/5, missed the death and US automobiles. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 13:25, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * 1/5 :( Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:09, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

November 1, 2009

 * Quiz set by Juliancolton and Rayboy8.


 * 5/5 I either wrote or reviewed all of the articles the questions were about. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  02:52, 1 November 2009 (UTC) Still a perfect score, 7/7, after Rayboy's additions. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse  <font face="Georgia">[talk]  14:24, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


 * 3/7, and to think I wrote one of those as well Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:51, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


 * 5/7, missed 5 and 6 --Pi zero (talk) 21:29, 1 November 2009 (UTC)


 * 4/7, I only got the ones I guessed on right (with the exception of 1).... darn Marx01  Tell me about it 04:07, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

October 25, 2009

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 3/7 Bawolff ☺☻ 00:27, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/7 i didn't do so well today. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  00:38, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/7 missed 3 and 4 --Pi zero (talk) 04:30, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/7—got 1 and 4 wrong. <em style="color:blue">Den <em style="color:red">dodge  T\C 10:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 4/7 I was close but wrong on each of the numbers. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

October 18, 2009

 * Quiz set by User:Rayboy8.


 * 4/7 Surprisingly, got two of the numbers (Martino, quake); but missed Leona Lewis. --Pi zero (talk) 23:55, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 5/7 Missed 4 and 5. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  00:56, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * '''5/5 USED HAX! 211.30.147.170 (talk) 05:00, 18 October 2009 (UTC)


 * 1/7 Okaaaay, it looks like I've got a long ways to go before I can think myself as a good reporter -- AquaTeen13 (talk) 13:42, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 3/7 I didn't have a sodding clue Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:48, 24 October 2009 (UTC)