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Hello. At long last, it's time for the second go-around of the HawaiiThreads Trivia Game (or "ZZ's Revenge," as some might call it). Beginning October 1 and running through to the end of the month, we'll play a daily game of trivia, following the same rules as in our first game.
With one new twist.
There will still be one, two, or three questions per day, but occasionally, one of these questions will be something submitted by the people playing or observing the game! Here's how it works:
I'll accept trivia questions at my email address only, not in my HawaiiThreads private mailbox. They may be on any subject, but preference will be given to questions that:
I don't particularly care if the questions are too easy or too Google-able; I like the questions to span a wide range of difficulty.
Here's what's in it for you:
If I select your question, you will score 1 point for it if at least two people get it right. Otherwise, you get no points. This encourages people to submit questions that are doable, but not total cakewalks. Total cakewalks are still okay--they just mean everyone gets a point.
Please don't get upset or offended if your question isn't chosen. You're always free to run your own trivia game; the month gets long and 'though the aim is fun, I need it to be fun for me, too, and being pressured to run questions that don't particularly interest me isn't much fun! You may submit as many questions as you like.
Send them to mitchell@mitchellkdwyer.net beginning today and until the end of October.
I urge those of you who didn't play in the first game to read the rules as presented in the link above. There will again be (small, but nice) prizes as before. Don't worry, helen. I haven't forgotten that you haven't received your prize yet!
Let the trivia fly.
With one new twist.
There will still be one, two, or three questions per day, but occasionally, one of these questions will be something submitted by the people playing or observing the game! Here's how it works:
I'll accept trivia questions at my email address only, not in my HawaiiThreads private mailbox. They may be on any subject, but preference will be given to questions that:
- Don't sound like they were taken from someone else's trivia game (please, don't raid your Trivial Pursuit games for this),
- Don't skew too heavily in favor of older people (there will be plenty enough of those),
- Distinguish themselves in some way from other trivia questions, either in inventiveness or subject matter,
- Are worded in a manner that leaves little room for misunderstanding or alternate answers, and
- Make me say, "Oh, cool!"
I don't particularly care if the questions are too easy or too Google-able; I like the questions to span a wide range of difficulty.
Here's what's in it for you:
If I select your question, you will score 1 point for it if at least two people get it right. Otherwise, you get no points. This encourages people to submit questions that are doable, but not total cakewalks. Total cakewalks are still okay--they just mean everyone gets a point.
Please don't get upset or offended if your question isn't chosen. You're always free to run your own trivia game; the month gets long and 'though the aim is fun, I need it to be fun for me, too, and being pressured to run questions that don't particularly interest me isn't much fun! You may submit as many questions as you like.
Send them to mitchell@mitchellkdwyer.net beginning today and until the end of October.
I urge those of you who didn't play in the first game to read the rules as presented in the link above. There will again be (small, but nice) prizes as before. Don't worry, helen. I haven't forgotten that you haven't received your prize yet!
Let the trivia fly.
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