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Title: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Ali on Sat 29/11/2014 13:20:39
Hello!

At this year's AdventureX (http://www.screen7.co.uk/adventurex/) next weekend, I'm going to be hosting some kind of Adventurer's Tavern (Pub) Quiz about adventure games.

But, to keep the questions from being all about games I've played, I thought I'd ask for contributions from the AGS community.

Categories (so far):
- Golden Age Classics (Quest for Glory, Curse of Monkey Island etc.)
- 21st Century Adventures (Syberia, Machinarium etc.)
- Indie Gems (A Tale of Two Kingdoms, Resonance etc.)

I'd love some suggestions for both questions and categories. Please help, or it'll just be me asking, "seriously, how good is Riven?" over and over again.

-Alasdair
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: CaptainD on Sat 29/11/2014 13:28:03
Category suggestions:
- Name the adventure game character from the description
- Name the adventure game from its Kickstarter description

I'll PM you some questions for the other categories later. :wink:
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Azure on Sat 29/11/2014 13:45:20
Which death is from which Sierra game? 8-)
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Haggis on Sat 29/11/2014 14:06:16
Got to have a music round.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Ali on Sat 29/11/2014 16:37:00
These are all brilliant! A music round & name the death are both great and thanks for PMing some excellent ideas, Captain D.

Any more ideas I can steal and pass off as my own hard research?
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Haggis on Sat 29/11/2014 20:23:38
You could have a "Which character said this line of dialog?" round - not sure how easy/hard/evil you're going to be so whether you give them the title of the game it came from, or a multiple choice list of characters to choose from is up to you.

You could do a picture round? Suggestions being the a) blur or remove an object / character from a screenshot and ask what has been removed b) name the game the background location is from? In fact this would work with anything - name the game the character is from or simply name the character.

Lastly, to be ultra difficult, I don't know if you'll have handouts or if it will all be on screen but these are always fun - http://www.scopper.co.uk/quiz/quiz3ans.html
e.g. Give M with C to D P P = Give Meat with Condiment to Deadly Piranha Poodles
Problem is they are usually hard so people would need time to review them - when I've seen them used it's usually handed out at the start as an 'inbetween round' filler which is collected at the end of the quiz.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: CaptainD on Sat 29/11/2014 21:56:50
Maybe a Cryptic Clue (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=51059.msg636501489#new) round? :-D
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: on Sun 30/11/2014 01:50:15
And a "name 3 other ginger people" round? (laugh)

PS. Birkey doesn't count.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Stupot on Sun 30/11/2014 15:13:17
All good pub quizzes have a dingbats round.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Ali on Sun 30/11/2014 22:14:27
Do you mean like Catchphrase (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v5wclnKU4Q)? "Say what you see..."?
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Haggis on Sun 30/11/2014 22:17:41
Is it sad that I'm actually going to watch the whole episode...

classic TV.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Ali on Tue 02/12/2014 15:55:34
So far I've got a pixel hunt round, a music round and a growing ream of questions. I'd welcome more question submissions, if anyone has any ideas. Added bonus: if you're coming to AdventureX, I will have no mechanisms in place to prevent you answering your own questions. More chances to win the prize*!

*There may or may not be a prize.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: CaptainD on Tue 02/12/2014 16:05:21
I demand that mechanisms be in place!  Not necessarily to prevent people answering their own questions... just, mechanisms of some sort.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Ali on Tue 02/12/2014 16:30:52
All right, I'll bring a whisk. That's a mechanism, right?
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: on Tue 02/12/2014 17:17:46
Ideas: Get people to name a writer/specific role of an obscure title? Someone in the back of the audience might be able to. Maybe a "developers and publishers" round or something. Who founded Cryo Interactive. I have no idea, but someone does. They might be in the back of the audience. If I get the chance I'll dig up some of the old Mittens quiz questions, I know I've got some of them lying around. Would be funny if someone heard their own question again. Probably someone sat at the back of the audience.

Thanks for doing this Ali! 8-)

PS. Karma bit back on my previous post (kind of). A. Birke will join you on a panel. Spooky! ;)
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Stupot on Thu 04/12/2014 15:47:40
How about a picture round where you have a character made up of different parts of ten or different game characters. So Guybrush's left leg, George Stobbart's hair, April Ryan's Right eye, Nelly Cootalot's patch etc. 1 point for each guess and 5 bonus points for whoever can get all ten. Or whatever works best with your scoring system.
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Ali on Thu 04/12/2014 15:55:13
So far I have good amount of on-screen rounds:

Mystery Music - guess a game from the intro.
Pixel Hunt - spot the game from a small segment of background.
Odd One Out - Spot the odd one out from adventure game characters, inventory items etc.

I could use some more straight questions, though. M0ds, if you have any Mittens questions lying around I'd be glad to incorporate them!
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: CaptainD on Thu 04/12/2014 18:56:54
I'll send you some more Q&A.  It's probably the only way I'll get a decent number of correct answers... and even then, I'll probably forget the answers to my own questions! (roll)
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: on Tue 09/12/2014 09:06:41
Damn some of those were tricky! Didn't even know what iMuse stood for... But glad I got the point for the Pleurghburg question :) Quiz was a lot of fun, pixel hunt was hilarious - thanks for all your help Ali - great job! :)
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: CaptainD on Tue 09/12/2014 09:07:51
I don't suppose you could make an interactive online version for those of us who had to miss it?! :shocked: :cool: :tongue: :grin: :cheesy:
Title: Re: Crowdsourcing Quiz Questions for AdventureX
Post by: Ali on Wed 10/12/2014 01:27:25
I don't have time for an interactive version. But feel free to test yourself on the visual rounds:

(http://i.imgur.com/yVxt5f1.jpg)

Pixel Hunt (Name the game)

(http://i.imgur.com/4XDdxY3.jpg)
Spoiler
King's Quest 1:
(http://i.imgur.com/QVVwCgh.jpg) (http://imgur.com/QVVwCgh)
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/U7mN8CT.jpg)
Spoiler
The Whispered World:
(http://i.imgur.com/50vAwhJ.jpg)
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/6Oj21CC.jpg)
Spoiler
The Curse of Monkey Island:
(http://i.imgur.com/ptYKGXu.jpg)
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/OV2kRiL.jpg)
Spoiler
Beneath a Steel Sky:
(http://i.imgur.com/w4MPTUv.jpg)
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/DPEysI8.jpg)
Spoiler
Puzzle Agent:
(http://i.imgur.com/mtC3Vph.jpg)
[close]

Odd One Out

(http://i.imgur.com/TwlsYjo.jpg)
Spoiler
Rincewind. All the rest have died and been resurrected. Rincewind tricks a mortician into thinking he is dead.
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/zIv4X6Z.jpg)
Spoiler
The Hill Valley Clock. All the rest have travelled through time. It measures time.
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/DgDiNuu.jpg)
Spoiler
Mo Corley. All the rest travel by train. She rides motorcycles.
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/IzRzFcO.jpg)
Spoiler
The Wolf Among Us. The rest are based on novel series. It's based on a comic.
[close]


Christmas Song Rebuses

(http://i.imgur.com/QgODrZY.jpg)
Spoiler
Silent Knight.
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/hWqi08J.jpg)
Spoiler
We Three Kings.
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/1F9uwIY.jpg)
Spoiler
Fairytale of New York.
[close]

(http://i.imgur.com/FF4dXy5.jpg)
Spoiler
I saw mummy kissing Santa Clause.
[close]