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Guide by papa posted 4 months ago
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Hello Fanpoppers. By now you may have noticed a nifty new feature was rolled out this afternoon. It's the Fanpop Pop Quiz, a way to test your knowledge of all sorts of arcane trivia from movies, to music to hamsters.

Before diving into the details of the game, I want to send out a hearty THANKS to the Fanpop team. In particular, a big prop to Michael who put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this feature.

I'd also like to thank all the great beta testers who helped us test and refine the feature for the past month. Finally, a thank you to Fast Icon - the site that provided the nifty default icon sets for the spot pop quizzes and superquiz.

Now onto the nitty-gritty...the specifics about the quiz.

Playing the Quiz

You can play the quiz in one of two ways.

1) The Super Quiz

The superquiz is the ultimate test of fanpopper knowledge. Superquiz pulls questions from the full spectrum of topics on the site. Each question will tell you what topic and channel it's about. Just start answering questions to start racking up points and winning virtual prizes. If you run across a question you don't want to answer, you can simply click the "skip this question" link to get a new question.

You can also use the filter in the right column of the superquiz ("show questions for") to only display questions from a specific channel (e.g. movies) or to only display questions from subjects you are subscribed to.

A small module on the lower right side of the page will display your superquiz progress (how many points you've scored, how many questions asked and what your current prize is).

2) Individual Pop Quizzes

If you want zero in on a specific topic, we also feature pop quizzes for each fan club (spot). So for instance, if you wanted to play The Office Pop Quiz, just go to The Office Fan Club and click the "quizzes" link below the spot banner (there is also a module on the right side of each fan club homepage that will allow you to start playing).

Spot-specific quizzes have their own leaderboards and prize sets (see the small module in the lower right column of the spot quiz pages).

Making Quiz Questions

To make a quiz question you will need to go to the Fan Club's quiz and click the "add a question" link or button.

When creating a question you must:
* Ask a question
* Enter at least 2 possible answers
* Select the correct answer

Optionally you may:
* Add an image
* Embed a video
* Add images for each of the possible answers
* Add some short trivia about the question

You have some limited editing capabilities once you publish a question, but it's best to make sure that you have spelled everything correctly and have made the question and answer factually correct before posting.

Additionally, here are some other tips for making good questions:
* Play the quiz in the fan club before posting new questions. This way you can avoid making duplicate questions.
* Avoid subjective questions (e.g "Who do you like better?). Subjective questions should be posted as picks.
* Avoid questions that are time-specific or can be rendered incorrect by events in the future. For instance: "What's the highest grossing British film of all-time?". A better question is "As of 2007, what's the highest grossing British film of all-time?". For TV shows that are still airing, a question like "How many seasons of One Tree Hill"? is also a bad idea (until the show has concluded).
* Avoid vague questions: "Who did John kiss on tonight's episode?" is ambiguous if John kisses someone in every episode. A better question would be "Who did John kiss in the season 3 episode, 'The Hunted'"?

Reporting Quizzes

If you see an inaccurate, inappropriate or badly worded quiz question, you can flag it or contact the Fanpop team.

Quiz creators do have limited ability to modify their questions after they are made, however we have curtailed these options in order to prevent any abuse.

Note that in some instances, the Fanpop team will need to delete questions in order to be fair to the people participating in the game. If this happens, feel free to repost a corrected version of the question.

Leaderboard & Prizes

As you gain points by playing the quiz, you will notice that you gain new "prizes". View the default prize list

We have also made some "custom" prize sets for certain pop quizzes (should be out shortly) :-)
* The Office
* Lost
* Harry Potter
* Movies
* Europe
* Star Wars
* Disney

If you have ideas or want to make a custom prize sets for other spots, feel free to message me.

The superquiz leaderboard as well as individual spot leaderboards allow you to compare your performance against other fans.

You can view leaderboard info for:
* vs. all-time leaders
* vs. friends (people you are a fan of)
* quiz makers

Odds & Ends

A few other items of note:
* There's a new prop type for the quiz questions
* Profile page includes scores for all your individual quizzes (example)
* Profile page includes all your quiz contributions (example)
* You can also view a list of the popular quizzes on the site

That's it for now. But as always, we'll be planning to improve the feature as time goes on. So don't hesitate to drop be a line if you have any feedback!
I imagine I won't last on the leaderboard for very long now that everyone is playing ;-)
29 comments
user photo dave said:
Michael worked very hard on this new feature so be sure to give him a prop thanking him for it everyone! We're super excited about Pop Quiz and hope you guys love it!
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo misanthrope86 said:
I love the Quiz feature! Great job to all involved in it's creation!
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo maybeastarbucks said:
I'm so overwhelmed with happiness that I've been bouncing all over Fanpop, making some quizzes, taking some, propping, and things. Great feature. =)
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo em_em said:
I'm loving the quiz feature!!!
I love ansering the questions nd making up new ones!!!
WOOP WOOP!!! :D
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo harold said:
Ah, crap. This duplicates most of my Fanpop User Guide article on the Pop Quiz.
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo tushtush said:
Woo! Quizzes galore!
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo waldorf said:
Oooh! I already love this.
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo tiz said:
I just relized yesterday night... I'm in solid 64th place..lol.. so watch out. :D
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo heatherlian said:
woh really need to study hey u give me a book for this
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo Michellebob said:
It was such a cool surprise to log on today and tadah!! New Feature!! :) love it
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo ToastedRabbits said:
I wish I hadn't discovered this feature so late last night! I was so happy, this was a GREAT addition to the site! Well, I'm off to go make some quizzes and such. <3
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo Jennifer1985 said:
This new feature's just awesome! Thank you so much : )
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo oblix said:
i only just noticed it about an hour ago , how observant am i
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo blubberlove said:
Thanks for this feature.
posted 4 months ago.
 
user photo dramallama56 said:
Love this feature. TONS. Okay real question: Does making these sorts of questions contribute to your medal-points? Like will I become a dedicated fan from submitting questions? Just wondering
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo michael said:
Yes they do. Contributing good questions will help you work towards your fanatic medals.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo dramallama56 said:
Excellent. Thanks Michael.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo EclecticFan said:
thanks... i noticed it 2 days ago and figured .. i had simply missed the tab completely for the past couple of months in which i have been fanpopping... i'm am glad i now know i am not senile
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo eiten said:
thanks!
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo cutemimi said:
Thank you for this cool new feature!!!!!!
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo tubby2002 said:
it is an awesome feature...and great article
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo aholic said:
I love it. It's kinda cool that one of the spots I've made has a special prize list :D

EDIT: Forgot the D in the smiley.
posted 3 months ago.
last edited 3 months ago
 
user photo DrowningMyFear said:
Pop quiz is awesome! Thanks! =D
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo Saul_Mikoliunas said:
Awwww beta testers!! I gave somebody a prop for the quiz questions but then I was told it was still "top secret" and I was confused because I thought everybody had it =D This makes MUUUUUCH more sense now =D Excellent feature. The fanpop four are awesome! Yay!
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo ineedcoffee said:
just was going through my spots and catching up and read this, I know a little after the fact but wanted to say thanks and good job!
Nice surprise for me to I went away on vacation at the beginnig of June and came back 2 weeks later to the quizzes and became addicted...lol
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo greedo said:
so addicting!
posted 2 months ago.
 
user photo Cammie said:
Love the quizzes. Great article papa.
posted 2 months ago.
 
user photo bojoe66 said:
sup
posted 2 months ago.
 
user photo megloll14 said:
yo yo dude
any 1 go to a high skool in leyland?

posted 17 days ago.
 
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