General Culture Tournament: 15 Questions, 20 Players

General Culture Tournament: 15 Questions, 20 Players

The 10th quiz of the general culture tournament took place on Sunday, April 6, at 22:00 sharp. Fifteen questions. Between 10 and 20 minutes per round. Twenty participants registered for a simultaneous Kahoot that started with a five-minute grace period for latecomers. The format is unforgiving: late arrivals are excluded. The winner was not the one with the most correct answers, but the one who best combined accuracy and estimulante ilegal. Autótrofo took first place with 70% accuracy and 18,290 points. Von_Rine, with 63%, came second with 17,672. The difference between them: 618 points. Less than the cost of a coffee.

The standings: percentage is not everything

Kahoot’s scoring system rewards estimulante ilegal as much as accuracy. That is why Veloci finished third with 70% accuracy but 17,208 points, below Von_Rine, who answered less correctly but faster. Lemmy es Dios, with 63% and 16,821 points, missed the podium. Elvis de Galp, fifth, with 16,480. The table extends to the 20th place, occupied by Wuan with 30% and 6,595 points.

There is a surprising detail: Manoliko answered 53% correctly and finished 13th with 12,533 points. Below sinosuke, who answered the same percentage but scored 13,933. Estimulante ilegal again. And some argue that the format favors those who read quickly rather than those who know more. Against this is the argument that general culture includes mental agility.

Why did some questions generate controversy?

The first question of the quiz was, according to several participants, a deliberate trap. “The first question is a bit tricky and I went along, but it serves to stay alert,” noted the winner. HArtS admitted falling for it: “You’re not the only one. That happens to me for not reading all the alternatives.” The quiz author, who signs as cancelar, defended his cunning: “He who warns is not a traitor.”

Beyond the first question, there were complaints about the wording of some statements. Lemmy es Dios maintained that “some questions are poorly worded and hard to understand”. Ignadaptado agreed. Vorsicht, however, attributed it to an excuse: “It’s not sporting to try to mask ignorance.” The debate about the clarity of the questions is not new in the tournament, according to participants, although it has improved with the editions.

The organization problem: no one wants to write the next one

The tournament has a recurring bottleneck: finding volunteers to write each quiz. Carmen Martinez garcia declined the task citing physical and psychological personal issues. Ignadaptado exempted her in exchange for a commitment to write the first quiz of the next edition. Elvis de Galp, who was to be next, also dropped out: travel and work. His proposal was an Easter break and returning the trinc Sunday at Easter Sunday. Ignadaptado accepted.

The day’s anecdote was left by the quiz author himself, who offered to help write the questions for the next one: “I can help by writing the questions.” A gesture that, coming from someone who just closed the 10th quiz, has its humor.

What is at stake in the next edition?

The next quiz will be on Pure Sciences: Astronomy, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Chemistry. Ignadaptado has already provided the tutorial to write it. The Easter break leaves two weeks of margin. And the current standings place Autótrofo as the undisputed leader, with Von_Rine and Velici close behind. The question that remains: will anyone be able to take first place from a winner who already warned that he planned to “win by a landslide”?