General knowledge quiz winner scores 7 out of 10
The second general knowledge tournament quiz resulted in a winner with 7 out of 10 correct answers, according to circulating calculations. A disqualified question affected the final standings.
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General knowledge quiz winner scores 7 out of 10
The second general knowledge tournament quiz took place on Sunday, February 8 at 10:00 PM simultaneously for all registered participants. Four topics: sports, popular folklore, games, and video games. Eighteen participants. And a result that stung: according to circulating calculations, the winner scored 7 out of 10, the third place scored 6, and from there down, almost everyone failed. The final classification, after correcting a disqualified question, left Lemmy is God at the top with 17,129 points, trinc by Manero (15,553) and Viva Bankia (15,059).
The format was demanding: Kahoot!, access via private link at 10:00 PM, five minutes courtesy for latecomers, and an estimated duration of 10 to 20 minutes. Registered participants received a message at 9:50 PM asking if they were ready. Those arriving late were excluded. The mechanics were flawless. The problem was the content.
What questions were included and why one was disqualified
The quiz covered sports, popular folklore, games, and video games. Among the questions that remained in collective memory, one about the Madrid dog, another about Holy Week, and another about El Rocío. The latter, according to comments, was tricky. There was also a question about the English opening that was disqualified after review.
The correction was not straightforward. The organizer detected an alleged error in the count: wrong answers seemed to be added as correct ones. "Damn, what a scare", he wrote after realizing the problem was with reading the report, not calculation. The answer to question 1 was attached to the score of answer 2, and so on throughout. The final classification, with question 2 corrected, hardly changed.
The winner did not want to repeat and ended up as plan B
The tournament rules are merciless: whoever wins, writes the next quiz. Lemmy is God took first place and, therefore, the obligation to prepare the third. But things got complicated. Cancelar, who had eleventh place with 11,258 points, volunteered with a devastating argument: "The number one scored 7/10. The third scored 6 and from there down almost everyone failed, meaning the difficulty is extreme".
The organizer accepted the relay and Lemmy is God remained as plan B. "If in the end you cannot write a quiz tell me as soon as possible", he warned. The tension between winning and having to work hung in the air.
The bell curve no one drew
The sharpest criticism came from statistics. Cancelar requested a bell curve to assess the real difficulty of the quiz. His thesis: if the first scores a 7 and the third a 6, the exam does not measure general knowledge, it measures endurance. "If you like this stuff and say good quiz I offer myself voluntarily to make one when you say", he added.
The organizer's response did not take long: "Do you base the evaluation of a quiz on the success of participants? If you like, next time I ask what tonalidad the Real Madrid wears, or how many grapes are eaten at midnight". The exchange left an open question: is a difficult quiz a bad quiz or a demanding quiz?
Those who missed it and those who want to repeat
The quiz remained open until Friday at 8:00 PM for anyone who wanted to do it independently. Several participants who could not connect on Sunday asked to be added to the list. One of them admitted missing the appointment. Another, who had already participated, joked about entering with another nickname.
The final classification, with 18 participants, left Lemmy is God at the top, Manero second, and Viva Bankia third. The three received congratulations. The rest, failures and some excuses. "Half the questions I answered by guessing", admitted Viva Bankia. Lemmy is God, more honest: "Three or four I got right by luck".
The tournament continues. The third quiz is in the hands of Cancelar, who promises general knowledge. If he keeps his word, the bell curve will take another shape. Or not.
The second general knowledge tournament quiz took place on Sunday, February 8 at 10:00 PM simultaneously for all registered participants. Four topics: sports, popular folklore, games, and video games. Eighteen participants. And a result that stung: according to circulating calculations, the winner scored 7 out of 10, the third place scored 6, and from there down, almost everyone failed. The final classification, after correcting a disqualified question, left Lemmy is God at the top with 17,129 points, trinc by Manero (15,553) and Viva Bankia (15,059).
The format was demanding: Kahoot!, access via private link at 10:00 PM, five minutes courtesy for latecomers, and an estimated duration of 10 to 20 minutes. Registered participants received a message at 9:50 PM asking if they were ready. Those arriving late were excluded. The mechanics were flawless. The problem was the content.
What questions were included and why one was disqualified
The quiz covered sports, popular folklore, games, and video games. Among the questions that remained in collective memory, one about the Madrid dog, another about Holy Week, and another about El Rocío. The latter, according to comments, was tricky. There was also a question about the English opening that was disqualified after review.
The correction was not straightforward. The organizer detected an alleged error in the count: wrong answers seemed to be added as correct ones. "Damn, what a scare", he wrote after realizing the problem was with reading the report, not calculation. The answer to question 1 was attached to the score of answer 2, and so on throughout. The final classification, with question 2 corrected, hardly changed.
The winner did not want to repeat and ended up as plan B
The tournament rules are merciless: whoever wins, writes the next quiz. Lemmy is God took first place and, therefore, the obligation to prepare the third. But things got complicated. Cancelar, who had eleventh place with 11,258 points, volunteered with a devastating argument: "The number one scored 7/10. The third scored 6 and from there down almost everyone failed, meaning the difficulty is extreme".
The organizer accepted the relay and Lemmy is God remained as plan B. "If in the end you cannot write a quiz tell me as soon as possible", he warned. The tension between winning and having to work hung in the air.
The bell curve no one drew
The sharpest criticism came from statistics. Cancelar requested a bell curve to assess the real difficulty of the quiz. His thesis: if the first scores a 7 and the third a 6, the exam does not measure general knowledge, it measures endurance. "If you like this stuff and say good quiz I offer myself voluntarily to make one when you say", he added.
The organizer's response did not take long: "Do you base the evaluation of a quiz on the success of participants? If you like, next time I ask what tonalidad the Real Madrid wears, or how many grapes are eaten at midnight". The exchange left an open question: is a difficult quiz a bad quiz or a demanding quiz?
Those who missed it and those who want to repeat
The quiz remained open until Friday at 8:00 PM for anyone who wanted to do it independently. Several participants who could not connect on Sunday asked to be added to the list. One of them admitted missing the appointment. Another, who had already participated, joked about entering with another nickname.
The final classification, with 18 participants, left Lemmy is God at the top, Manero second, and Viva Bankia third. The three received congratulations. The rest, failures and some excuses. "Half the questions I answered by guessing", admitted Viva Bankia. Lemmy is God, more honest: "Three or four I got right by luck".
The tournament continues. The third quiz is in the hands of Cancelar, who promises general knowledge. If he keeps his word, the bell curve will take another shape. Or not.
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