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Quizmaster:
It's the most popular forum game about most popular answers! Just like a zombie, we're back from the dead, and no one saw it coming!

The Quizmaster account is always run by a normal forum member; it's merely to keep game-related private messages sorted apart from normal private messages.

How to play
   
* Anybody may play! Freely drop in and out after each round.
* Look near the end of the thread for the most recent round.
* Send your answers to the Quizmaster by private forum message.
* As long as the Quizmaster hasn't announced the round is closed, you may change your answers by sending another private message with a new complete set of answers.
* Your scores are tallied across all questions for the round. Highest total wins!
* Questions may have Standard, Inverse or Special scoring. See below for descriptions of how each one works.
* After 5-7 days, the Quizmaster will reveal and score everybody's answers. Until then, please don't discuss your secret answers.
Scoring - Standard Questions

The goal on standard questions is to have the same answer as as many other people as possible. It does not matter if your answer is actually valid or not.

For each answer, you get (number of people that gave your answer) / (number of people that gave the most popular answer). Example for "Name a pet" with 14 players:

5 players said "capybara": worth 5/5 points = 1 full point.
4 players said "cat": worth 4/5 points = 0.8 points.
3 players said "dog": worth 3/5 points = 0.6 points.
2 player said "truck": worth only 2/5 points. It does not matter that no one would actually have a truck as a "pet", only how many other people named the same answer.

Subclass rule: When all As are Bs, but not all Bs are As, then A and B are entirely separate answers. E.g., "oak" and "tree" are separate answers. It's part of the game to decide how specific you want to be. But synonyms are lumped together as one answer.

Scoring - Inverse Questions

The goal on inverse scoring questions is to have the rarest valid answer. It is customary for the Quizmaster to inform players if their inverse-scoring answers are invalid, and provide ample time for players to provide a new answer.

For each answer, you get (frequency of least-common valid answer that was given at least once) / (frequency of your answer) points, provided your answer is valid. Should your answer be invalid, it scores zero. Example for "Name a Lemmings 1 skill" with 14 players:

5 players said "builder": worth 2/5 points (least frequent valid answer was given twice) = 0.4 points.
3 players said "miner": worth 2/3 points = 0.666~ points.
3 players said "basher": worth 2/3 points = 0.666~ points.
2 players said "digger": worth 2/2 points = 1 full point.
1 player said "glider": worth nothing, as Glider is not an L1 skill.

It is important to note that in inverse-scoring questions, "backroute" type answers will generally be either deemed invalid, or treated as their closest valid equivalent. To continue the same example, "Exploder" would either be rejected or counted as the same thing as "Bomber", even though some ports genuinely do call it that.


Scoring - Special Questions

Special questions will have their own method of scoring, which will be described as part of the question.

Note that special questions are often less "questions" and more full-blown minigames.

-- mystery Quizmaster

Quizmaster:
(This round is closed. Instead, look near the end of this thread for the current round!)

Without further ado, here are the questions for Round 1!

Standard-Scoring Questions
1. Name a level from DOS Lemmings (orig only) that requires saving 100%.
2. Name a pizza topping.
3. Name a chocolate bar.
4. Name a NeoLemmix level pack.
5. Name a forum game other than Family Feud.
6. Name a character from The Simpsons.
7. Name a brand that makes smartphones.
8. Name a device you might plug into your PC.
9. Name something you have eaten today.
10. Name a species of parrot.

Remember, for these questions, your goal is to get the most common answer. It does not matter if your answer is factually correct or not - though being factually correct usually helps.

Inverse-Scoring Questions
11. Name one of the eight planets in our Solar System.
12. Name one of the continents on Earth.
13. Name one of the ranks in Oh No! More Lemmings! (DOS version).
14. Name a former President of the USA.
15. Name one of the countries that make up the United Kingdom.

Remember, for these questions, your goal is to get the least common valid answer. Your answers must be factually correct / fit the question as appropriate.

Special-Scoring Questions
16. Guess how many people will enter this feud. Scoring:
  +1.0 if correct
  +0.5 if off by 1
  +0.0 if off by 2 or if you do not answer this question
  -0.5 if off by 3
  -1.0 if off by 4 or more

17. Guess what the highest score any player will have, excluding this question, will be. Scoring:
  +1.0 for any guess within 0.5 of the correct score
  +0.5 for any guess within 1.5 of the correct score
  +0.0 for all others or if you do not answer this question

Quizmaster:
This is a heads up that, as the pace of new entries has greatly slowed now, I will be wrapping this up and calculating the results in around 24 hours (give or take).

607:

--- Quote from: Quizmaster on February 26, 2021, 05:58:53 PM ---This is a heads up that, as the pace of new entries has greatly slowed now, I will be wrapping this up and calculating the results in around 24 hours (give or take).

--- End quote ---
I hope I will be in time with my entry! (will make it in about 30 minutes) I will check the forum more often now that Family Feud is on again. :thumbsup:

Quizmaster:
I am closing entries at this point. Results will be calculated and posted shortly.

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