February 2024 Quiz is open

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Re: February 2024 Quiz is open

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Current average score of 16 attempts is 44.
@KathyNS @pixelsaurus and @Bigzmey all tied for first place on 60%.


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Re: February 2024 Quiz is open

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OzEclipse wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:07 am
carastro wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:44 pm 40%
Can't believe the Australian's picked that name. lol
That’s a fair call but I have just two words for you, “BOATY MCBOATFACE” 🤣🤣🤣 :lol: :lol:
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OK 80%, with a couple guesses, and the sci-fi one that I missed that I should have got since I recently re-watched it.

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60% here - not the 100% I have grown accustomed to, but I'll take it! :)

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Re: February 2024 Quiz results

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Congratulations to Steve Bodin. Steve won the February quiz with a score of 80% or 8/10.
Second place was a four way tie on 60%, KathyNS, Bigzmey, Pixelsaurus, and BobHarmony.

The mean or par score was 47%

Congratulations and thanks for playing!

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Standby for the March quiz....a solar eclipse themed quiz.

Cheers

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Re: February 2024 Quiz results

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OzEclipse wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:17 am Second place was a four way tie on 60%, KathyNS, Bigzmey, Pixelsaurus, and BobHarmony.
Did my 60% not count? (Hurt, I'm hurting! 😭)
(Not really 🙂)
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Gfamily wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:46 pm
OzEclipse wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:17 am Second place was a four way tie on 60%, KathyNS, Bigzmey, Pixelsaurus, and BobHarmony.
Did my 60% not count? (Hurt, I'm hurting! 😭)
(Not really 🙂)
Sorry,just an oversight. I will fix it. Joe
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Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, Hand Made 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, Coronado PST
Binoculars: Celestron Skymaster Pro 15x70, SV Bony SV202 10x42ED
Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push Dobsonian with Nexus DSC, 3 ATM EQ mounts.
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Re: February 2024 Quiz results

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OzEclipse wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:35 pm
Gfamily wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:46 pm
OzEclipse wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:17 am Second place was a four way tie on 60%, KathyNS, Bigzmey, Pixelsaurus, and BobHarmony.
Did my 60% not count? (Hurt, I'm hurting! 😭)
(Not really 🙂)
Sorry,just an oversight. I will fix it. Joe
No need
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Re: February 2024 Quiz is open

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Corrected results
Apologies for the error. I must have been asleep at the wheel and omitted the results of three people who played between Feb 1-5. One person didn't attempt the quiz, the other two were Astrobee who scored 50% and GFamily 60%.

I have to track results manually. The forum gives me a full copy of the completed quiz of each person. So if 30 people play, and each result is a 2 screen scroll, I have to scroll down the equivalent of about 60 screens. As a result, I try to collect the results as they come in so that I don't have a big job at the end of the month.

If people go into the quiz page but don't answer any questions, I still see their entry. I don't count their zero score in the average. Each members first attempt is the only one that counts. So if someone launches the quiz, times out with a zero score, then comes back a second time, they get a score but they are not included in the friendly competitive scores that I accumulate and plot.



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Congratulations to Steve Bodin. Steve won the February quiz with a score of 80% or 8/10.
Second place was a five way tie on 60%, KathyNS, Bigzmey, Pixelsaurus, GFamily and BobHarmony.
2024 FEB RESULTS copy.jpg
The mean or par score was 48%

Congratulations and thanks for playing!

Standby for the March quiz....a solar eclipse themed quiz.

Cheers

Joe



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Joe Cali (OzEclipse)

34 South - The Hilltops Observatory
Hilltops region, Young, New South Wales, Australia. [148E, 34S]


Amateur astronomer since 1978.....Web site :http://joe-cali.com/.....Total & Annular Eclipses Observed:18
Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, Hand Made 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, Coronado PST
Binoculars: Celestron Skymaster Pro 15x70, SV Bony SV202 10x42ED
Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push Dobsonian with Nexus DSC, 3 ATM EQ mounts.
..............Losmandy Starlapse, Vixen Polarie and Skywatcher Star Adventurer compact trackers.
Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5.
Cameras : ZWO ASI2600MC, Pentax K1, K5, K01, K10D / VIDEO CAMS : TacosBD, Lihmsec.
Cam/guider/controllers: Lacerta MGEN 3, SW Synguider, Simulation Curriculum SkyFi 3+Sky safari
Memberships The Sky Searchers (moderator); Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section.
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