TheSkySearchers

Hi quiz fans,
It looks like Ray is busy this month. I hope he doesn't mind. I had a go at setting a quiz of my own for some of my friends so I thought I'd share it with all of you.

It's really quite hard and time consuming creating a quiz. I can now understand why he doesn't do one every month and I appreciate his efforts all the more. Sorry, no science fiction. It's not my wheelhouse. Not sure how hard/easy you'll find this. Go easy on me, this is the first time I've tried something like this.

Enjoy:-
https://tinyurl.com/2p8w4yxz

Joe

Good one! I had to rely on some lucky guesses to get 15/20. Thanks.

KathyNS wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:28 pm Good one! I had to rely on some lucky guesses to get 15/20. Thanks.

Well done.

Ray is taking a bit of a hiatus in developing and posting quizzes. He also shares the quizzes that appear here on an email newsletter sent by the East Bay Astronomical Society every month. Thanks for picking up the slack Joe!

Oh, for shame 13/20 after 20 on the last one, back to school.

Steve

I loved the quiz. And I grateful, Joe, that you took the trouble to put one together.

BABO

BABOafrica wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:57 am I loved the quiz. And I grateful, Joe, that you took the trouble to put one together.

BABO

Thanks Joe,
I have put a second one together which I'll post in a few weeks for July & August. I'll be travelling, going to a 9 day star party in Qld so won't have time.
Interesting, the first took me many many hours spread over several weeks. The second took me about 2 hrs today. Hopefully, I'll get quicker.

Joe

10/20 here. I guessed on a few and got them right! Otherwise, I was nearly stumped.

A fair 12/20 from me.
I should definitely have thought harder about some, but one was reliant on information that you're not likely to know, no matter how much you know.

Gfamily wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:19 pm A fair 12/20 from me.
I should definitely have thought harder about some, but one was reliant on information that you're not likely to know, no matter how much you know.

Fair comment.

The longest year question was a question I heard on a talkback radio quiz. I knew the answer. I must be a time geek.
I thought it was challenging but did not realise how hard it was until 8/10 got it wrong. Seems like everybody guessed one of the 5 answers.

It was my first attempt setting a quiz like this and I was trying to have a mix of easy and hard questions. Will try to make the hardest questions easier next time.
Joe

OzEclipse wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:51 am

Gfamily wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:19 pm A fair 12/20 from me.
I should definitely have thought harder about some, but one was reliant on information that you're not likely to know, no matter how much you know.

Fair comment.

The longest year question was a question I heard on a talkback radio quiz. I knew the answer. I must be a time geek.
I thought it was challenging but did not realise how hard it was until 8/10 got it wrong. Seems like everybody guessed one of the 5 answers.

It was my first attempt setting a quiz like this and I was trying to have a mix of easy and hard questions. Will try to make the hardest questions easier next time.
Joe

That would be appreciated here at least !

17/20.

Good quizz.

Nice quiz, Joe. Thanks for filling in. 17/20 here. The last one was a total guess, which I missed. Think I'd know better have lived through the last half of the last century - and I did use the calculator where you said we could!
Bob

Anonymised result statistics. See how many got it right and wrong!