General knowledge Quiz

Rendair · 03-23-2008, 10:57 PM

Hey all

I am creating a online general knowledge website that i hope will have a lot of questions on it for a University Project. Please can you sign up to the current holding website

Untitled Document Click the Sign up Its Free Button to sign up

Please add as many questions as you like. Also answer the few questions that are currently on it and get your points up.

Thank you in advance for your help.

DeMo · 03-23-2008, 11:37 PM

The ajax part of the site is a little problematic.
I clicked to play the quiz and it told me I was not logged in, so I created an account and logged in and when I clicked to play again it loaded the same page telling me I wasn't logged in.

So I logged in with another browser and started taking the quiz. At some point I clicked again in "General Knowledge Quiz" and it brought me the first question again, I answered it and scored the points. Now if I keep clicking in "General Knowledge Quiz" it always shows the first question and I answer it and get the points.

Probably has something to do with caching.

Rendair · 03-23-2008, 11:48 PM

The quiz itself is random the questions are randomly selected and because there are not that many questions yet. The chances of it picking the same on 3 times in a row is high. Please fill free to add questions to help solve this problem

. I understand the Ajax problem and i am currently fixing that.

thanks for the reply

DeMo · 03-24-2008, 03:05 AM

When I said the question repeats was also because of the Ajax problem. Everytime I click to play the game it would bring the first question I did (cause that was probably cached) and I could answer it again over and over.

Alan @ CIT · 03-24-2008, 09:35 AM

Fun little quiz - Ajax worked ok for me with IE7. Kept getting the same questions over and over though so it got pretty easy in the end

Also, for the question "How many planets are there", it has the wrong answer - it thinks there are 8, when infact there are 9

Alan

Rendair · 03-24-2008, 10:34 AM

Na there are only 8 planets now as pluto is no longer a planet and is not classified as a "Ice Dwarf".

Alan @ CIT · 03-24-2008, 10:39 AM

Nasa still calls it a planet so I still say the Quiz cheated me out of my points

Alan

Rendair · 03-24-2008, 12:56 PM

As you can see that website is very old looking lol

Pluto (pronounced /ˈpluːtoʊ/, from Latin: Plūto, Greek: Πλούτων), also designated 134340 Pluto, is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Originally classified as a planet, Pluto is now considered the largest member[6] of a distinct region called the Kuiper belt.

Minor planet
category dwarf planet

There is a difference

If you if u consider it a planet there are other ones that also should be considered so infact it would be like 11 or 12 planets so either way your wrong

Alan @ CIT · 03-24-2008, 01:10 PM

"Minor Planet", "Dwarf Planet" - all I see is "Planet"

Alan

Rendair · 03-24-2008, 01:13 PM

The term dwarf planet was adopted in 2006 as part of a three-way classification of bodies orbiting the Sun.[3] This classification states that bodies that are large enough to have cleared the neighbourhood of their orbit are defined as planets, while those that are not massive enough to have acquired a round shape are defined as small solar system bodies. Dwarf planets come in between and have been called by some astronomers as "something that looks like a planet, but is not a planet"

If you check this out aswell it will clearly say 8 planets under the image

2006 definition of planet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gareth · 03-24-2008, 02:53 PM

Alan, it is not a planet mate :)
Nice quiz Rendair!

ETbyrne · 03-25-2008, 01:44 AM

I'm getting a Page not found error when I try to answer a question. And yeah, they classified Pluto as a dwarf.

Nor · 03-25-2008, 04:22 PM

Ajax won't load.

Rendair · 03-29-2008, 10:02 PM

I have made a Facebook version http://apps.facebook.com/mypubquiz and have updated the website. For those who are interested