Show HN: My retired dad and I made a daily, somewhat difficult, quiz

35 points
1/21/1970
2 days ago
by steinvakt2

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prewett

I like it. It would be nice to know why the other answers are wrong, if you get a question wrong. Maybe something like a short explanation under the wrong answers in a small font? I got the Hundred Years' War wrong, saying 1320. I had the right thought that it was England-France (judging from Wikipedia), but apparently there was a different conflict in 1320, and it would be nice to know which one, so that I can learn from the mistake.

2 days ago

steinvakt2

Definitely something we will consider!

2 days ago

vunderba

Nice job. I noticed you had a question related to the Hundred Years’ War. One of my favorite gotchas is to ask someone, “How long did the Hundred Years’ War last?”

2 days ago

zem

follow up with "how long did the thirty years war last

2 days ago

firebot

That's the one I missed. I recall it was around 1300-1400... I guessed the wrong one. But 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

2 days ago

JohnnyLarue

Citations needed. I refuse to believe Pärt gets more airplay than Glass.

a day ago

steinvakt2

https://news.err.ee/1609925000/estonia-s-arvo-part-remains-w... I guess it should have been worded "performed" instead of "played".

a day ago

8bitsrule

Trick question: World's oldest university in continuous operation is different from the 'oldest'. Otherwise, the university of flint tools is the oldest.

a day ago

kofd

It's nice, looks clean, and good questions. Wouldn't have minded having five rather than three!

2 days ago

steinvakt2

Thanks a lot. I'm afraid five questions is too much for most people and that they'll avoid coming back. Also, creating almost 100 high quality questions per month (30x3) is actually a bit of work. But thanks for the feedback. We will consider it.

a day ago

kofd

Totally get that, and it was more an expression of me being eager for more. :)

a day ago

stevohj

3/3 quite a nice clean design. Was hoping for archives, but then noticed this post was from today.

2 days ago

steinvakt2

Its been running for some months. New questions every day of course. Sometimes related to the season. Such as Easter questions during Easter. Glad you enjoyed

2 days ago

evilos

Fun, I was only confident in one answer but got lucky with a 3/3.

2 days ago

walkersutton

Why “kviss”?

a day ago

steinvakt2

Its the Norwegian word/pronunciation of "quiz".

a day ago

unixhero

Fun questions!

2 days ago

BizarroLand

Very nice! I got lucky guessing the hundred years war question, 3/3 on my first go.

I'll deffo check in from day to day.

2 days ago