❓Steemit Quiz 2025 - Week 7
It was a quieter week this week with 17 questions asked. Will week 7 see some guest questions?
Week 6 Winner
It was a return to form for Two Shreks and Fiona (@bluelavender, @alexanderkass and @henryclive) (or should the team name now just be Two Shreks?) with a total of 7 correct answers. They hit a good run of 3 correct answers to sneak this week's victory from NO team who were ahead going into what turned out to be the last 3 questions.
We've had fewer questions this week - a combination of some taking slightly longer to answer and also a lack of inspiration on my part.
It's school holiday this week so it might be another slow week (or there'll be loads of questions as I seek distractions from colouring in and Marble Run)!
🏆 Congratulations to Two Shreks and Fiona who will share this week's beneficiary.
Overall Rankings After Week 6
Hopefully this table doesn't prompt another rendition of "We are the Champions" but if it does, then we have to accept that - over to you alexanderkass 😆
| Change | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| - | Two Shreks and Fiona | 33 |
| - | @pennsif (Solo) | 26.5 |
| - | NO team | 22 |
| - | Oops-a-lot | 18 |
| - | @disconnect (Solo) | 12 |
| - | @soulfuldreamer (Solo) | 3 |
| - | Others | <= 1.5 |
Question Tracker
To appear tomorrow once the questions begin!
I'm open to feedback about type of questions, level of difficulty and anything else as the quiz progresses. Please feel free to share your thoughts with me at any time.
Week 7: Question Tracker
✅ @chriddi (NO team)
✅ 0.5 @event-horizon (NO team)
Questions 4
🎭 Celebrity Numbers 🔢
In this round, each person can request the unmasking of any number (1 per 30 minutes), which will unmask a square on the image below.
You then need to figure out who the celebrity is!
1 point for each correct answer.
This time, ChatGPT gave me 3 random numbers to get us started!
Be careful though, receiving too many number requests could make things too easy for others to guess!
Updates will be made every 30 minutes until the celebrity is guessed - remember though, an incorrect guess will lead to a 3 hour wait!
Once the image is updated, you can request another number (even if you're on your 3 hour wait)!
Last update: 8pm (UK Time)
Next unveiling: 8:30pm (UK Time) - Please select your number before then.
This is Liberty from the cartoon Paw Patrol.
✅ @o1eh's here 🥳
NO team continues to dominate!
Well done! Teamplay works :-))
😃
SKYE from Pawl Patrol?
👎 It's Liberty. My youngest likes Skye the best. He likes pink.
Okaaaay…
Though… NO team… 😎
36 please
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Didn’t you see the current Wördel? Ups, NO excuses… 😉
Oh no! How did that slip past me? No point of listing it now because I took the remaining word 😉
Yes, great, welcome and good luck!
It doesn't matter that "we" aren't on the list. I'm an advocate of people who are really interested finding what interests them. They just have to pay close attention to what's happening (feeds, announcements...). I was just a little surprised.
The perfect moment to express my admiration for you: Wow (I watched "created" from #contest about two days for fun...)! How do you keep track of so much crap? Again: Wow!
I rely on lots of options! The fact that you watched for two days is awesome because I’ve been at it for 1349 days (and counting!) 🙈
I’m totally with you on following genuine interests 🥂
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I knew this would come up after my bedtime. No regrets though. 😝
Ah, I didn't think of that! After the last conversation, I had to go there!
Question 12
🧐 Odd One Out 🚫
All of the below teams are multiple Champions League winners, which is the odd one out and why.
You will only be awarded the point if you correctly identify the image and the reason.
Hint: I wouldn't have been able to ask this question last week.
Juventus Turin is the only team not qualified for the round of 16 in 2025 (lost play-off vs. Eindhoven yesterday).
Liverpool FC is set directly, while München (vs. Celtic) and Real Madrid (vs. Manchester) have won their play-off matches.
✅ That's the answer I was looking for. Juventus were knocked out by PSV.
I was going to use Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and Aston Villa but knew that Villa haven't won the Premier League so thought about different combinations that would lead to a single answer. There's never a single answer!!
At some point you realise that Wikipedia is old and reading the latest news is educational... ;-)
That doesn't matter. Otherwise the GPT experts would be right, right at the top...
Juventus has lost the Champions League final 7 times, which is more than any other team. Additionally, among all the listed teams, Juventus has won the Champions League only twice, the lowest number of titles among them.
👎 The answer's not related to Champions League wins / final appearances.
Juventus Turin (3) is the only club yet to win a Champions League title in this millennium (last win: 1996).
Wow
👎 The answer's not related to winning the Champions League title.
No. 3: No player scored a Champions League hat-trick in Season 2024/2025 for Juventus.
👎 The answer is not related to individual players
No. 4: Emre Can never played for Real Madrid, but for the others (Bayern München, FC Liverpool, Juventus Turin).
👎 The answer is unrelated to individual players, as Xabi Alonso could be an alternative answer for Juve.
Liverpool is the only team among the four to be banned for such a long period (six years) due to the Heysel Disaster (1985).
👎 That was so sad. The answer is not related to off the field activities.
Real Madrid have won the Champions League as many times as the other three teams combined.
👎 The answer isn't related to how many times each club's won the Champions League Trophy.
Liverpool FC (no. 1) does not fit.
Real Madrid, Juventus Turin and Bayern München are the record champions of their respective leagues.
Liverpool is not the record champion in England, but Manchester United.
👎 The answer is not related to their domestic leagues. But is specific to the Champions League.
At some point it gets very, very annoying to rummage through Wikipedia for topics you have no idea about...
Sh..., why did the good Lord give me so much (often somewhat misguided) ambition... ;-)
Ah, the answer for this question lives here on Steemit 🙂
Real Madrid (No.04) is the odd one out,
They are the only club of the four never to go out at the UCL group stage.
👎 That's amazing if it's true. Although that's difficult to validate this season, as the "group" was really a "league" and they failed to qualify in the top group.
Ah.. now I have to wait 03 hours! 😴 Sleepy sleepy! It's 12.30am for me.
Question 12 - Hint
I wouldn't have been able to ask this question last week.
Perhaps you mean the radical change of Juventus' logo.
The Juventus logo in the picture is outdated, while the others appear to match their current versions.
👎 I don't like it when teams modernise their logos! The answer's unrelated to logos or shirt sponsors.
Question 9
🧐 Odd One Out 🚫
From the 4 images below, which is the odd one out and why.
1 point for identifying the correct image and 1 point for the explanation.
Now that I have a 50/50 chance of getting one point, I assume the odd one is Top Left (the giant apple)
✅ The odd one out is New York (The Big Apple)
Picture 1 (New York, Big Apple).
Geographically, New York City is located on the East Coast of the United States, while Seattle, Portland, and San Diego are all on the West Coast.
✅ Correct!
3 on the West Coast (also linking back to a Week 1 question of Interstate-5). Only New York isn't.
Big Apple (New York City), Sleepless in "Seattle" and Chichen Itza (Mexico) have connections with America but the lighthouse Portland Bill is in England.
👎 You're on the right track... but you need to rethink one of the images and then it might become more obvious.
I guess it is the second picture (the red lady) because the others has to do with towers.
New York with towers (1st), the lighthouse (3rd) and the Empire State Building (4th).
👎 The correct answer is unrelated to towers...
Bottom left one (the lighthouse)
👎 It's not the lighthouse
Top right one.
While the rest of the images show real world places, the top-right one focuses on a Carmen Sandiego character.
👎 It's not the top right one - although you've correctly identified the game being played.
The 3rd picture with the lighthouse does not match the others.
Exclusion: The description of the picture is missing the word “big“. At least I think so… 😎Otherwise, I see “Big Apple,” a scene from the movie “Big” with Tom Hanks, and the video game “Big Red Adventure.”
👎 It's not the 3rd picture and the link isn't the word 'big'. Sorry!
Question 2
🕒 Sequences 🕕
Please identify the next item in the sequence;
B -- C -- N -- O -- ?
Note: 1/2 point for getting the correct item, 1/2 point for the explanation
F
F for Flourine.
Based on the atomic numbers of Baron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen.
✅ Correct again! Perhaps a bit easy after the Chemistry question 😉
Yes, the chemistry question before that (for which you didn't necessarily have to be an English chemist but rather a master of wordplay...) was my hint. I actually asked about the elements behind these letters. I quickly saw that the elements are next to each other in the periodic table...
Boron 5, Carbon 6, Nitrogen 7, Oxygen 8, Fluor 9
Das hört sich richtig an.
Du legst jetzt aber kräftig vor... :-)
Pssst, Quiz-Master is sleeping… 😉
A trip to the beach and then the park! The-little-gorillas are now watching Paw Patrol Mighty Pups so I have some time to think of another question 🥳
Ask questions about it and I have no chance...
Ha, but Möcki and Hira are parents, they could answer. After all, what are team partners for?
Question 3
🪙 Steemit 🪙
Ordered by number of Posts, what is currently the 5th Trending Tag on Steemit.
The tag "games".
✅ The person who reads my dev. updates 😆
NO doubts
#club5050
👎 Luckily, your teammate knew the answer 🙂
Luckily? A team is a team and skills are skills... 😎
I obviously misunderstood the question - so please don't think I don't read your articles...
I wondered if you'd looked at my interface. But that has something different too!
#steemexclusive
👎 moecki is correct with #games
The answer was in my latest dev update where I've fixed the /tags page: https://steemitdev.com/tags
Question 15 - Guest Question (@chriddi)
📚 Literature 📖
Which of these fairy tales doesn't fit with the others and why?
a) Hansel and Gretel
b) The Six Swans
c) Little Red Riding Hood
d) Snow White
Little Red Riding Hood (C)
This is the only story without an evil stepmother as the villain.
✅ That's correct! I didn't expect this to be solved so easily.
How did you find out so quickly?
I asked GPT several times (without telling it the answer and thus possibly training it), the machine's answers became more and more strange, but the stepmother I was looking for never appeared...
I asked it to give a summary of each story and plot twist while analyzing main characters. Then it was obvious! 😉
Ah, thank you. Of course I didn't think of that... 🤦♀️
Question 11
🕒 Sequences 🕕
Please identify the next item in the sequence;
McLaren -- Ferrari -- Red Bull -- Mercedes -- ?
Note: 1/2 point for getting the correct item, 1/2 point for the explanation
Aston Martin
Final standings of the Constructors' Championship in the 2024 Formula 1 season.
✅ Correct!
Question 5 - Ask a Friend
⚽ Sports 🏏
Ask a Friend
In this round, you cannot directly answer the question. you must tag any user who is not on your team (you can tag users from opposing teams). If the tagged user answers correctly, their inviter scores a point for their team.
Votes will be given to both the inviter and the friend who provides the correct answer.
Note: If you answer correctly on behalf of an opposing team, only the opposing team will score a point.
Example: chriddi invites henryclive to answer. henryclive answers correctly. Both chriddi and henryclive receive a vote. However, only chriddi’s team (NO team) scores a point.
❓ The Question ❓
Only one player scored a hat-trick in the English Premier Leauge at the weekend (15th/16th Feb). Not including this one, how many Premier League hat-tricks have been scored by players from the same country?
If you mean the country the footballer who scored a hat-trick you mentioned is from, then maybe there were 4 hat-tricks from that country, not including this one.
Okay, this way!
Yes, that is the answer I would have answered, too... 😉
Guessing together is okay, but we won't sing together, will we?... 🤪
If this is the correct answer, then I am glad I gave it to you 😉
Great!
My plan worked different but it worked... 😁
Let's wait for the Quiz Master's verdict, I'm still not sure if this is the correct answer.
Well, we know the country and we counted the hat-tricks.
He asked about the number of hat tricks, not the number of players. Then, well then... Let's irritate the opponents a little more... 😂
✅ That is the correct answer.
@chriddi (NO team) win a point.
What if the invitee deliberately doesn't answer correctly or answer at all?
Exactly 😉
After 3 hours, you can nominate somebody else.
You are naughty.
This is now a very stupid instruction for me. For me as a notorious Mention denier. In fact, I had just decided to mute all posts with unnecessary mentions (i.e. the person addressed is not paying enough attention...) as a NO-control. I think I'll stick to this plan - after all, I'm co-inventor and administrator of this community... 😎
Well, I'll deal with the question first. When I have the solution, I'll already know how to ‘get round’ your instruction. Trust me everyone, the idea is great... 😁
Oh, you don't have to worry. Nobody has been attentive enough to know that I know the answer. At least nobody has invited me yet. Or they are sneaky-pants because they don't want No Team to get the point... 🫣
You've thought that out really well... 😘
And now let me evaluate my Wördel - I want to go out again, the sun is shining!
Ah, but if somebody invites you and you answer correctly, they get the point and not you. It's the Inviter who gets the point!
I understand that. I just wanted to be very polite...
Nobody should say that the NO team has been arrogant and selfish since its rocket-like success... 😎
Dear fellow players,
I have done some research and I think I KNOW the answer.
You can ask me if you want No team to get another point... 😁
Edit
Ah, somebody is online. What do you think, @alexanderkass, do you want me to forget that I hate mentions?
I am ready to try, but unsure of the answer
Hi @pennsif, I invite you to answer this question 😀
Question 1
🧑🔬 Chemistry 🧪
What element do you get if you combine Iridium, Oxygen and Nitrogen?
Note: This question probably only works in English
IRON… 😎
✅ 💪
Question 13
⚽ Sports 🏏
So far, 2 matches have been played in the ICC Champions Trophy and some Steemit have added an extra dimension with the addition of Fantasy Cricket.
Which cricketer has the highest individual score so far (exluding captain / vice-captain bonus)?
Tom Latham
✅ Correct! On day 1, Tom Latham scored an incredible 173 points!
It's been 4 hours, and I don't see any responses or upvotes except mine. Something similar happened recently when I posted an answer, other responses suddenly appeared with timestamps way ahead of mine. I feel like the same thing is happening now. Has anyone else experienced this, or is it just me?
Everything is fine. Last time you had this experience (me too) there were problems with the interface (the blockchain itself had saved all comments, but they were displayed much later). This time the question is too hard... ;-)
I don't have any spontaneous ideas and no time to do a long search. Or I'm just unmotivated after having exhausted myself so much yesterday... ;-)
Thanks for your response, yeah, it seems like a tough question.
I tend to watch Steemworld for replies, rather than the steemit.com interface - nobody had replied yet 🙂
I haven’t even tried logging into my account through SteemWorld yet, but I’ll give it a shot in the next few days.
You don't need to log in. You can access whichever account you're interested in. So if you don't want to miss questions, watch:
https://steemworld.org/@quiz-master
If you want your own account, it's
https://steemworld.org/@alexanderkass
I definitely prefer this than looking at the Notifications.
Which means that I need to fix the Notifications display 🤣
Thank you very much for the information, now I definitely need to dig into it.
Mr. Gorilla, I have a question. When I go to your latest question and see that among those who left a comment is moecki—I mean the numbers, you know what I mean—the screen kind of flickers, and all the comments remain, but moecki's comment disappears. The number he mentioned, 46, I don't see it afterward for some reason. What's going on? Do you have any suggestions?
Daryl Mitchell (129)
👎 disconnect has got the correct answer - it's Tom Latham, the New Zealand bastman.
Questions 19
🎭 Celebrity Numbers 🔢
Another one of my favourite rounds...
In this round, each person can request the unmasking of any number (1 per 30 minutes), which will unmask a square on the image below.
You then need to figure out who the celebrity is!
This time, ChatGPT gave me 3 random numbers to get us started!
Be careful though, receiving too many number requests could make things too easy for others to guess!
Updates will be made every 30 minutes until the celebrity is guessed - remember though, an incorrect guess will lead to a 3 hour wait!
Once the image is updated, you can request another number (even if you're on your 3 hour wait)!
Last update: 10pm (UK Time)
Next unveiling: 9am (UK Time) - Please select your number before then.
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54
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Steffi Graf
👎 It's not Steffi Graf
Reminder: It's a 3 hour wait before your next attempt
24
Maria Sharapova?
👎 It's not Maria Sharapova
Reminder: It's a 3 hour wait before your next attempt
5
Emma Watson
👎 It's not Emma Watson
Reminder: It's a 3 hour wait before your next attempt
4
Alica Schmidt
👎 It's not Alica Schmidt
Reminder: It's a 3 hour wait before your next attempt
I looked the whole evening foe a girl sponsored by "Deutsche Vermögensberatung"... Mick... I even saw a picture of him... 🤦♀️
😆 Everybody was convinced it was a woman - definitely not what I'd planned!
Haha, the unexpected jokes are the best! You'll laugh your head off when you see the Wördel result for Peppermint in a few minutes. That was not planned either... 😂
I don't know I'm just sleepy or I see Alexandra Daddario eyes & lips! 🥰
👎 You must be sleepy - It's not Alexandra Daddario
Reminder: It's a 3 hour wait before your next attempt
I'm awake!
It is Mick Schumacher 😀
And we all thought it's a lady. 🤦♀️
Aren't we all! 😀
Super!
I could have sworn that was a girl... Poor Mick... 😉
Those eyes and lips should be illegal for men! 😍
Good suggestion! However, once the law is introduced, terrible things could happen...
✅ It is indeed Formula 1 driver, Mick Schumacher!
Many will be surprised that it's not a woman!!
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Drew Barrymore
👎 Sorry, it's not Drew Barrymore
Question 20 - Guest Question
🕒 Sequences 🕕
Please identify the next item in the sequence;
Egypt - India - Singapore - China - Japan - USA - ?
Note: 1/2 point for getting the correct item, 1/2 point for the explanation
England
Phileas Fogg’s travel route in Around the World in Eighty Days.
✅ Correct again!
I think disconnect is right; it's the itineray of Around the World in 80 Days. But as far as I know after USA it was Ireland.
Well done!
😎
✅ Ah, you are correct. Whilst their original destination was Liverpool, the landed in Queenstown in EIRE.
1/2 point for you and 1/2 point for @disconnect.
Questions 14
🎭 Celebrity Numbers 🔢
Another one of my favourite rounds...
In this round, each person can request the unmasking of any number (1 per 30 minutes), which will unmask a square on the image below.
You then need to figure out who the celebrity is!
This time, ChatGPT gave me 3 random numbers to get us started!
Be careful though, receiving too many number requests could make things too easy for others to guess!
Updates will be made every 30 minutes until the celebrity is guessed - remember though, an incorrect guess will lead to a 3 hour wait!
Once the image is updated, you can request another number (even if you're on your 3 hour wait)!
Last update: 9pm (UK Time)
Next unveiling: 10pm (UK Time) - Please select your number before then.
Imran Khan - Ex Prime Minister of Pakistan
✅ I was about to do the last update of the evening and I thought to myself "event-horizon or soulfuldreamer will have the correct answer by the morning" 🙂
I'm glad @soulfuldreamer didn't see it first giving NO team a chance to score another point. 😆
😎
And a former cricketer.
Luckily, it's a weekend night; otherwise, I would have slept through this too, and I wouldn't have forgiven myself for missing this question—although it's already fully revealed (and here we thought he's an international level celebrity).
Yes, I initially knew him for his cricket but more recently for his indiscretions. Although unless I'm mistaken, his love of bribery and corruption began whilst he was a cricketer.
I thought so too!
That can't be true. He requested ICC to introduce neutral umpires.
About currect situation—I believe he's reckless but not dishonest.
Ah, I suspect I've mixed up so many things that I've seen / read into a new little story!
I would have definitely! I missed it 😔
I think he looks a lot like James Munroe too so half expected somebody to guess that.
A bit like Matthias Brandt but I did not expect you to chose a German actor (one of my favorites…)
I do my best to introduce a variety of nationalities for my audience. Although American people seem to be the most famous!
Same eyes.
Yes, I saw that too.
Unfortunately, the AI couldn't do anything with my prompt: "I'm looking for a prominent man in his 60s. He's wearing a suit and has very dark hair for his age. He has noticeable bags under his eyes. His eyes remind me of Matthias Brandt. No, I have no idea what business he's famous in."
The ignorance of this machine is completely incomprehensible! 🤪
I love this prompt. 😆
Agree… 😁
Finally… Puh, „Sleepless in Northern Germany“ has its end… 🤗
You are incredibly fast this week. 🫡
Nah, I'm just online incredibly much and often. That's never a particularly good sign, because it means I need to distract myself... 😉
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Bullseye 😉
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Question 21
🪙 Steemit 🪙
What item is missing from this user's shopping trip?
Room Air Freshner by Zahra
✅ I look forward to the day where our computers can distribute a smell.
I'm pretty sure there should be Dom Pérignon Rosé Champagne, 1971 vintage.
The meat packaging has Urdu words and champagne is banned in Pakistani supermarkets. 😀
Yes, I know that you can't buy alcohol in stores in Pakistan. Recently, I met a guy from Pakistan, from the city of Peshawar. He stayed in my city for about eight months and told me a lot about Pakistan. He even invited me to visit him sometime. I told him that after hearing his stories, I was a bit scared to go to Pakistan. To which he replied, "Don't worry, if you come, armed soldiers will protect you. They will follow us everywhere." And I said that now I wasn't as scared. I think maybe one day I'll visit him if I have the free time and, most importantly, extra money.
We have a lot of foreigners visiting northern areas. It's worth visiting. And there are no security issues at least not as much as hyped by media. 🙂
👎 That's definitely a better choice than what they bought!
Question 8
⚽ Sports 🏏
Continuing with the ICC Champions Trophy, after just 2 balls, @the-gorilla was at a serious disadvantage. Why?
The captain of the team got injured
✅ Absolutely. 2 balls!!
Hopefully he'll be ok to bat - although I don't know how the rules work in this regard. Are you allowed to avoid fielding and then come in to bat? Possibly not.
Question 6
🪙 Steemit 🪙
A German user just got his dad to spend €400 on a load of DVDs. What genre does Wikipedia say that this series is?
Adventure
Fantasy
Romance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuyasha
✅ It doesn't look like my cup of tea but I could be convinced. Not at €50 per DVD though.
€50 per DVD is a steep ask! No wonder his GF is so mad 💔
Anyway the question would have been a piece of cake for @moecki! Glad I could put a hurdle for No team winning streak 😈
As I wrote the question, I thought that it didn't feel very fair! So I was pleased that somebody who hadn't already commented (on the original post) snuck in for the point!
Definitely, the time was on your side today... 😀
Question 16
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
The Dark Knight
✅ Indeed it is.
Question 10
🧐 Odd One Out 🚫
From the 4 images below, which is the odd one out and why.
You will only be awarded the point if you correctly identify the image and the reason.
I guess...all jerseys except No 2 represent Seattle-based teams. No 2 jersey is linked to a Philadelphia team.
✅ Correct! Only the baseball Jersey is for a team that it's based in Seattle.
No 03 (Seattle Storm) is the only women’s jersey.
👎 That's not what I was looking for (I should have avoided this option by including 2 women's teams!)
Are we into regions again! if so, #02 (the Phillies) is from Philadelphia on the East Coast while all other teams are Pacific Northwest teams.
Three-hour rule
😆 Thank you Hahnsen!
Also - henryclive answered it correctly slightly quicker.
Damn it! 😱
I would assume that the odd one out is jersey number 1, as it belongs to an American football team, and the balls in this sport are not round but rather oval-shaped, unlike the other sports to which the remaining jerseys belong, where the balls are round.
👎 The answer's not related to the shape of the ball 🙂
No 3
It’s a shirt for basketball players. The others are football shirts… 😎
👎 Only 2 are football shirts - assuming that you can call American Football, football. Which you really shouldn't.
Okay, I understand that. But since we're talking about US sports (mainly Seattle... 😖), I thought I could combine football and football. You don't really expect me to call football "soccer", do you?
😎
I actually found myself to be quite inventive. Of course, it wasn't as terrific as the last picture puzzle ("big"), but you can't always be brilliant... 😁... 🤪
You're already showing an excellent result this week, so it's unlikely that anyone will even notice your wrong answer, which you just gave in a hurry. Besides, even a genius can make mistakes 😎😅
Question 18
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
✅ You've once again got it quicker than it took me to produce the image 😁
While Chriddi is offline, there's no time to waste😅
Hello??? I thought we had become friends... 😂
😂
It's a Wonderful Life?
👎 alexanderkass is correct with Breakfast at Tiffany's
😇
Question 17
🎥 Movie Magic 🎬
What movie is the image below depicting?
Inception?
✅ I suspect it took me longer to create that image than it did for you to answer the question!
😅
It's just one of my favorite movies
For a matter of fact, this is too easy!
I've thought that with some questions that have needed clues 🙂
Question 7
⚽ Sports 🏏
Tomorrow sees the start of the ICC Champions Trophy and one Steemit user is running a Fantasy Cricket contest for the tournament.
If a player scores 122 runs (6 x 4s and 2 x 6s), takes 2 catches and 3 wickets (no maidens nor 20+ run overs), how many Fantasy Points will they score?
217
✅
215 points
👎 I made it 217 points... (please correct me if I've calculated it wrong!)
I'm wrong. I added it too carelessly ;-)
But I thought the 50+ bonus was additional. I also hadn't considered the 3+ wicket bonus.
Questions 11
Williams
👎 chriddi has got the correct answer - Aston Martin. It's the final rankings in 2024 Constructors' Championship.
As we have already established, we are quite a small group of quizzers. The number of participants is very manageable, and it's always the same users. However, I can very well imagine that there are more people interested who would like to check out the answers to one question or another. After all, @disconnect consistently features this quiz on his contest list. This means that not only your many loyal followers should be able to discover the puzzle. So, what's going on?
I had the idea that “new” users/participants might not dare to join in because they are intimidated by the "Overall Rankings." I mean, anyone who is new and actually reads the post before guessing must be thinking: "So what? I have no chance at all anyway!"
Yes, I think I would leave. Just like how I personally stay in the game because my team is determined to catch up with the competitors. We have a chance. “Newcomers” don’t.
It needs to become clear in the future that the primary focus is on the game and the fun of playing, not on the top ranking of the year.
Everything else is of course absolutely brilliant... 🤗
🤔 Well, I could remove the overall ranking and keep it a secret until the end of the year.
Part of the idea behind the guest answer was so that new people might get tagged - which didn’t really work!
I think most users prefer contests that don’t require any thought or that AI can generate. I know a few people dropped out because watching my feed for updates was too much effort.
It’s tricky. I like the mentality of the people already taking part and perhaps that reflects how few users are ‘like us’, rather than people not knowing about it. I don’t know 🤷
For now though, I’ll remove the overall ranks so the weekly prize is more prominent.
What if we introduce a special “wild card” round designed specifically for newcomers? For one week, fresh faces could compete on equal footing, giving them a real chance to see how fun the quiz can be. Also, since each weekly quiz can have up to 20 questions, it’s not like anyone’s overall position is completely locked in. A dedicated newcomer could potentially climb the leaderboard within two weeks if they really put in the effort.
The other thing is this quiz has their own set of challenges. It’s not just about solving the questions, it’s about being quick to answer, keeping an eye on the blog for updates, and juggling different time zones. That extra work might discourage people who prefer simpler contests. Still, I think creating a wild card or “welcome week” for new participants could lower the barrier to entry and help them experience the fun without feeling too far behind from the start.
How do you see the 'welcome week' working?
I was wondering if new joiners could get double points or something for their first week?
Perhaps for the first 10 answers! If the turnout is too low, it would be unfair to the current players. But all this has to be promoted! more players mean more fun 🤸♂️
To give them a fair chance, the players currently on the leaderboard will have a week off.
So you want me to spend a very, very boring week???
We can have Wördel round with 50 words! 😁
No, that would be demotivating for the previous participants. It just doesn't have to appear so prominent. Maybe a "BTW" at the end of the article...
Instead, you could open a kind of "Hall of Fame" in which the weekly victories are recorded. Once a month?
"New" people aren't tagged anyway, only those who have won and have the game in mind anyway.
Besides, tagging is a tricky thing. Some people like it, some people need it, some people hate it. I hate it and am only here a) because I look at my feed b) because I'm interested and have no other ambitions c) for your sake.
Poor, poor Steemit, where have you gone?
I've been full on with Steem Atlas this past week so couldn't keep up with the quizzes but happy (and surprised) to be hanging on to second place.
That's understandable, is it going well?
There were a few questions that I thought "pennsif will get this"!
Yes it is going very well thanks. Better than expected.
Many people posting, and many people giving great ideas for further developments.
Rather stretching our resources at the moment but it will be great if we can develop it enough to take to the outside world and attract new people to Steem.
I'm pleased to hear it. It's a great site so deserves to do well!
I definitely need to add my Travel posts to it. I just need a block of time without distractions to get it done!
I wonder what the hook to the outside world is...
I have friends who love travelling and they keep a map of the world on display with pins in all of the places they've visited. Perhaps something along these lines could work really well, where each user can log their travels and be able to filter the map just their pins / places they've visited?
These logs are stored on the Blockchain and the pin becomes more than just a point and a memory - it becomes a story.
I can think of a few people that this would appeal to.
I will look forward to your travel posts. You could do posts for all the football grounds you have visited as well...
Finding the right hook for the outside world will be key.
I think the 'personal' nature of the information on the site sets it apart from the more normal tourism / TripAdvisor type content.
There is still much to be explored and much to be nurtured on the site.
Steem does present a unique opportunity for (guided) content creation - I am not sure there are many other sites that can offer up anything similar.
For the existing content creators on Steem, Steem Atlas presents an ideal opportunity to create 'content with purpose' - something lacking for much of the platform's output.
One new feature that we are just debugging at the moment is the search by author - this will display all the posts from an individual user. This can be a useful stepping stone to more elaborate curated outputs.
I agree. Whilst I was commenting, I was trying to think "What would appeal to the people I know". My thoughts went to TripAdvisor but would Steem Atlas benefit from lots of short-form reviews? In my opinion, no.
That's when I thought about what would appeal to some of my more "traveller" friends that I've got and the "pins in maps" feels like the perfect fit. And it sound like the feature that you're currently testing aligns with this nicely.
Well.. the current purpose of most activity is sadly all too obvious. It just doesn't align with what we'd like Steemit to be!
That's a good idea with my Away Days posts. I'll update a few now and see if I'm successful.
Thanks for adding all your posts - keep them coming.
I've added a pin to this post.
IGNORE: How will I know if I've done it correctly? I used my post title for the pin name.
Ah, beautiful...
And here we were, thinking we’d gracefully bow out of the top spot…🤭
It should still be TSAF - Fiona’s just locked away in her castle 🏰 🐉, but she'll return soon enough 😃
Oh, good. I'd only just discovered her and then she was gone!
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