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

39 points by steinvakt2 5mo ago

My dad makes the questions, I made the site. I think the genre and the level of difficulty is suited for HN. Hope you enjoy. (I promise no AI-generated questions, they are all hand made!).

chloeeekim 5mo ago
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vunderba 5mo ago
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?”
- firebot 5mo ago
  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.
- zem 5mo ago
  follow up with "how long did the thirty years war last
BizarroLand 5mo ago
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.
evilos 5mo ago
Fun, I was only confident in one answer but got lucky with a 3/3.
stevohj 5mo ago
3/3 quite a nice clean design. Was hoping for archives, but then noticed this post was from today.
- steinvakt2 5mo ago
  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
unixhero 5mo ago
Fun questions!
prewett 5mo ago
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.
- steinvakt2 5mo ago
  Definitely something we will consider!
kofd 5mo ago
It's nice, looks clean, and good questions. Wouldn't have minded having five rather than three!
- steinvakt2 5mo ago
  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.
  - kofd 5mo ago
    Totally get that, and it was more an expression of me being eager for more. :)
8bitsrule 5mo ago
Trick question: World's oldest university in continuous operation is different from the 'oldest'. Otherwise, the university of flint tools is the oldest.
JohnnyLarue 5mo ago
Citations needed. I refuse to believe Pärt gets more airplay than Glass.
- steinvakt2 5mo ago
  https://news.err.ee/1609925000/estonia-s-arvo-part-remains-world-s-most-performed-living-composer https://news.err.ee/1609925000/estonia-s-arvo-part-remains-w... I guess it should have been worded "performed" instead of "played".
walkersutton 5mo ago
Why “kviss”?
- steinvakt2 5mo ago
  Its the Norwegian word/pronunciation of "quiz".
amit9968 5mo ago
Quiz was tough, nudges me to come back and try again till i ace it.
- steinvakt2 5mo ago
  My art quiz is also tough: https://artle.eu https://artle.eu

39 points by steinvakt2 5mo ago

My dad makes the questions, I made the site. I think the genre and the level of difficulty is suited for HN. Hope you enjoy. (I promise no AI-generated questions, they are all hand made!).

chloeeekim 5mo ago

[dead]

vunderba 5mo ago

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?”

firebot 5mo ago
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.
zem 5mo ago
follow up with "how long did the thirty years war last

BizarroLand 5mo ago

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.

evilos 5mo ago

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

stevohj 5mo ago

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

steinvakt2 5mo ago
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

unixhero 5mo ago

Fun questions!

prewett 5mo ago

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.

steinvakt2 5mo ago
Definitely something we will consider!

kofd 5mo ago

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

steinvakt2 5mo ago
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.
- kofd 5mo ago
  Totally get that, and it was more an expression of me being eager for more. :)

8bitsrule 5mo ago

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

JohnnyLarue 5mo ago

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

steinvakt2 5mo ago
https://news.err.ee/1609925000/estonia-s-arvo-part-remains-world-s-most-performed-living-composer https://news.err.ee/1609925000/estonia-s-arvo-part-remains-w... I guess it should have been worded "performed" instead of "played".

walkersutton 5mo ago

Why “kviss”?

steinvakt2 5mo ago
Its the Norwegian word/pronunciation of "quiz".

amit9968 5mo ago

Quiz was tough, nudges me to come back and try again till i ace it.

steinvakt2 5mo ago
My art quiz is also tough: https://artle.eu https://artle.eu