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Fill in the Blanks : FITBs Trivia

Fill in the Blanks : FITBs Trivia Quizzes

From the webmaster: 'Games that are made entirely or mostly of fill in the blank questions will not be accepted. Fill in the blank questions should be used rarely, if at all. They have been included because there are some circumstances where a fill in the blank format allows a quiz creator freedom to do some neat stuff.'

FITBs are to be used rarely : As there are no prizes in here for posting an impossible quiz, FITBs are to be used rarely. Multiple choice questions with 4 'good' alternatives are not easy to draft, nor are they easy to answer: even 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' is multiple choice. The FITB feature has NOT been installed for the purpose of making quizzes easier or harder.
One Unambiguous Answer : When used, an FITB must have just one unambiguous answer. If there are spelling variations, or multiple answers, then that question must be multiple choice.
Word Limit : Please note that these vary between categories.
Person's Name : Where the answer is a person's name, then his or her surname must be given as an alternate answer, and the computer generated hint changed from "Two Words" to "Two words, or just surname" ... for some questions you may feel the first name should be the alternate answer, in which case the hint should be changed to "Two words, or just first name".
Punctuation : No punctuation of any description is allowed for an FITB question e.g. quotation marks, apostrophes, commas, full stops, dashes, colons etc.
Computer Generated Hints : If at all possible, please do not remove the Word Count hint generated by the Quizzyland computer. You may, however, add to the hint.
Case Sensitive : As Quizzyland is not case sensitive, there is no need to add in alternate uncapitalised answers e.g. Einstein, einstein, EINSTEIN ... the first answer will suffice.

Finally, please note that, if an editor is of the opinion that your quiz has too many FITBs, it'll be returned.
5-Aug-01, 11-Jan-03

2 quizzes and 20 trivia questions.

FITB at FT great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Fill-in-the-blank questions are among the most difficult to write correctly, in FunTrivia quizzes. Here are some guidelines.

Average, 10 Qns, agony, Nov 22 21

Average
agony editor

Nov 22 21
1575 plays

FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

One of the biggest problem areas is the fill-in-the-blank question format. This quiz demonstrates the WHY behind the rules we enforce for FITBs. Questions 6 - 10 show how questions 1 - 5 could be rewritten according to the Quiz Creation Guidelines.

Very Difficult, 10 Qns, LadyCaitriona, Nov 22 21

Very Difficult
LadyCaitriona

Nov 22 21
1837 plays

Fill in the Blanks : FITBs Trivia Questions

1. Although this phrase was never penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his character, Sherlock Holmes, is famous for it:

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: Elementary, my dear Watson!

Did you get this one wrong? Most people will, unfortunately, that is why we do not allow the use of punctuation in FITBs. This is a particular problem in the Movies, TV, Music, and Entertainment categories, where a lot of time the written punctuation depends on the quizmaker's perception of HOW a particular phrase was said.

2. How about a quote from "Hamlet"? Would you be allowed to use this quote as an answer to a fill-in-the-blank question? "Alas, poor Yorick!"

From Quiz FITB at FT

Answer: No, because of the exclamation mark and comma

For technical reasons, punctuation is not allowed in FITBs at FT. Players using non-English keyboards may have their correct answers marked "wrong" because the system may not recognize their punctuation marks. It can also make for an unwieldy number of correct answer options, if all possible permutations of punctuation are included. Keep your FITBs clear and clean - no punctuation. Although we certainly advise that you stay away from FITB for obscure questions, and use it for the easiest questions in your quiz, this is not an obscure quote. If there is an established correct spelling for a word, you only have to include that spelling in your quiz. FITBs should not allow incorrect spellings of words as options.

3. Which actor and actress starred as lovers in the movie, "Shakespeare in Love?"

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes & Paltrow and Fiennes

In order to get this question right, you would have had to put the actors' names in the same order that I did. In this case, I would have needed only to add two additional acceptable answers putting Joseph Fiennes first, but when you get into three or four answers, plus alternate spellings... yikes! FITBs may have ONLY ONE correct answer.

4. Which Disney movie featured Jonathan Taylor Thomas as the voice of the young Simba?

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: "The Lion King" & "Lion King"

Did you think to put your answer in quotation? If you did, did you use double quotes (") instead of single quotes (')? Movie, television, music and other titles should NOT be in quotation as FITB answers.

5. Although this phrase was never penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his character, Sherlock Holmes, is famous for it: "_______, my dear Watson."

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: Elementary

Since I've asked for only one word of the phrase in this question, the quiztaker doesn't need to guess how to punctuate it. It's already done for them in the question.

6. Of what country is Paris the capital?

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: France

This question is no longer ambiguous. For one thing, you know I mean the CAPITAL CITY Paris, and not Paris, Arkansas (for example). Secondly, you know that I'm looking for a COUNTRY as an answer, and not a continent, planet, etc.

7. Which actress starred as Shakespeare's lover in the movie, "Shakespeare in Love?"

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow & Paltrow

Asking for just one answer, I only need to accept two versions of the correct answer: one with both her names, and one with just her surname. Simple and uncomplicated!

8. From "Somewhere Over the Rainbow": "Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high/There's a land that I heard of once, ... ... ...". Finish the line:

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: in a lullaby

Three words isn't nearly as hard to remember as twelve! Additionally, three (or four or five) words will usually fit in the blank provided when the quiz is played, so it's easy to check to see if you've made typos before submitting.

9. Which original movie starred Keanu Reeves as Thomas A. Anderson/Neo?

From Quiz FITBs - Proper Vs. Improper Use

Answer: The Matrix & Matrix

This question follows Quizzyland rules by accepting the answer without quotation. Compare the percent of correct answers for THIS question to the number of correct answers for its mate, question 5. I hope this quiz has helped explain why we have these rules for FITB questions. Ultimately, it's for your own enjoyment, and that of other quiztakers (nobody likes getting questions wrong!) :) Have fun, and keep creating!

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