To see less ads Register or Login ----- Daily Fantasy Sports games 18+

Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off DECEMBER

FISO's forum community quiz competitions including Caption challenges

Which category do you want to be removed for August?

Science & Technology
1
6%
World (Europe)
3
19%
Animals
3
19%
General Knowledge
1
6%
Geography
2
13%
Literature
6
38%
 
Total votes: 16

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off DECEMBER

Post by murf »

NOTE - THIS THREAD WILL BE USED FOR A NEW POLL EACH MONTH
saintmark wrote:ok time for a revamp to try and stop the moaning from people,starting from may 1st we will have a new category every month,this will be done based on murfs idea,so people will have today and tom to vote which category they wont gone for may and which category they want voted in in its place,there is a list somewhere to choose from im sure murf will find it,talking of murf you can sort out the voting side of it for me,after may the last 3 days of each month will be the voting period and murf will let me know the last day of the month what subject is going and which one os coming in,the only one that is staying at present will be the saturdsay guest round as personally i enjoy that round so need more people to put a category forward for that.

think thats it
This is the vote off poll. There are 6 options to vote off. One transferrable vote each. Most votes by Tuesday evening (whatever time I log in!) gets the boot. That topic will then be eligible on the vote IN poll next month so maybe isn't gone forever.

I will add a post in a bit about how the vote IN will work this month and in future. Poll to follow later.
Last edited by murf on 02 Dec 2013, 14:56, edited 19 times in total.

User avatar
X-Man
Dumbledore
Posts: 7541
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by X-Man »

I'm happy with them all other than the Saturday Round...which is generally ridiculous... :( :P

User avatar
Moist von Lipwig
FISO Knight
Posts: 18227
Joined: 08 Jun 2011, 16:08
Location: The Eyrie
FS Record: FPL Spring 16 Winner 2010-11. Murfs F1 Predictions 2012 Winner. Pick Quick 2012-13 Winner. SP4s Predictions League A & Champions League

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Moist von Lipwig »

X-Man wrote:I'm happy with them all other than the Saturday Round...which is generally ridiculous... :( :P
same here, although have voted for next ridiculous

User avatar
Surprised
FISO Jedi Knight
Posts: 26528
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:32
Location: Home
FS Record: TFFOSM MotW in 2008 and MotM in 2003. 78th overall in TFFO for 2002/3 and 2003/4

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Surprised »

I'm generally crap at all subjects

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

Might as well use this thread to let you shout out some categories to vote in.

Here is the list saintmark previously gave of available/sensible categories. I've worked on the assumption that we will go for the hardest where there are a choice of levels so I've deleted the easier ones when there is more than one.

I've put some that will get the nod in bold and others in contention in italics. There will be no repeat of categories already in there but some are similar e.g. 'geography' and 'world'. I am wary of some as this is a predominantly US website and I don't know anything about their ideas of 'sports' and 'celebrities'. It will be my decision what goes into the poll, probably about 6 choices, but I am open to persuasion on this thread. In future months the runners up in a poll (2nd and 3rd?) will get another chance as will the topic voted off.

Fun trivia(mixed bag)
Animals
celebrities(hard)
General Knowledge(very difficult)
Geography(difficult)
History(difficult)
Hobbies
Literature(difficult)
Movies(difficult)
Music(difficult)
People(difficult)
Religion(difficult)
Religion(bible trivia)
Science + Technology(difficult)
Sports(baseball difficult)
Sports(general intermediate)
World(australia)
World(uk)
World trivia(difficult)
World(canada)
World(europe)

Let me know your thoughts...

User avatar
jpk
Dumbledore
Posts: 5216
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:42
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by jpk »

People(difficult) - a quiz about some fiso posters :)

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

jpk wrote:People(difficult) - a quiz about some fiso posters :)
I assumed it meant it was a difficult quiz about people rather than your interpretation that it is a quiz about difficult people....

User avatar
Moist von Lipwig
FISO Knight
Posts: 18227
Joined: 08 Jun 2011, 16:08
Location: The Eyrie
FS Record: FPL Spring 16 Winner 2010-11. Murfs F1 Predictions 2012 Winner. Pick Quick 2012-13 Winner. SP4s Predictions League A & Champions League

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Moist von Lipwig »

from memory wasn't sports mostly stuff like US college basketball and the like?

User avatar
unc.si.
FISO Knight
Posts: 11775
Joined: 11 Oct 2010, 14:08
Location: Off to buy Loctite
FS Record: 'Loser' by Beck

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by unc.si. »

Animals or Literature

[misread 'Hobbies' as 'Hobbits' when I read that list - was thinking that it was a bit of a limited topic]

User avatar
MorrisonDullforce
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 1111
Joined: 28 Sep 2012, 20:04
Location: Lurking in the shadows
FS Record: Inaugural FPL British Bulldog sidegame winner 2013/14. 2014 Fantasy Commonwealth Games Winner

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by MorrisonDullforce »

Music Out.

World Trivia (Difficult) In or Ballet :oops:

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

Moist von Lipwig wrote:from memory wasn't sports mostly stuff like US college basketball and the like?
This is my fear so it wouldn't get my vote though it probably should make the poll as we are a 'sports' forum.

User avatar
X-Man
Dumbledore
Posts: 7541
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by X-Man »

How are the specialist rounds selected? is there a much longer list somewhere? In other words why we can get all sorts of bizarre topics when we ask for them but the general topics are relatively restricted?

User avatar
Mark1886
Grumpy Old Gooner
Posts: 3030
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:27
Location: Surrey Border
FS Record: Tinkerman, average to poor

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Mark1886 »

Voted for movies,(no idea mostly) but History of musicals was a close second.

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

X-Man wrote:How are the specialist rounds selected? is there a much longer list somewhere? In other words why we can get all sorts of bizarre topics when we ask for them but the general topics are relatively restricted?
You'd have to ask saintmark - the list above came from a post of his on the previous test vote off thread.

I'd imagine that if we had (for example) 'Ballet' every week then there would be a more limited question pool and we would see more frequent repeating of questions.

User avatar
saintmark
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 1105
Joined: 06 Aug 2008, 20:10
Location: on my lard Ar*e
FS Record: blackpool sweepstake champion 2011,2011/2012 league A predictions champion

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by saintmark »

h the guest rounds as you all know ask me for a subject or add it to the list on page 114 in the thread,i then have to put in a search bar in my admin bit and it either comes up with what you ask for or the closest thing related to it,thou sometimes aint related that much,like when we had someone choose bluegrass the only subject it had was kentucky.i have no control whats in the question pool there is about 10,000 quizes that various people have added to the pool and when i type in a subject it has to look throu all the quizes and there is not always any questions on the chosen subject.

any othe questions on the guest round lol

no pleasing some people i thought most would like the guest round as generally gives everyone a chance at something they know and give them a chance to be at the top at least once in a while instead of same people

User avatar
Knulpuk
Dumbledore
Posts: 8986
Joined: 05 Dec 2005, 13:22
Location: MTA (Mid Table Anonymity)
FS Record: Ultra ultra consistent (see above)

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Knulpuk »

Of those

Fun trivia (mixed bag)
Animals
Literature (difficult)
World trivia (difficult)
World (europe) - assuming we have no non euro players

Perhaps we should have in the vote off categories an option that is "No change" not that I would have chosen in but in a couple of votes time I might.

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

Knulpuk wrote:Perhaps we should have in the vote off categories an option that is "No change" not that I would have chosen in but in a couple of votes time I might.
It crossed my mind but it is no bad thing to mix it up very slightly every month. Subjects may only stay or go for one month if the vote says so. Every poll winner (vote off and vote in) will feature in the opposite poll the next month....

User avatar
unc.si.
FISO Knight
Posts: 11775
Joined: 11 Oct 2010, 14:08
Location: Off to buy Loctite
FS Record: 'Loser' by Beck

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by unc.si. »

saintmark wrote:h the guest rounds as you all know ask me for a subject or add it to the list on page 114 in the thread,i then have to put in a search bar in my admin bit and it either comes up with what you ask for or the closest thing related to it,thou sometimes aint related that much,like when we had someone choose bluegrass the only subject it had was kentucky.i have no control whats in the question pool there is about 10,000 quizes that various people have added to the pool and when i type in a subject it has to look throu all the quizes and there is not always any questions on the chosen subject.

any othe questions on the guest round lol

no pleasing some people i thought most would like the guest round as generally gives everyone a chance at something they know and give them a chance to be at the top at least once in a while instead of same people
The quiz is fantastic and thank you very much for keeping it going. We all like to moan when we don't do well though :lol: nothing personal to you. It's not your fault that they're sometimes a bit random.

The best guest round was cycling. Maybe that should be a regular weekly category...

User avatar
Surprised
FISO Jedi Knight
Posts: 26528
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:32
Location: Home
FS Record: TFFOSM MotW in 2008 and MotM in 2003. 78th overall in TFFO for 2002/3 and 2003/4

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Surprised »

saintmark wrote:h the guest rounds as you all know ask me for a subject or add it to the list on page 114 in the thread,i then have to put in a search bar in my admin bit and it either comes up with what you ask for or the closest thing related to it,thou sometimes aint related that much,like when we had someone choose bluegrass the only subject it had was kentucky.i have no control whats in the question pool there is about 10,000 quizes that various people have added to the pool and when i type in a subject it has to look throu all the quizes and there is not always any questions on the chosen subject.

any othe questions on the guest round lol

no pleasing some people i thought most would like the guest round as generally gives everyone a chance at something they know and give them a chance to be at the top at least once in a while instead of same people

A topic that is currently 114 pages long shows how popular the quiz is! If FISOers didn't moan then I'd be worried. Try and find a thread where someone isn't having a moan about something (or nothing most of the time)!!

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

The fact we got 31 entries on sunday shows saintmark is (/we are) doing something right. The numbers haven't really dropped at all.

User avatar
Richt
FISO Knight
Posts: 11176
Joined: 26 Jul 2007, 12:12
Location: South West England.
FS Record: Averagely consistant.

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Richt »

I like the saturday guest round. It definitely mixes it up a bit

No complaints about anything from me (apart from how shit I tend to be) :-P

User avatar
X-Man
Dumbledore
Posts: 7541
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:33

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by X-Man »

unc.si. wrote:
saintmark wrote:
no pleasing some people i thought most would like the guest round as generally gives everyone a chance at something they know and give them a chance to be at the top at least once in a while instead of same people
The quiz is fantastic and thank you very much for keeping it going. We all like to moan when we don't do well though :lol: nothing personal to you. It's not your fault that they're sometimes a bit random.

The best guest round was cycling. Maybe that should be a regular weekly category...
What's interesting about the guest round is just how often the person who selects it doesn't win. That's because the questions are so obscure that no-one has a chance of scoring more than 5 and those who are lucky guessers win.

To be fair, I said I was happy with everything other than the Guest Round. I'm not moaning about it, other than saying that if we're voting to get rid of things it seems to be a round that divides opinion (like Margaret Thatcher!).

I need to make it clear that I really enjoy the quiz and am happy to have it stay exactly like it is. If, however, we're voting to get rid of something, my vote would be the Guest Round. As that's not there I'll abstain...

Actually a thought does occur that instead of abstaining I should have the choice of voting for 'no change' - which is a sort of anti-moaning vote!

User avatar
sted
Dumbledore
Posts: 7637
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:32
Location: Outside, fighting 3 big fellas and drinking beer at the same time.

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by sted »

Fun Trivia (mixed bag)
General Knowledge(very difficult)
Geography(difficult)
History(difficult)
Hobbies
People(difficult)
World trivia(difficult)

User avatar
saintmark
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 1105
Joined: 06 Aug 2008, 20:10
Location: on my lard Ar*e
FS Record: blackpool sweepstake champion 2011,2011/2012 league A predictions champion

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by saintmark »

sorry x man wasnt moaning as such just being sarcastic,if people wanna vote the guest rd off then it can be put on the poll next month

User avatar
Malrom
FISO Knight
Posts: 16238
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:43
Location: Feet in Switzerland, Football heart in Leeds
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Malrom »

saintmark wrote:sorry x man wasnt moaning as such just being sarcastic,if people wanna vote the guest rd off then it can be put on the poll next month

I would like to keep the guest round and most of all I would like to keep music, because
...music was my first love, and it'll be my last :!:

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

sted wrote:Fun Trivia (mixed bag)
General Knowledge(very difficult)
Geography(difficult)
History(difficult)
Hobbies
People(difficult)
World trivia(difficult)
last call for suggestions for the voting in poll. Going to start it before I go to bed tonight...

User avatar
Surprised
FISO Jedi Knight
Posts: 26528
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:32
Location: Home
FS Record: TFFOSM MotW in 2008 and MotM in 2003. 78th overall in TFFO for 2002/3 and 2003/4

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Surprised »

I say get rid of movies

User avatar
saintmark
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 1105
Joined: 06 Aug 2008, 20:10
Location: on my lard Ar*e
FS Record: blackpool sweepstake champion 2011,2011/2012 league A predictions champion

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by saintmark »

im abstaining from the voting in poll murf seen as i run this ill let you guys decide what you want im just happy getting the questions and coming nowhere everyday

User avatar
murf
FISO Viscount
Posts: 109448
Joined: 13 Oct 2005, 18:28
Location: here
FS Record: Once led TFF. Very briefly.
Contact:

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by murf »

APRIL RESULT
Which category do you want to be removed for May?

Science & Technology 21% [ 6 ]
Movies 36% [ 10 ]
Music 21% [ 6 ]
History 18% [ 5 ]
General Knowledge 0% [ 0 ]
Geography 4% [ 1 ]

Total votes : 28

It's apocalypse now for movies....

(It will return for next month's vote IN poll)

User avatar
Jagduracell
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 3454
Joined: 23 Jul 2009, 22:00
Location: Body in London, Heart in NY
FS Record: 2nd TFF World Cup 2014, 8th in TFF Fantasy Lions and a few TFF and TFC weekly wins

Re: Brains of FISO quiz - Vote Off No.1

Post by Jagduracell »

murf wrote:APRIL RESULT
Which category do you want to be removed for May?

Science & Technology 21% [ 6 ]
Movies 36% [ 10 ]
Music 21% [ 6 ]
History 18% [ 5 ]
General Knowledge 0% [ 0 ]
Geography 4% [ 1 ]

Total votes : 28

It's apocalypse now for movies....

(It will return for next month's vote IN poll)

BOOOOOOO!!!!! The only category that I like!

View Latest: 1 Day View Your posts
Post Reply

Return to “FISO Forum Quiz Comps”