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FAQ: The New IMDb Quiz
FAQ: Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index
=========================================================We are pleased to announce an early look at our new editable
IMDb Quiz, at http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/.
WHAT IS THE NEW IMDB QUIZ?
We're using the term "Quiz" broadly. The new "Quiz"
supports a wide variety of game experiences. For the first time you can create
your own quizzes that you can share with other users. These quizzes
include things like "What Kind of X are you?", multiple choice,
exams, checkboxes, and eventually highly freeform polls (not tied to existing
titles or characters).
HOW DO I EDIT THE EXISTING QUIZZES?
At the bottom of every quiz, you'll see a small "edit quiz" link.
This will open a form field (the "quiz edit box") in which you
can see the "source code" for the quiz. The quizzes are in JSON
format, which you need to edit to change the quiz. You have a substantial
amount of control. You can add/delete/modify questions, comments, or scoring
and resubmit it and you will see these changes instantly (only you - everyone
else always sees the original quiz). Try a small change first, and experiment!
CAN I MAKE A BRAND NEW QUIZ?
You can recreate 100% of the JSON and make an make an entirely brand-new quiz.
Click "edit quiz" and replace 100% of the JSON and hit submit, and
you've created a brand new quiz.
IS THERE A SIMPLER FORMAT TO CREATE AND EDIT QUIZZES?
One of the quiz types is called an exam and although we still don't have
an interactive builder, we do have a (temporary) simpler file format that you
can use to submit quizzes to us (described here http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000088/flat/230409559?d=230666206#2306662
06 ). Note that for this format, we are in fact building the same JSON on
our systems, so in the end they create the same structure. We do not have a way
for you to see/preview the exam that is created using the intermediate format,
you'll have to paste them into a message and await for us to transcribe them to
JSON on your behalf. The advantage of using the JSON format directly is that
you can develop, run, and test the quiz 100% on your own. An example of an
"exam" quiz is the Spaceships quiz.
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/spaceships/
WHY DO I NEED TO EDIT CODE TO CREATE A QUIZ?
Creating these quizzes in their full general form is not for the faint of heart
- they are in JSON format and it takes care and diligence to create a good
quiz. We recommend using a JSON "pretty printing" tool (google JSON
"formatter") for many options to get better error messages.
HOW DO I SHARE A QUIZ?
If you create a good quiz, and want to share it with others, you need to save
and share your changed JSON code. Please save your work often in a separate
file, so you don't lose your work in a browser crash!. You should create a Quiz
Suggestion thread for each new quiz. For instance, if you creating a quiz
on spaceships, you might create a boards message that says Quiz Suggestion:
Spaceships. You can paste your code directly into a discussion board
message or use a third party pastebin-like tool, and include a link to it in
the discussion board message. Before it goes live we will ask you to include
language in your code that indicates you are giving us the right to publish it.
At any point, others can paste your JSON code into their quiz edit box.
CAN I TRY OTHER PEOPLES JSON CODE WITHOUT WAITING FOR IMDB TO PUBLISH THE
QUIZ?
Yes, anyone can paste JSON into their quiz edit box and try it your work,
make corrections, suggestions, comments.
Similarly, you can run other peoples JSON.
CAN I SHARE MY QUIZ PRIVATELY?
You may want to collaborate on a quiz before publishing it, or share it with a
subset of friends.
Currently the only way to do this is to privately mail the JSON code (it will
be too large for PMs), and have those users paste the JSON code into their quiz
edit box.
CAN I PUBLISH MY QUIZ ON MY PROFILE PAGE?
Not yet!
WILL IMDB PUBLISH MY QUIZ?
As we do with polls, we will review the quiz suggestions published in boards
messages here, and publish a subset of the high quality quizzes as
"official" quizzes over time.
OMG I CAN'T EDIT JSON TO CREATE A QUIZ, PLEASE MAKE A NICE
"BUILDER" APP FOR US
Yes, we agree, but it's a serious endeavor and we figured that at least a
subset of IMDb users would want to see our progress to date and be able take
advantage of it. We figure that there will be some "creators" who
might want to partner up with more programmer types to build quizzes. Why not
find a buddy in the mean time?
You might also start by just making small edits to a quiz that is somewhat like
what you want to create, that's a tried and true technique.
WHERE'S THE DOCUMENTATION ON THE FORMAT?
Unfortunately all we have now is a series of examples to go by! Did we mention
that this is an early preview? :-)
IT'S NOT WORKING RIGHT
This is a super early preview, share your issues, and we'll work to resolve
them.
I PUT MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, HOME ADDRESS AND GMAIL PASSWORD IN A SHARED
QUIZ AND THEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO ME.
Please use common sense and good community practices in what kind of
information you create and share. Create original material that you can share.
All of our standard site acceptable use policies are in place.
-hb
= = =
Try all of of our quizzes at http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/.
We're partway through the implementation of a new comprehensive quiz
architecture. It is an extension of our previous work on poll, games,
checklists, etc. You will be able to build and share these quizzes. We'd like
to share a few early views of it. As users, you will be able to build and share
these quizzes with your friends and other IMDb users.
Note: scoring is wonky, it's not saved anywhere, UI is pretty raw, it may act
weird on various browsers or mobile.
Enough caveats?
We present: "How Well Do you Know Blade Runner?"
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/quiz/
... more to come. Looking forward to hear your feedback.
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/quiz/
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/spaceships/
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/godfather/
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/armies/
-hb
= = =
There will be a curated main section, like polls,
however, we are looking at ways to allow users to create private yet shareable
quizzes that would be on the profile and shareable via the boards, etc. It
doesn't solve the 'discoverability' issue but it's a step along the way.
-hb
= = =
We have a builder getting close. In
the meantime, I have a very preliminary tool that can construct a certain
stylized set of multiple choice quizzes.
If you post a quiz of this form to this thread...
#HEADER
quizType|exam
title|Short Title Of The Quiz
description|Short Description
imageId|[i]rm731683072[/i]
authorUserId|[i]your user id[/i]
#MATCH
question0|answer0|imageId0
question0|answer0|imageId0
...
questionN|answerN|imageIdN
#WRONG
wronganswer1
...
wronganswerN
#SCORE
0|score word|score snarky comment
next score range|score word|score snarky comment
another higher score range|even better score word|score snarky comment
...
N|perfect type word|comment
This will create a special subset of a multiple choice quiz called a
"matching quiz", where the any of the answers could credibly be
associated with any of the questions. The answers will be scrambled so people
taking the quiz can't make the association easily.
We can start to get a few more examples up.
Do not get too attached to this very simple format, subject to change at any
time! The real underlying format is far more rich and will be exposed through a
builder in the not too distant future...
The ranges are brackets in which if the person score, they will see the 'score
word' and the 'comment'. You don't have to fill in every possible score.
Note:
addition of #WRONG section for deliberate "wrong" extra answers, you
want quite a few of these of these to prevent the questions from being
repetitive
-hb
example (courtesy of RubyFruit76!)
quizType|exam
title|Classic Collaborations
description|Can you identify the film associated with each collaborative team?
imageId|rm3791624192
userId|ur19488058
#MATCH
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro|Taxi Driver|rm3909261312
Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren|Marriage Italian Style|rm2482683392
George Clooney and Brad Pitt|Burn After Reading|rm262445824
Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy|Guess Who&8217;s Coming to Dinner|rm679319552
Joel Coen and Frances McDormand|Fargo|rm4035886592
Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen|Shame|rm1276820736
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay|Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy|rm2747894784
Gong Li and Zhang Yimou|To Live|rm2876741888
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton|Manhattan|rm94078720
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton|Ed Wood|rm12884736
Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz|Volver|rm3860962048
Jimmy Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock|Vertigo|rm3211565056
Spike Lee and Denzel Wahington|Inside Man|rm2921434624
Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman|Pulp Fiction|rm2914504448
Bill Murray and Wes Anderson|Rushmore|rm1866043136
#WRONG
The Wolf of Wall Street
Heat
Little Fockers
Gangs of New York
Two Women
Zorba the Greek
Nine
Citizen Kane
The Monuments Men
Footloose
Gravity
Fight Club
The African Queen
Stagecoach
Titanic
Inherit the Wind
Almost Famous
Superman
Primal Fear
True Grit
Prometheus
Fame
Jaws
Static
This is the End
Meet the Parents
Bull Durham
Blades of Glory
Chinatown
Hannibal Rising
2014
Farewell My Concubine
Midnight in Paris
Jaws
The Godfather
Reds
Chocolat
Blow
Fly Away Home
Grizzly Adams
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Beloved
Love Story
Vanilla Sky
Psycho
The Night of the Hunter
The Green Hornet
Miracle on 34th Street
The Champ
Flight
Do the Right Thing
Sherlock Holmes
Henry and June
Reservoir Dogs
Wonder Woman
Blue Velvet
Maleficent
Ghostbusters
True Blood
The Terminator
#SCORE
0|in training|MTV Movie Award
3|on your way|Emmy for Best Guest Star!
6|good|Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor!
9|very good|Golden Globe for Best Lead!
12|excellent|Academy Award for Best Lead!
15|perfect|Academy Award for Best Director!
= = =
Here's a heavily modified and no doubt slightly broken of
Ferry_Silitonga's Armies Quiz
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/armies/
Note use of interesting new feature that allows multiple selections!
-hb
= = =
For multiple selection questions, your Score is the
Number Right Minus The Number Wrong.
ones you omit don't count or penalize your score.
If you're Not seeing this one on a particular question, we've made a mistake
somewhere.
-hb
= = =
In response to the spaceship quiz being too easy, I
created a new section for deliberate "wrong" extra answers. They will
be randomly selected along with the other credible but wrong answers.
we have fixed the scoring (we believe) and ready to get a few more examples up
- so if you want to submit them in the above form, let's give it a shot!
-hb
= = =
Here's is a quotes quiz in this simpler "exam"
format.
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/quotes-1i/
<- with images
http://www.imdb.com/poll/v2/quotes-1/
<- without images (leave off the trailing |rmXXXXX)
#HEADER
quizType|exam
title|Identify The Movie From The Quote #1
description|Can You Identify the Movie From the Quote?
imageId|rm1206619392
authorUserId|ur5224439
#MATCH
\"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?\"|Dirty Harry|rm1046982656
\"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son\"|Animal House|rm1727967232
\"Nobody puts Baby in a corner\"|Dirty Dancing|rm1206619392
\"We're on a mission from God\"|The Blues Brothers|rm341547008
\"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti\"|The Silence of the Lambs|rm1713340416
\"Sweep the Leg\"|The Karate Kid|rm151637504
\"Check out the big brain on Brett\"|Pulp Fiction|rm3780561920
\"Say hello to my little friend!\"|Scarface|rm1653914624
\"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape\"|Planet of the Apes|rm309368832
\"I love the smell of napalm in the morning\"|Apocalype Now|rm2727837952
\"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room\"|Dr. Strangelove|rm4132817920
\"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die\"|The Princess Bride|rm3868230656
\"I drink your milkshake! I drink it up\"|There Will Be Blood|rm2265679616
\"I am serious... and don't call me Shirley\"|Airplane!|rm2668865280
\"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship\"|Casablanca|rm70101504
#WRONG
The Godfather
The Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight
Schindler's List
12 Angry Men
The Lord of the Rings
Fight Club
Inception
Forrest Gump
Oldboy
The Sting
Once Upon A Time In America
Amadeus
Snatch
Double Indemnity
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Goodfellas
The Matrix
Seven Samurai
Se7en
The Usual Suspects
Life is Beautiful
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Green Mile
Gladiator
Alien
The Departed
Paths of Glory
Vertigo
Psycho
Rear Window
A Clockwork Orange
Braveheart
Spirited Away
Modern Times
#SCORE
0|none?|Keep Watching!
5|ok|Movie Fan!
10|good|Movie Enthusiast!
12|great|Movie Buff!
15|perfect|Addicted To Movies!
when run through our internal builder, it produces this JSON
{
"quizType" : "exam",
"title" : "Identify The Movie From The Quote #1",
"description" : "Can You Identify the Movie From the Quote?",
"imageId" : "rm1206619392",
"authorUserId" : "ur5224439",
"questions" : [ { "title": "\"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?\"" , "imageId" : "rm1046982656", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "The Blues Brothers", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Dirty Harry", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Gladiator", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Casablanca", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Forrest Gump", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son\"" , "imageId" : "rm1727967232", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Apocalype Now", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Animal House", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Pulp Fiction", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Airplane!", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Se7en", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Nobody puts Baby in a corner\"" , "imageId" : "rm1206619392", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "The Silence of the Lambs", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Psycho", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Dirty Dancing", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Dirty Harry", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Double Indemnity", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"We're on a mission from God\"" , "imageId" : "rm341547008", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Braveheart", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Scarface", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Blues Brothers", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Dirty Harry", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti\"" , "imageId" : "rm1713340416", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "The Blues Brothers", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Casablanca", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Silence of the Lambs", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Airplane!", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Sweep the Leg\"" , "imageId" : "rm151637504", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "The Karate Kid", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Rear Window", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Sting", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Departed", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Check out the big brain on Brett\"" , "imageId" : "rm3780561920", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Amadeus", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Shawshank Redemption", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Pulp Fiction", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "The Silence of the Lambs", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Snatch", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Say hello to my little friend!\"" , "imageId" : "rm1653914624", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Oldboy", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Inception", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Fight Club", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Departed", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Scarface", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape\"" , "imageId" : "rm309368832", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Planet of the Apes", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "The Dark Knight", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Airplane!", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Fight Club", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Karate Kid", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"I love the smell of napalm in the morning\"" , "imageId" : "rm2727837952", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "The Lord of the Rings", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Apocalype Now", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Pulp Fiction", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Karate Kid", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Sting", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room\"" , "imageId" : "rm4132817920", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "The Karate Kid", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Dr. Strangelove", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "The Dark Knight", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Seven Samurai", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Casablanca", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die\"" , "imageId" : "rm3868230656", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Animal House", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Inception", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Departed", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Planet of the Apes", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Princess Bride", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"I drink your milkshake! I drink it up\"" , "imageId" : "rm2265679616", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Casablanca", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Once Upon A Time In America", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Vertigo", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Princess Bride", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "There Will Be Blood", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"I am serious... and don't call me Shirley\"" , "imageId" : "rm2668865280", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Modern Times", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Planet of the Apes", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Once Upon A Time In America", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "The Green Mile", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Airplane!", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true} ] }
,
{ "title": "\"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship\"" , "imageId" : "rm70101504", "maxSelectCount":1, "items" : [
{ "title": "Life is Beautiful", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Inception", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Braveheart", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false},
{ "title": "Casablanca", "score": 1, "isCorrect": true},
{ "title": "Scarface", "score": 1, "isCorrect": false} ] }
] ,
"summaries" : [
{"title": "none?", "description":"Keep Watching!"},
{"title": "ok", "description":"Movie Fan!","forScore":5},
{"title": "good", "description":"Movie Enthusiast!","forScore":10},
{"title": "great", "description":"Movie Buff!","forScore":12},
{"title": "perfect", "description":"Addicted To Movies!","forScore":15}
]
}
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