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

35 pointsposted 21 hours ago
by steinvakt2

18 Comments

prewett

15 hours 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

15 hours ago

Definitely something we will consider!

vunderba

18 hours 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?”

zem

17 hours ago

follow up with "how long did the thirty years war last

firebot

18 hours 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.

8bitsrule

11 hours ago

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

kofd

12 hours ago

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

steinvakt2

6 hours 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

5 hours ago

Totally get that, and it was more an expression of me being eager for more. :)

evilos

17 hours ago

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

stevohj

17 hours ago

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

steinvakt2

16 hours 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

BizarroLand

17 hours 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.