robbalvey Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Hey guys! I've already spoken to AJ about this, but I figured I'd ask you guys too. I'm working on a simple roller coaster trivia iPhone App as a way for us to "test the waters" with iPhone development. The game will be pretty basic, but I want to load it up with questions. I've attached the current spreadsheet so you can see the format of what we need. It's VERY straight forward! I kind of need as many "general trivia" questions as you guys can give me between now and Monday. If you're able to help, please let me know ASAP, download the spreadsheet, create a tab with your name on it, start typing them in, and if you could upload the progress on a daily basis so I can start to incorporate them into our main spreadsheet. The question number doesn't really matter as much as I'll end up changing those. Just need the question and the answers. Also, please be sure to rename the file coaster_trivia_general_yourname.xlsx Any questions? Just ask! Thank you! --Robb coaster_trivia_general.xlsx Edited January 25, 2012 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Downloading it now,... lord knows there's enough crap in my ears to fill a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 ^ You can have that looked at, RD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 ^ You can have that looked at, RD. I have. There's no cure for it. Instead you go insane over time and start building parks in computer games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 If you can help, that's great! Just download the spreadsheet, write in some stuff when you have time, and just email me the spreadsheet on a daily basis so I can add them to the master spreadsheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Robb, do you need pictures with the spreadsheet? I.E. I've got questions- but pictures are a bit limited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 NM the above: Memo to me, read the tabs on a speadsheet... Here's what I've got so far- and will add more as time goes by- coaster_trivia_general_RD.xlsx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) Okay, so I did not see this thread. I sent Robb a PM, but I'll let you all know what I've been doing. I've been working in categories so I don't make any duplicate questions. I have 100 complete so far. When Robb let me know about this he gave me a target number of 250. Similar Coaster Types - the answers are all the same manufacturer and model, and you're asked a question about them. The trick is to figure out what the coasters all are before trying to answer the question. 50 questions, done. Similar Coaster Names - two types. One type gives you a description of the coaster, and you have to answer which park it's in; the catch is that all four of the answers have a coaster of that name. The other type gives you a description of the coaster, and you have to answer what it is; this catch is that the names are all similar. 25 questions, done. Record Holders - you are asked what OPERATING coaster is the record holder for the given region and given statistic. These will have to be updated as new coasters open, like PortAventura's coaster which will be the tallest in Europe when it opens. 25 questions, done. Coaster >>> Park - you are given the name of a coaster, and you have to answer what park it's in. 50 questions, in progress. Description >>> Coaster - you are given a description and location of a coaster, and you have to answer what it is. 50 questions, not started yet. Defunct Coasters - you are asked questions about recent defunct coasters, such as Big Bad Wolf. 25 questions, not started yet. Random - geeky bits of trivia, like being asked who sponsors Rock n' Roller Coaster. 25 questions, not started yet. coaster_triviaAJ.xlsx Edited January 26, 2012 by A.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Awesome! Thanks guys! Just keeping adding to your spreadsheets and keep sending them to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 RD - Check your spreadsheet to make sure the "correct answers" are appearing in the "correct" column. For example, these are the answers in the "correct" column for these questions: Which of these Arrow coasters owes it's origin to Schwarzkopf XLR 8 Hypersonic XLC was the first major coaster for which manufacturer Maruer Sohne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 AJ - for the record holders, I would add a year. For example instead of this: What is the fastest operating coaster in Asia? Make the question this: What was the fastest operating coaster in Asia in 2011? As it's very possible that the app could be in distribution after another fastest coaster is created, and then the question would be wrong, and we'd have to do an update to fix it. But otherwise...looks great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Getting a demo in from the developer tomorrow. Need to have all the questions I'm going to add to the game by Wed or Thursday at the latest. Let me know if anyone else has time to do a few more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Working on that now; should have more to add by Monday close of business- if all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) I'll have my next 100 done by tonight, most likely. EDIT: They're done. 50 more questions for me to go. Make sure we don't have any duplicates. coaster_triviaAJ.xlsx Edited January 31, 2012 by A.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 NM the above: Memo to me, read the tabs on a speadsheet... Here's what I've got so far- and will add more as time goes by- [attachment=0]coaster_trivia_general_RD.xlsx[/attachment] I'm still seeing the wrong answers in the "correct" column. I'll wait to import yours when it's all fixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Sorry about that: I'll fix the thing with the additional stuff before uploading it- Excel and I don't get along too well sometimes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Thanks RD! AJ, I've added all the questions you've submitted to date to the master list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Well, we are certainly getting somewhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Ummmm.. that's Disneyland, right? The Big Thunder splash or something? (Good pic, BTW!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Looks pretty good. Personally, I would have the color scheme changed to something befitting of the new front page design. Also (this is something that I corrected myself on a lot), we need to make sure that when we make references to defunct coasters, we use "was" instead of "is". EDIT: Holy [censored] that is a tricky photo. I originally thought that it was Great American Scream Machine! We still need to make sure that we proofread and re-proofread the questions though. Edited January 31, 2012 by A.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 ^ Yeah, David (iloverides) is actually taking a pass at the UI screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Robb & AJ: Here's version 2A of my spreadsheet: Hit a bit of writer's block today, but will try to crank out additional stuff tommorow. Also- I corrected the 'wrong' wrong answers and put 'right' answers where the wrong ones were. It should be right now. Right? R.D. coaster_trivia_general_RD IIa.xlsx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Okay, one thing with this is that not everyone is a massive coaster geek, so not everyone will know abbreviations (DL, SFOG, WTF, LMAO, FFS, etc) of parks. I specifically avoided putting coasters that share their names with other coasters as answers to avoid confusion. The exceptions are the "similar coaster names" questions, but those answers are all parks if the question refers to a single name placed on multiple coasters (Shockwave, for example). Another thing is ride names. We can't use retired ride names to refer to rides that already exist - for example, it's not "Manhattan Express" anymore, it's "Roller Coaster". There may be a great deal of people who casually download the app and not know what Manhattan Express is. Take what I say with a grain of salt. A lot of your questions are fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueerRudie Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Okay, one thing with this is that not everyone is a massive coaster geek, so not everyone will know abbreviations (DL, SFOG, WTF, LMAO, FFS, etc) of parks. I specifically avoided putting coasters that share their names with other coasters as answers to avoid confusion. The exceptions are the "similar coaster names" questions, but those answers are all parks if the question refers to a single name placed on multiple coasters (Shockwave, for example). Another thing is ride names. We can't use retired ride names to refer to rides that already exist - for example, it's not "Manhattan Express" anymore, it's "Roller Coaster". There may be a great deal of people who casually download the app and not know what Manhattan Express is. Take what I say with a grain of salt. A lot of your questions are fantastic. Any advice with this is helpful; where coming up with questions can be tricky, I wanted to have a few 'ballbuster' questions in there as well- thus why a few of the names may be 'obscure' or 'hidden' in some terms. I've been going through my rusty brain trying to figure out some things such as 'taglines' for coasters- I.E. "Coiled and Ready to Strike" etc. but I'm sort of out of juice on that one for the time being- if there's a later update, that would be a totally different beast. Also: If there are questions that might not be of use, let me know those as well. I'm 'home' for the next four days due to an ear infection that's grounded me, so I'll have more time to work on some of these things in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 Just keep coming up with them and I'll do the final edits as need be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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