Can you name the the closest city when given a choice of two? by Steesh

Hint	Closest City
Which is the closest city to London, UK? Casablanca or Marseille?
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Choose the closest city? Quiz

by Steesh

Created Nov 23, 2009 in Geography
Game Plays 12,221

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	kenmoniz:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 03:19 GMT	1 point
	on question 4 when you type in osaka nothing happens

	Steesh:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 03:28 GMT	3 points
	Apologies. Not sure how I managed to that. Thanks

	Steesh:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 05:15 GMT	1 point
	Seem to be getting some bad ratings.... I'm open to suggestions and criticiscm. What should I change?

	Escaho:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 05:30 GMT	19 points
	Honestly, I think the low ratings are a cause of this type of quiz in general. People view it as the creator trying to obtain more plays instead of generating an actual interesting quiz that you don't have to reload over and over again. I don't really see a work around for this type of quiz though...

	Steesh:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 05:41 GMT	1 point
	Yeah.... I can see that. Maybe I should just lay them all out or not? I quite like the challenge of getting em all first time.

	TimeAndTide:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 05:50 GMT	9 points
	I concur with Escaho. But I'll add that it was frustrating that, in many cases, the choices were very distant cities that are nearly equidistant from the target city, making it more-or-less a random guess, which I don't find all that fun. For example, Osaka is 5505 miles from Reykjavik and 5373 miles from Saskatoon -- a difference of about 2.5%.

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	Firemarsh:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 07:51 GMT	1 point
	great quiz! but why moscow and damascar on question 4? That seems like an obvious choice

	random_cloud:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 11:17 GMT	7 points
	i'm bored of these rolling games now ... bring back more quiz lists and questions

	Steesh:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 11:41 GMT	2 points
	I didn't do it for the plays, honest. It's not as if plays=money. @TimeAndTide - The quiz was mean't to get harder as it progressed, though I agree that is rather difficult. Maybe I'll make some more obvious a little earlier on.

	Steesh:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 11:48 GMT	0 points
	@Chocolatl - Marseille without the S is the common way to spell it, though you can also add the S.

	Boomhauer:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 13:20 GMT	1 point
	I found a glitch!! Yay! I can fail miserable and still win, but that just shows I spend too much time on computers. pushes glasses up nose

	Qazza2k9:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 14:28 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz, 5 stars!

	WinnieNicklaus:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT	1 point
	I thought this was a lot of fun; I don't care how many plays people's quizzes get. And the closer of a call it was between two cities, the more fun it was. Knowing Rome is closer to Marseille than Riga is yawn, but I was imagining longitude lines and east-west hemisphere divisions to decide between Reyjavik and Saskatoon. Great quiz!

	Rom:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 16:56 GMT	0 points
	What's the 2nd answer? I got all of them, but it says 1/2 answers correct.

	red_andy:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 17:07 GMT	2 points
	There's no "c" in Vladivostok.

	mjob688:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 18:10 GMT	5 points
	the timer did not stop for me when the quiz said it was done

	walter_eagle:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 18:18 GMT	1 point
	Terrible title, great quiz. I like it the way it is where you lose if you get one wrong. mjob688, the timer probably didn't stop because all the winning answers are bonus answers. Just type in one of the wrong answers, I guess. There should be a better way.

	eln77:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 19:06 GMT	1 point
	Easiest way to two out of two: Type "Marseilles", then type "not quite, sorry".

	max123:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT	1 point
	@eln77 actually the easiest way is 'marseille' then 'cairo'

	max123:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 19:14 GMT	1 point
	sorry meant 'marseille' then 'riga'

	eln77:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 19:26 GMT	1 point
	ah yes, i suppose that is shorter.

	JohnJF:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	2 points
	So I guessed Casablanca, was evidently wrong, guessed Marseille, and got 2 out of 2? I don't get it.

	apb7721:	Nov 24th, 2009 at 21:35 GMT	-2 points
	Fail.

	Steesh:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 01:11 GMT	2 points
	@JohnJF - There are only 2 actual answers. The fail one and the first answer. The rest of them are bonus answers. Bit weird I know, but I can't get around that.

	Steesh:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 01:13 GMT	1 point
	Also it's interesting that people have disdain for such quizzes that will make you play again so often yet these very same people are obviously playing again themselves. Doesn't quite add up. Thanks to those who enjoyed it for what it is. I'm guessing no sequel? lol

	flinty:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 01:48 GMT	1 point
	seens as i live in newcastle this felt like the way i walk home when drunk

	wolverine09:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 14:04 GMT	1 point
	should be more questions! i want moooore hahaha

	Matty:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 14:43 GMT	0 points
	Steesh, be honest, you're going for play numbers. You could have had the "sorry, not quite" answers as a bonus answers and the final "congratulations!" answer as the 2nd actual answer.

	Gusteryan:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 16:00 GMT	1 point
	steesh, how do you make quizes like this. I cant figure it out

	aflew:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 16:15 GMT	1 point
	i found a way to cheat. if you get the first one wrong and type a correct answer for a later question, then it won't let you get anymore wrong and you can finish the quiz.

	Illini13:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 20:34 GMT	-3 points
	http://www.sporcle.com/games/Illini13/badassbracket

	Steesh:	Nov 26th, 2009 at 01:49 GMT	2 points
	Ok.... so I've changed the whole complexion of the quiz. I tried to keep the same idea but couldn't get around making people need to play again everytime. @ Matty - I tried your suggestion but it wouldn't work. And really mate... what the hell does play numbers do for me? It was the only way to make the quiz as it was. At least as i could see it.

	kwypston:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 14:28 GMT	1 point
	I like the new format! I guess what you can do is to designate correct choices to be bonus answers. That way, we can see the breakdown of correct answers more precisely (instead of 12-14 being lumped as one). Of course, upon starting the quiz the score of the player should be "1" so that every player's result will be recorded. I suppose the time limit can be raised, so everyone gets to finish the entire quiz.

	JT007:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 19:09 GMT	1 point
	Its says i got 17/24 even though I got all of them right.

	Steesh:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 02:25 GMT	1 point
	I guess you also managed some wrong answers there too....

	cheesyjon:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 02:44 GMT	1 point
	i got 3 wrong

	FreakyFlyBry:	Dec 12th, 2010 at 06:42 GMT	1 point
	I love the fact that you included my hometown of Saskatoon on this quiz!