WHIZ QUIZ: COMMON KNOWLEDGE
By WaveMakers
Tape 11 (1982)


Whiz Quiz (Description 1)

Trivia.  This is the first program of its kind.  It's not limited by the amount 
of memory in the Bally, since all the questions are fed from the tape to the 
computer. (over 250 total questions).  These are all multiple choice questions 
and the answers are selected with the hand control.

The computer keeps track of right and wrong answers.  We've given you a big 
variety of questions ranging from astrology to TV trivia.  They may not 
separate the dummies from the Einsteins, but they should give you a good idea.  
Who knows, what's what, who's who, how many, when was, and who cares, anyway! 
This game is for all those who love trivia.  Don't miss WaveMakers' tape 11,  
Whiz Quiz.


Whiz Quiz (Description 2)

This tape is not limited by the amount of memory in the Bally, because all the 
questions are fed from the tape to the computer.  Over 250 total questions 
ranging from astrology to TV trivia.  Answers are selected by using the 
joystick.


Archive Notes:

Whiz Quiz- Common Knowledge (1982)(WaveMakers)(300 baud raw)(PD)[From Master 
Tapes].wav

Comments from Paul Thacker:

Yahoo Message #2108 (July 25, 2005)

Whiz Quiz is particularly interesting because it's divided up into many 
different small programs. The idea is that you would leave the tape running, 
then when you answered a question, whichever question the tape got to next 
would be the next one to load. This structure is clearly evident from the .wav 
file. The raw .wav file will not load, and ballybin gives an error message that 
the .wav file ends unexpectedly. I also tried processing a few individual 
segments separately, but got exactly the same results.


Yahoo Message #3619 (February 3, 2007)

Tape 11, Whiz Quiz, didn't have any repeats due to its length, just a 2000 baud 
side and a 300 baud side. In this case, the 300 baud program actually has 
different questions! 


In private email to Adam (May 9, 2016)

Here's the untested digitally processed Whiz Quiz. Let me know if you get a 
chance to test it. The thing about Whiz Quiz is, it has a long continuous 
sequence of question data. Ordinarily, you'd answer a question and whatever 
happened to come up next would be the next question. If you actually want to 
test it comprehensively, then load the audio file in something like Audacity 
where you can see the waveform, and zoom in a bit. You should be able to tell 
when a question is finished and pause it. Then just unpause when you've 
finished answering and gotten the results. If you need to take a break, just 
take note of the timestamp, load the start of the tape again the next time, 
then skip ahead. Unfortunately, some questions are repeated. Fortunately (for 
me, at least), the 300 baud version has fewer questions about 70's TV shows.


In private email to Adam (October 17, 2016)

[To test Whiz Quiz,] If you zoom in on the waveform in Audacity or a similar 
program, you can probably see the basic layout of the program. After loading 
the initial program, it will have a large number of loads with silence and/or a 
tone with no data between them. Each of the small loads has the data for one 
question. During normal play, you'd skip over many of the loads. If you want to 
hit all of them, you can pause the recording after a question loads, answer the 
question, then start the recording again. I believe some of the questions 
repeat. If you want to take a break, just note where in the recording you're 
at, then after loading the initial program, skip ahead to that part of the 
recording. Thanks for your help!


Yahoo Message #14947 (October 17, 2016)

We still need to test Whiz Quiz--that has a huge number of loads.


