[ Home ] | [ Access ] | [ Logs ] | [ News and Updates ] | [ Rules: ( Quick ) ( Full ) ] | [ Script Tests ] | [ Sound Files ] | [ Statistics ] | [ Works Cited ]

An important aspect of this trivia game--and probably any trivia game in general--is providing sources for questions. There are three reasons for this: One, it backs the host up when there is confusion, both the players and the host. The writer of the question may have been incorrect. Two, it allows players to know where to look for more information. Three, it's easier when verifying the answer for whatever reason.

This page lists the sources used in the game and goes over the format of questions and answers.

Formatting

Questions

It's important to read the question and the choices before answering. Questions have up to three parts:

1. The category of the question followed by a colon. If there's no category, it's Wild.
2. The question
3. The choices appear with a letter and a closed parenthesis with commas, semicolons, and/or periods marking the end of choices.

A comma marks the end of a choice, a semicolon appears if any of the choices have a comma, and a period will appear if the choice is a complete sentence. If all choices begin with the same word or phrase, the word or phrase will appear at the beginning of the choices. Some choices appear in the question instead of at the end but will still include a letter followed by a closed parenthesis.

The question writer may not be the host, so the host will use quotation marks to indicate copied text. However, if the host feels that quotation marks will give hints, the host will remove them and make a note in the answer.

Answers

Answers have many sections:

1. If the question has choices, the letter(s) appear first, separated by commas if necessary, ending with a colon.
2. The correct answer with a period if it's a complete sentence. Parenthesis indicate it's not necessary to get the question correct. If applicable, the period is outside any parenthesis.
3. Comments by the question writer or the host appear next in parentheses and are complete sentences. Quotation marks indicate that someone else wrote the comments.
4. One or more sources with a minimum of one.

Sources display MLA style inside brackets ([]) or braces ({}). Braces indicate that the host didn't write the question, especially if the host changes anything. This is to give credit. URLs do not appear in the channel for security reasons.

The sections for questions and answers appear on one line unless it is too long due to IRC restrictions.

Sample Questions

This section contains some sample questions to show how all this works. In case people want to think about the answers, the answers all appear in the answer section below:

1. At Christ's Second Coming, what will happen to Satan and his followers?
2. Bible: Who was the first person to die?
3. Book of Mormon: "Eat, drink, and be merry, for (blank), (two blanks); . . ." (Order matters.)
4. New Testament: "Render, therefore, unto (blank) the things which are (blank) . . ."
5. Who said the following quote? "I am going like a lamb to the slaughter, but I am calm as a summer's morning."
6. Which of the following allows the Holy Ghost to stay with us after getting the gift of the Holy Ghost? We must A) let our thoughts go wild. B) keep our thoughts pure. C) do nothing.
7. Name three of the four "principles and ordinances of the gospel." A) sprinkling of water, B) repentance, C) Love your neighbor. D) Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. E) sign of faith, F) Bow in worship before idols. G) ordinance of salvation, H) Doing good works. I) Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. J) Love for God and fellow man. K) Doing your best. L) Performing miracles. M) Going to the temple. N) Accept Jesus Christ's grace. O) Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. P) Just believing in Jesus Christ.

Sample Answers

1. They will be bound (for 1,000 years). [Lawrence, Larry R. “War Goes on, The.” Ensign, vol. 47, no. 4, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apr. 2017.] [Revelation 20:1-3]
2. Abel ("Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve. Jealous that his brother's sacrifice to God was more well-received than his, Cain killed Abel.") {Teich, Isadora. “Can You Score More Than 24/30 on This Tricky Bible Literacy Test?” HowStuffWorks, 22 Apr. 2018.}
3. tomorrow, we die [2 Nephi 28:7]
4. Caesar/Caesar('s) (Commas around "therefore" added. Quote changed to match the KJV, but it doesn't change the correct answer and is still usable. "Jesus used a simple teaching tool, a coin, to instruct the Pharisees on the correct attitude toward paying taxes. Showing them that Caesar's image and name were on the coin, he told them the above adage. If you're wondering why there would be any debate about whether it was right to pay taxes, remember that Judea was occupied territory -- to pay taxes to the Romans might be seen as treasonous.") {Grey, Torrance. Will You Ace This Famous Bible Quotes Quiz? 21 Aug. 2018.}
5. Joseph Smith or Jeremiah (bonus 25% for Jeremiah) (Joseph quoted Jeremiah.) [Zobell, Ralph R. "Commemorating the Anniversary of the Martyrdom at Carthage." Deseret News, 30 June 2012.] [D&C 135:4] [Jeremiah 11:19]
6. B: "Keep our thoughts pure." ["Gift of the Holy Ghost, The." Gospel Principles, 3rd ed., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2011, p. 121-2. D&C 130:22-3.]
7. I, B, O, D: "First, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, repentance; third, baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; [and] fourth, laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Article of Faith 4; "and" added). (No bonus for listing all four, because the question asked for three.) [Goff, Jeremy. "Five False Doctrines That The First Five Articles Of Faith Correct." MyLifeByGoGoGoff, 7 Feb. 2019.]

Explanations

1. The category is Wild due to no category displaying at the beginning of the question. "For 1,000 years" is in parentheses, so players don't need that to get the question right; however, that phrase by itself is incorrect. The source entry appears under Lawrence in the Sources list below.
2. The category is Bible and an example of a copied question. The parenthesis and quotation marks indicate comments by the author of the question. The source entry appears under Teich in the Sources list below.
3. The category is Book of Mormon and is an example of a fill in the blank question. Blanks appear spelled out and in parentheses to encourage players to read the question.
• This question is where a player will get the question wrong if the order doesn't match. They will still get credit for all three answers, but the player will not get the all answer bonus and a letter guess opportunity. The stats' sheet will show it as an incorrect answer.
4. The category is New Testament and is an example of a copied question and a fill in the blank question. Note the parentheses around the apostrophe S: possessive form not required. The host modified this question, however. The original question quoted the NIV, but the Church uses the KJV. The source entry appears under Grey.
• Additionally, this question has a level two, level four, level five, and level six versions. This is the level six version where players have to put Caesar down twice to get it right.
• FYI: The level two version shows two words for each choice similar to the correct answer. The level four question requires only one Caesar to count as right. The level five version has each word in a separate choice, and the player must select the two correct words in the correct order.
6. The category is Wild due to no category displaying, either, and is an example of a question with a bonus answer. For this question, the question writer is thinking that players will think it's Joseph due to the story being more famous; however, any player that answers Jeremiah is also correct. Because the host feels most people will put Joseph, Jeremiah gets an extra 25%. The source entry appears under Zobell.
7. The category is Wild due to no category displaying and shows what a multiple choice question would look like. "We must" appears at the beginning of each choice, so that phrase moves to the beginning and only displays once. Since each choice forms a complete sentence and includes "we must", choices end with periods.
8. The category is Wild, too, due to no category displaying and is a lengthy multiple choice question that requires three answers but has four. The order does not matter. Choices that form complete sentences display as such, including the period. This question has a mix of choices that form complete sentences with those that do not.

The sources in the above questions match what would appear in the game itself. Notice there's no links or URLs; however, the complete entry, including URLs, appears in the Sources list below.

The next section talks about resetting questions used.

Reusing

The host tracks questions used and if anyone got it right in the first part. The reason is to have no repeating questions. The bonus round ignores the used aspect.

At some point, the host will clear the used questions. When marking questions unused, the scores change based on if someone got it right in the first part. If it's a multiple choice question, the choices' order, the wording, or both may change. Changing the points will not cause the point values to go outside of ranges for the question type.

Sources

Source information in answers in the game may appear shorter than shown here. There are no URLs because of security reasons and to use less text.

Furthermore, more information may exist in answers, which includes page numbers, chapter numbers, and/or maybe a panel number. For example, one source is the scripture storybooks produced by the Church for children: Book of Mormon Stories, Old Testament Stories, New Testament Stories, and Doctrine and Covenants Stories. These books have pictures with text. Sometimes, the page number is not available, so the host gives other information and modifies the entry to point to the chapter and then adds the panel number.

The list is alphabetical by author then title according to MLA rules. If there's no author, it's under title. For more information, Purdue University put an online resource for the MLA format and many others.

Some sources will not have individual MLA entries, because people should already know how to find them; however, an entry for the collection appears. The following list shows sources without an MLA entry for each subsection or book:

• Bible
• Book of Mormon
• Doctrine and Covenants (D&C)
• Joseph Smith Translation (JST)
• The Pearl of Great Price
• Joseph Smith--History (JSH) -- This summarizes early events in his life.
• Joseph Smith--Matthew (JSM) -- This is an excerpt of a chapter in Matthew.

These are the standard works the Church created and printed. The Joseph Smith Translation is his attempt to make the Bible better or understandable. The Church's version of the Bible has excerpts with Joseph Smith--Matthew being the biggest. These sources show the book, chapter, and verse in the following format: [JST] <book> <chapter>:<verse(s) using commas and hyphens> [(JST)]; [JST] [<book> <chapter>:<verse(s) using commas and hyphens>] [JST]. Brackets mean it is optional, so it appears if applicable. The location of JST has no significance. Examples:

• [Matthew 21:17-18] -- It came from the book of Matthew, chapter 21, and verses 17 and 18.
• [Genesis 2:19-20; Moses 3:19-20] It came from the book of Genesis chapter 2, verses 19 and 20. Additionally, it also came from the book of Moses, chapter 3, verses 19 and 20.

Sources Not Cited

Unfortunately, I got questions from sources that I cannot properly cite using MLA. I will put them here:

• #triviaoasis on DALnet -- The game no longer appears. Whoever created it took it down due to lack of participation.
• #trivialand on DALnet
• #triviapoint on DALnet

Occasionally, I play trivia games on DALnet, and I saw usable questions.

Works Cited

The following list is an abbreviated version of all sources used in the game. It removes extraneous information, and I moved links to the appropriate text. There's two other versions with no links to get back to any other page on this site: The full bibliography and a Zotero report. The Bibliography is the full version of this Works Cited section with no edits. The Zotero report includes notes I took, but I removed Zotero links, because I don't want anyone to be able to modify my sources. The full report is about 3 megabytes, so it will take a while to load.

Some titles will have articles (a, an, the) moved to the end. When sorting, articles don't count, but the software includes them when sorting. Also, because sorting algorithms place numbers before letters, some titles may have numbers spelled out if the original title starts with a number and affects the sorting.

Last Updated: 11 Aug 2024