28.1 Quizzes in Avalon and associated commands.
Avalon has a quiz-system which enables mortals or Gods to organise and run quizzes. In order to initiate a quiz without divine aid, you will need ten individuals to go to the Meeting Place and ring the bell there. The ten ringers, if in quick enough succession will open a mist portal out of the Avalon continent into the Chamber of Knowldge. After having entered the portal, a Quiz Master must be nominated - this is done by securing a unanimous nomination with four or more voters. Use the NOMINATE command to do this. From there on in, it is up to the Quiz Master to declare rules and manage proceedings.
SCOREBOARD/SB To review the current score board.
REPEAT To repeat the current question.
ANSWER/AN <text> To give an answer secretly to Quiz Master only.
RULES To view the Rules of the current Quiz.
POT Show what has been put into the pot for the winner.
QUIZWHO Lists the competitors and audience in this Quiz Room.
AUDIENCE List only the audience.
Most Quizzes bestow some prize on the winner. This is often determined by what is put into the pot by those present. You can add your own contribution to the pot using the INPOT command. Type INPOT on its own while in the Chamber of Knowledge to see the syntax of this command. You can put in lessons, items or gold pieces. The winner simply receives 90% of everything in the pot, while the Quizmaster receives the remaining 10%.
If you are not a competitor but a member of the audience you will find that, short of leaving, all you can do is applaud, hiss, cheer and clap. The Master of the Quiz decides who competes and who does not.
Finally, you should note that if you happen to leave Avalon during the quiz, you will still be a competitor with the correct number of points when you rejoin using the QUIZ command.
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