Commands for those running Quizzes

Quiz-Master Commands:

QUIZ ON/OFF             To publicly declare the quiz begun, or to end it.

[Stage 1]

QUIZWHO                 List who is in the Quiz (audience and competitors).

AUDIENCE                List audience members in the Quiz Room.

COMPETITOR <player>     Declares the player a valid competitor.

UNCOMPETITOR <player>   Removes competitorship from a player.

[Stage 2]

RULEWRITE               To write the rules of a Quiz.

BEGINQUIZ               Declares the quiz commenced and calls for silence.

RULESHOW                To show everybody the rules of the Quiz.

[Stage 3: The Quiz itself]

CATEGORY <category>     To set the current category.

WORTH <points>          To set the next question worth.

QUESTION <question>     Sets and displays the next question.

ANSWERS                 Review the current answers log.

THEANSWER/TA <answer>   To tell everybody the correct answer.

CORRECT <ply> [...ply] Declaring those with correct answers.

ELMINATE <ply>.ply     Eliminating wrong answers from answers log.

CLEARANSWERS            Clear the current answers log.

TIMER <seconds>         Set up a timer in seconds.

AUTOTIMER <seconds>     Sets up a question timer with final countdown.

CLEARBUZZERS            Sets everyone's buzzer in operation again.

OUTBUZZER <competitor> Turn off the buzzer of an individual.

PLUS <player> <pts>     To add points to a player.

MINUS <player> <pts>    To subtract points from a player.

SBSHOW                  Show the scoreboard to everybody.

[Stage 4: Ending the Quiz]

WINNER <competitor>     To reward a competitor with victory.

ENDQUIZ                 To declare the quiz over.

See HELP QMADVICE for special advice for Quiz Masters on quiz management and question selection.