DreamWidth Daily Quiz

Some of you are old timers, and this is not your first rodeo. You remember the Old Ways. But some of you might be new, and wondering what's happening, and what to do, and what not to do. So, a FAQ for your benefit.

1. "How do we do this?"
Easy peasy lemon squeezy! On Tuesday a quiz will show up. It usually contains 6 questions: 5 trivia and one freestyle. There is a link on the quiz that says "REPLY". Click on that and leave your answers. Comments are screened so no one can see your answers. You have until COB Friday to submit.

2. "Do I need a Dreamwidth account?"
Nay! All you need is the link to the quiz. If you don't have an account, your name will be anonymous. Feel free to leave some kind of pen name, code name, nom de plume, nom de porn, whatever.

3. "What's the cost?"
No cost, good people of Earth! The quiz is free to play, unlike anything Electronic Arts ever did. All it costs is a little time and the energy necessary to fire up your humor-based brain cells.

4. "What's the angle?"
About 69 degrees, hurr hurr.

5. "No really, what's in it for you?"
For us? It's the laughs. Not only do we get laughs reading answers, but we share laughs with everyone else. And a good laugh is worth a lot. Especially nowadays.

6. "Everyone's just going to google the answers to the questions; why bother?"
Because those people are BOOOOOOOORING. A toddler can google the answers. Hell, we use google to come up with the questions sometimes. That's not the point. How do you make the answer funny? Or better yet, how do you make the wrong answer, or your own lack of knowledge, funny? That's where the true magic lies.

7. "I'm not sure I feel funny enough."
We all have off days and weeks and what not. Fair enough. Feel free to watch and observe (and laugh) as we post the weekly answers. You may eventually feel that confidence that, yes, you really can do this and yes, you can be funny too.

8. "Who are you people anyway?"
We're above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We're "them." We're "they." We are the Men in Black.
...
No wait, that's not right at all.
We're just regular folks with a sense of humor and some time on our hands. Individually we are AL and CV and EW but when our powers combine we are the Moderators and... yeah, that's about it. I was going to go on about "unlimited power" and "become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds" but let's face it, that's all horse puckey.

9. "What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
Now you're getting the hang of it!

10. "Is this all some sinister Illuminati plot?"
Oh darn, you caught us, guilty as charged.

What's that, you say? A quiz emerges from the shadows of the past? To which we say, INDEED!

Here's the skinny, everyone. The current global situation has everyone on edge. Millions confined to quarters, working from home. Stress everywhere. Dire news everywhere. Challenge. Disruption. Worry.

Sometimes you need to step back, take a breath, and smile, or laugh. Embrace the humorous. Embrace the absurd. Take a dose of comedy in between your regularly scheduled doses of Everything That Is Not Comedy.

That's where we come in.

Starting this Tuesday, we will be posting a wee quiz. Six questions, no more, no less, except when it is more or less. Your simple task is to answer these six questions. The latest quiz will be found at https://dwdq.dreamwidth.org/ for your consideration.

BUT WAIT!

Your not-so-simple task is to answer these questions, not necessarily correctly, but rather with wit and humor and whatever wacky funny thought is running through your brain at that particular moment. It may be related to the question. It may be related to the answer. It may not be related to anything at all.

You have four days.

The following Monday, we will select the funniest answers for all the questions and post them up for everyone to see. This helps start Monday, the least funny day of the week, off with a bang. Read the answers. Have a wee laugh. Have a bigger than wee laugh. Laugh until you wee. Whatever works.

The day after that, we start the process anew.

For more details on the rules and procedures (what few there are), the details can be found at https://dwdq.dreamwidth.org/profile.

Tomorrow we'll post a few samples from Quizzes Of Days Long Past, to give you a taste of what to expect.

Stay safe, stay well, and most importantly, stay tuned; the best is yet to come!