# Seeking a new Quizmaster **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 6, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-a-new-quizmaster/194444 "2010-09-06T16:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danmcb)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-a-new-quizmaster/194444/1 "2010-09-06T16:39:26Z")
Dear Rubyists, You may have noticed a substantial drop off in Ruby Q.zes over the past few months. I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth, but with my current projects I’m unable to make time for administering Ruby Quiz. It is with some sadness but with many fond memories that I’m resigning from the role of Quizmaster. There were some good ones [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/193-game-of-life](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/193-game-of-life) [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/202-digits-of-pi](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/202-digits-of-pi) [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/229-music-theory](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/229-music-theory) as well as some less good ones [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/216-dwarf-name-generator](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/216-dwarf-name-generator) It is the strength of the Ruby community that made the role so educational and enjoyable for me, and I hope I was able to educate and entertain you as well. A special thanks to the people who submitted quiz ideas, everyone who submitted responses, and the people who stepped in to write the occasional summary. ---
**Author:** ![danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danmcb)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-a-new-quizmaster/194444/2 "2010-09-06T16:39:39Z")
On Sep 5, 2010, at 1:54 AM, Daniel M. wrote: > Dear Rubyists, > > You may have noticed a substantial drop off in Ruby Q.zes over the > past few months. I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth, but with > my current projects I’m unable to make time for administering Ruby > Quiz. It is with some sadness but with many fond memories that I’m > resigning from the role of Quizmaster. > > There were some good ones > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/193-game-of-life](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/193-game-of-life) > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/202-digits-of-pi](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/202-digits-of-pi) > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/229-music-theory](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/229-music-theory) > > as well as some less good ones > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/216-dwarf-name-generator](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/216-dwarf-name-generator) > > It is the strength of the Ruby community that made the role so > educational and enjoyable for me, and I hope I was able to educate and > entertain you as well. > > A special thanks to the people who submitted quiz ideas, everyone who > submitted responses, and the people who stepped in to write the > occasional summary. That you for keeping the quiz alive with the time you had! James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danmcb)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-a-new-quizmaster/194444/3 "2010-09-06T16:44:06Z")
On 5 September 2010 17:26, James Edward G. II [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Sep 5, 2010, at 1:54 AM, Daniel M. wrote: > > > Dear Rubyists, > > > > You may have noticed a substantial drop off in Ruby Q.zes over the > > past few months. I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth, but with > > my current projects I’m unable to make time for administering Ruby > > Quiz. It is with some sadness but with many fond memories that I’m > > resigning from the role of Quizmaster. > > > > There were some good ones > > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/193-game-of-life](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/193-game-of-life) > > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/202-digits-of-pi](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/202-digits-of-pi) > > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/229-music-theory](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/229-music-theory) > > > > as well as some less good ones > > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/216-dwarf-name-generator](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com/quizzes/216-dwarf-name-generator) > > > > It is the strength of the Ruby community that made the role so > > educational and enjoyable for me, and I hope I was able to educate and > > entertain you as well. > > > > A special thanks to the people who submitted quiz ideas, everyone who > > submitted responses, and the people who stepped in to write the > > occasional summary. > > That you for keeping the quiz alive with the time you had! > > James Edward G. II Indeed, thank you very much for these quizzes ! Well, is somebody interested in becoming the next Quizmaster ? The problem nowadays is likely to find good challenges which appeal Rubyists on the list I think. That is harder because they are already many quizzes (234 ! awesome !). I often wanted to solve old quizzes, which were done before I was on the ML. While I did some for myself, I did not post the solution to these old mails. Maybe some of the most interesting and the oldest quizzes should be “opened” again and we could see what kind of solutions we come to with a newer Ruby and community. Thoughts ? Best regards, Thank you so much to all Quizmasters, Benoit D., Happy Quiz Solver 😉 ---
**Author:** ![danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@danmcb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danmcb)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seeking-a-new-quizmaster/194444/4 "2010-09-06T16:44:09Z")
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Benoit D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 5 September 2010 17:26, James Edward G. II [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > That you for keeping the quiz alive with the time you had! > > > > James Edward G. II > > Indeed, thank you very much for these quizzes ! Thirded! Thanks to Daniel for a great job > Well, is somebody interested in becoming the next Quizmaster ? > > The problem nowadays is likely to find good challenges which appeal > Rubyists on the list I think. > That is harder because they are already many quizzes (234 ! awesome !). I will not volunteer to be a quizmaster, because my free time tends to happen in irregular bursts, but I will gladly contribute quizzes to whoever does step up. In fact, if someone wants to put together a _team_ of quizmasters to handle the various aspects of the thing (administration, coordination, setting and summaries), I’ll sign up as the “official” quiz setter, supplying a quiz in any week that we don’t have a guest submission. martin