KatKwiz is a kwiz about kats. A kwiz that shows members how to use The Cat Site to find information about cats. It also has questions to teach you how to find information and accomplish actions using The Cat Site. Each day a question will be posted at various times of the day between 0001 - 2359 GMT (to allow people in different time zones around the world an equal chance), which can be answered by using The Cat Site. The contest lasts for 8 hours and is open to all The Cat Site members. If there are no winners after 8 hours, the contest is ended and the points remain in the KatKwiz bank.
All questions can be answered somewhere on The Cat Site or a link provided by The Cat Site. Persi & Alley reserve the right to PM apparent winners to see how you got your answer, but do NOT include how you found your answer when you give your answer.
If there is a conflict of answers on the Cat Site, the person who finds one of the "correct" answers first is still the winner and the moderators will be notified of the conflict. By using a fill in the blank approach, any conflicting information should be all but eliminated.
All you do is supply what is in the blank, taken directly off of The Cat Site or a link provided by The Cat Site.
Here is an example daily KatKwiz question:
Flat Chested Kitten Syndrome is a deformity of a kitten's ribs and sternum (breastbone). The medical term for this is ___________.
The blank can be one or more words. There may be two or more blanks in the question, each containing one or more words.
Each day's winner receives 1% of the KatKwiz bank account at the time of the question. I will always give one way of finding the answer when the points are awarded. There may be many more. Here is an example answer for the above question:
Click on Cat Health in the upper right corner.
Click on Flat Chested Kitten (FCK)
Read the answer Pectus Excavatum in the first paragraph.
All you supply is the word or words in the blank (or blanks). Do not show how you obtained the answer.
Even If you do not like games (or have so many points that you don't need them), stop by every day to learn something about The Cat Site you may not have already known. You can always leave the points in the KatKwiz bank or specify to donate them to somebody else. Here is an example of what to watch for every day in The Cat Lounge:
*****KatKwiz - Feb. 01 - 2812*****
The number (2812) is the number of points you will win if you win the contest.
You may have to scroll a long way to find the contest because it only gets refreshed when there is a new answer or comment, and The Cat Lounge is a very active forum. Just because somebody has already answered, it may not be correct. Many times the first answer is NOT correct, so go ahead and submit your answer. Or just say "good answer" to refresh the post.
Where do the points come from?
All of the points in the KatKwiz account are donated by members. This account earns interest. Each day the daily winner is paid 1% of the current bank account which represents the interest the account earns. So, as an example, if the balance was 285,329 points when the question was asked, you would win 2853 points. I also make points posting, which along with member's donated points, allow the bank balance to keep going up, which allows a higher payout in the future.
All questions can be answered somewhere on The Cat Site or a link provided by The Cat Site. Persi & Alley reserve the right to PM apparent winners to see how you got your answer, but do NOT include how you found your answer when you give your answer.
If there is a conflict of answers on the Cat Site, the person who finds one of the "correct" answers first is still the winner and the moderators will be notified of the conflict. By using a fill in the blank approach, any conflicting information should be all but eliminated.
All you do is supply what is in the blank, taken directly off of The Cat Site or a link provided by The Cat Site.
Here is an example daily KatKwiz question:
The blank can be one or more words. There may be two or more blanks in the question, each containing one or more words.
Each day's winner receives 1% of the KatKwiz bank account at the time of the question. I will always give one way of finding the answer when the points are awarded. There may be many more. Here is an example answer for the above question:
Click on Cat Health in the upper right corner.
Click on Flat Chested Kitten (FCK)
Read the answer Pectus Excavatum in the first paragraph.
All you supply is the word or words in the blank (or blanks). Do not show how you obtained the answer.
Even If you do not like games (or have so many points that you don't need them), stop by every day to learn something about The Cat Site you may not have already known. You can always leave the points in the KatKwiz bank or specify to donate them to somebody else. Here is an example of what to watch for every day in The Cat Lounge:
*****KatKwiz - Feb. 01 - 2812*****
The number (2812) is the number of points you will win if you win the contest.
You may have to scroll a long way to find the contest because it only gets refreshed when there is a new answer or comment, and The Cat Lounge is a very active forum. Just because somebody has already answered, it may not be correct. Many times the first answer is NOT correct, so go ahead and submit your answer. Or just say "good answer" to refresh the post.
Where do the points come from?
All of the points in the KatKwiz account are donated by members. This account earns interest. Each day the daily winner is paid 1% of the current bank account which represents the interest the account earns. So, as an example, if the balance was 285,329 points when the question was asked, you would win 2853 points. I also make points posting, which along with member's donated points, allow the bank balance to keep going up, which allows a higher payout in the future.
