Does anyone outside this board care about your trivia knowledge?

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Several times in this thread there was a mentioning of possibility to earn a few dollars on the side by writting questons.

Can someone suggest the companies (or tV Shows, Schools, etc) that pay for the good questions. Ideally, can you provide a few links to the pages on their websites with explaination of questions submitting process, fees, types of questions.

I am hoping that trivia fans here would know at least a few & could share some real experience with they had with these companies.

Thank you,

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konstava wrote:Several times in this thread there was a mentioning of possibility to earn a few dollars on the side by writting questons.

Can someone suggest the companies (or tV Shows, Schools, etc) that pay for the good questions. Ideally, can you provide a few links to the pages on their websites with explaination of questions submitting process, fees, types of questions.

I am hoping that trivia fans here would know at least a few.

Thank you,

Konstantin
I am hoping that somebody smart enough to write trivia questions would be smart enough to do his own research and find his own answers.

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Brian, why do people have message boards, social media, etc.? To talk, to share interests, to ask questions.

There is a difference between a dry Google search and talking to real people who are interested in the subject and might share some real experience.
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konstava wrote:Brian, why do people have message boards, social media, etc.? To talk, to share interests, to ask questions.

There is a difference between a dry Google search and talking to real people who are interested in the subject and might share some real experience.
Someone already pointed you to such a link earlier in this thread, so I would start there.

Also, I think when many (most?) of your posts on this board have been about asking people to help you research starting a business, you're going to have trouble getting people to be very excited about it. I only have a couple hundred posts on the board and I don't feel like I've contributed enough to the community to ask for their support on a project/product. In a couple thousand posts from now, maybe I'll ask people to check out my band's new song on proper Final Jeopardy wagering, but until then...
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OSXpert wrote:In a couple thousand posts from now, maybe I'll ask people to check out my band's new song on proper Final Jeopardy wagering, but until then...
Now, that I would be interested in. But I wouldn't think you need to wait another couple of thousand posts.

I cannot say things as eloquently as you did in this most recent post, so my apologies if I come across as condescending or sarcastic, but, seriously, Konstantin has not posted once in any thread that he didn't start. He has disagreed with almost everybody who has pointed out reality to him. And...

Wait a second! I've never seen him and mbclev online at the same time...

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...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.

If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
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OSXpert wrote:In a couple thousand posts from now, maybe I'll ask people to check out my band's new song on proper Final Jeopardy wagering, but until then...
Now, that I would be interested in. But I wouldn't think you need to wait another couple of thousand posts.
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OSXpert wrote:
konstava wrote:Brian, why do people have message boards, social media, etc.? To talk, to share interests, to ask questions.

There is a difference between a dry Google search and talking to real people who are interested in the subject and might share some real experience.
Someone already pointed you to such a link earlier in this thread, so I would start there.

Also, I think when many (most?) of your posts on this board have been about asking people to help you research starting a business, you're going to have trouble getting people to be very excited about it. I only have a couple hundred posts on the board and I don't feel like I've contributed enough to the community to ask for their support on a project/product. In a couple thousand posts from now, maybe I'll ask people to check out my band's new song on proper Final Jeopardy wagering, but until then...
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konstava wrote:There is no mechanism in this world where we can exchange our type of knowledge for a reward every day, like lawyers or doctors do.

Just imagine for a second if there was.

Funny thing is, this actually exists now, it's called FleetWit. They run a freeroll every Sunday night (8:30 ET) and they have paid games on most other days.

https://goo.gl/rmXC2D
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I just got started enrolling in the School of Koryat when it comes to Jeopardy! training (and the next team trivia night), and I can tell you that if nothing else comes of it, at least it fills your head with stuff that doesn't make you instantly anxious. Really, is it a life or death situation to know the state nicknames of California and Nevada?
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whoisalexjacob wrote:

Funny thing is, this actually exists now, it's called FleetWit. They run a freeroll every Sunday night (8:30 ET) and they have paid games on most other days.
Thanks. I didn't know about FleetWit before you posted it. I'm not holding my breath for the cash prizes but this website has a bunch of trivia quizzes which are interactive and similar to the material on Jeopardy! Ken Jennings seems to write a lot of the quizzes and he is posting the free one tomorrow night.
DCrawshawJr wrote: Really, is it a life or death situation to know the state nicknames of California and Nevada?
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MattKnowles wrote: Thanks. I didn't know about FleetWit before you posted it. I'm not holding my breath for the cash prizes but this website has a bunch of trivia quizzes which are interactive and similar to the material on Jeopardy! Ken Jennings seems to write a lot of the quizzes and he is posting the free one tomorrow night.
I have won $25 on FleetWit so far without buying any credits - they have a free contest every Sunday, and luckily its not too hard for people with middling skill (read: me) to get decent places for the moment. The more people that join, though...
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