Ever since the KBC hit the TV screens, there has been a flood of quiz programs, quiz contests, books and websites. Kqscore is another such site hosted by Derek Obrien, one of the most well known, high profile quizmasters of India with BQC fame.
The site is supposed to measure your KQ…. The knowledge quotient. The formula for calculation of KQ is quite a complicated one, which I didn’t bother to understand. A wide variety of topics are listed, broadly classified into 4 main categories; 1. School Kq 2. Career KQ 3.Leisure KQ 4. Self KQ (personality tests) Under each category there are hundreds of topics/subjects on which you can take a test. Once you click on a topic of your choice, you are administered a 10 point questionnaire with 2 alternative answers listed, you have to click one. At the end of the test, which takes hardly 2-3 minutes, you get the score immediately.
The score is displayed in 4 categories; 1. score in the particular subject,2. score in the category, 3.KQ score for the Session and 4, KQ score updated till the test. If you manage to score exceptionally well (top 10 till the time ), your name gets displayed on the rolls of Hall of Fame. I have taken over 30 tests and managed to reach the Hall of Fame in over 10. It was good fun. The questions as well as topics are quite interesting and entertaining.
The site downloads fast, navigation is easy and fast, site lay-out and design is just average. What is disappointing is the lack of regular updating. The dates don’t change, and many of the questions/answers are outdated. As per Kqscore, Madan Lal Khurana who quit in 1997 , is still the CM of Delhi! There are some wrong answers listed which unnecessarily make your answers incorrect, such as one saying Hillary Clinton is contesting for the House ( not Senate? )
However, small glitches apart, it’s a good site for one to assess one’s knowledge in privacy, if one is afraid of going on stage to participate in quiz programs, anyway everybody doesn’t get chances, so kqscore is the best option!.
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