Kevin Wells has issued a second release of his Quiz Engine, an application for creating multiple choice quizzes on RISC OS – and which forms the basis of his own two quiz releases, FlagQuiz and MorseQuiz. The main Quiz Engine program remains at version 1.02, with the ‘misc’ file standing at 1.01, but the skeleton application is now at release 2.
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Brush up on your Morse code
Following his FlagQuiz and Quiz Engine releases, Kevin Wells has now made another quiz available, this time to allow people to test their knowledge of Morse code. The application, MorseQuiz presents the user with a series of ten multiple choice questions, each of which has four possible answers.
Read MoreKevsoft’s Quiz creator released
When Kevin Wells released FlagQuiz in late 2025, along with a couple of subsequent updates, he said that his plan was to make it possible for people to create their own quizzes using the software – and he has now met that goal with the release of The Kevsoft Quiz Engine.
Read MoreTest your flag knowledge with FlagQuiz
If you have a familiarity with flags and want to test your knowledge of them, or if you find yourself flummoxed by them and want to try to learn a few, Kevin Wells has a new piece of software that might be of interest.
Read MoreR-Comp brings some Christmas quizzing to WROCC – 4th December
Having been the guest speaker for the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting that took place in November, Andrew Rawnsley will be joining the group again for their December meeting – but wearing a different hat!
Read MoreQuiz night in Wakefield – 6th October
Marking their return to physical meetings – the first since the pandemic brought about a temporary end to such things – the next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be a computer-related quiz, hosted by Peter Richmond.
Read MoreFestive fun and quizzing in Wakefield
The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will be holding its next meeting on Wednesday, and the theme for the evening will be festive fun – there will even be mince pies and other treats! That effectively makes it the group’s Christmas bash, and what do you always expect at a good Christmas bash?
Read MoreNews nybble: Kquiz has been updated – true or false?
If you said ‘true’ you’d be right! Kevin Wells has released a new version of his Kquiz application, which makes use of Wget to draw a series of quiz questions from the Open Trivia Database. Those questions are then presented to the user in a RISC OS window, with the application keeping a count of how many are answered correctly. The new version adds the option of true/false questions instead of the existing multiple choice ones, although Kevin notes that the true/false selection is currently limited. However, anyone who registers…
Read MoreFestive fun in Wakefield – 5th December
What? Festivities already? But it’s still 55 weeks until Christmas! The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) is to be held on Wednesday, 5th December, at: West Yorkshire Sports and Social Club,Sandal Hall Close (Off Walton Lane),Wakefield,WF2 6ER.
Read MoreNews nybble: Become a Kquiz Kquizmaster
Kevin Wells has released a new version of Kquiz. The application – which needs wget to operate, because it draws its data from the Open Trivia Database website – offers the sort of trivia questions you might encounter in quizzes. As such, it allows you to hone your knowledge in all sorts of areas of trivia and to get in some practice if you intend to enter any quizzes yourself. The new version adds a ‘quizmaster’ option, which offers ten questions on the various subjects selected by the user. Kevin…
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