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QUIZ(6)                      BSD Reference Manual                      QUIZ(6)

N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     q\bqu\bui\biz\bz - random knowledge tests

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     q\bqu\bui\biz\bz [-\b-t\bt] [-\b-i\bi _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be] [_\bq_\bu_\be_\bs_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\ba_\bn_\bs_\bw_\be_\br]

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     The q\bqu\bui\biz\bz utility tests your knowledge of random facts.  It has a database
     of subjects from which you can choose.  With no arguments, q\bqu\bui\biz\bz displays
     the list of available subjects.

     The options are as follows:

     -\b-t\bt      Use tutorial mode, in which questions are repeated later if you
             didn't get them right the first time, and new questions are pre-
             sented less frequently to help you learn the older ones.

     -\b-i\bi      Specify an alternate index file.

     Subjects are divided into categories.  You can pick any two categories
     from the same subject.  Q\bQu\bui\biz\bz will ask questions from the first category
     and it expects answers from the second category.  For example, the com-
     mand ``quiz victim killer'' asks questions which are the names of vic-
     tims, and expects you to answer with the cause of their untimely demise,
     whereas the command ``quiz killer victim'' works the other way around.

     If you get the answer wrong, q\bqu\bui\biz\bz lets you try again.  To see the right
     answer, enter a blank line.

I\bIn\bnd\bde\bex\bx a\ban\bnd\bd D\bDa\bat\bta\ba F\bFi\bil\ble\be S\bSy\byn\bnt\bta\bax\bx
     The index and data files have a similar syntax.  Lines in them consist of
     several categories separated by colons.  The categories are regular ex-
     pressions formed using the following meta-characters:

           pat|pat  alternate patterns
           {pat}    optional pattern
           [pat]    delimiters, as in pat[pat|pat]pat

     In an index file, each line represents a subject.  The first category in
     each subject is the pathname of the data file for the subject.  The re-
     maining categories are regular expressions for the titles of each catego-
     ry in the subject.

     In data files, each line represents a question/answer set.  Each category
     is the information for the question/answer for that category.

     The backslash character (``\'') is used to quote syntactically signifi-
     cant characters, or at the end of a line to signify that a continuation
     line follows.

     If either a question or its answer is empty, q\bqu\bui\biz\bz will refrain from ask-
     ing it.

F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS
     /usr/share/games/quiz.db  The default index and data files.

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     Q\bQu\bui\biz\bz is pretty cynical about certain subjects.

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6983d479 C	1	QUIZ(6) BSD Reference Manual QUIZ(6)
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	3	N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
	4	q\bqu\bui\biz\bz - random knowledge tests
	5
	6	S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
	7	q\bqu\bui\biz\bz [-\b-t\bt] [-\b-i\bi _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be] [_\bq_\bu_\be_\bs_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\ba_\bn_\bs_\bw_\be_\br]
	8
	9	D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
	10	The q\bqu\bui\biz\bz utility tests your knowledge of random facts. It has a database
	11	of subjects from which you can choose. With no arguments, q\bqu\bui\biz\bz displays
	12	the list of available subjects.
	13
	14	The options are as follows:
	15
	16	-\b-t\bt Use tutorial mode, in which questions are repeated later if you
	17	didn't get them right the first time, and new questions are pre-
	18	sented less frequently to help you learn the older ones.
	19
	20	-\b-i\bi Specify an alternate index file.
	21
	22	Subjects are divided into categories. You can pick any two categories
	23	from the same subject. Q\bQu\bui\biz\bz will ask questions from the first category
	24	and it expects answers from the second category. For example, the com-
	25	mand ``quiz victim killer'' asks questions which are the names of vic-
	26	tims, and expects you to answer with the cause of their untimely demise,
	27	whereas the command ``quiz killer victim'' works the other way around.
	28
	29	If you get the answer wrong, q\bqu\bui\biz\bz lets you try again. To see the right
	30	answer, enter a blank line.
	31
	32	I\bIn\bnd\bde\bex\bx a\ban\bnd\bd D\bDa\bat\bta\ba F\bFi\bil\ble\be S\bSy\byn\bnt\bta\bax\bx
	33	The index and data files have a similar syntax. Lines in them consist of
	34	several categories separated by colons. The categories are regular ex-
	35	pressions formed using the following meta-characters:
	36
	37	pat\|pat alternate patterns
	38	{pat} optional pattern
	39	[pat] delimiters, as in pat[pat\|pat]pat
	40
	41	In an index file, each line represents a subject. The first category in
	42	each subject is the pathname of the data file for the subject. The re-
	43	maining categories are regular expressions for the titles of each catego-
	44	ry in the subject.
	45
	46	In data files, each line represents a question/answer set. Each category
	47	is the information for the question/answer for that category.
	48
	49	The backslash character (``\'') is used to quote syntactically signifi-
	50	cant characters, or at the end of a line to signify that a continuation
	51	line follows.
	52
	53	If either a question or its answer is empty, q\bqu\bui\biz\bz will refrain from ask-
	54	ing it.
	55
	56	F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS
	57	/usr/share/games/quiz.db The default index and data files.
	58
	59	B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
	60	Q\bQu\bui\biz\bz is pretty cynical about certain subjects.
	61
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