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31 .\" @(#)quiz.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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40 .Nd random knowledge tests
45 .Op Ar question answer
49 utility tests your knowledge of random facts.
50 It has a database of subjects from which you can choose.
53 displays the list of available subjects.
55 The options are as follows:
56 .Bl -tag -width indent
58 Use tutorial mode, in which questions are repeated later if you didn't get
59 them right the first time, and new questions are presented less frequently
60 to help you learn the older ones.
62 Specify an alternate index file.
65 Subjects are divided into categories.
66 You can pick any two categories from the same subject.
68 will ask questions from the first category and it expects answers from
70 For example, the command ``quiz victim killer'' asks questions which are
71 the names of victims, and expects you to answer with the cause of their
72 untimely demise, whereas the command ``quiz killer victim'' works the
75 If you get the answer wrong,
78 To see the right answer, enter a blank line.
79 .Sh "Index and Data File Syntax"
80 The index and data files have a similar syntax.
81 Lines in them consist of several categories separated by colons.
82 The categories are regular expressions formed using the following
85 .Bl -tag -width "pat|pat" -compact -offset indent
91 delimiters, as in pat[pat|pat]pat
94 In an index file, each line represents a subject.
95 The first category in each subject is the pathname of the data file for
97 The remaining categories are regular expressions for the titles of each
98 category in the subject.
100 In data files, each line represents a question/answer set.
101 Each category is the information for the question/answer for that category.
103 The backslash character (``\e'') is used to quote syntactically significant
104 characters, or at the end of a line to signify that a continuation line
107 If either a question or its answer is empty,
109 will refrain from asking it.
111 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/games/quiz.db -compact
112 .It Pa /usr/share/games/quiz.db
113 The default index and data files.
117 is pretty cynical about certain subjects.