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'''Quinterest''' is a question database/search engine. It was [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 created by] [[Rohit Lalchandani]] and is now maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. Quinterest allows users to search through question sets that have been stored within its database, and users can choose to filter results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject. One can also choose to search for words in just the answerline or words in the answerline and question.
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'''Quinterest''' was a question database and search engine. It is now defunct. It was created by [[Rohit Lalchandani]]<ref>[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14574 Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search] by [[rohitx15]] » Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:57 am</ref> and was later maintained by [[Jacob Reed]]. As with other [[question databases]], Quinterest stored a variety of [[question set]]s which could be accessed by users. It also allow users to search by keyword in either the answerline or the question text and filter the results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject.</onlyinclude>
  
With the introduction of Version 1.0, [[bonus|bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added. With the addition of a user-friendly front-end for adding more questions, support for subcategories, major under-the-hood upgrades, and combined tossup-bonus search, Quinterest moved to its current version, 2.0.
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Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest would sometimes include truncated questions and other problems.  
  
Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest sometimes (now rarely) includes truncated questions and other problems.
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While it was still active, users would frequently ask whether the site was down, as it experienced frequent downtime. Consequently, the phrase "is quinterest down?" became a meme on various online channels.
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'''Updates'''
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*Version 1.0: [[bonus|bonus question]] [http://www.quinterest.org/bonus.html searching] capability was added
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*Version 2.0: the addition of a user-friendly front-end for adding more questions, support for subcategories, major under-the-hood upgrades, and combined tossup-bonus search
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://quinterest.org/ Quinterest (link broken)]
  
[http://quinterest.org/ Quinterest]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:26, 25 October 2022

Quinterest was a question database and search engine. It is now defunct. It was created by Rohit Lalchandani[1] and was later maintained by Jacob Reed. As with other question databases, Quinterest stored a variety of question sets which could be accessed by users. It also allow users to search by keyword in either the answerline or the question text and filter the results by difficulty (middle school, high school, college, open) or by subject.

Because of the parsers used to create the original database, Quinterest would sometimes include truncated questions and other problems.

While it was still active, users would frequently ask whether the site was down, as it experienced frequent downtime. Consequently, the phrase "is quinterest down?" became a meme on various online channels.

Updates

  • Version 1.0: bonus question searching capability was added
  • Version 2.0: the addition of a user-friendly front-end for adding more questions, support for subcategories, major under-the-hood upgrades, and combined tossup-bonus search

External links

References

  1. Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search by rohitx15 » Sun Jun 16, 2013 9:57 am