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Submitted by Dimby on January 22, 2026
Let's say you were making a large quiz series, let's say not unlike the multiple-choice city quizzes where the complete series would have about 120 entries. How many would you finish before you started releasing them? This series has a finite number of entries, and if I released a couple per week, it'd go for over a year. How many do I have to have done ahead of time before it's clear other users shouldn't release their own entries?
20 Comments
MeMeMe333
+6
Level 71
Jan 22, 2026
I think you should just let people know, I guess. By making this thread, you've sort of achieved your goal?

It'd also be easier for other people to know that you plan to make the whole series if there's a set pattern or something, like the Something by Letter serieses.

MeMeMe333
+5
Level 71
Jan 22, 2026
You could make a schedule or something so people know what quizzes that you plan to make yourself or something
Dimby
+2
Level 83
Jan 22, 2026
How many would you personally finish before you started releasing them, though?
MeMeMe333
+2
Level 71
Jan 22, 2026
When I first started making quizzes, I kinda aimed for 2-4 per day (because they were fun to make, I had lots of time and they weren't too difficult).

And usually I'd prepare 1-2 day's worth of quizzes ahead of time.

It really depends, because different quiz formats take more or less time to make depending on it.

Lindwyrm
+6
Level 82
Jan 22, 2026
Asking for a friend, are we?
Dimby
+8
Level 83
Jan 22, 2026
Yeah... a friend of a friend of mine...
MeMeMe333
+1
Level 71
Jan 22, 2026
I mean, you should tell them to not worry about it much.

I made a quiz and schedule a submission date, putting it in a blog, and someone made the same quiz before I got to submit mine. In the end, there were just two of the same quiz idea with different titles, and I put recognition to the other quizmaker's quiz.

I don't think people will really use the idea unless it gets featured or something

Pontiac
+2
Level 61
Jan 22, 2026
Just put 'ALL RIGHTS RESERVED' in the caveats, and when that doesn't work, ask them to take it down.
FreeStater
+2
Level 81
Jan 22, 2026
I wonder if the patent office would accept a quiz series.
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Jan 25, 2026
no, as you give al rights to ur work to jp by using the site
KiloNova
+2
Level 61
Jan 22, 2026
I rarely do any series, but when I used to I created three or four quizzes in a day, then created the next quiz in the series every day afterwards (and since the first four are already done, if you miss a day you don't have to worry about it. It's like you're living in the future!)
cathlete
+5
Level 78
Jan 22, 2026
Personally, I would probably just start. This is how I've done certain series such as quizzes on all Argentine provinces or Spanish autonomous communities. In one case, I did have a user that cut in and did Galicia before I got to it, and it ended up getting featured, but that was fine.

However it sounds like yours is going to be more original than my two examples. So you could either make a comment requesting that no one copy your idea/try to interfere with your series. Or, if someone else does, just keep going with yours. Your version would end up being more successful anyway I'm sure.

In short, do it how you see fit. You're a popular user and on Quizmaster's good side, so if someone tries to copy your idea or "steal" your entries, I think your version would be given preference.

Dimby
+1
Level 83
Jan 22, 2026
Meh, it's not really that original or interesting. I just have 16 sitting around and I would prefer no one snake me on ones I haven't done! I don't expect any features, but it's a little side project I've had for months.
Lindwyrm
+2
Level 82
Jan 22, 2026
16 laying around is more than enough, I'd start releasing them pronto if I were you
Jeremy
+1
Level 79
Jan 23, 2026
I just release quizzes whenever I finish them which is why my main series still isn’t done after 7 years
XYU
+1
Level 62
Jan 23, 2026
Like yourself, I have a stockpile of unreleased quizzes that would be part of a large series. The subject is a fairly common one, so someone else might well gazump me and produce them first, but the details in mine are obscure and weird, so I don't mind if they get to the starting line before me, because theirs will be different. The interesting part is thinking up the content; I'm not in a hurry to release them.
toowise
+1
Level 81
Jan 23, 2026
When I was making my On This Day series back in 2020, I made about a weeks worth in case I didn't have time to compile the quiz every day, I also scheduled their release in advance so that there was one per day for the whole of the year.

I would say as long as you don't just release the lot at once, all's good. Personally I would think maybe five a week or something.

Sorry for the shameless plug of my quizzes.

Dimby
+1
Level 83
Jan 23, 2026
No worries, plug your excellent quizzes! I don’t think I have it in me to do five per week, ha ha. I think two per week would be a nice schedule for me. Thanks for the advice!
Maxibon
+1
Level 73
Jan 23, 2026
IMO, it's not morally correct, but ignore anyone else making quizzes which are extremely similar or trying to be part of your series after you have informed them. If they cover a specific movie, you can too, they were advised.

Lovely series by the way, shame I suck at film trivia.

Dimby
+1
Level 83
Jan 23, 2026
Thanks. I’m trying to put a range of easy to moderate difficulty questions to keep them balanced.
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