A simple quiz program in ASP and JavaScript

I haven’t had the chance to write a proper tutorial for this page but here’s some code to get you started.

 Download the database, source code and images

21-nov-03: Re-wrote the quiz from scratch today. The “show answers” fuction didn’t work in Opera 5.x or NS4.x and the code was difficult to understand.

Now instead of changing background colours (which Opera 5.x doesn’t support and NS4.x usually chokes on) I have hidden graphics that show the user whether they are correct or not. As far as I know it works in all browsers.

If your web site doesn’t have ASP and database support, you can now configure the quiz quite easily using just javascript (the random generation doesn’t work however) to get the JavaScript-only version view the source of this sample page.

Preview Below:

1) What did Margaret Thatcher’s father do?			He was a tailor			He was a grocer
			He was a banker			He was a farmer
2) Where would you expect to find a cloister?			In an inn			In a monastery
			In a house			In a castle
3) In which year was “The Rumble in the Jungle” between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman?			1976			1970
			1974			1972
4) Starsky & Hutch’s car was what colours?			White			Red with a Confederate flag on top
			Red and white			Blue and white
5) Who was the last Briton to win the Formula One championship?			Nigel Mansell			Johnnie Herbert
			David Coulthard			Damon Hill
6) What is a ‘capybara’?			A type of tree			A South American dish
			A type of fish			The worlds largest rodent
7) ‘garderobe’ is the medieval name for a what?			wardrobe			cupboard
			toilet			dressing room
8) What is the main purpose of putting hops in beer?			To colour it			To flavour it
			To give it a smell			To preserve it
9) Which of these films was NOT directed by Orson Welles?			The Third Man			The Magnificent Ambersons
			Touch of Evil			Citizen Kane
10) ‘Road To Nowhere’ was a hit for which band?			Thompson Twins			Talking Heads
			Take That			Talk Talk