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Quizilla is a user generated online quiz website. It originally started as a website for quizzes, such as personality quizzes. Many users were posting "quizzes" that were actually chapters of fan fiction, so a legitimate section for stories was added even though it is not always used. In 2005 and 2006, the website underwent multiple major changes and additions, including a section for poems and lyrics. On October 16, 2006, Viacom's MTV Networks announced it had bought Quizilla for an undisclosed sum of money.^[1]. The website now states it is a part of The N Network.

Timeline

The site was created on August 4, 2002.
In late July 2005, the site got a new design with a red background. (It originally had a blue-and-white design.)
A game page was added, which included puzzles and a Napoleon Dynamite-themed hangman game.
In October 2005, many new features under request were added such as poems, Zillapedia, an astrology section, and much more.
In December 2005, a "tag" feature was added and feature that allowed users to label content.
In January 2006, "themes," sets of fonts, backgrounds, etc., could be applied to content. This is similar to the popular MySpace layout at that time.
Polls could be made, starting in February 2006.
In April 2006, message boards were added after numerous requests.
In August 2006, new story and poem editors were made available. Also, new sections were added for lyrics and "scored quizzes."
In October 2006, the site was bought by Viacom's MTV Networks.^[1]
In December 2007, the site announced the site layout and content would be changed.
In early May 2008, the site completely changed the site layout and content, as promised in December the prior year.
Also in May 2008, Quizilla's original logo - Penny the pencil monster - was taken away along with the old layout.

Features

Staff Blog

The staff of Quizilla has their own staff blog where they usually updated once a month. The last post was dated June 25, 2008, informing the current users of a quick summary of what they had fixed to date.

Quizzes, stories, and poems

Quizzes, stories, and poems used to be created by registered users on an editor called "Quizard", but since the layout change, a more confusing editor has been created and you can no longer use the Quizard.

People who take quizzes, stories, and poems can rate them a number from 1 (bad) to 5 (good). There is a "Highest Rated" list for content with extremely positive ratings. There is also a "Most Popular" list for the most frequently taken content. These are not updated regularly however, causing a lot of users to complain.

Quizzes, stories and poems can be put into folders. They are named after the story/poem/quiz name, so the reader will find it more convenient; As it is easier to find what they want. Recently however, the search engine have not been working properly; causing many users to complain.

Quizilla users used to be allowed lemons (more adult themed stories, containing adult language or situations), these have been removed.

Quizzes used to have no character limits, allowing a type of quiz called "Role Play Quizzes", Quizilla now has a character limit to all quizzes and polls. Though a large percentage of Quizilla authours have complained or resented this, the character restriction has not yet been lifted. When the changes were done to the site, any of the entries posted in the 'quiz' section and that went over the newly imposed character limit now cut off mid-stride.

Quizzes, stories and poems are not to be used for Chain Mail. It is in a red note at 'Quizard', that their account would be banned.

Journals

Blogging can be done by registered users. In Quizilla Journals, entries written can have emoticons to enhance them. There are also privacy settings to control who may read or post comments on the entries.

Journals were taken down when they made the new changes to Quizilla, but on June 25, 2008; the Quizilla staff put up a note stating they would be bringing back the journals soon... to this day the journals have not been brought back.

Polls

Polls created by Quizilla users used to be able to have up to 20 questions with up to 10 results each. Now, after the updates, polls can only have one question. Polls are used to gather the opinion of a large group of people.

Astrology

The "Stargazing" page has horoscopes for each astrological sign. Registered users also have the option to display their starsign.

Games

Currently, only 5 games (all of which are available on the website also owned by MTV Networks and The-N Network, Addicting Games) exist on Quizilla:

Mini Golf
Balls
Wipeout
Missle Game 3D
and Dodger

Removed from Site

Banners

For stories, many authors request banners. Sometimes, readers will send an author a banner randomly. If not, the Banner would be made by the author personally.

Past Games

Various games exist on Quizilla: (Most of these have been removed)

Puzzled PopStar:

Games with puzzles of music artists have been available to play. When completed, the puzzles reveal clips from music videos. Current puzzles are of:

Puzzled Photo:

A jigsaw puzzle could be created using an uploaded image.

Magic 8 Ball:

This game has a space to type a question, to which an answer is randomly selected. Custom magic 8 ball games can also be made. The magic 8 ball provides random information on your questions although it cannot hear them it can always provide you with an answer!

Let Them Sing it for You:

Sound bites from music artists are played to correspond with typed words.

Sweet Hangman:

Basic Hangman games could be played, using phrases related to Napoleon Dynamite. Custom hangman games could also be created.

Whack-A-Duff:

A game resembling Whac-A-Mole in which Hilary Duff and her sister were hit (This game temporarily showed up on the game page as "What A Duff".) This was also an insult to the many fans of Lizzie McGuire and Hilary Duff and that game had to be taken off.

Forums

Quizilla's message boards, introduced due to popular request, act as a community for Quizilla users. There are different sections, like anime, books, poetry, and movies, to discuss different topics. There have been many changes to the forum since its launch in April 2006, most noticeably in the types of content permitted on the forums, when a series of controversial threads called for a rapid increase in monitoring and rule enforcement.

Many forums users despair over the new Quizilla layout- commonly referred to as 'the new 'zilla'- and also question why the link to the forums have been made even less visible, put at the bottom of the Quizilla page. To many forum users, while they are part of 'Quizilla forums', they detest using the main site.

There is a 'Zillapedia' section here, as if to make up for the original Zillapedia section (see below). It is for users to post threads querying what various words mean (such as glomp, lemon and n00b) but also to share interesting vocabulary they have discovered. This section is little used, though.

The forums still sport the red, striped background, and have Penny the Pencil Monster on the top left hand side of the page- as a 'mascot', as Penny is no longer the official logo of Quizilla. The forums weren't edited with the rest of the main site.

Themes

Themes were removed after the new change.

Zillapedia

Zillapedia was a section of Quizilla that used wiki software. Users were able to create entries that provide information, define words, or serve humorous purposes. Zillapedia closely resembled the Urban Dictionary in many ways, and it had similar functions to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it has been deleted from Quizilla.

Shop

The Quizilla Shop section allowed people to customize clothing, accessories, and gifts by choosing design details, such as color and graphics.

References

^ ^a ^b "Viacom's MTV buys teen online community website quizilla.com". Forbes. 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2006-10-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

http://www.quizilla.com

http://forums.quizilla.com

[MTV-1] "Viacom's MTV buys teen online community website quizilla.com". Forbes. 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2006-10-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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+[[Image:Quizilla logo.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Quizilla's former logo.]]
-Heyy, Peoples Its A Website With Quizes
+'''Quizilla''' is a [[user generated content|user generated]] [[online]] [[quiz]] [[website]]. It originally started as a website for quizzes, such as [[personality quiz]]zes. Many users were posting "quizzes" that were actually chapters of [[fan fiction]], so a legitimate section for stories was added even though it is not always used. In [[2005]] and [[2006]], the website underwent multiple major changes and additions, including a section for poems and lyrics. On [[October 16]], [[2006]], [[Viacom]]'s [[MTV Networks]] announced it had bought Quizilla for an undisclosed sum of money.<ref name=MTV>{{cite news|url=http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/10/16/afx3093990.html|title=Viacom's MTV buys teen online community website quizilla.com|publisher=[[Forbes]]|date=[[2006-10-16]]|accessdate=2006-10-16}}</ref>. The website now states it is a part of [[The N]] Network.
+==Timeline==
+* The site was created on [[August 4]], [[2002]].
+* In late July 2005, the site got a new design with a red background. (It originally had a blue-and-white design.)
+* A [[game]] page was added, which included puzzles and a [[Napoleon Dynamite]]-themed [[Hangman (game)|hangman]] game.
+* In October 2005, many new features under request were added such as poems, Zillapedia, an astrology section, and much more.
+* In December 2005, a "tag" feature was added and feature that allowed users to label content.
+* In January 2006, "themes," sets of fonts, backgrounds, etc., could be applied to content.   This is similar to the popular MySpace layout at that time.
+* [[Poll]]s could be made, starting in February 2006.
+* In April 2006, [[message board]]s were added after numerous requests.
+* In August 2006, new story and poem editors were made available. Also, new sections were added for lyrics and "scored quizzes."
+* In October 2006, the site was bought by [[Viacom]]'s [[MTV Networks]].<ref name=MTV />
+*In December 2007, the site announced the site layout and content would be changed.
+*In early May 2008, the site completely changed the site layout and content, as promised in December the prior year.
+*Also in May 2008, Quizilla's original logo - Penny the pencil monster - was taken away along with the old layout.
+==Features==
+===Staff Blog===
+The staff of Quizilla has their own staff blog where they usually updated once a month. The last post was dated June 25, 2008, informing the current users of a quick summary of what they had fixed to date.
+===Quizzes, stories, and poems===
+Quizzes, stories, and poems used to be created by registered users on an editor called "Quizard", but since the layout change, a more confusing editor has been created and you can no longer use the Quizard.
+People who take quizzes, stories, and poems can rate them a number from 1 (bad) to 5 (good). There is a "Highest Rated" list for content with extremely positive ratings. There is also a "Most Popular" list for the most frequently taken content. These are not updated regularly however, causing a lot of users to complain.
+Quizzes, stories and poems can be put into folders. They are named after the story/poem/quiz name, so the reader will find it more convenient; As it is easier to find what they want. Recently however, the search engine have not been working properly; causing many users to complain.
+Quizilla users used to be allowed lemons (more adult themed stories, containing adult language or situations), these have been removed.
+Quizzes used to have no character limits, allowing a type of quiz called "Role Play Quizzes", Quizilla now has a character limit to all quizzes and polls.
+Though a large percentage of Quizilla authours have complained or resented this, the character restriction has not yet been lifted.
+When the changes were done to the site, any of the entries posted in the 'quiz' section and that went over the newly imposed character limit now cut off mid-stride.
+Quizzes, stories and poems are not to be used for [[Chain Mail]]. It is in a red note at 'Quizard', that their account would be banned.
+===Journals===
+[[Blog]]ging can be done by registered users. In Quizilla Journals, entries written can have [[emoticons]] to enhance them. There are also privacy settings to control who may read or post comments on the entries.
+Journals were taken down when they made the new changes to Quizilla, but on June 25, 2008; the Quizilla staff put up a note stating they would be bringing back the journals soon... to this day the journals have not been brought back.
+===Polls===
+[[Polls]] created by Quizilla users used to be able to have up to 20 questions with up to 10 results each. Now, after the updates, polls can only have one question. Polls are used to gather the opinion of a large group of people.
+===Astrology===
+The "Stargazing" page has horoscopes for each [[astrology|astrological sign]]. Registered users also have the option to display their starsign.
+===Tags===
+Users must assign labels to the content they create. The most popular tags are displayed for convenience when browsing.
+===Games===
+Currently, only 5 games (all of which are available on the website also owned by MTV Networks and The-N Network, [http://www.addictinggames.com Addicting Games]) exist on Quizilla:
+*Mini Golf
+*Balls
+*Wipeout
+*Missle Game 3D
+*and Dodger
+==Removed from Site==
+===Banners===
+For stories, many authors request banners. Sometimes, readers will send an author a banner randomly.
+If not, the Banner would be made by the author personally.
+===Past Games===
+Various games exist on Quizilla: (Most of these have been removed)
+*Puzzled PopStar:
+Games with puzzles of music artists have been available to play. When completed, the puzzles reveal clips from [[music video]]s. Current puzzles are of:
+** [[Beyoncé]]
+** [[My Chemical Romance]]
+** [[Kelly Clarkson]]
+** [[Mariah Carey]]
+** [[Shakira]]
+** [[Pussycat Dolls]]
+*Puzzled Photo:
+A [[jigsaw puzzle]] could be created using an uploaded image.
+*Magic 8 Ball:
+This game has a space to type a question, to which an answer is randomly selected. Custom [[magic 8 ball]] games can also be made. The magic 8 ball provides random information on your questions although it cannot hear them it can always provide you with an answer!
+*Let Them Sing it for You:
+Sound bites from music artists are played to correspond with typed words.
+*Sweet Hangman:
+Basic Hangman games could be played, using phrases related to [[Napoleon Dynamite]]. Custom hangman games could also be created.
+* Whack-A-Duff:
+A game resembling [[Whac-A-Mole]] in which [[Hilary Duff]] and her sister were hit (This game temporarily showed up on the game page as "What A Duff".)  This was also an insult to the many fans of [[Lizzie McGuire]] and [[Hilary Duff]] and that game had to be taken off.
+===Forums===
+Quizilla's message boards, introduced due to popular request, act as a [[community]] for Quizilla users.  There are different sections, like anime, books, poetry, and movies, to discuss different topics. There have been many changes to the forum since its launch in April 2006, most noticeably in the types of content permitted on the forums, when a series of controversial threads called for a rapid increase in monitoring and rule enforcement.
+Many forums users despair over the new Quizilla layout- commonly referred to as 'the new 'zilla'- and also question why the link to the forums have been made even less visible, put at the bottom of the Quizilla page. To many forum users, while they are part of 'Quizilla forums', they detest using the main site.
+There is a 'Zillapedia' section here, as if to make up for the original Zillapedia section (see below). It is for users to post threads querying what various words mean (such as glomp, lemon and n00b) but also to share interesting vocabulary they have discovered. This section is little used, though.
+The forums still sport the red, striped background, and have Penny the Pencil Monster on the top left hand side of the page- as a 'mascot', as Penny is no longer the official logo of Quizilla. The forums weren't edited with the rest of the main site.
+===Themes===
+Themes were removed after the new change.
+===Zillapedia===
+Zillapedia was a section of Quizilla that used [[wiki]] software. Users were able to create entries that provide information, define words, or serve humorous purposes.  Zillapedia  closely resembled the [[Urban Dictionary]] in many ways, and it had similar functions to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it has been deleted from Quizilla.
+===Shop===
+The Quizilla Shop section allowed people to customize clothing, [[accessories]], and [[gift]]s by choosing design details, such as [[color]] and [[graphic]]s.
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+http://www.quizilla.com
+http://forums.quizilla.com
+[[Category:Online social networking]]