[OFFICE OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT]:Circuses

[E.S. Bornatfiglheu]

In the great survey of what people are looking for in Talossa, one of the major requested elements was Contests, Quizzes, and Games.  Given this, we here at the Office of Cultural Development have cooked up a few ideas to see if they strike the public as a fun idea.  So any feedback you provide will be heeded.  So without further ado:

1.)  Archery Competition- The Ministry partners with the Toxophilite Club for a Talossan archery competition.  Rules forthcoming, but it would most likely involve using the "Archery King" game app.

2.)  Royal Riddle Bee- A riddling competition performed in a bracket-type setting.  Opponents will challenge one another with riddles until one is unable to answer.  If their opponent is then able to answer the next riddle, they are the winner.  Winner earns the title of Riddle-Master and the right to add an owl rampant as a supporter (pending college of arms and royal approval).  Neck-riddles prohibited, of course.

3.)  Bilingual Poetry Competition- Competitors compose a poem in Talossan (or English), which they then translate to English (or Talossan).  Prizes for best English and best Talossan.  Related competition for recitation in English and Talossan.

4.)  Obscure Talossan Word of the Month- Competitors must guess a word, sending in their guesses individually with a Jeopardy-style bid.  Throughout the month, hints will be issued which limits ROI on bids issued afterward.

These were the first four that came to mind when I was asked to put together some ideas.  Are these the sorts of competitions that people are interested in?  OR is there something else?  We'd love to hear your ideas.  And if people are interested, the Ministry can probably help with things like prizes and logistics.

[Audrada Rôibeardét]

As Acting Director of the Toxophilite Club, I endorse Idea #1. I'm sure all of the current (and perhaps some new) members will assist you.

[E.S. Bornatfiglheu]

Excellent! So there is one initiative partnership.

In terms of others... seriously folks. I'm not looking for you to put this stuff together. I'm asking what kind of stuff do you want to do?

[Ian Plätschisch]

You’d probably be better served asking this via email. The kind of people you are trying to reach are probably not the people who check Witt regularly.

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

Dec 5, 2019 20:04:26 GMT -6 Ian Plätschisch said:

You’d probably be better served asking this via email. The kind of people you are trying to reach are probably not the people who check Witt regularly.

This is the kind of thing for which we could use the new mechanism for the Chancery to send out Government mass-mails to citizens

[Ian Plätschisch]

Dec 5, 2019 22:25:59 GMT -6 Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN said:

Dec 5, 2019 20:04:26 GMT -6 Ian Plätschisch said:

You’d probably be better served asking this via email. The kind of people you are trying to reach are probably not the people who check Witt regularly.

This is the kind of thing for which we could use the new mechanism for the Chancery to send out Government mass-mails to citizens

Be careful not to do this too much though; we wouldn't want Talossan emails to get caught in the spam.

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

Dec 5, 2019 22:31:45 GMT -6 Ian Plätschisch said:

Dec 5, 2019 22:25:59 GMT -6 Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN said:

This is the kind of thing for which we could use the new mechanism for the Chancery to send out Government mass-mails to citizens

Be careful not to do this too much though; we wouldn't want Talossan emails to get caught in the spam.

The law authorising such emails requires the Chancery to consider whether the citizens are being spammed.

[Magniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun]

Maybe I missed it; but what about regular quiz time, maybe via Skype or so? It might, however, be difficult to withstand the urge to run questions through a search engine.

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Questions about Talossan trivia might not be on the Internet in an easily searchable way. If you check the wiki and it's not there, you're probably good.

For example: which Talossan citizen was famous for his battle cry of "memes, memes, memes!"