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Try the Medium Writers’ Quiz — 1st Prize $10,000

And it came to pass that one morning Ever Ev woke up and decided he would run a quiz for Medium writers.

The first prize will be $10,000 and there will be 100 consolation prizes of $5 for each of the runners up.

Ever Ev was tired of all the whining, moaning and despondency from his writers. Every day, there were “stories” on how bloody hard it was to make money on Medium. How frustrating it was and how you would have to persevere until you were 80 years old and so on.

Honestly, they were all like whinging toddlers. Always the same old refrain about how their monthly “income” tumbled every month. Yes, toddlers fall all the time so what’s the big deal?

So, here is the quiz.

Closing date:- February 29, 2020

Winners will be announced after Ever Ev checks his bank account and He will decide later the date of that announcement.

Procrastination pays.

The quiz is only open to Medium writers.

Medium editors (15,000 of them) are not eligible to enter.

Choose the correct answer (one only) to each of the 10 questions:-

1. When was Medium founded?

a. 1868

b. 1948

c. 2000

2. Whose idea was it to launch Medium?

a. Ev’s great great grandad

b. Bill Gates

c. Donald Trump’s great uncle

3. What is the name of Medium’s curation jail?

a. Malcatraz

b. Robber Island

c. Killjoy Hilton

4. What do you need to be successful on Medium?

a. Experience in sadomasochism

b. Guts

c. Happy-go-lucky attitude

5. What is the ideal paragraph size?

a. 3 sentences

b. 10 sentences

c. Size does not matter

6. What are the minimal qualifications for curators?

a. Helicopter piloting license

b. Masters in Jungian psychology

c. Fast reading skills (100 articles in an hour)

7. Do you think Medium writers should pass a test before being allowed to submit?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Dunno

8. Which word best describes Medium Publication editors?

a. Assholes

b. Dotards

c. Technophobes (cannot answer emails)

9. How would you sum up the Grammarly tool which Medium uses to help writers?

a. Passive aggression

b. Hyphenated

c. Perfect example of a troll.

10. How would you change Medium if you had the chance?

a. Force publication editors to take email skills & courtesy test

b. No changes at all — it is perfect

c. Change the MPP algorithm to enable writers to earn a living wage.

How to send your answers:-

1. Open the quiz heading below story heading you want to submit. …

2. Click the button in the top-right corner of the page to open your quiz settings.

3. Select Add to Medium from the dropdown list.

Good luck and may the best writer win!

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