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Ringorang Themes: November 30 - December 5

Posted by Francisco Magdaraog on 11/27/2009 05:00:00 PM in , , , , ,
'Tis the season to let it snow, and at Ringorang, it's always the season to make it rain. That's right, you know the drill: $15 iTunes gift cards if you can conquer any day's tournament.

DCN's Rockin' Tailgate Tour enters its climactic week as the bus rolls into the SEC Championship Game on December 5th. From Monday through Saturday, 9:00am to 9:00pm, we'll be sending our trivia blitz.

Meanwhile, Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 6:0opm PST, the All-Purpose Question Everything Challenge goes shopping. Like we said, 'tis the season, for that and the rest of the daily themes:

  • Monday - Shopping: You studied the circulars for Black Friday's biggest door-busting deals. Let's see how much you really know when the going gets tough... (See what I did there?)
  • Tuesday - Let It Snow: What wonderful things you can do under, in, and with snow.
  • Wednesday - Phones: RingoDing! It's for you...
  • Thursday - Comedians: A look at some of the most famous folks to ever make us laugh with them. And at them.
  • Friday - Need for Speed: You'll have 30 seconds to answer these fast Qs. Okay, so you had 30 seconds for the other themes, too, but these are FAST!

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Ringorang Themes: November 23 - 28

Posted by Francisco Magdaraog on 11/20/2009 02:31:00 PM in , , , ,
The All-Purpose Question Everything Challenge tackles the whole turkey this Thanksgiving week, riffing on the holiday with the following daily themes, Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 6:00pm PST...


  • Monday - Religion: The Pilgrims were seeking religious freedom when they set sail for the New World. With that thought in mind, we'll serve up a buffet of spiritual Qs.
  • Tuesday - Pilgrims & Indians... er Native Americans: Labels can be tricky. Let's see if you really know who was who and what was what during the colonial days.
  • Wednesday - Travelers: In honor of the busiest travel day of the year here in the US, here's 10 Qs about famous travelers and long trips.
  • Thursday - Traditions: A look at the rituals and history that makes Thanksgiving what it is today.
  • Friday - Leftovers: Unbuckle that belt and take a good, long look at what you stashed in the fridge. Today's Qs are all about eating.


The penultimate week of DCN's Rockin' Tailgate Tour 2009 is upon us! The party bus stops at The Cockpit as the Clemson Tigers andUSC Gamecocks battle for in-state bragging rights. If you can't join the fun in person, jump into the fray at DCNLive.com, where you can view all the fun and even upload your own. As usual, we'll count you down to gameday with a daily trivia blitz, Monday through Saturday from 9:00am to 9:00pm EST.

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Ringorang Themes: November 16 - 21

Posted by Francisco Magdaraog on 11/13/2009 03:06:00 PM in , , , ,
Themes for the All-Purpose Question Everything Challenge (QE to its friends) starts off with a disaster to begin the week. 10 disasters, to be exact. But we'll collect ourselves and move on, every day, from 8:00am to 6:00pm PST.

  • Monday - Natural Disasters: Sometimes Mother Nature can be a real... what's the term... meanie. Here's 10 disastrous examples.
  • Tuesday - Nielsen Family Values: TV is the king of bringing people together. In honor of November Sweeps, here's 10 of the most watched shows of all-time.
  • Wednesday - The Dressing Room: 10 fashion Qs. Because trivia is the new black.
  • Thursday - Cars: We'll rotate the tires and change the fluids today, because few things cut across cultures and eras like the automobile.
  • Friday - Viral Videos: While the last generation had The Tube, this generation has The Tubes. We'll look at 10 of the most watched viral videos the Interwebs has spawned. In other words... It's peanut butter jelly time!

DCN's Rockin' Tailgate Tour 2009 will be in Bloomington, IN on November 21st for Purdue vs. Indiana game. Check out details at DCNLive.com and be sure to tune in all week for our football trivia blitz!

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“Ring! Around the Clock” Update

Posted by Mike Dotta on 11/12/2009 03:48:00 PM
Hi, everyone! Mike here.

As you may have heard, Ringorang was expecting to launch a new trivia game this week called ‘Ring! Around the Clock.’ Unlike the ‘Question Everything’ game, this tournament is set to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—ending and restarting every day at 12pm PT. I like to think of it as a geek’s nirvana so I dubbed it “Trivia Heaven 24/7.”

Unfortunately, I have some sad news to share. Much to our displeasure, the launch of ‘Ring! Around the Clock’ has been postponed until further notice.

No, it’s not a matter of inclement weather (in the case of NASA) or an e-coli infection (in the case of Elton John). It’s a technical issue.

Although we were on track to release the game this week, we’ve encountered some unforeseen problems in the final stages of testing. Currently, any down time between Ringorang tournaments allows our Development Team to push updates, restart servers and do other maintenance related tasks. We believed we had these operations figured out for the new game, however, our solution proved to be ineffective once the game was pushed from a ‘testing’ server to a ‘live’ server.

We apologize for the delay. A game like ‘Ring! Around the Clock’ has been a big request from many of our international players, midnight oilers, and weekend warriors. And since the very beginning of Ringorang, we’ve internally discussed how awesome it would be to run a game that was ‘always on.’

We know you’re jonesing for your trivia fix after hours and over the weekend and we are doing our best to satiate your appetites. We can all rest easier knowing our Development Team is busily working away at the controls. And we hope to have the ‘Ring! Around the Clock’ up and running soon.

Thank you for your patience everyone! We just need a little more………time.

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Ringorang Themes: November 9 - 14

Posted by Francisco Magdaraog on 11/06/2009 04:05:00 PM in , , , , , ,
We're adding a new game to Ringorang! This upcoming week features the debut of Ring! Around the Clock, our new, non-stop trivia trove for you addicts out there. The game begins later this week... We'll tally scores and wipe the leaderboard at noon PST every day, but every hour will feature a new trivia Q coming down the pipes! STAY TUNED!

DCN's Rockin' Tailgate Tour 2009 will continue to run its trivia blitz from Monday through Saturday between the hours of 9:00am and 9:00pm Eastern. The DCN Bus stops in Champaign, Illinois on November 14 for the Northwestern-Illinois game. If you're in the area, stop by to party down with the DCN crew... and maybe even answer a live, in-person Ringorang question! Check out DCNLive.com for more details.

And, of course, the Mother of All Trivia, the All-Purpose Question Everything Challenge, our mainstay 10-Q contest running Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 6:00pm Pacific, will feature the following themes:


  • Monday - Outbreak!: Think you know your H1N1 from your IEEE 802.11? Answer these 10 epidemic Qs and we'll see what the doctor says in the morning.
  • Tuesday - Nobel Prizes: A look at the man once dubbed "the merchant of death," and the people who've won his prestigious prizes.
  • Wednesday - Women: What would the world be without these 10 famous females?
  • Thursday - Instrumental Instruments: We're making some noise with 10 Qs about the things that make music.
  • Friday - Monty Python's Holy Trivia: 40 years ago, 5 Englishman and 1 American got together to do something completely different. Here's 10 Qs that'll make you say, "Ni!"

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