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+########################################################
+# DoctorLard's collection of random Moxquizz questions
+########################################################
+
+## Demo-Entry:
+#  ----------
+#  Category: History
+#  Question: Chinese philosopher (um 500 v. Chr.) ?
+#  Answer: Konfuzius
+#  Regexp: [ck]onfu(ts|z)ius
+#  Author: anonymous
+#  Level: hard
+#  Comment: demo-entry, ÄÖÜäöüß ^° !"§$%&/()=? `Ž
+#  Score: 5
+#  Tip: Kon......
+#  Tip: ...fuz...
+#  Tip: ......ius
+
+## valid keys:
+#  ----------
+#  Category?                              (should always be on top!)
+#  Question                               (should always stand after Category)
+#  Answer                                 (will be matched if no regexp is provided)
+#  Regexp?                                (use UNIX-style expressions)
+#  Author?                                (the brain behind this question)
+#  Level? [baby|easy|normal|hard|extreme] (difficulty)
+#  Comment?                               (comment line)
+#  Score? [#]                             (credits for answering this question)
+#  Tip*                                   (provide one or more hints)
+#  TipCycle? [#]                          (Specify number of generated tips)
+
+## WARNING:
+#  -------
+#  DO NOT ADD COMMENTS BEYOND THIS LINE, since they might get lost.
+#  you may add as much comments as you want into the part above
+
+Category: Temporal anomalies
+Question: How many times do the minute and hour hands on a clockface overlap in a 24 hour period?
+Answer: 22
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: xG
+Question: Which country did hell- visit in August 2014?
+Answer: USA
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Music
+Question: A traditional Arabian and Turkish string instrument, distinguished from the lute by having no frets.
+Answer: oud
+Author: Bill Bailey
+
+Category: Pharmacology
+Question: In Breaking Bad, Walter and Jesse used a "P2P cook" process to make very pure methamphetamine (by reduction with methylamine over aluminium). What does P2P stand for?
+Answer: phenyl-2-propanone
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: General ignorance
+Question: What are igloos normally made of?
+Answer: animal skins
+Regexp: (animal )?skins
+Tip: It isn't snow.
+Tip: It isn't any form of frozen water.
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: New Zealand
+Question: In what year did New Zealand become self-governing (by gaining its own representative government, separate from the United Kingdom)?
+Answer: 1852
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Geography
+Question: How many of the Commonwealth of Nations' member states are Realms?
+Answer: 16
+Level: hard
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Sculpture
+Question: Which Lord of the Rings actor, in an interview with Jay Leno, admitted to urinating in Wellington's Bucket Fountain sculpture while filming in New Zealand?
+Answer: Elijah Wood
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: TV
+Question: Which British comedy actor played Richmond in The IT Crowd, and Vincent Noir in The Mighty Boosh?
+Answer: Noel Fielding
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Video Games
+Question: Who composed the music for the Elder Scrolls and Guild Wars games, thinks he's God's gift to composers, and takes fucking ages to ship CDs of his soundtracks?
+Answer: Jeremy Soule
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Video Games
+Question: In the Guild Wars world of Tyria, name the once great human kingdom, laid waste by the Charr?
+Answer: Ascalon
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Video Games
+Question: In Mass Effect 2 and 3, which Oscar-nominated American actor provided the voice for The Illusive Man?
+Answer: Martin Sheen
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Cuisine
+Question: Which spice is made from the dried and ground aril that surrounds a nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) seed?
+Answer: Mace
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+Category: Cuisine
+Question: What is the main ingredient of borscht?
+Answer: beetroot
+Author: DoctorLard
+
+

quiz.py

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+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import sys
+if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+    raise RuntimeError("Python 3 required.")
+
+
+class Question:
+    """
+    Represents one MoxQuizz question.
+    """
+
+    category = None
+    question = None
+    answer = None
+    regexp = None
+    author = None
+    level = None
+    comment = None
+    score = 0
+    tip = list()
+    tipcycle = 0
+
+    TRIVIAL = 1
+    EASY = 2
+    NORMAL = 3
+    HARD = 4
+    EXTREME = 5
+
+    LEVELS = (TRIVIAL, EASY, NORMAL, HARD, EXTREME)
+
+    def __init__(self, attributes_dict):
+        self.parse(attributes_dict)
+
+    def parse(self, attributes_dict):
+        """
+        Populate fields from a dictionary of attributes (from a question bank).
+        """
+
+        ## Valid keys:
+        #  ----------
+        #  Category?                              (should always be on top!)
+        #  Question                               (should always stand after Category)
+        #  Answer                                 (will be matched if no regexp is provided)
+        #  Regexp?                                (use UNIX-style expressions)
+        #  Author?                                (the brain behind this question)
+        #  Level? [baby|easy|normal|hard|extreme] (difficulty)
+        #  Comment?                               (comment line)
+        #  Score? [#]                             (credits for answering this question)
+        #  Tip*                                   (provide one or more hints)
+        #  TipCycle? [#]                          (Specify number of generated tips)
+
+        if 'Question' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.question = attributes_dict['Question']
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Cannot instantiate Question: 'Question' attribute required.")
+
+        if 'Category' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.category = attributes_dict['Category']
+
+        if 'Answer' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.answer = attributes_dict['Answer']
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Cannot instantiate Question: 'Answer' attribute required.")
+
+        if 'Regexp' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.regexp = attributes_dict['Regexp']
+
+        if 'Author' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.category = attributes_dict['Author']
+
+        if 'Level' in attributes_dict.keys() and attributes_dict['Level'] in self.LEVELS:
+            self.level = attributes_dict['level']
+
+        if 'Comment' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.comment = attributes_dict['Comment']
+
+        if 'Score' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.score = attributes_dict['Score']
+
+        if 'Tip' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.tip = attributes_dict['Tip']
+
+        if 'Tipcycle' in attributes_dict.keys():
+            self.tipcycle = attributes_dict['Tipcycle']
+
+
+class QuestionBank:
+    """
+    Represents a MoxQuizz question bank.
+    """
+
+    filename = ''
+    questions = list()
+
+    # Case sensitive, to remain backwards-compatible with MoxQuizz.
+    KEYS = ('Answer',
+            'Author',
+            'Category',
+            'Comment',
+            'Level',
+            'Question',
+            'Regexp',
+            'Score',
+            'Tip',
+            'Tipcycle',
+            )
+
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        """
+        Construct a question bank from a file.
+        """
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.questions = self.parse(filename)
+
+    def parse(self, filename):
+        """
+        Read a Moxquizz question bank file into a list.
+        """
+        questions = list()
+
+        with open(filename) as f:
+            key = ''
+            i = 0
+
+            # new question
+            q = dict()
+            q['Tip'] = list()
+
+            for line in f:
+                line = line.strip()
+                i += 1
+
+                # Ignore comments.
+                if line.startswith('#'):
+                    continue
+
+                # A blank line starts a new question.
+                if line == '':
+                    # Store the previous question, if valid.
+                    if 'Question' in q.keys() and 'Answer' in q.keys():
+                        question = Question(q)
+                        questions.append(question)
+
+                    # Start a new question.
+                    q = dict()
+                    q['Tip'] = list()
+                    continue
+
+                # Fetch the next parameter.
+                try:
+                    (key, value) = line.split(':', 1)
+                except ValueError:
+                    print("Unexpected weirdness in MoxQuizz questionbank '%s', line %s." % (self.filename, i))
+                    continue
+                    # break  # TODO: is it appropriate to bail on broken bank files?
+
+                # Ignore bad parameters.
+                if key not in self.KEYS:
+                    print("Unexpected key '%s' in MoxQuizz questionbank '%s', line %s." % (key, self.filename, i))
+                    continue
+
+                # Enumerate the Tips.
+                if key == 'Tip':
+                    q['Tip'].append(value.strip())
+                else:
+                    q[key] = value.strip()
+
+        return questions
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    qb = QuestionBank('/home/johnno/questions.doctorlard.en')
+    for q in qb.questions:
+        print(q.question)
+        a = input('A: ')
+        if a.lower() == q.answer.lower():
+            print("Correct!")
+        else:
+            print("Incorrect - the answer is '%s'" % q.answer)