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I can't get it. I keep getting the 'Sorry, due to abuse we now require you to be a member in order to take the quiz.
To become a member click here.' message...even though I am a member and I am logged in.

You need to have cookies enabled to take the quiz. I should probably add that to the error message. BTW the quiz is going to get a complete overhaul. Is this a feature that members find useful (especially if it was implemented better)?

--jeremy

Why dont you make it show the ones we got wrong, so we can figure out the answers

Actually i did some "consultation" at man pages , but hey who cares?
I think this is good exercise , you have a motivation and believe i or not , you learn a lot . check this out :

LinuxQuestions.org Linux Quiz Results
Your Score: 60 / 100
YOUR SCORE
60.0% 60.0 points out of 100
AVG SCORE
53.8% 53.8 points out of 100
176 people have taken this test so far.
72 people have scored higher than you.
85 people have scored lower than you.
19 people have the same grade as you.
What does this mean? *
60 points is in the 51 through 80 precent
Not bad. Feel free to start answering questions in the forums.

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On some of the questions you need to specify which distribution is in use; for instance the "runlevel 5" question didn't have available the command I have to use in Mandy 8.1; "/sbin/init -t0 5". However I do think it's a good start.

well in that case you should be aware of common alternatives names for common commands....

jeremy-

COOL! I didn't know there were quizzes here. I dug it. Only got 60/100, but that was just what I know - no man pages or books (honest!). Keep 'em comin' as you get the time.

j.

I think that it means that 60% falls in the 51st to 80th percentiles, i.e. you scored better than the median (median being 50%)

I have the same problem that Thymox has, but I have cookies enabled. I even changed it to prompt me if I want to accept cookies and it still won't let me take the quiz. I'm using MS Internet Explorer.

I get the same "abuse" message. I am cookied 'cause I can see the new cookie when I logged in.

Very strange, this is the first I have heard of the problem. The quiz does not set any cookies, it just verifies that you have a cookie from the forums. Try doing the following:

Logout
Close all browser windows
manually delete all LinuxQuestions cookies (*should* only be 1)
Open browser and log in
Try the quiz

If that does not work let me know.

--jeremy

I'll try that. Funny thing - I switched to Opera and it worked! I had tried it from IE and NS before. IE has had problems with cookies before. I shoulda known!

I have the same problem as several others have mentioned re the quiz-- get the message about " due to abuse ..... you must be a member logged on even though I am a member. Took the tips of Jeremy but no luck. Tried it using Netscape Opera and Mozilla, also removed all cookies and re-enabled cookies, still no luck. I have also had this same problem numerous times when trying to post or send email to a member-- get a screen saying not authorized to do that. What's up with that?

I had the option browse site with cookies enabled but that didn't seem to be enough. I had to enable the option automatically logon to the site, to be able to do the quiz.
I disabled it again because I don't want that option on, but it seems the quiz requires that option to be on. I don't have any troubles with anything else on the forums.