Missing Words Round
It's a prototype for an online version of the 'Missing Word' Round from 'Have I Got News For You'. It takes 100 most recent headlines from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Backstage RSS news feed, updated every 15 minutes. The missing words are selected semi-randomly by the server, so may not have quite the comic potential of the TV version. PHP isn't renowned for its sense of humour.
The feeds are filtered for certain keywords, since death, murder and destruction aren't really that funny. The odd one may still slip through...
Because it is based on an RSS feed, there's the potential for 'guest publications' - just like the show. That is, assuming 'Knitting Machine World', 'Sea Shell Quarterly' or 'Centre Parting Monthly' publish an RSS version of their headlines!
To-Do
- Add 'funniness voting' to previous user guesses. Can then give the 'funniest' answers on the homepage, or show them more prominently on the answers page
- Find a better way of analysing the headlines so 'better/funnier' words can be blanked out
- Include more RSS feeds, perhaps giving users a choice of which one
- Give credit if you are close to the answer, rather than having to get it exactly
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