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Creating A Javascript Quiz That Shows Answer Explanation Automatically

Fiddler demo: http://jsfiddle.net/natmit/7Du6N/ I have been pulling out my hair so any help from JavaScript/Jquery geniuses out there is much appreciated... I have already contacte

Solution 1:

I have updated the code here -

var quiztitle = "Social Security Quiz";


 var quiz = [
    {
        "question" : "Q1: Who came up with the theory of relativity?",
        "image" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/220px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg",
        "choices" : [
                                "Sir Isaac Newton",
                                "Nicolaus Copernicus",
                                "Albert Einstein",
                                "Ralph Waldo Emmerson"
                            ],
        "correct" : "Albert Einstein",
        "explanation" : "Albert Einstein drafted the special theory of relativity in 1905.",
    },
    {
        "question" : "Q2: Who is on the two dollar bill?",
        "image" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/US_%242_obverse-high.jpg/320px-US_%242_obverse-high.jpg",
        "choices" : [
                                "Thomas Jefferson",
                                "Dwight D. Eisenhower",
                                "Benjamin Franklin",
                                "Abraham Lincoln"
                            ],
        "correct" : "Thomas Jefferson",
        "explanation" : "The two dollar bill is seldom seen in circulation. As a result, some businesses are confused when presented with the note.",
    },
    {
        "question" : "Q3: What event began on April 12, 1861?",
        "image" : "",
        "choices" : [
                                "First manned flight",
                                "California became a state",
                                "American Civil War began",
                                "Declaration of Independence"
                            ],
        "correct" : "American Civil War began",
        "explanation" : "South Carolina came under attack when Confederate soldiers attacked Fort Sumter. The war lasted until April 9th 1865.",
    },


];


 var currentquestion = 0,
 score = 0,
 submt = true,
 picked;

 $(document).ready(function(){
   $("#submitbutton").hide();

 functionhtmlEncode(value) {
     return $(document.createElement('div')).text(value).html();
 }


 functionaddChoices(choices) {
     if (typeof choices !== "undefined" && $.type(choices) == "array") {
         $('#choice-block').empty();
         for (var i = 0; i < choices.length; i++) {
             $(document.createElement('li')).addClass('choice choice-box').attr('data-index', i).text(choices[i]).appendTo('#choice-block');
         }
     }
 }

 functionnextQuestion() {
     submt = true;
     alert("nQ");
     $('#explanation').empty();
     $('#question').text(quiz[currentquestion]['question']);
     $('#pager').text('Question ' + Number(currentquestion + 1) + ' of ' + quiz.length);
     if (quiz[currentquestion].hasOwnProperty('image') && quiz[currentquestion]['image'] != "") {
         if ($('#question-image').length == 0) {
             $(document.createElement('img')).addClass('question-image').attr('id', 'question-image').attr('src', quiz[currentquestion]['image']).attr('alt', htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['question'])).insertAfter('#question');
         } else {
             $('#question-image').attr('src', quiz[currentquestion]['image']).attr('alt', htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['question']));
         }
     } else {
         $('#question-image').remove();
     }
     addChoices(quiz[currentquestion]['choices']);
     setupButtons();


 }


 functionprocessQuestion(choice) {
     alert(choice);
     currentquestion++;
      alert(currentquestion);
     $("#submitbutton").hide();

         if (currentquestion == quiz.length) {
             endQuiz();
         } else {

             nextQuestion();
         }

 }


 functionsetupButtons() {
     $('.choice').on('mouseover', function () {
         $(this).css({
             'background-color': '#e1e1e1'
         });
     });
     $('.choice').on('mouseout', function () {
         $(this).css({
             'background-color': '#fff'
         });
     })
     $('.choice').on('click', function () {
         alert("");
         choice = $(this).attr('data-index');
         $('.choice').removeAttr('style').off('mouseout mouseover');
         $(this).css({
             'border-color': '#222',
             'font-weight': 700,
             'background-color': '#c1c1c1'
         });
         if (quiz[currentquestion]['choices'][choice] == quiz[currentquestion]['correct']) {
         $('.choice').eq(choice).css({
             'background-color': '#50D943'
         });
         $('#explanation').html('<strong>Correct!</strong> ' + htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['explanation']));
         score++;
     } else {
         $('.choice').eq(choice).css({
             'background-color': '#D92623'
         });
         $('#explanation').html('<strong>Incorrect.</strong> ' + htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['explanation']));
     }
            $("#submitbutton").show();
         if (submt) {
             alert("submit");
             submt = false;
             $('#submitbutton').css({
                 'color': '#000'

             });
             $("#submitbutton").click(function(){
               alert("click");
                  $('.choice').off('click');
                 $(this).off('click');
                 processQuestion(choice);
             });
         }
     })
 }


 functionendQuiz() {
     $('#explanation').empty();
     $('#question').empty();
     $('#choice-block').empty();
     $('#submitbutton').remove();
     $('#question').text("You got " + score + " out of " + quiz.length + " correct.");
     $(document.createElement('h2')).css({
         'text-align': 'center',
         'font-size': '4em'
     }).text(Math.round(score / quiz.length * 100) + '%').insertAfter('#question');
 }


 functioninit() {
     //add titleif (typeof quiztitle !== "undefined" && $.type(quiztitle) === "string") {
         $(document.createElement('h1')).text(quiztitle).appendTo('#frame');
     } else {
         $(document.createElement('h1')).text("Quiz").appendTo('#frame');
     }

     //add pager and questionsif (typeof quiz !== "undefined" && $.type(quiz) === "array") {
         //add pager
         $(document.createElement('p')).addClass('pager').attr('id', 'pager').text('Question 1 of ' + quiz.length).appendTo('#frame');
         //add first question
         $(document.createElement('h2')).addClass('question').attr('id', 'question').text(quiz[0]['question']).appendTo('#frame');
         //add image if presentif (quiz[0].hasOwnProperty('image') && quiz[0]['image'] != "") {
             $(document.createElement('img')).addClass('question-image').attr('id', 'question-image').attr('src', quiz[0]['image']).attr('alt', htmlEncode(quiz[0]['question'])).appendTo('#frame');
         }
         $(document.createElement('p')).addClass('explanation').attr('id', 'explanation').html('&nbsp;').appendTo('#frame');

         //questions holder
         $(document.createElement('ul')).attr('id', 'choice-block').appendTo('#frame');

         //add choicesaddChoices(quiz[0]['choices']);

         //add submit button
         $(document.createElement('div')).addClass('choice-box').attr('id', 'submitbutton').text('Check Answer').css({
             'font-weight': 700,
             'color': '#222',
             'padding': '30px 0',
          }).appendTo('#frame');


       $("#submitbutton").hide();
         setupButtons();
     }
 }

 init();
});

working fiddler:- http://jsfiddle.net/7Du6N/6/

Solution 2:

Try the code below. On selecting an answer, it'll show the explanation for 3 seconds and will then move onto next question.

<scriptsrc="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script><scriptlanguage="javascript"type="text/javascript">var quiztitle = "Social Security Quiz";


 var quiz = [
        {
            "question" : "Q1: Who came up with the theory of relativity?",
            "image" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg/220px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg",
            "choices" : [
                                    "Sir Isaac Newton",
                                    "Nicolaus Copernicus",
                                    "Albert Einstein",
                                    "Ralph Waldo Emmerson"
                                ],
            "correct" : "Albert Einstein",
            "explanation" : "Albert Einstein drafted the special theory of relativity in 1905.",
        },
        {
            "question" : "Q2: Who is on the two dollar bill?",
            "image" : "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/US_%242_obverse-high.jpg/320px-US_%242_obverse-high.jpg",
            "choices" : [
                                    "Thomas Jefferson",
                                    "Dwight D. Eisenhower",
                                    "Benjamin Franklin",
                                    "Abraham Lincoln"
                                ],
            "correct" : "Thomas Jefferson",
            "explanation" : "The two dollar bill is seldom seen in circulation. As a result, some businesses are confused when presented with the note.",
        },
        {
            "question" : "Q3: What event began on April 12, 1861?",
            "image" : "",
            "choices" : [
                                    "First manned flight",
                                    "California became a state",
                                    "American Civil War began",
                                    "Declaration of Independence"
                                ],
            "correct" : "American Civil War began",
            "explanation" : "South Carolina came under attack when Confederate soldiers attacked Fort Sumter. The war lasted until April 9th 1865.",
        },


    ];


 var currentquestion = 0,
     score = 0,
     submt = true,
     picked;

     $(document).ready(function(){
       $("#submitbutton").hide();

     functionhtmlEncode(value) {
         return $(document.createElement('div')).text(value).html();
     }


     functionaddChoices(choices) {
         if (typeof choices !== "undefined" && $.type(choices) == "array") {
             $('#choice-block').empty();
             for (var i = 0; i < choices.length; i++) {
                 $(document.createElement('li')).addClass('choice choice-box').attr('data-index', i).text(choices[i]).appendTo('#choice-block');
             }
         }
     }

     functionnextQuestion() {
         submt = true;
         //alert("nQ");
         $('#explanation').empty();
         $('#question').text(quiz[currentquestion]['question']);
         $('#pager').text('Question ' + Number(currentquestion + 1) + ' of ' + quiz.length);
         if (quiz[currentquestion].hasOwnProperty('image') && quiz[currentquestion]['image'] != "") {
             if ($('#question-image').length == 0) {
                 $(document.createElement('img')).addClass('question-image').attr('id', 'question-image').attr('src', quiz[currentquestion]['image']).attr('alt', htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['question'])).insertAfter('#question');
             } else {
                 $('#question-image').attr('src', quiz[currentquestion]['image']).attr('alt', htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['question']));
             }
         } else {
             $('#question-image').remove();
         }
         addChoices(quiz[currentquestion]['choices']);
         setupButtons();


     }


     functionprocessQuestion() {

         //alert(choice);
         currentquestion++;
          //alert(currentquestion);
         $("#submitbutton").hide();

             if (currentquestion == quiz.length) {
                 endQuiz();
             } else {

                 nextQuestion();
             }

     }


     functionsetupButtons() {
         $('.choice').on('mouseover', function () {
             $(this).css({
                 'background-color': '#e1e1e1'
             });
         });
         $('.choice').on('mouseout', function () {
             $(this).css({
                 'background-color': '#fff'
             });
         })
         $('.choice').on('click', function () {
             //alert("");
             choice = $(this).attr('data-index');
             $('.choice').removeAttr('style').off('mouseout mouseover');
             $(this).css({
                 'border-color': '#222',
                 'font-weight': 700,
                 'background-color': '#c1c1c1'
             });
             if (quiz[currentquestion]['choices'][choice] == quiz[currentquestion]['correct']) {
             $('.choice').eq(choice).css({
                 'background-color': '#50D943'
             });
             $('#explanation').html('<strong>Correct!</strong> ' + htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['explanation']));
             score++;
         } else {
             $('.choice').eq(choice).css({
                 'background-color': '#D92623'
             });
             $('#explanation').html('<strong>Incorrect.</strong> ' + htmlEncode(quiz[currentquestion]['explanation']));
         }

             if (submt) {
                 //alert("submit");
                 submt = false;

                setTimeout(processQuestion,3000);

             }
         })
     }


     functionendQuiz() {
         $('#explanation').empty();
         $('#question').empty();
         $('#choice-block').empty();
         $('#submitbutton').remove();
         $('#question').text("You got " + score + " out of " + quiz.length + " correct.");
         $(document.createElement('h2')).css({
             'text-align': 'center',
             'font-size': '4em'
         }).text(Math.round(score / quiz.length * 100) + '%').insertAfter('#question');

         var result = Math.round(score / quiz.length * 100);
         var g = document.createElement('img');
          g.id = 'imgId';
          $(g).css({
             'height':'100px',
             'width': '100px',
             'margin-left':'40%'
         }).insertAfter('#explanation');

         if(result < 33){
            $("#imgId").attr("src","http://www.chaaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/fail.jpg");
         }
         elseif(result < 67){
            $("#imgId").attr("src","http://www.ytechie.com/2008/04/how-does-your-boss-know-youre-doing-a-great-job/good-job.png");
         }
          elseif(result < 100){
            $("#imgId").attr("src","http://www.ytechie.com/2008/04/how-does-your-boss-know-youre-doing-a-great-job/good-job.png");
         }
         elseif(result == 100){
            $("#imgId").attr("src","http://www.getaheadinmarketing.com/wp-content/themes/myjournal/js/timthumb.php?src=http://www.getaheadinmarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/evaluation-tick.jpg&w=653&h=260");
         }
     }


     functioninit() {
         //add titleif (typeof quiztitle !== "undefined" && $.type(quiztitle) === "string") {
             $(document.createElement('h1')).text(quiztitle).appendTo('#frame');
         } else {
             $(document.createElement('h1')).text("Quiz").appendTo('#frame');
         }

         //add pager and questionsif (typeof quiz !== "undefined" && $.type(quiz) === "array") {
             //add pager
             $(document.createElement('p')).addClass('pager').attr('id', 'pager').text('Question 1 of ' + quiz.length).appendTo('#frame');
             //add first question
             $(document.createElement('h2')).addClass('question').attr('id', 'question').text(quiz[0]['question']).appendTo('#frame');
             //add image if presentif (quiz[0].hasOwnProperty('image') && quiz[0]['image'] != "") {
                 $(document.createElement('img')).addClass('question-image').attr('id', 'question-image').attr('src', quiz[0]['image']).attr('alt', htmlEncode(quiz[0]['question'])).appendTo('#frame');
             }

             //questions holder
             $(document.createElement('ul')).attr('id', 'choice-block').appendTo('#frame');

             //add choicesaddChoices(quiz[0]['choices']);

              $(document.createElement('p')).addClass('explanation').attr('id', 'explanation').html('&nbsp;').appendTo('#frame');

             setupButtons();

         }
     }

     init();
 });    


    </script>

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