John had the “Great” idea of having a quiz for the 2026 year of Glamping with Cats. There may be a prize for the winner(s). Some details still need to be worked out. The quiz is optional. You will be graded, but no one else will be told your grade. We promise to not laugh where you can hear us.

The first pass of contest rules* are:

1. When will the Quiz be posted?
   • Probably, January 1, 2027
2. Can anyone play?
   • Since there is no password on the site, yes. Only friends, family, and significant others of friends and family can win. Strangers need not apply for prizes.
3. How will winners be selected?
   • Either in the order received for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc place or a random drawing from all the correct answers submitted in the allotted time. If no one gets all the answers right, we may or may not award a prize to the most correct answers, assuming someone got an answer correct.
4. How many entries can I submit?
   • More submissions do not increase your chance of winning. (If you submit too many times, you might get arrested for performing a Denial of Service attack on our website.) You can submit additional entries with corrected answers, but the time of receipt will be the entry with the right answers.
5. Will there be prizes?
   • Americans are greedy and unmotivated, so this is probably necessary.
6. How long will you have to respond?
   • Either until all the prizes are allocated or a week or two
7. What will the prize be?
   • We are currently investigating this. It will be simple things that might be given away at a conference or advertisement table, such as a T-shirt, coffee mug, coaster, key chain, and/or fridge magnet.
8. How many prizes will there be?
   • For now, we are looking at 1 to 3.
9. Will we get to select our prize?
   • It might not matter. Would you like a mug, a mug, or a mug?
10. How many questions will there be?
    • For now, we are thinking 10 to 20.
11. Will the questions be hard?
    • Not if you read the blog and take notes.
12. What topics will the questions cover?
    • For now, we are thinking anything containing 2026 information, including posts, indices, and animal catalogs.
13. How will answers be submitted?
    • Probably email. Posting a comment to the site would give the answers away.
14. Does there need to be a wall of shame?
    • Kate’s dad is already trying to enlist her to help him cheat, so the answer is yes.
15. Will there be math on the quiz?
    • Only on the one that goes to Kate’s dad.
16. Can I use artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the quiz?
    • Can you? Some of you might be able to. While it may be possible, it would be cheating.

We will post something more concrete later in the year, probably November or December.

A coaster, key chain or fridge magnet would just be the Glamping With Cats logo. These are some of the T-Shirt ideas that might work for coffee mugs too.

*This is for fun; nothing in the contest rules shall be legally binding to any party for any county, state, country, or planet. We reserve the right to change the rules, prizes, and quiz questions at any time for any reason without notifying anyone.