Small quiz game that loads a quiz from a file. Example of using string methods to cut and pick parts from strings and lines of files.

counterstrike.txt

qinit
q:What team does NiKo play for?
a:mousesports
q:How much is the AWP Sniper Rifle (raw numbers)?
a:4750
q:What is the terrorist equivalent to the SCAR-20?
a:g3sg1
q:What is the default counter terrorist equivalent to the AK-47?
a:m4a4
q:How many bullets does the 5.7 have total?
a:120

quiz.py

from os import listdir
from sys import exit
from random import choice

score = 0
q = []
a = []
r = ['Nice', 'Well done', 'Good job', 'Great', '+1, dude', 'Nice going', 'Good going', 'Cool', 'Neat']

def rline(y, n):  ##A function to read individual lines out of files.
  f_rline = open(y, 'r')
  i = 1
  for line in f_rline:
    if i == n:
      return line.splitlines()[0]
      f.close
      break
    i+=1

def response(x):  ##Provides a message dependant on score
  if x == 100:
    return 'Perfect!'
  elif x > 60:
    return 'Well done!'
  elif x > 40:
    return 'Nice!'
  else:
    return 'Try again maybe?'

def main():
  name = str(raw_input('Please enter your name > '))
  print('Hello ' + name + '! Reading available quiz files...')
  found_file = False
  for file in listdir('quizzes'):
    if rline('quizzes/' + file, 1) == 'qinit':
      if file.endswith('.txt'):
        print('--   ' + file.split('.')[0] + '\n')
        found_file = True

  if found_file == False:
    print('Fatal: no files available. Closing')
    exit('Fatal: no files matching requirements in directory quizzes/. The file must start with qinit on the first line')
  else:  
    print('Type the name of one of the files above to begin.\nYou will be asked a question and have to answer it.\nThe quiz is not case sensitive, however different spellings of the answer will not work.\n~~\nYour scores will be logged and can be viewed at the end of the quiz.')
    
    
    
    file_open = False
    while(file_open == False):
      try:
        try:
          f_i = raw_input('Enter the file name below > ')
        except:
          print('error in inputted information')
        f = open('quizzes/' + f_i + '.txt', 'r')
        file_open = True
      except:
        print('Failed to open file.')
        file_open = False

    for line in f:
      if line.split(':')[0] == 'q':
        q.append(line.split(':')[1].splitlines()[0])
      elif line.split(':')[0] == 'a':
        a.append(line.split(':')[1].splitlines()[0])

    questions = len(q)

    print('The quiz you have selected has ' + str(questions) + ' readable questions. Enjoy!')

    guesses = 0
    score = 0
    score_addon = 5
    j = 0
    correct = False
    while j != questions:
      guesses = 0
      score_addon = 5
      correct = False
      while guesses < 3:
        ans_u = str(raw_input(q[j] + ' > '))
        if ans_u.upper().replace(' ','') == a[j].upper().replace(' ',''):
          score += score_addon
          print('Correct! ' + choice(r))
          break
        else:
          score_addon -= 2
          guesses += 1
          print('Try again!')  
      if guesses > 2:
        print('Incorrect! The correct answer was ' + a[j].title() + '.')

      j += 1

    percent = (float(score)/float(questions*5))*100
    
    print('You got ' + str(percent) + '% questions correct. (' + str(score) + ' out of ' + str(questions*5) + '). ' + response(percent))

main()