From 9ef6b48de0455f6cbe83dcb27cb935de901d715b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Bulant <danbulant@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 12:52:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] question improvements

---
 api/src/party/numeric-question-generator.ts | 2 +-
 api/src/party/question-utils.ts             | 8 ++++++--
 web/src/components/party/question.tsx       | 6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/src/party/numeric-question-generator.ts b/api/src/party/numeric-question-generator.ts
index 87c4dda..a91d3ff 100644
--- a/api/src/party/numeric-question-generator.ts
+++ b/api/src/party/numeric-question-generator.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async function getAlbumReleaseYear({
 		type: "numeric",
 		text: `What's the release year of ${subject}?`,
 		correct,
-		range: getQuestionRange(correct, 5),
+		range: getQuestionRange(correct, 10, 3),
 		points: 10,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/api/src/party/question-utils.ts b/api/src/party/question-utils.ts
index ae8f557..47591a7 100644
--- a/api/src/party/question-utils.ts
+++ b/api/src/party/question-utils.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,14 @@ export function getQuestionDistanceScore(
 export function getQuestionRange(
 	correctValue: number,
 	tolerance: number,
+	randomness: number,
 ): { min: number; max: number } {
+	const min = Math.floor(correctValue - tolerance);
+	const max = Math.ceil(correctValue + tolerance);
+	const range = max - min;
 	return {
-		min: Math.floor(correctValue - tolerance),
-		max: Math.ceil(correctValue + tolerance),
+		min: min + Math.floor(Math.random() * range * randomness),
+		max: max - Math.floor(Math.random() * range * randomness),
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/components/party/question.tsx b/web/src/components/party/question.tsx
index 74e10cf..9de88d9 100644
--- a/web/src/components/party/question.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/party/question.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ export function Question() {
 		setSelectedValue(question.type === "numeric" ? question.range.min : null);
 	}, [question]);
 
-	if (!question) return null;
+  if (!question) return (
+    <Section>
+      <SectionTitle>Preparing quiz...</SectionTitle>
+    </Section>
+  );
 
 	const partyId = party.id;
 	const timeLeft = formatTimeLeft(question.endTimestamp - now);