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  1. NEWeber created this gist Jun 11, 2014.
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    <script>
    function GuessIt (title, questions, numGuesses) {
    this.title = title;
    this.questions = questions;
    this.guesses = numGuesses;
    this.numQ = questions.length;
    this.questionIndex = (Math.floor(Math.random() * this.numQ))
    this.question = this.questions[this.questionIndex][0]
    this.answer = this.questions[this.questionIndex][1]
    }

    var macData;
    macData = [["What year did Macbeth debut?", 1606], ["Who said, 'Out, out damn spot!'?", "Lady Macbeth"], ["How many acts long is the play?", 5]];
    macGame = new GuessIt("Macbeth", macData, 3);

    var game = function(gameObject) {
    var guess
    guess = prompt(gameObject.question);

    if(guess == gameObject.answer) {
    stopPlaying = true
    return "Nice work!";
    }
    else {
    if(tries < gameObject.guesses) {
    return "Sorry, try again";
    }
    else {
    return "Sorry, you're out of guesses."
    }
    }
    }

    //stopPlaying tracks if the user has gotten the question right yet and will end the program early if they have
    var stopPlaying
    stopPlaying = false

    var playIt
    playIt = confirm("Welcome to the " + macGame.title + " Quiz! Do you want to play?");

    if (playIt) {
    alert("Great! Let's get started.");
    alert("You've got " + macGame.guesses + " guesses to get the right answer. Let me get your question.");

    for(tries = 1; tries < (macGame.guesses + 1); tries++) {
    alert(game(macGame));
    //Ends the program if the user has gotten the question right
    if (stopPlaying) {
    break
    }
    }
    }

    else {
    alert("I'm sorry to hear that. Goodbye.")
    }
    </script>