Score and Streak

Track a running streak and show a hot streak message after three correct answers in a row

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The quiz tracks total score, but it doesn't reward consistency. A player who answers all three correctly in a row should get some recognition. PyQuiz uses a streak — a count of consecutive correct answers — to do this.

The streak variable

Add streak = 0 next to score = 0. The streak goes up by one on a correct answer and resets to zero on a wrong answer:

if is_correct:
    score = score + 1
    streak = streak + 1
    print("Correct!")
else:
    streak = 0
    print(f"Wrong! ...")

Nested if for the bonus message

Inside the if is_correct: block, add a nested if to check whether the streak is high enough to show a bonus message:

if is_correct:
    score = score + 1
    streak = streak + 1
    print("Correct!")
    if streak >= 3:
        print(f"  Hot streak! ({streak} in a row)")

The nested if only runs when is_correct is already True. With three questions, the hot streak message fires when the player answers all three correctly.

Instructions

Add streak tracking to quiz.py.

After score = 0, create a variable named streak and assign it 0 — streak starts at zero before each round and counts consecutive correct answers.
Inside if is_correct:, after score = score + 1, add streak = streak + 1 — this increments the streak each time the player answers correctly.
After print("Correct!"), add a nested if statement: if streak >= 3, call print(f" Hot streak! ({streak} in a row)") — this fires only when the player has been correct three or more times in a row without a miss.
At the top of the else block, before the wrong-answer print, add streak = 0 — a wrong answer breaks the streak, so it resets to zero before the next question.

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QUESTIONS = [
    ("What is the type of the value 3.14?", "int", "str", "float", "bool", 3),
    ("What keyword defines a function in Python?", "for", "def", "if", "class", 2),
    ("What does print() do?", "Stores a value", "Returns a number", "Displays output", "Reads input", 3),
]
score = 0
# Step 1: Create streak variable set to 0
total = 3

print("=== Python Quiz ===")
print()
for text, o1, o2, o3, o4, correct in QUESTIONS:
    print(text)
    print()
    print(f"  1) {o1}")
    print(f"  2) {o2}")
    print(f"  3) {o3}")
    print(f"  4) {o4}")
    print()
    answer_text = input("Your answer (1-4): ")
    answer = int(answer_text)
    is_correct = answer == correct
    print()
    print(f"You answered: {answer}")
    if is_correct:
        score = score + 1
        # Step 2: Add 1 to streak
        print("Correct!")
        # Step 3: If streak >= 3, print "  Hot streak! ({streak} in a row)"
    else:
        # Step 4: Reset streak to 0
        print(f"Wrong! The correct answer was option {correct}.")
print(f"Score: {score}/{total}")
if score == total:
    print("Perfect score!")
elif score >= 2:
    print("Great job!")
elif score >= 1:
    print("Not bad!")
else:
    print("Keep practicing!")

Score and Streak

The streak variable

Nested if for the bonus message

Instructions

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