EpIcInCoGnItO: I personally have always felt that in times of need the cloak should not be used, though it's a tool given as a privilege, people who have it should realise the negative effect it has on the online count. And coming to the quiz, I absolutely hate Smarty in shouts, shouts was made to have real people shout, not a robot repeating questions. Then again this is my personal feeling.
I guess it's a marmite thing, some will love it and some hate it. What I remember though is the shout being pretty dead before Smarty brought the quiz there... We even used to organise shoutbox quizzes in the past, so I thought why not make it automatic?