Because it is Saturday. Because we all have laundry to do. Things to do. Let’s play a game instead! There is nothing like procrastination.
I started playing on the website, Sporcle, two years ago. Actually, two years ago, I exclusively played only one of their games. It was “Name The Countries Of The World.” I performed pitifully the first time, but after dedicating every last brain cell to the task eventually I was able to name them all in the time frame (I have been slacking and the last time I played I failed miserably). It is a great teaching tool, too. The site has many name-the-state-capital-quizzes. This is fantastic for children or for adults who, ahem, tend to forget things taught to them in the third grade. This is different than lessons purposefully forgotten, like sharing. I never had much use for that one.
The quiz I play the most often is the one below. I apologize for its too large size. There is not a quiz on the site to teach one computer coding skills. If you are on a tablet or smart phone, you can turn the screen sideways and it will fit. You can actually play that one below.
It is an entirely unnecessary quiz for a writer. The words are not likely to ever be forgotten, so there really is no need to practice them. However, it is more of a memory game at this point. I have to get all one hundred words each time I play. Sometimes I can only remember ninety eight. I slap myself with my Anthropologie receipts when that happens.
I also am a huge fan of anagrams. I have a good friend who I have flown on an airplane with a few times. We like to do puzzles on the airplane together. That actually is one of my favorite parts of the trip. We keep saying that we will get together to do puzzles without travel one day, but that never happens. We play anagram scrambles. There are a few on Sporcle that I like. Of course, those are one time play games. Once you know the answer to those, it is not really necessary to play it again.
Their baby name quizzes are fun, too. Although I am terrible at those. I am also horrible at most of Sporcle’s movie and television quizzes.
It’s The Little Things: Wasting some time while still getting your learn on (based upon this sentence, I still have a long way to go).
Have you ever played on Sporcle? What are your favorite quizzes? Do you challenge yourself?
that was fun! I got 44/100. Its hard when that timer is ticking down…adds to the stress.
Thanks for playing Melinda! I think you did better than I did the first time. The timer definitely adds extra pressure. I am glad you thought it was fun, too. I have not played my daily game yet. I have to get some laundry and dishes done. Sigh.
Have a happy day!
Jenni
Fun! I hadn’t heard of this site until now. I love puzzle stuff too..thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh good! I am glad you think it is fun. I love that site. I could not wait to share. Thank you for leaving a comment letting me know. I really appreciate it.
Have a terrific day!
Jenni
Is the most common word in the world ‘ok’? I love the geography games, placing cities in countries or countries in continents. My favourite was one where you had to grab and drop the country into a blank map and you only got points if it was in or nearly in the right position.
Ooooh. I have not tried that drop the country one. Now I must try it! I think the most common word in California is “like.” I have a whole separate post on how I broke my daughter of that habit. It is one of my pet peeves. In the wrong context, it is a bad word in our house.
Have a great evening (I hope that is right!)!
Jenni
Hiya! Yes it is 7.15pm in the evening and tomorrow is a bank holiday :-). We have a bit of a ‘like’ problem over here too. It’s not ‘like’, it is either something or not something. The whole thing is like so lame. AAasrgh!
Woot! I got it right?! : ). I have not heard the something or not something. We are behind here. I remember “like” being the word when I was in high school. It is amazing that it stuck around so long.
Enjoy your evening and your holiday!
Jenni
What a fantastic tool for keeping your brain sharp! I had never heard of any of these.
It is so easy to pick up the word “like”. Anytime I am around the young people in my theatre group I tend to pick up “like” and “um”. Freddy has to point it out to me. I am always so horrified because I had no idea I was doing it. It just sounds terrible – as if I am vapid or stupid. But it really is unconscious and once I start I have to think about what is coming out of my mouth when I talk!
thank you for the game suggestions!!
Thank you Cynthia. Oh, I do the “like” thing, too, sometimes. We have a “like” jar at home because it was getting to be too much a year ago. I used to use that word more than I care to admit, but hearing my daughter do it was awful. Thankfully we have kicked the habit, but it is so easy to fall into. I actually wrote the post a year ago, but never published it because I did not want to offend anyone. There are so many of those posts. One day I might hit the publish button. ; )
Have a like fun day!
Jenni
Oh, Jenni! Now you’ve got me staying up way too late playing all the fun games on Sporcle. 🙂 I love the “missing word of 80’s movies” one, the state capitals one, state names and even the FIFA player trivia (I obviously watched WAY too much World Cup this year, but what can I say). I think I’ll have to play the napping game tomorrow. Zzzzzz 😉
I love that you discovered Sporcle. I do the same thing where I stay up all night playing quizzes sometimes. We need to make a Sporcle night. One night we should do a fun Scrabble Sleepover. : )
I hope you are having a Super Sunday!
Jenni