Quizzical

One of my favorite pass times has started to become quite a bit of a time killer.  You've probably heard of it.  It's called Sporcle.  Basically it is this killer website that has a whole bunch of quizzes created by users that anyone can take.  And the topics range from everything from the countries of the world to the lyrics of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song.  Whatever is on your mind there is probably a quiz on Sporcle about it.  But probably ten or more.  The variety is enormous.

And it also helps you to realize some of the things you never even knew you knew.  I took a quiz a couple of days ago about fonts.  That's right, fonts.  In this particular quiz it had Sporcle written in fonts from well known brands, like Google and ESPN, and you had to type in the company that matches the font.  I did pretty well, and it really made me realize some of the things a see everyday stick in my mind, and instead of the names of the companies being recognizable, the fonts are too.  You can play that amazing quiz here.

But one of the best features of this website is not the search feature where you can look for quizzes about things you know, or even browsing through all the quizzes about TV shows or sports, but the button that takes you to a random quiz.  It gives you a really happy feeling when you look down at the loading screen and realize you could in fact name all of the Disney Princesses.  Or maybe just miss one.  The correct answers are almost always shown to you when time runs out, or you can give up early to see the answers you did not know.  However there are some quizzes where that does not work quite as well. 

Some quizzes have answers that build off of each other.  This particular Harry Potter quiz requires you to know the previous answer before you can go onto the next question, and if you are a true Harry Potter expert, take it and you will see why.  It requires you to know things such as who killed Dumbledore and who is the headmaster or Victor Krum's wizarding school.  And one stumped answer is the end for you on this quiz.

There are also quizzes where one answer you don't know is nothing, because you'll probably never finish them anyways in the amount of time allotted.  Who could name all the countries in the world (especially spelled correctly) in just a few minutes.  Go ahead, try.  It is pretty difficult.  Or name the top 200 characters in the Harry Potter series by how many times their name is mentioned.  It really is quite difficult.  But to me the type of quiz I am taking does not really matter, as long as I know a few answers to the questions.  It really is a fun way to waste more than a few hours on end.