“The 80th Annual Academy Awards will be presented Sunday. But how well do you remember the 65th through 79th editions? * * * * You have 5 minutes.”
Another great challenge from Mental_Floss.
Category: Games, Tests & Quizzes
Name all the Presidents — in 8 Minutes
Another quick quiz from Mental_Floss — Name all the Presidents in 8 Minutes.
Pretty easy. I did it in less than three minutes. If I could type better, I’d try again for two minutes.
George Washington’s Birthday
Tomorrow the federal holiday is George Washington’s Birthday. (See Three-day weekend for the background.)
Most know that Washington’s actual birthday is February 22. But, in fact, Washington was not born on that date either.
So, our little one item quiz for today (and so you can dazzle your friends and co-workers this week):
If there had been a calendar on the wall when George Washington was born, what would have been the month, day and year?
I’ll confirm the answer once someone gets it correct. No fair Googling.
The License Plate Game
“We’ve all played a version of the license plate game. Today we bring the fun indoors. Using your memory and subtle clues (slogans, scenery and state flags), determine which state each plate came from.”
Guess which state is first!
Drop Outs
mental-floss has ten pairs of celebrities and asks you to pick the one that didn’t finish high school.
Compare your height to a lot of famous people
Double Stuf Lick Racing
Join the action at the Double Stuf Racing League.
Youngest Oscar-winning Actress
If Ellen Page (“Juno”) wins best actress, she’ll set a new record for youngest actress. Who holds that distinction today? Your options: Joan Fontaine (“Suspicion”), Janet Gaynor (“Seventh Heaven,” “Street Angel,” “Sunrise”), Audrey Hepburn, (“Roman Holiday”), Marlee Matlin (“Children of a Lesser God”).
Quiz from The Envelope, which has the answer.
Sibling Underlings
In honor of youngest brother Eli Manning making it to the championship round (and not older brother Peyton), Mental Floss has a quiz about siblings.
But the quiz is grossly incomplete. They forgot Ron Howard’s Brother.
Test the Nation
“The” nation in this case is Canada, and the trivia quizzes are fun. There are long (30 minute) tests and shorter ten question ones. NewMexiKen aced the first Mental Gym test, but only got half of the second one correct.
There seems to be any number of tests but so far I’ve only found out my total score, not which questions I missed.
People power
More than half of the U.S. population (51%) resides in the nine most populated states.
Just about everyone knows that California has the most people of any state (36.55 million, 12% of the whole country).
Can you name the seven other states that have more than 10 million people? And then name the next state (ninth most populated), which has 9.5 million people?
(Based on July 1, 2007, estimates released by the Census Bureau today.)
Singin’ ’bout December
A selection of popular songs with “December” in their lyrics. Can you match the lyrics with the artist and title?
Flight Of The Season
Traveler IQ Challenge
Take the Traveler IQ Challenge.
NewMexiKen tried North America and did well until I got to the Caribbean where I crashed and burned.
Link via Kottke.
Weekend Genius Challenge #9
The mental_floss weekend trivia quiz this weekend was “California has four, Texas has three, Florida has two, and New York has one. What are they?”
Think you know? Follow the link to find out.
Weekend Genius Challenge #9: Short but Sweet
mental_floss has an enticing quiz this weekend.
Go give it a try and maybe you will win a T-shirt like NewMexiKen did.
Turkey Trivia Quiz
Get ready for next week. Take the Turkey Trivia Quiz.
Thanks to Debby and Rick for the link.
Weekend Genius Challenge
“In WGC #4, we provided some (awful!) Skewed Clues to nations of the world. Always ones for abuse, we’ve brought them back once more. Below are 12 Skewed Clues to the names of foreign nations. The object is simple: Guess which country is being referred to in each clue.”
Weekend Genius Challenge
More U.S. states fun at the Weekend Genius Challenge: Win a T-shirt!.
Weekend Genius Challenge
NewMexiKen won a T-shirt last weekend so I think I’ll refrain from trying again, but here’s a new Weekend Genius Challenge. Be the first to unscramble the 40 presidential anagrams and you can win your own T-shirt from Mental Floss.
Maybe I should consult The Decider
Remember last weekend when NewMexiKen won a T-shirt from Mental Floss? Well, I did.
Help me pick my shirt. Which one do you think is “me”?
Here’s the choices — mental_floss store shirts.
Weekend Genius Challenge
NewMexiKen thinks I should just quit blogging and defer to Mental Floss, “Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix.”
Try their Weekend Genius Challenge — win a T-shirt! Here’s the description of the quiz:
Below are five numbered entries. Each entry is an alphabetical list of states that are unique in some way; they have something specific in common. You try to figure out what that “something” is. It might have to do with geography, symbols, history or cities, but could be anything at all.
The key word is “only.” An example entry: Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon. The answer? They’re the only states whose names begin with the letter “O.” Easy, huh? Well, they’re not all that easy!
NewMexiKen got one right off, then two more, then after awhile another, but the last not yet at all.
Update: My answers seem not to be what they’re looking for. I thought I had it on my second try.
Update update: Hey, I won a T-shirt — mostly because they are good folks at Mental Floss because I didn’t really follow the rules. I’ve just discovered the site in the past few days, and it’s filled with fun knowledge-trivia based stuff!
Eyes on the NFL
While you’re watching the “big game,” the players are watching the cheerleaders, the crowd is watching the jumbotron, and the coaches are watching… well, the other team’s coaches (with or without the aid of cameras).
What’s more, the game is also watching YOU. Below are 12 “eyes” as depicted on the helmet logos of NFL teams. Match the team to the image by typing in the corresponding number in the white blanks.
Take the Eyes on the NFL quiz.
Character Assassination
“Television characters live with the constant worry of being written out of the plot, turned evil or – even worse – killed off. These twelve weren’t so lucky. Honor the memories of television’s fallen legends by testing yourself on their causes of death.”
Would you pass the U.S. citizenship test?
A dozen sample questions from the new U.S. citizenship test.
NewMexiKen is pleased to say I got 12 correct out of 12 and so will continue as a citizen.