I haven’t done one of these in a while, and when I do I like to post them so that everyone can play along and show how much smarter than me they are. So have at this Maclean’s quiz. Their resident genius, Peter Dyakowski, got himself a more than respectable 80% on the 30 questions. …
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Can You Tell Your Lossless Audio Ass From A Low Bitrate Hole In The Ground?
I listen to a lot of music and at various points in my life have spent time in recording studios and on the radio, so I have at least a decent sense of the differences between quality and garbage audio. I’ve also read and heard a small but vocal number of people bitching about how …
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The Last Name Game
I haven’t posted in forever, and I need to fix that. So why don’t I start off by posting a silly little game that I stole from someone’s Facebook page? Every answer must start with the first letter of your last name! Last Name : Headrick An animal: horse A boys name: Henry A girls …
What else starts with G L O?
Man I love Twitter. I just stumbled across this. https://soundcloud.com/npraskmeanother/day-1-blaze-of-gloria Jonathan Coulton is a funny, talented guy. Kinda a fun game to play. I wonder if I could come up with more. I doubt it.
No One Will Mistake Me For Canada’s Smartest Person
Oof. I love these Maclean’s quizzes, but sometimes they sure don’t love me. I just finished scoring 53% on this one. Peter Dyakowski, A.K.A. Canada’s Smartest Person, meanwhile, scored an 80. As usual, I missed a few I should have known, but they were evened out somewhat by some really good guesses. And it pays …
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Another Smartest Person Quiz
Some of us had fun with this before, so let’s take another crack at one of these Canada’s Smartest Person quizzes. At least I did better than the 60% I got last time we tried this. This time I was all the way up to 63. Peter Dyakowski, meanwhile, got 93, which is insane. Judging …
A Quick Thinking Test
This is kind of fun. Are You Smart Enough To Get These Brain Teasers? I only missed two, one of which I totally should’ve had.
Are You Better At Trivia Than The Smartest Person In Canada? I’m Not, It Turns Out
Until I come up with something else for you to read, here’s a fun Maclean’s quiz to keep you busy and hopefully sharp. Your aim is to do better than Peter Dyakowski, Hamilton Tigercat and “Canada’s Smartest Person”, a title he earned by winning a 2012 CBC Television trivia show of which I have no …
I Woke Up This Mornin’, And Autogenerated Myself A Blues Name
If you’ve got 15 seconds kicking around that you’re not using for anything, why not cruise on over here and figure out what your blues musician name should be? This bit of triviality has been brought to you by Blind Gumbo Bailey. Wait, how the hell did this thing know I was blind?
Pop Quiz! Who Said The Stupid Thing: Rob Ford Or Mayor Quimby
Michelle sent me another great Rob Ford link. I hope you’ve got your thinking caps on for this one. Since entering public service as a city councilor in 2000, Ford has been known for his odd and improper public behavior and comments, a habit that only got worse after he was elected mayor in 2010. …
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