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.
Category Archives: quizzes ‘n’ shit
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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Which Is It? Celebrity Baby Name Or Computer Virus
Here’s a fun little quiz to test your knowledge of celebrity children, computer viruses or in my case, neither. I only scored 45%, which says a lot about…something. I guess I shouldn’t feel too badly, though. The average is only 52%. CELEBRITY BABY NAME OR COMPUTER VIRUS?
What Do Your Tweets Say About The Kind Of Person You Are?
Here’s something kind of fun to waste a few minutes on. Actually scratch that, I’m sure I could waste far more than a few minutes on AnalyzeWords punching people into this thing and seeing if it comes back with anything close to what I think of them. What does AnalyzeWords do? AnalyzeWords helps reveal your …
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Black Friday Body Count: Some Photos And Some Skill Testing Questions
This won’t do me any good, but since a lot of you really like pictures, here’s a little something they’re calling Black Friday In 41 Absolutely Horrifying Photos. Whoever did this wrote just enough to make it into something I really wish I could look at. If any of the good describers around here want …
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