Curator Knows Best: 11Joe28
When it comes to Sporcle, curators truly do know best. In this blog series, some of the great curators of Sporcle share their expert opinions on curating, top-notch quizzes, up-and-coming Sporclers,...
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View ArticleWhy Is Colonel Pronounced Kernel?
It’s not really any secret – English can be a tough, strange language at times. It is a language full of contradictions. Why is there no apple or pine in pineapple, or ham in hamburger? There are also...
View ArticleWhat is the Lost City of Mohenjo-Daro?
History is filled with strange and fascinating stories of ghost towns and abandoned cities, whose population left for reasons still unknown. One of the oldest abandoned cities known to historians and...
View ArticleCurator Knows Best: BeerHound
When it comes to Sporcle, curators truly do know best. In this blog series, some of the great curators of Sporcle share their expert opinions on curating, top-notch quizzes, up-and-coming Sporclers,...
View ArticleGrover Cleveland – A Tale of Two Presidents
Back in 2009, President Obama made a little error when delivering his Inaugural Address. Though he was being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, he was wrong in saying, “Forty-four...
View ArticleThe US Senate Chamber Candy Desk
It doesn’t matter where you sit on the political spectrum. Following politics in the United States can be downright depressing sometimes. No one can seem to agree on anything, and it’s easy to become...
View ArticleWhat Is the Real Meaning Behind ‘Ring Around the Rosie’?
Many preschoolers around the world are taught the popular Ring Around the Rosie nursery rhyme. Many versions of the game involve singing the song and walking around in a circle with joined hands, and...
View ArticleWhy Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?
Daylight Saving Time is the custom of advancing clocks by one hour in the summertime months so that daylight extends further into the evening hours. Ben Franklin is generally thought to be the first to...
View Article10 Interesting Facts About Labor Day
It’s back-to-school time for kids. The days are getting shorter and the weather is slowly starting to change. Thankfully, we have one last holiday to celebrate the unofficial end of summer. While Labor...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Dolly Gray – An NFL Impostor
He only played in three games, but Jack ‘Dolly’ Gray has cemented himself in sports history for pulling off one of the greatest trick plays the NFL has ever seen. We have to go back to the early days...
View ArticleWhatever Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
The Roanoke Colony of 1585 was one of the first attempts by the English to establish a colony in North America. The English colonists set sail in April of 1585 and landed in modern-day North Carolina...
View ArticleCurator Knows Best: BombaySapphire
When it comes to Sporcle, curators truly do know best. In this blog series, some of the great curators of Sporcle share their expert opinions on curating, top-notch quizzes, up-and-coming Sporclers,...
View ArticleNew This Week from Sporcle
The crack engineering team at Sporcle is always hard at work. Sometimes we are so busy getting bug fixes, features, and improvements out that we don’t do such a great job of letting people know about...
View ArticleThe Centennial Light – A Bulb That Won’t Stop Burning
How many Sporclers does it take to change a light bulb? Well, if that light bulb is located in Fire Station 6 in Livermore, California, the answer would be none. It is in this location that you will...
View ArticleA History of Bir Tawil – Land Left Unclaimed
On the border between Egypt and Sudan, you’ll find Bir Tawil, a small, 795 square mile patch of land. It is a desolate region, mostly just sand and mountains. With no roads or permanent inhabitants,...
View ArticleThe Ten Best Harry Potter Trivia Team Names
Any good Sporcler knows how important it is to have the perfect team name prepared for when trivia night rolls around. It’s not only an opportunity for you to demonstrate your wit before the game even...
View ArticleTop Comments of the Week (09/22)
From Dad Jokes to puns and all in between, Sporclers know how to make us laugh. Here are the… 1. Quiz: Find the Cartoon Bears From Sporcle user MrChewypoo: “While I didn’t get perfect, turns out I am...
View ArticleWill Puerto Rico Ever Become a State?
Puerto Rico has been under the control of the US government since 1898, when the US military invaded the island during the Spanish-American war. Since then, there has been an ongoing conversation about...
View ArticleWhy Are There Two Dakotas, Carolinas, and Virginias?
Have you ever looked at the map of the United States and wondered why there are two Dakotas, two Carolinas, and two Virginias? If so, you’re not the only one. Americans all across the country have been...
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