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What Is a Nautical Mile and Why Do We Have Them?
What Is a Nautical Mile? You can probably guess that a nautical mile is a measurement of distance, and you might know that nautical miles are used in sea and airfare travel as a unit [...]
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Seattle, WA (April 2, 2019) – Sporcle, the leading provider of online trivia, today announced they have logged over three billion quizzes played since the site launched in 2007. This milestone is a...
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
You’ve likely heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but what are they exactly? And how many of them still exist today? Let’s take a trip back in history as we explore these [...]
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What Is the Union Jack and Why Do We Call It That?
What Is the Union Jack? First thing’s first, if you’re not up to date on your geography or international politics, the Union Flag (colloquially referred to as the Union Jack) is the United Kingdom’s...
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March to Three Billion: Wrap Up
Yo Sporclers, we did it! The March to Three Billion has come to an end. On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019, at roughly 12:55:28 (PDT), Sporcle surpassed the THREE BILLION quiz play mark. This is a [...]
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What Is Kashmir? Understanding the Kashmir Conflict
What Is Kashmir Exactly? Kashmir is a mountainous region situated on the northern tip of India. It borders parts of China to both the east and northeast, Pakistan to the west, and Afghanistan to the [...]
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How Fast Does Earth Spin? Why Does Earth Spin?
How Fast Does Earth Spin? The Earth’s characteristic 24-hour rotation period is what is responsible for what we know as night and day. In fact, the comfortable temperature variation between warm days...
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What Is the Rosetta Stone and Why Was It Important?
What Is the Rosetta Stone? The Rosetta Stone is essentially a broken off a slab of black rock composed of a type of stone called granodiorite. It was once part of a larger slab that [...]
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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Trivia Team Names
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is approved for a 14th season at this point, and that brings them tantalizingly close to setting a record for the longest running live action comedy on TV. And that [...]
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What Is Soup and What Makes It Soup?
What Is Soup? We’ve all had soup. We all can tell each other if we’re eating or looking at soup. But when you really sit down and think about it, it’s not unlike a sandwich. [...]
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Is Gibraltar Part of the UK or Spain?
What Is Gibraltar? Where is Gibraltar? And Is Gibraltar Part of the UK or Spain? We’ve got answers to these questions and more. What Is Gibraltar? Is Gibraltar a Country? Gibraltar is a confusing place...
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What Are the Autonomous Regions of China?
If you’re here with questions about the autonomous regions of China, it helps to start with a quick overview of how China’s levels of government operate. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is broadly...
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Top Trivia Nights in Columbus
Top Trivia Nights in Columbus Or should we say, the ColumBest trivia nights? We know what you’re thinking: “Pub trivia? Like, questions about 1800s history read off index cards? No thanks.” Well, hold...
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What Is a Caste? A Definition and Overview
What Is a Caste? What is a caste system and how do they work? Well, before we start discussing the topic, let’s first recognize that a caste system is an ideology before it is a [...]
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What Is the Dewey Decimal System?
If you remember library class from elementary or middle school, you might remember having to learn the Dewey Decimal System. You were probably also taught that it’s a “valuable life skill” (more so...
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The History of Notre-Dame de Paris and Its Construction
What Is Notre-Dame? Before we delve into the history of Notre-Dame, we should probably get a knowledge baseline. First off, it’s a Catholic cathedral, and “Notre-Dame” isn’t the full name. The...
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What Is Authoritarianism? Authoritarianism Defined
What is authoritarianism? Are there different types of authoritarianism? And how do authoritarian regimes function? What Is Authoritarianism? Broadly, an authoritarian regime can be simplistically...
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How To Make A Basic Grid Quiz
You may have already heard the news, but Sporcle now has a new quiz type – Grid quizzes! This new format is great for making crosswords, Sudokus, and many other types of word and number [...]
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A Short History of Crossword Puzzles
Everyone’s taken a stab at a crossword puzzle at some point in their lives. But have you ever stopped to think about where these puzzles came from in the first place? Who created crosswords, and [...]
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What Is the Difference Between Latitude and Longitude?
While you may have heard the words latitude and longitude before, you might not know entirely what they mean; let alone how to read them. With the rise of GPS devices, we simply do not [...]
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