Who Was Davy Jones? Why Does He Have a Locker?
If you’ve ever looked up pirates before, you’ve probably seen reference to Davy Jones’ Locker. Either that, or you’re bored and watching Pirates of the Caribbean (maybe again) and got to the...
View ArticleHow Were Chess Pieces Decided? | Chess Piece Origins
You might not have played chess in a very long time if you don’t already play it–maybe you learned how to play as a child but haven’t touched a piece since. But for some reason, [...]
View ArticleDo Carrots Actually Help Your Eyesight?
You might have been told this when you were a wee child who couldn’t be forced to eat anything remotely healthy. Or you just picked this up and packaged it away in the back of [...]
View ArticleWhy Do Wine Glasses Look Like That?
If you’ve had any kind of drink in your life, you know what cups, glasses, and mugs look like. For the most part, they are designed simply, because having all sorts of fancy things outside [...]
View ArticleTrivia Hunt Express
Trivia Hunt Express: August 18th, 2021 Congrats to our fastest perfect-scoring team, taking home $107.24: 1st – The Quick Wits – 29 minutes, 19 seconds Our Recap Hey, folks. This is Remy, Sporcle Live...
View ArticleWhat’s Up with the Funny Bone? | Why Is it Called That?
Beyond the awful pun, there is quite literally nothing funny about the funny bone. Especially when you hit it. Because that feels weird and your first reaction to smacking it with the corner of [...]
View ArticleIntroducing Badge Levels!
As anyone who has been on Sporcle for any period of time will tell you, we absolutely LOVE badges. For over seven years, we’ve been releasing three new badges every week for our users to [...]
View ArticleWhy Do We Have a Dessert Stomach?
This is a universal experience we’ve all had at some point in life. Definitely at least once as a kid. You know the one, you’ve eaten dinner and you can’t possibly eat any more. Well. [...]
View ArticleWhy Do We Forget Stuff When We Leave Rooms? | The Doorway Effect
Ever left the room to get something and then immediately forget why you left the room the second you’re through the door? It’s a rhetorical question, because if you can’t relate to the experience then...
View ArticleWhat Is Hollywood Accounting? | The Forrest Gump Sequel
When it comes to how much money movies make, you may find numbers that simply don’t add up. Perhaps one of the best examples is Forrest Gump (1994), which had a $55 million dollar budget [...]
View Article18 of the Most Fermented Food Themed Trivia Team Names
If there was a skill quite a few of us learned through 2020, it’s how to cook. Mostly because takeout or delivery literally costs an arm and a leg. So now that we’re all experts [...]
View ArticleWhat Is the Longest Shining Light Bulb?
If you’re old enough to remember when lights were bulbs and not everything was an LED, you also remember having to change the light bulbs in your home every now and then. Maybe you heard [...]
View ArticleWhy Do We Park in Driveways? Why Do We Drive in Parkways?
Are these dumb questions? Maybe, but you asked them and you’re here so who’s the dumb one now? Now that we have your attention and you’ve spent a few seconds thinking about it, it does [...]
View ArticleWhy Are They Called Grandfather Clocks?
You know the ones. Super tall, they still have a giant pendulum in them, probably only seen in horror movies or period pieces in media nowadays. Honestly, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen more...
View ArticleWhy Do We Foot Bills?
You’ve probably heard this idiom before, especially when it comes to bills that get more and more expensive. But beyond walking over to the bank or cashier, it’s not like we use our feet when [...]
View ArticleWhat’s the Football Face Paint for?
If you have passing knowledge of American football you’ve seen many players put on those two black strips of paint right below their eyes. For those of us who don’t watch or play football, this [...]
View ArticleCongrats to Flick on 1,000 Publishes!
Any time achievements are made on Sporcle, we like to take a pause to celebrate and reflect. Our company has done a lot since our founding on January 30, 2007. New features have been added, [...]
View ArticleWhich NFL Teams Have No Mascot?
Even if you haven’t seen a single football game, you’ve probably seen clips of those giant costumes representing football teams. Most of the time they’re walked out onto the field with tons of...
View ArticleWhere Did We Get Our Keyboard Layout?
Have you ever looked at your keyboard and wondered why the keys are the way they are? In case you didn’t know, if your keyboard uses Latin script, it’s basically guaranteed you’re using a standard [...]
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