I’ve always loved trivia quizzes, word games, and other tests of knowledge, and in my retirement I have found quite a few daily challenges. (Too many, perhaps, but that’s a story for another day.)
Some of the hardest trivia quizzes for me are to be found on the Slate website. Each week day they have a different topic: history, culture, vocabulary, science, and current news. With the exception of the news quiz, they all have six questions, and they are not easy: I usually get between 3 and 5
If you choose to compete, you are vying against other readers, the readers’ average, and a selected staff member. It’s not unusual for me to beat the average, and the Slatesters and I might be 50-50. Placing in the top 50 of all who choose to take the quiz is a rare occurrence for me.
But today? As I say in a classroom of students busily working while their teacher finished up her sub plans so I could take over on a 911 sub job, I decided to take the science quiz to pass the time. And what do you know? That rarified atmosphere of teaching and learning did the trick! I got them all and in good time. So yeah, that was me, number 27 of all those other quizsters.
Of course, I credit my education.
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