https://www.sporcle.com/blog/ Mentally Stimulating Articles Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:39:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png https://www.sporcle.com/blog/ 32 32 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/01/sporcle-year-in-review-2022/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 18:38:37 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=87619 To paraphrase Taylor Swift: we don’t know about you, but we’re still reeling from 2022. Around the globe, COVID continued to spread and mutate, climate change brought about record-breaking heat waves, and the world population [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/01/how-do-they-pick-the-speaker-of-the-house-what-happens-if-they-dont/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:00:51 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=88305 If you’ve been following the House of Representatives recently, you’re probably aware that GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is having… a particularly bad time securing the role of Speaker of the House. Specifically, as of the [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/01/how-many-different-new-years-are-there/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:00:56 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=88265 As new years come and go, you’re probably familiar with the multiple, different new-year celebrations around the world. Many of them aren’t observed on January 1st, when the Gregorian calendar rolls over. So how many [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/01/partner-spotlight-linos-in-wickliffe-oh/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:54:28 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=88290 Lino’s in Wickliffe, OH Opinionation every Monday at 7 & 8 PM Are you in search of the ultimate destination for cold beer, hot wings, and all the big games? Look no further than Lino’s [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/01/top-quizzes-of-2022/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:03:22 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=88268 We’re through with 2022, and it was a pretty exciting year for Sporcle. We redesigned the website, hosted our first ever Sporclecon event, and you all played a bunch of quizzes (over 513 million if [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/01/badge-of-the-week-science-sojourn/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=87957 Take a trip into the world of SCIENCE! Science Sojourn: Our explorer is going where no badge character has gone before — into the Science section of the Quiz Lab! Hopefully he’s got his safety [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/01/new-years-celebrations-from-around-the-world/ Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:00:36 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=87951 If you like New Year’s Celebrations, you’ve probably made the joke about attending as many New Year’s parties as possible. For those who only plan to maybe spend a couple minutes at each party (for [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2022/12/why-is-it-called-spam-the-meat-and-the-mail/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 16:00:17 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=87946 Whether or not you’re thinking of junk mail or the canned meat, the word “spam” is probably a bit strange in your mouth. It also just… feels kind of right. If you’ve ever prepared spam [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2022/12/16-holiday-gift-trivia-facts-to-get-you-questioning-your-choices/ Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:00:04 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=87934 If you’re reading this post when it’s first uploaded, then the Christmas season has ended and you’re now decompressing from having to find all those trinkets you got for everyone. Alternatively, you stumbled upon this [...]]]> https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2022/12/badge-of-the-week-were-through-with-2022/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.sporcle.com/blog/?p=87631 What do you mean the year’s over already?!? We’re Through with 2022: The year is over…more or less…and we can’t wait to put it in the rear view for a (hopefully) better 2023. That said, [...]]]>