Name That Supporting Cast
Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is a lot of fun whether you know the answers or not. For each question, you’re given the cast of a movie, minus the star. Can you name the film for each cast? All I will say about my score is that I was correct for the movies that I [...]
Fancy Diving
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The Olympics begin in two weeks. This diving sequence will help get you into the mood, although it was not taken at an official meet. I would give this guy an eight for style, but his technical score would only be a two or so. -via reddit
5 Questions: ‘Don’ Cry Out Loud
If you get a perfect score on Friday’s mentalfloss.com 5 Questions quiz, ‘Don’ Cry Out Loud
The Ultimate Sesame Street Quiz
This Sesame Street quiz at PBS has 48 questions, which should be easy for those who grew up watching Sesame Street. I, however, was lucky to score 40%. When the results come up, you’ll be able to watch clips that explain answers to many of the questions. And that’s the best part! Link -via Metafilter
5 Questions: ‘Sawyer’ Arm Off
Can you score 3 or better on today’s 5 Questions quiz? ‘Sawyer” Arm Off
Hakeem Olajuwon’s Phantom Quadruple-Double
The quadruple-double is one of basketball’s most elusive feats. Only four players have managed to rack up double-digit totals in four major statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks) in a single game since the NBA began tracking steals and blocked shots at the beginning of the 1973-74. Nate Thurmond, Alvin Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon, and [...]
The Number of the Day: 147,117,038
In 2010, mentalfloss.com racked up 147,117,038 pageviews. Thanks to everyone who helped us run up the score! We’re aiming for 200,000,000 this year.
Related Fact: The number of people who found us by typing “how to use toilet paper” into a search engine was 482. If 200,000,000 proves to be out of our reach, at least [...]
Top Quizzes of 2010: Name California’s Top 20 Cities (#9)
This week we’re counting down some of the top mental_floss quizzes of 2010. Enjoy!
You’ve got five minutes to name as many of the top 20 most populous California cities as you can. A score of 10 or more should be considered a “win.” Good luck!
Take the Quiz: California Cities
The Number of the Day: 3,333,360
The highest score possible on the arcade version of Pac-Man is 3,333,360 points. To achieve this score, a player must consume every single pellet, piece of food and ghost on the game’s 256 levels – all on a single life. The score was first achieved in 1999 by a man named Billy Mitchell, who took [...]
