"How can you be serious?" Not by wearing this T-shirt! The classic Mark Pawson T-shirt, updated for 2012.
By David K. Israel at 7:49 am Saturday, Apr 14
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In this quiz, you must decide whether 15 apps are for real, or completely made-up. From scatological humor to ethnic insensitivity and tasteless decor, the mobile marketplaces have ... some of it.
By David K. Israel at 5:35 am Monday, Oct 24
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Twaggies presents another quiz, which this time will have you in knots of frustration behind the media center. Read the rest
By David K. Israel at 8:16 am Monday, Oct 3
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In 2002, The Economist writer/editor Emily Bobrow gifted me a copy of Helen DeWitt’s The Last Samurai and my life changed forever. It’s one of those novels that you can go back to every couple years anew, discovering and rediscovering with each re-read. Not to be confused with the Tom Cruise movie of the same name, DeWitt’s story centers on a single mother in London raising her child-prodigy son.
The genius in her latest novel, Lightning Rods, is DeWitt herself, who cooks up one of the funniest stories I’ve read in recent memory. It’s a highbrow version of the movie Office Space with a Jonathan Ames-esque plot. Read my exclusive, in-depth interview below with DeWitt about the new novel, as well as her writing habits and her tips to would-be novelists. Read the rest
By David K. Israel at 10:32 am Wednesday, Apr 27
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Twaggies presents another difficult quiz that should leave even the most addicted netizens lacking results. Optimize your engines after the jump! Read the rest
By David K. Israel at 4:44 am Saturday, Nov 6
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"Pac-man's skeleton" by Le Gentil Garçon, in collaboration with François Escuilié, palaeontologist
Twaggies presents a quite impossible quiz that should tax even the hardest-core retrogamers. The subject: musical scores from arcade and video games by Namco, one of the golden-age greats from Japan. Test your knowledge after the jump! Read the rest
By David K. Israel at 6:00 am Saturday, Oct 16
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Twaggies presents:
Behold! Obscure Muppets! Can you name them? Take our quiz and find out! Read the rest
By David K. Israel at 4:00 am Saturday, Sep 18
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By David K. Israel at 6:00 am Monday, May 17
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Play a quiz, give a dollar or more to the charity of your choice, and maybe win an iPad! All it takes is a moment of an ordinary day, and you can make a wee contribution to efforts to repair the world. Best of all, it's a race: we're in it with Treehugger, Neatorama and others.
When you're done, e-mail us at Play@QuizPlayDay.org and tell us how much you donated and to what cause. Don't forget to send us your quiz score. By doing so, you'll be automatically entered into a sweepstakes drawing where you could win one of 10 sets of Wii games; and a chance to go on national TV, talk about why you picked the charity, and chat about the whole quiz play day experience. Read the rest
By David K. Israel at 8:52 am Sunday, Apr 4
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Photo: Stéfan Le Dû
We've isolated some distinctive--and not-so-distinctive!--audio snippets from the Star Wars flicks. Think you can identify them all? After you take the quiz, come on back and let us know how well you did. And if you have an idea for a future quiz, tell us your suggestion! Read the rest
By David K. Israel at 9:45 am Saturday, Mar 6
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