# If You Value Your Prodcutivity Stay Away from Sporcle.com **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972 "2010-04-13T18:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/1 "2010-04-13T18:30:38Z")
Man, I cannot tell you how much time I have lost over ther. > **[Sporcle - A World of Quizzes](https://www.sporcle.com/)** > > Play millions of free online trivia quizzes. There is a fun quiz about virtually every topic imaginable: Geography, History, Sports, Music, TV and more! Basically timed quizzes of all sorts. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/2 "2010-04-13T18:37:40Z")
my productivity is already minuscule so why the heck not ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/3 "2010-04-14T09:33:30Z")
I agree; I’ve spent way too much time on there already. I should really just block both Sporcle and the Dope in order to improve productivity… ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/4 "2010-04-14T16:29:47Z")
I’ve been on Sporcle for about 6 months now. Yeah, it’s pretty cool. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/5 "2010-04-14T18:06:01Z")
Timed quizzes? What do you get if you win? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/6 "2010-04-15T14:27:02Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Timed quizzes? What do you get if you win? Satisfaction. Joe ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/7 "2010-04-16T02:02:13Z")
great site. I’ve wasted a few hours there and enjoyed every minute of it. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/8 "2010-04-16T04:06:33Z")
One of these days I’ll learn the elements and world capitals. I’ve got all the countries down. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/9 "2010-04-16T04:16:11Z")
Yes, I spend way too much time there already. Love it!! ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/10 "2010-04-17T05:54:24Z")
Also, a great site if you run a pub trivia night, and you’ve totally forgot to come up with enough questions for a given night. ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/11 "2010-04-17T06:48:56Z")
I’ve contributed a few but haven’t gotten any published yet. Any dopers gotten one on to the front page? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/12 "2010-04-17T17:07:29Z")
I defy anyone to get all the answers on [this one](http://www.sporcle.com/games/Unidentifiedkiwi/USA_1850). ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/13 "2010-04-20T03:54:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I defy anyone to get all the answers on [this one](http://www.sporcle.com/games/Unidentifiedkiwi/USA_1850). I did pretty well on this one, but there is no way I could type in 50 cities in 8 minutes. I got 30 and ran out of time. I wouldn’t have named them all, but there were a few out there I could have taken a wag at if given a bit more time. I am going to print out the answers and see if I can just type them in in 8 minutes. It probably can be done, but jeez, you’d have to know all of these cities/towns off the top of your head. No chance! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/14 "2010-04-20T05:34:08Z")
> [@](#): > > I did pretty well on this one, but there is no way I could type in 50 cities in 8 minutes. I got 30 and ran out of time. I wouldn’t have named them all, but there were a few out there I could have taken a wag at if given a bit more time. I don’t thinking the typing would be a problem. It’s about ten seconds a name, which is certainly doable. The problem that I saw was that many of the cities don’t exist anymore. They’ve been incorporated into larger cities. Spring Garden, for example, used to be the ninth largest city in the country - but who outside of the Philadelphia area still recognizes its name? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/15 "2010-04-20T10:49:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t thinking the typing would be a problem. It’s about ten seconds a name, which is certainly doable. > > The problem that I saw was that many of the cities don’t exist anymore. They’ve been incorporated into larger cities. Spring Garden, for example, used to be the ninth largest city in the country - but who outside of the Philadelphia area still recognizes its name? You are correct. I printed the names out and just typed them in and had plenty of time left. But it’s impossible to think you’d have these names in your head. I had to stop and think at the midway point, at which point my guesses were mostly wrong. And to know towns that have disappeared would be impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/16 "2010-04-20T12:52:27Z")
What’s eerie is the parallel between Sporcle and _Jeopardy!_ to the point that it’s hard to tell who’s copying whom. Love Sporcle. My only issue with them is that they have way too much soccer and their “music” category isn’t down my alley. Otherwise, I have learned a lot and manage to stay in the 80+ percentile on those categories where I dare to compete. I think a thread that points to the most difficult and/or challenging Sporcle goodies would be fun as well. In case you haven’t made it there, another way to destroy whatever “spare time” you may have is [Gimme Friction Baby](http://jayisgames.com/archives/2007/08/gimme_friction_baby.php) which I learned about some time ago here at the Dope. Best I’ve done there has been 42. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/17 "2010-04-20T14:12:26Z")
I named over half of the chemical elements last night off the top of my head, with no help (no Pb for lead or anything). Thank you, Tom Lehrer. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/18 "2010-04-20T14:13:49Z")
NSFGovtW ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-value-your-prodcutivity-stay-away-from-sporcle-com/535972/19 "2010-04-27T16:43:51Z")
Hey! Bababooey just mentioned Sporcle on the Howard Stern radio show! Joe