Saturday 4 February 2017

Friday's Quizzes (03/02/17) and Saturday's Quizzes (04/02/17)

What happens when your reviewer accidentally falls asleep before doing his blog post?

You get a double bill of quiz reviews the following day, you lucky things!

Friday's Quizzes

Sports Teams by Cake II

These are quite impressive cakes on their own, so 'minshkins' could have made a mess of the questions and answers and still would have made an excellent quiz. I strongly advise against taking this quiz on an empty stomach: you won't reach the end without dashing off to the bakery in anticipation! Make sure you brush up on your American sports teams from the "Big Four", too.

Freeze Frame TV Ladder

Sadly, 'bhenderson79' does not star in any of the TV shows that feature in this quiz, but he frequently stars on the frontpage of Sporcle. With efforts like this, it's not hard to see why: the Word Ladder format is a concept that's almost been worn into the ground, but when combined with the Map format (which allows you to put your answers on an image of the quizmaker's design) it becomes ingenious. There's also a decent mix of old classics and more recent serials, from I Love Lucy to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

Movie by Home
The Curator for Actor, 'Larryholmes79', has a knack for making outstanding Movies quizzes. In fact, all but two of his many, many Publishes stem from that category. I personally think this one is right up there with the best of them because of how simple the concept is. It's still a challenge to name all the homes (especially if you've not seen such classics as Beetlejuice and North by Northwest), but the entertainment value isn't devalued in the slightest.

Also Published
Pacific Countries (Americas) by 'Cutthroat'
New England Patriots' Super Bowl Opponents by 'BVHodges'
1-10 Letter O Words by 'sproutcm'
50 Flicks to Click by 'MSUKent'
Where Is That City? II by 'geronimostilton'
Collectors' Collections by 'PrincessMartell'
Beastie Boys Members by 'CupidDeLocke'
Word Ladder: 1959 Hitmakers by 'rer2121'
Missing Word: 'Moving Songs' by 'FreeWorld85'
Quick Pick: Should I 'Stay' Or Should I 'Go'? by 'El_Dandy'


Saturday's Quizzes

The Last Word: Canadian Acts
Who knew all these musicians and bands came from Canada, eh? Language Editor 'Flick' certainly did, and challenges you to finish an impressive collection of their songs. Alas, my knowledge of Canadian musicians and their back catalogues needs some work, but don't let my poor score put you off playing this: it's a treat.

Shape Venn Diagram

There are some quizmakers who take a quiz format and master it effortlessly. 'goc3', Curator for Legend of Zelda, is one of those, with another Picture Click wonder. It looks straightforward, and there's certainly been enough Venn Diagram quizzes to practice on in recent weeks, but this one has the potential to trip you up numerous times with multiple combinations of shapes: certainly not a quiz to rush. Better get in shape, people!

Pixar Movies With No Repeating Vowels

South Park Curator 'timmylemoine1' has given us a quiz that's short and sweet, with a quiz that will make you question vowels. How many are there in a film title? Why do I keep typing 'Finding Nemo' when I know it's got the letter 'i' twice? And so on and so forth.

Also Published

College Town Matchup II by 'LTH'
Clickable Math Minefield (0-15) by 'mrsmith'
Big 4 Teams with 'W' by 'eyes355'
Hand-Drawn Movies IV by 'ddavey1983'
20 Country Snapshot VI by 'RobPro'
Multiple Choice Super Bowl Winners by 'JackDots'
The Office Characters By First Talking Head by 'zoramikau32'
Word Ladder: British Lingo! by 'caramba'
Missing Word: In Memoriam 2016 Music by 'NJSB'
Quick Pick: 'On the' Expressions by 'BeerHound'

Will we see a Super Bowl quiz published tomorrow? Hmm, I wonder...

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