Going Sporcling?

Back in the day, Mr. Nash and I would often find ourselves at westside Denny’s during weekend late-nights. One of our excellent means of passing the time included what I now call “the category game.” This game, inspired by the underrated ESPN tv show ‘Stump the Schwab,” involved one of us coming up with a category and then us taking turns naming things that fit into that category. The game would end when someone couldn’t name anymore. For example, under the category “Robert De Niro movies,” I would start off with “Taxi Driver” he would say “Goodfellas” and we would continue until the least memorable movie, “Godsend” was mentioned.

Anyways, I recently came across a website that follows a very similar concept: http://www.sporcle.com. Here, there are many different categories (movies, music, geography, sports to name a few) and you can play the category game by yourself. It even has statistics on how people tend to do on these lists. It has nearly ruined my medical education. I highly recommend it.

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