Welcome to Day 3 of Back to Sporcle Week!
Sad to say goodbye to summer? Drown your sorrows in Sporcle quizzes. They’re sure to cheer you up, and the self-esteem boost from memorizing the Countries of Africa is a joy known by few.
During Back to Sporcle Week, we fill you in on what transpired at Sporcle over the summer. (If you’re just joining us, check out the posts from Day 1 and 2: New Features & Sporcle’s Top Summer Games.)
But Back to Sporcle Week isn’t just about us. It’s also about YOU, our users!
Last year’s haiku contest was such a success, we’re goin’ for round 2. Show off your creative chops by submitting a Sporcle-themed haiku.
What is haiku?
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry consisting of 17 syllables (also known as on or morae). There are three lines, consisting of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Haiku is known for juxtaposing–or placing next to each other–two contrasting images.
There are numerous tutorials on how to write haiku, for example this one. There are no tutorials on writing a Sporcle haiku. But we’re quite friendly and accepting.
– Write an original haiku related in some way to Sporcle.
– Post your username and haiku in the comments section of this post
– The winning poems will be posted on the Sporcle Facebook page
Need inspiration? Check out the comments section from last year’s haiku contest.
Morning beckons me.
What new quiz did Flick create
To kick-start my day?
— BombaySapphire
Oh look, Flick’s new quiz
And I’m still up to see it
Crap, it must be late
I got Mauritius
Don’t know any more, click “Give Up”
Darn! I missed China!
A four-letter word
A sigh, quiet muttering,
Today’s Word Ladder.
– beardless
The smell of coffee
The computer screen’s bright glow
Must be Sporcle time
-dodgyboffin
Vexillology
Is indeed very vexing.
I will get that badge.
—DanTheMan1993
Check Sporcle each day
Wait! A new badge to be earned!
I will make it mine.
One hundred percent!
Self esteem soars high
Alas, no applause
Now, it’s Minefield Time!
Gonna Make it to the End.
Twelve Tries Later……Nope.
–juggler133
A minute morsel
Enough time to play without
Being caught at work
Psychiker
Back to Sporcle Week
Is there another contest?
Dunno, Sporcle on
-slipkid
Promise, just one more!!
Forty-five minutes later
I have been Sporcled
JJ
You know you’re obsessed
When the answer is always
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
– Lilihpfreak
Currently guessing
Fifty largest French cities
My life is Sporcle
-Colmar
I check the comments
Please, someone post the answers!
The timer goes off
– PlaidMime
Countries of the world
In less than 15 minutes?
All one nine seven!
Knew no geography
Learned much about it this year
Now know kyrgyzstan 🙂
Seriously, now?!
DRC AND just RC?!
That is just nonsense!
Ahh, what’s that guy’s name?
He was in that crappy film.
Rats! Only three seconds left!
Sports, Music, Science,
History, Language, Gaming,
Great categories!
-NYYanks
I knew Kyrgyzstan
But so many new countries
Spaced on South Sudan
Twelve out of twenty?
Who knows this stuff anyway?
Okay, one more try…
-jpdiefenbach
Jeopardy? No Thanks!
Sporcleing is more like it.
Useless knowledge; win.
_porsche
Trying not to cheat
Can’t remember the lyrics.
“Screw it. Google, help!”
-psychic_girl
I had the answer
but my spelling was awful
close but no sigar…
bzzybee75
They said quizzes take
Just a couple of minutes
But now I can’t leave
~MinecraftLegend
You challenge my mind
I find your questions sublime
And search for answers
Quizzes, badges, globes
The answer to all questions?
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
– Simon78
Scotland’s major vote
important consequences…
Must we update games?
Meat Loaf, Lightswitch: check!
Stupid Spacebar challenge II
No Worst. Badge. Ever.
Coffee break at work
aka sporcle time
Again cold coffee…
– karoline
How does one even
Conquer the famed Alpha Dog?
Freaking letter games.
– haveagreatday
Went Around the World:
Denmark, Peru, Belize,
Palau, Kyrgyzstan…
– karoline
Summer has gone but
Mentally stimulating
Diversions are back!
My friends don’t Sporcle,
They don’t know what they’re missing.
Goodbye, Trendsetter…
Clock says Twelve Oh One
Fifty days down the drain hole
Oh Century Club…
-silentsongs
A question, because I wasn’t sure how else to ask, why can I not comment using my Sporcle username? It insisted I log in to facebook or twitter.
Hi, Emily – The Sporcle Blog works a bit differently than the rest of the site. Sorry for the confusion. If you have any further questions, please send us a quick message through our feedback page: http://www.sporcle.com/feedback.php. Thanks!
RickyRouse9
The holiday’s past
I have missed my only chance
No badge ’til next year…
Countries start with K—
Gets Kyrgyzstan; not Kenya.
Sporclitis again.
Forgot Italy
Remembered Vanuatu
The joy of Sporcle.
Oops- I’ve forgotton
To write my haiku in time
Ready for next year!
Well, I missed it too, but anyway:
The passing summer
finished painting autumn leaves
September Slam Badge.
– braverobot