BanjoZebra
The Sporcle blog is running a series to highlight some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’re sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from BanjoZebra, curator for logo and Halloween.
razorz
The Sporcle blog is running a series to highlight some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’re sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from razorz, curator for state and city. Read more
rer2121
The Sporcle blog is running a series to highlight some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’re sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from rer2121, curator for artist and Pixar.
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nscox
The Sporcle blog started a new series which highlights some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’re sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from nscox, curator for WWE, Olympics, and Canada.
chair
The Sporcle blog started a new series which highlights some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’ll be sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from chair, curator for Grab Bag and Literary Character.
1) How did you first get involved with playing Sporcle?
I read a Northwestern Flipside article about Sporcle, and thought, “This website sounds pretty cool!” I checked it out and I’ve been hooked ever since.
2) What are your favorite published quizzes from your subcategory?
One of my favorite Grab Bag quizzes is “Fifteen in Five” by puckett86. It requires a quick mind and a little knowledge from many different areas – exactly what a grab bag quiz should do. From Literary Character, GeoGod’s “Harry Potter Top 200” is of course a classic, but my favorite LC quizzes draw from many different books, such as “Literary Character by Quotation” by peterpan55 or “50 Characters: 50 Books” by Flick.
3) What are your favorite contributed quizzes from your subcategory?
There are some great grab bag quizzes on specific subjects, like “Grab Bag: Roman History” by TJL, in addition to fantastic, clever quizzes that draw on general knowledge, like “Final Fours” by nspyred. In Literary Character, I really enjoyed “Fictional Lives, Critical Events, Changed Forever” by MovieGuru. Even though not all the characters are from books, I think the quiz manages to convey something special about the power of storytelling, making it an excellent Literary Character quiz.
4) What are your favorite published quizzes from an entirely different category?
I thought “Language of a Single Phrase” by Zaprowsdower was a lot of fun, and every few months I need to play “Progressively Tougher World Capitals” by rockgolf again.
5) What are your favorite contributed quizzes from an entirely different category?
I really like Tobley’s flash map quizzes, and as a Latin geek I got a kick out of “NFL Team Names in Latin” by Flick.
6) Are there any quizzes you’ve made that didn’t get the attention you were hoping for?
In general I’m happy with how my quizzes are received – the ones I like most tend to get the most plays. But of course there’s a few I made that I wish more people had seen. I was fairly proud of my first attempt at an image quiz, “Construction Equipment (Images),” which didn’t get a whole lot of plays, and I put a lot of work into researching a virtually unplayed quiz, “Every Brett Favre Interception.” Finally, I was surprised “The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe” didn’t get more plays (though I can see how it could be a bit intimidating).
7) Who’s a user whose games you think deserves more attention?
I’ve really enjoyed Buckler‘s logic quizzes.
WackyZacky
The Sporcle blog started a new series which highlights some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’ll be sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from WackyZacky, curator for Harry Potter and Safe Cracker.
1) How did you first get involved with playing Sporcle?
My father has been playing Sporcle since 2009 and that really got me interested, especially since his first quiz. He kind of forced me to play it and from then on, I have been addicted! I have always enjoyed a good challenge and Sporcle offered me that opportunity.
2) What are your favorite published quizzes from your subcategory?
My favourite quizzes for Harry Potter are: GeoGod’s Harry Potter Top 200, Flick’s Harry Potter Minefield and Hejman’s Patients of Madam Pomfrey.
My favourite quiz for Safe Cracker is Flick’s original Safe Cracker of course.
3) What are your favorite contributed quizzes from your subcategory?
There are too many to mention, however I really enjoyed MovieGuru’s recent Harry Potter and the Class Classification, it makes good use of the new ‘matching pairs’ feature.
4) What are your favorite published quizzes from an entirely different category?
I don’t think I could select one or any! They’re all mostly amazing!
5) What are your favorite contributed quizzes from an entirely different category?
I loved this quiz and it’s one of my very few favourited quizzes, kyrgyzstan’s Q Verbs.
I also love vikZ’s Click The Keyboard.
6) Are there any quizzes you’ve made that didn’t get the attention you were hoping for?
Indeed. There is one called ✽ Warp! Landmark Edition ✽ and I must’ve spent such a long time putting this together and then it only received a meagre (in comparison to what expected it to get) 204 plays (as of 13/12/12 or 12/13/12 for you Americans).
7) Who’s a user whose games you think deserves more attention?
I think that diving deserves more attention.
citkeane
The Sporcle blog started a new series which highlights some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’ll be sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from citkeane, curator for country and word ladder.
vikz
The Sporcle blog started a new series which highlights some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’ll be sharing their responses here on the blog.
skuban
The Sporcle blog started a new series which highlights some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’ll be sharing their responses here on the blog.
This next post is from skuban, curator for lost, oceania, and US Presidents–quite a diverse trio!
Zalkon2004
Starting today, the Sporcle blog is going to periodically highlight some of our hard-working curators. Curators are editors for a specific subcategory, and their diligent work finding great quizzes from their subcategories (and sometimes others) helps to shape the site. We asked our curators to complete an interview of sorts, and we’ll be sharing their responses here on the blog.
Today we start with a post from zalkon2004, who is the curator for the Actor and Movie Resume subcategories.