Great online quizzes!

[lingmanic]

I've stumbled upon this community that produces great online quizzes: http://www.sporcle.com

There are are lots of great geography ones and some that are related to linguistics. I've found it highly addictive and great for enhancing some language-related knowledge when I don't feel like doing actual work.

 

Here are some examples:

 

Most popular writing systems

http://www.sporcle.com/games/millenthingy/most-popular-writing-systems

 

Classify these languages

http://www.sporcle.com/games/tamius/classify-these-languages

 

Name the writing system

http://www.sporcle.com/games/1447/writing_systems

[Eigen]

Yeah, we used to make and use Sporcle quizzes when we wanted a more interesting and fun way to study for cumes. 

 

The periodic table and some of the math ones were especially fun, and we had internal challenges for best times.