Quiz

Links I Love: Use Your Words

/ Ally Bean / 29 Comments

… because information is FASCINATING & FUN dammit.

• • •

Screen Shot 2016-01-11 at 6.39.53 PM

• • •

  • BE COOL ON FLEEK AGAIN.

Learn the latest slang, and feel old because you don’t know it, here.

  • HELP SAVE THE WORDS!

Become aware of some perfectly good English words, destined for extinction, here.

  • MEMORIZE THEM ALL.

Review some of Nancy Drew’s most delightfully cutting quotes here.

  • THEORETICALLY ABSURDLY FASCINATING.

Ruminate on the Snunkoople Effect, a made-up Seussian-style word for a mathematical explanation of why something is funny, here.

  • SNARK MUCH?

Find out how to express yourself like a true-born and bred Southerner here.

  • WE’LL NOT SPEAK OF THIS AGAIN.

Remind yourself about the Noodle Incident, and how much you loved Calvin and Hobbes, here.

  • JUST BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW.

Determine which character you are in Downton Abbey here.  

• • •

The One About Not Seeking Machiavelli’s Approval

/ Ally Bean / 26 Comments

Here’s something fun for a Thursday morning…

Screen Shot 2016-01-18 at 7.44.43 PM

# # #

Sometimes failure is a good thing.

It would seem, if the result of this short personality test is to be believed, that I am no good at being ruthless and self-serving.

In fact, I am someone who Machiavelli would not approve of.

Yes, with a score of 42 out of 100, I got a F- in unethical behavior.

Meaning, I guess, that it’s time for me to do a bit of navel-gazing and align my chakras by paying heed to the random delightful wisdom found here.

Namaste.

# # #

Screen Shot 2016-01-26 at 10.43.05 AM

Fact: When The Research Is About Color The Time Is Not Wasted

/ Ally Bean / 21 Comments

• I was googling IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS when I came across SOMETHING MUCH MORE INTERESTING.

Screen Shot 2015-09-22 at 8.52.20 AM

• The SOMETHING MUCH MORE INTERESTING was a spiffy 6-question online quiz by Glidden Paint, a company with which I have no personal experience.

Screen Shot 2015-09-22 at 8.51.14 AM

• I took the quiz so that I could learn what they refer to as: My Colors, My Life.

Screen Shot 2015-09-22 at 8.56.14 AM

• Then I was able to pick one of my colors and the system generated a balanced, beautiful color scheme based on that one color.

Screen Shot 2015-09-22 at 8.54.03 AM

• If you, too, are facing a dull task and looking for something more interesting to do, may I humbly direct you to the Glidden Colortopia Quiz.

Screen Shot 2015-10-06 at 6.39.23 PM

• As the above images show, the results, created for quirky little you, are inspiring.  And dare I say, they could change your life!

Candy Crush Soda Saga OR Lumosity: A Quiz To Determine Which One Is For You

/ Ally Bean / 20 Comments

::  THE QUIZ  ::

Q1:  Do you like to eat chocolate?  Y or N

Q2:  Do you resent being asked, every stinking day, how many hours you slept last night?  Y or N

Q3:  Do you enjoy searching for cute bears hidden underneath things?  Y or N

Q4:  Are you indifferent to the migratory patterns of flocks of black birds on a screen?  Y or N

• • •

Screen Shot 2015-05-05 at 9.09.04 AM

• • •

Q5:  Are you always up for a colorful, cheerful game with lots of groovy fish that make things blow up?  Y or N

Q6:  Do you think that doing arithmetic problems, that fall randomly down your screen, are the real reason you have begun to have nightmares about 5th grade again?  Y or N

Q7:  Do you think that when you lose a game seeing the message “You’ll get it next time!” is encouraging?  Y or N

Q8:  Do you think that when you encounter the opportunity to make words starting with two random letters, it’s best to make a long multi-syllabled word and that it’s poor manners to scold someone for not making a short three-letter word?  Y or N

• • •

Screen Shot 2015-05-12 at 8.11.34 AM

 • • •

Q9:  Do you like to eat honey?  Y or N

Q10:  Do you think that any game, for which you cannot find an unauthorized website of cheats + hacks, is of dubious value because you’re not learning how to advance in the game?  Y or N

Q11:  Do you think that you did your time as a waitress in college and need not relive that experience by serving pretend food + beverages to cartoon people, with specific names, at a nondescript virtual beach cafe?  Y or N

Q12:  Do you think that you can keep your brain healthy and sharp by playing a free game;  rather than challenging your cognitive abilities by playing games that have a monthly fee? Y or N

::  SCORING  ::

Screen Shot 2015-05-05 at 9.10.51 AMThe more you answered YES, the more you will like CANDY CRUSH SODA SAGA.   

You can learn more about the game here.

• • •

Screen Shot 2015-05-05 at 10.29.16 AMConversely, the more you answered NO, the more you will like LUMOSITY.

You can learn more about brain training here.