Trivia Quiz

There are 102 general comments for the quiz.

Posted by lt12160 at 4:45 pm (PST) on Fri January 1, 2010
Hmmm, not bad seeming how I was born in 1960, I did pretty good I think !!!
Posted by lt12160 at 5:23 pm (PST) on Fri January 1, 2010
Well done !!!
Posted by Robyn at 4:24 pm (PST) on Sat January 2, 2010
65% right out of 20 questions.
Posted by Mawutt at 9:37 am (PST) on Mon January 4, 2010
What an awesome memory jogger! Love it. Thanks for the fun!
Posted by wcgripko at 7:16 pm (PST) on Mon January 4, 2010
I realy like this, it's bring back part of my "Life As A Kid!" I enjoy remembering the way things used to be. Not.....MONEY,Money, Money....... Back then it was: Family's,Jobs,Vacations, Wholesome Living..... But that's me. Thanks for the "Time Tunnel" Travel in Trivia!
Posted by Duff at 1:06 am (PST) on Tue January 5, 2010
I'm so glad you enjoyed the quiz, wcgripko! It's been a lot of fun putting it together; both the programming aspect (not trivial) and dreaming up a mix of plausible and funny choices for the multiple-choice questions. Now please tell your friends. Thanks!
Posted by Wil at 6:32 am (PST) on Wed January 6, 2010
This is my kind of quiz; it pleasantly stimulates the mind and brings it all back! Keep 'em coming!!
Posted by PatsynChatta at 12:14 pm (PST) on Wed January 6, 2010
Wow, Shocked I Remembered So Many. I Can't Even Remember What I Had For Lunch Yesterday. What Does That Mean??
Posted by TJ at 7:08 pm (PST) on Thu January 7, 2010
This is the best trivia game I've played on Facebook. However, the Memorex question was not 100% right. The actual slogan was, "Is it live, or is it Memorex?"
Posted by Duff at 11:36 pm (PST) on Thu January 7, 2010
Ooh, good point, TJ! Fixed.
Posted by robin hanzelka at 1:04 am (PST) on Mon January 11, 2010
Wow, I think I did okay, after all I was born in 1959. I miss those commercials, brings back happy and simple times. I have to admit, I even miss the cigarette commercials, Marlboro man? You bet... Robin, from Tx
Posted by leerider at 8:56 am (PST) on Fri January 15, 2010
kool quiz
Posted by Dennis at 2:16 am (PST) on Sat January 16, 2010
Its a great quiz. I enjoyed it and passed it on. Here is one I love. What Oscar winner made his first film appearance as the reclusive Boo Radley in the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird"?-Answer-Robert Duvall
Posted by Duff at 11:13 am (PST) on Sat January 16, 2010
Nice, Dennis. Consider it appropriated.
Posted by ironman309 at 7:41 pm (PST) on Sat January 16, 2010
Thanks for the walk down memory lane! I haven't had that much fun in a long time.
Posted by Duff at 12:41 pm (PST) on Mon January 18, 2010
I've just added the recent-wrong-answer statistics; I hope everyone enjoys seeing them.
Posted by Dave at 6:11 pm (PST) on Wed January 20, 2010
I enjoyed the Quiz. First time to the website. 80% First try.
Posted by Doralee at 6:41 pm (PST) on Thu January 21, 2010
First time, it was a lot of fun .
Posted by DarkFriar at 7:25 am (PDT) on Tue April 13, 2010
Not bad for a guy born in 1951
Posted by pennymeow at 6:30 pm (PDT) on Wed July 7, 2010
NOT BAD FOR AN OLD-YOUNG PERSON!!
Posted by HOODOO (resigned) at 3:30 pm (PDT) on Sun August 22, 2010
My first time. Really liked it. Scored 80% Not bad for an old guy!
Posted by Barbara-Jane at 9:12 pm (PDT) on Sun August 22, 2010
Great Fun!
Posted by jsimmers at 6:58 am (PDT) on Wed September 8, 2010
Born in 1971, doing well so far...
Posted by pjc2016 at 1:29 am (PDT) on Mon September 20, 2010
50%... GREAT. Absolutely nothing answered.... Think I'll play miss Pacman, get to the pretzel, and DIE. bleh...
Posted by vern at 8:31 pm (PDT) on Mon September 20, 2010
51 out of 60 !!!!!!!! 85 % And I TO WAS BORN IN 1961 !!!!!!! Vern
Posted by Janny at 12:50 pm (PDT) on Mon September 27, 2010
What a great 'brain exercise' as I slowly fade into my next decade! Janny :)
Posted by sweetrustedchild (resigned) at 9:18 am (PDT) on Sat October 2, 2010
hmm.. what have i learned ... i don't know anything. my score was pretty bad 42 . ah well better luck next time ;)
Posted by Duff at 12:40 pm (PDT) on Wed November 3, 2010
Many thanks to Max and HenryM for numerous trivia suggestions and edits!
Posted by magoony at 6:03 am (PST) on Wed November 10, 2010
Fun questions, though heavily weighted on 60's and 70's entertainers.
Posted by Eddie at 11:57 am (PST) on Wed November 10, 2010
Short term memory is almost gone, but my long term is still around.
Posted by rabbit7954isgod at 12:43 am (PST) on Thu November 11, 2010
Eddie, I hate to tell you this but you are still talking about your short term memory. Anything you know you remember is short term.
Posted by WamWork at 4:06 pm (PST) on Wed November 17, 2010
Reminds me of instructions when taking the U.S. Air Force "entrance" exam in 1968. They said to go with your first reaction. I didn't do that until the latter 20 questions. It worked...still! You know more that you know that you know...y'know?
Posted by mikejohn_2 at 7:27 am (PST) on Wed November 24, 2010
Hey DONMAC, I'm on my way ....mikejohn_2
Posted by Duff at 3:13 pm (PST) on Sun December 5, 2010
So, what do you think about the mix of questions in the quiz? Too hard/easy? Too many/few about [whatever]?
Posted by tyler at 6:07 pm (PST) on Wed December 8, 2010
i am 7 so give me a hand ppl
Posted by marsviking at 9:11 am (PST) on Fri December 10, 2010
I think even people who were born in 1947, like me, would have a hard time answering some of the qs. Of course I moved from the Netherlands in 1956 so I missed a lot of action in the US. We never had a TV at home--part of my Dad's religious convictions--, nor did we have any magazines or newspapers (only some Dutch stuff we got in the mail). Listening to rock was listening to devil's music or jungle music. But when my Dad brought us to the berry farm to pick berries on his way to work, he had the local pop station on and seemed to know all the lyrics. If you are born after 1970, you may need a course in archeology first.
Posted by marsviking at 9:11 am (PST) on Fri December 10, 2010
where are the rest of the quizzes?
Posted by Duff at 11:04 am (PST) on Fri December 10, 2010
Admittedly, the trivia quiz is very U.S.-centric, as is the entire BBeM site; that's the area I know best. If you can suggest other topics of interest, I'll see what I can do. I recognize that the quiz can't be too difficult -- if it's not fun, players won't come back -- so I monitor the overall statistics carefully. Here's a breakdown of the current difficulty level, based on actual player interactions: As for the rest of the quizzes, I'm not sure what you mean. You've encountered 50+ questions here so far, and we have about 500 at the moment.
Posted by Bob Wilson Jr at 12:31 pm (PST) on Sun December 19, 2010
And I thought I was pretty good at Trivia. I only scored 42% on the hard ones.
Posted by Seamus at 4:01 pm (PST) on Tue December 21, 2010
First time and I had 100% correct. The rest of you suck!!!
Posted by Bob Wilson Jr at 4:05 pm (PST) on Tue December 21, 2010
I feel better, but not much smarter, since I've done a whole raft of easy ones. I think I've leveled off there at 85% in that category.
Posted by Duff at 5:58 pm (PST) on Tue December 21, 2010
Hey, Seamus... 7.4 out of 20 isn't 100%.
Posted by jbryanc at 6:42 pm (PST) on Sat January 8, 2011
I get to post the first comment of 2011? OK. This is it.
Posted by RobynLee67 at 5:31 pm (PST) on Mon January 24, 2011
I was born in 1967,so I was at a disadvantage w/alot of those questions(but ask me anything about Henry VIII's Six Wives)
Posted by pinkalicious_love at 1:31 pm (PDT) on Fri April 15, 2011
I am excited that I knew so much trivia about eras before I was born. I guess I watch a lot of TV. (SMILE)
Posted by Dennis at 12:10 pm (PDT) on Tue April 19, 2011
That was fun. Brings back lots of old memories. thanks
Posted by joycen123 at 6:00 am (PDT) on Fri May 13, 2011
I am sorry but I cheated on most of the questions. I went to my other computer and looked them up, then I clicked on the right answer. I know I am bad. LOL But it was fun.
Posted by Dennis at 6:30 am (PDT) on Fri May 13, 2011
Hey Duff. I'm curious. How many different participants have tried the Trivia Quiz?
Posted by Duff at 10:40 am (PDT) on Fri May 13, 2011
That's actually a hard one to answer, Dennis. The site has about 1130 registered users, but you don't have to be registered in order to play. The quiz now has just over 600 questions and is still growing, I do keep statistics on the number of times each question has been asked and how many of the responses to it have been correct. Totalling those up, I find that 448,699 have been asked so far, and 290,641 (64.8%) of the answers have been correct. Also, about 12,000 game sessions have taken place -- some long, some short, and some by returning users. So the number of unique players is probably around 11,000, and the average game length is about 40 questions. The trivia quiz start page now has a table with the latest overall quiz statistics.
Posted by packratjohn at 1:03 pm (PDT) on Sun May 15, 2011
Grand fun! I appreciate your efforts. I have done this on my own, with the exception of the few times I've gotten my wife to join in. Now I'm hovering around 8th or 9th on the leader board! I can remember things from 40 years ago, but not what's on my 'honeydo' list for today. I just enjoy the heck out of trivia. Keep up the good work.
Posted by paktype at 2:14 pm (PDT) on Wed June 29, 2011
I was born in 1965, so I'm technically a Gen-Xer, but so far I have 63 out of 100 correct.
Posted by Momma Love at 4:33 pm (PDT) on Thu August 4, 2011
Finally a Trivia Quiz I can beat my son at. This was fun.
Posted by Tommie at 11:28 am (PDT) on Tue August 30, 2011
I did fair, 68% overall. Most of what I missed were the questions looking for "what is NOT on this list of..." and of course the really hard ones. But great fun, and it's true, you should usually go with your first instinct. I missed a number of them by over-thinking them.
Posted by NickNacky at 6:54 pm (PDT) on Sun October 16, 2011
I want to sit back and watch all the television shows of the 1950's, please bring them all back! lololol hahahaha weeeeee you will know me....I will laugh to death now....hahahah!
Posted by janeb at 3:45 pm (PST) on Thu November 17, 2011
Boo! I finished them all. I should have done better as I was born in 1942 but I loved it. You did a great job creating this. Please sir. I want more!
Posted by Duff at 11:26 pm (PST) on Thu November 17, 2011
More? You want more?? (I'll do my best, janeb.)
Posted by WSE at 5:25 pm (PST) on Sat December 10, 2011
OK, 3/4 right on the first 20. Lots of fun! Thanks for turning me on to it.
Posted by Tommie at 9:12 pm (PST) on Tue January 24, 2012
I improved my score from 68% to 79% on my second attempt. What did I learn? Go with your first impression.
Posted by mousey at 1:29 pm (PST) on Sat February 11, 2012
My husband and I really enjoy these trivia questions. Makes us really think of the past. Keep the questions coming, even though we don't get all of them right we have fun doing them! My husband has a better memory of the past than me and he gets more right than me, even though I watched more TV than him.
Posted by Duff at 12:44 am (PST) on Mon February 13, 2012
Thanks, mousey. I'll keep adding 'em as I think of 'em. If you think of any ripe topics, please let me know... And kindly help spread the word, okay?
Posted by pano at 4:17 am (PST) on Mon February 27, 2012
c'est bien
Posted by Duff at 8:38 am (PDT) on Mon April 2, 2012
Hi, chill. At present, there are 839 questions in the quiz, and 9 of them rely on media (just audio at this time). On the quiz's start page, there's an audio test button and a checkbox so you can omit media-dependent questions if the test doesn't work for you. The audio feature relies on HTML5 features that are implemented in only the latest versions of the various web browsers. I've tested it successfully in - Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - Google Chrome 18 - Mozilla Firefox 11 - Apple Safari 5 - Opera 11 If your browser is one of these, but you're using an older version, try updating to the latest version. (It's not typically an operating system issue.)
Posted by James at 11:58 am (PDT) on Sat April 14, 2012
This has been a lot of fun so far, in spite of being born in 1965. Definitely shows I watched a lot of TV as a kid. Thanks Duff, looking forward to continuing with the quizes.
Posted by chrisw363 at 4:03 am (PDT) on Wed May 2, 2012
WOW Can't believe I did as well as I did considering I was born in 74. (18 out of 20)
Posted by star at 8:21 pm (PDT) on Sat June 2, 2012
Hi! I think you should do one for the 70's as well. This was really fun, The new questions were challenging. hey i had to guess on the sound ones because my computer doesn't have speakers. ha.
Posted by Jobert at 9:52 pm (PDT) on Fri August 31, 2012
Glad I found this site. It brought back some fond memories. Old commericals, Old shows and cartoons. I have one for you. What was Crusader Rabbits side-kick called. hint; (he was a tiger)? As Bob Hope use to say..."Thanks for the Memories".
Posted by SeltzerGal at 1:18 am (PDT) on Sat September 8, 2012
Hi Duff! Just discovered your site by looking up Dugan's Bakery. Love your BBEM! I was born in 1947. Just finished my first 20 questions and only answered 67% correctly, but had a great time doing it!
Posted by Duff at 12:43 am (PDT) on Tue September 11, 2012
Welcome aboard, Jobert & SeltzerGal, glad to have you here. Did you have a favorite trivia question? If you know of friends or family members who'd enjoy the museum or the quiz, please spread the word.
Posted by Raejean French at 8:09 am (PDT) on Mon September 24, 2012
I was a little bummed that two of the 20 questions were 1960s era and not 50s.
Posted by Duff at 5:49 pm (PDT) on Mon September 24, 2012
Hi, Raejean. The site is the Baby Boomer eMuseum, and baby boomers are generally defined as people who were born between 1946 and 1964. Thus, the site is focused mostly on the '50s AND '60s, and (considering that those born in 1964 were only 6 years old in 1970) also creeps into the '70s and even the '80s.
Posted by trawnta at 10:10 am (PDT) on Mon October 15, 2012
I guess I'm being sneaky then, I was born in 1935
Posted by chirp at 6:48 am (PDT) on Thu November 1, 2012
not too bad considering I spent the first 10 years of these questions in england so did not know the tv ones.
Posted by Spirit at 7:47 am (PDT) on Thu November 1, 2012
I scored 20 out of 20 why was my name not added to the winner board?!
Posted by Duff at 11:58 am (PDT) on Thu November 1, 2012
Hi, Spirit. The quiz now has over 950 questions and is still growing. The questions are presented 20 at a time, but you can choose to keep going if you like. The leader board shows the 10 users who've answered the most questions correctly, and at the moment, "hansumjim" is #10 on the list, having answered 709.3 questions correctly. So you'd need to beat that to appear on the list. Go for it!
Posted by melody at 7:00 pm (PDT) on Fri November 2, 2012
I JUST STARTED PLAYING AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! PLEASE KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS COMING.
Posted by Duff at 8:24 pm (PDT) on Fri November 2, 2012
Happy to oblige, melody. There are hundreds more you haven't encountered yet, and new ones keep creeping into my addled brain. Bwa-ha-haaa! :-)
Posted by kluv42 at 10:20 am (PST) on Mon November 5, 2012
I don't understand what the profile page is asking for on the "then lived" line...
Posted by Duff at 11:51 am (PST) on Mon November 5, 2012
On the "then lived" field in the user profiles... This web site is focused on the '50s and '60s, and when I set it up, I figured it'd be interesting to know where the users lived during that time, and where they live now. I thought it'd be fun to see which regions do better on the trivia quiz, etc. I ask for birth year and gender for the same reasons. As it turns out, many users choose not to divulge this information, and the then/now lived info is less than useless, 'cause people enter the text in all sorts of different ways. There've even been people who typed in their street addresses, but no town. Real useful.
Posted by kluv42 at 10:57 am (PST) on Tue November 6, 2012
Had a lot of fun with this over the last couple weeks... Got to the end of the questions with a decent 74% score. Keep 'em coming! :)
Posted by evilnbr at 1:56 pm (PST) on Sun December 9, 2012
I really, really enjoy this!
Posted by Michael Giffey at 11:34 am (PST) on Tue December 11, 2012
This is really fun! I would love to see more questions, especially about 1950's and 60's movies.
Posted by Duff at 9:19 pm (PST) on Tue December 11, 2012
Hi, Michael. I'm open to suggestions if you've got some in mind. (Please send via the Contact Us form to keep them private.)
Posted by Thegimpman at 4:11 pm (PST) on Tue January 15, 2013
This is a great game and is so much fun to play, but I think you should still get full credit for a misspelled word as long as the answer is actually correct and is only off by one letter, because it's so easy to accidentally hit the wrong key. Regardless, it's still a very enjoyable and entertaining game! Thanks for creating it! :-)
Posted by Duff at 6:27 pm (PST) on Tue January 15, 2013
Thanks muchly for the kudos, Thegimpman. I do check for likely misspellings, and also use a "sounds like" algorithm where applicable. Matches in those circumstances result in the message, "Close enough, we were looking for ..." If you saw that, then you did get full credit.
Posted by Thegimpman at 8:34 pm (PST) on Tue January 15, 2013
Duff, I do remember receiving that "close enough" response when I erroneously spelled "kemosabe" as "kimosabi" and receiving full credit, but on another question I accidentally misspelled "superman" as "suuperman" by hitting the "u" key twice in error, and not getting full credit. This is the type of situation I'm talking about. Thanks for your prompt reply.
Posted by Bernie at 3:18 pm (PST) on Wed February 20, 2013
This brings back memories some of these questions, quotations, cartoons. Just seems like yesterday all of these were on TV. I am truly enjoying this game.
Posted by Duff at 10:31 am (PST) on Thu February 21, 2013
Happy to be of service, Bernie. I hope playing the quiz is at least as much fun as is dreaming up the questions.
Posted by Eri at 7:32 pm (PST) on Fri February 22, 2013
It's fun tripping down Memory Lane. I was born in '64, so I guess I did pretty well. Right or wrong, it was fun!
Posted by Seawench at 2:40 am (PDT) on Sun March 24, 2013
Found this last night and love it!! Brings back memories and also very informative.
Posted by Shado at 6:40 pm (PDT) on Mon March 25, 2013
For being born in '73 and missing the baby boomer title, I'd say a cumulative score of 189.9 correct out of 340 (56%) isn't all that shabby! This is my first time visiting....can you tell I'm already hooked? lol
Posted by Duff at 9:48 pm (PDT) on Mon March 25, 2013
Not bad at all, Shado. That's better than many actual Boomers do. To what do you attribute your mastery of the Boomer era? (My daughter was born in '94, but she knows many of the answers 'cause I subjected her to lots of TV reruns and olden-molden-golden-oldies when she was growing up. How many 18-year-olds do you think there are today who grew up with Shari Lewis & Lamb Chop, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Monty Python, and songs by Elvis, Tom Paxton, and Tom Lehrer?)
Posted by mick at 4:55 am (PDT) on Wed March 27, 2013
hello duff just tried my best but my best was pretty crappy
Posted by Duff at 9:39 am (PDT) on Wed March 27, 2013
Congratulations to rufus for answering the 1,000,000th question today!
Posted by Dot at 5:28 am (PDT) on Fri March 29, 2013
Duff I'm on a roll lol
Posted by theolaro at 3:45 am (PDT) on Sat April 6, 2013
I love this game even if I miss a lot!
Posted by brerugs at 10:55 am (PDT) on Thu April 11, 2013
Great fun.I likehow some answers have a link to follow up and have learned to keep a notepad handy to remind me to look up others after i'm done here.A great way for us ole folks to keep the synapeses flowing and stay sharp'
Posted by FASTPASTE at 3:17 pm (PDT) on Wed April 17, 2013
WeLL NoW I KNoW ! ( I DID OK-Good Questions )
Posted by eurogarth at 8:47 am (PDT) on Fri April 26, 2013
Someof the answers are only correct in the U.S! For example, the Visa question,where Bank of America never operated in Canada, Visa was originally called Chargex!
Posted by Duff at 8:43 pm (PDT) on Fri April 26, 2013
Thanks for your note, eurogarth. The quiz, as well as the entire site, is definitely U.S.-centric, 'cause that's what I know best. But there certainly shouldn't be questions whose answers are wrong if you look at them from a Canadian perspective. I've reworded the Visa question accordingly; do you recall which others need clarification?
Posted by eurogarth at 5:46 am (PDT) on Sun April 28, 2013
There have been others, but I don't remember them, will post as I run across them again. Thanx, Garth.
Posted by eurogarth at 10:54 am (PDT) on Wed May 1, 2013
This may be somewhat picky, but I believe Louis "Satchimo" Armstrong played the coronet, not trumpet.
Posted by Duff at 2:27 pm (PDT) on Wed May 1, 2013
Louis Armstrong played both the trumpet and the cornet.

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