The Five Hardest Questions from Streak This Week
I’m currently working on a trivia game that only happens once a day (1pm PT / 4pm ET) in Facebook Messenger. It’s a true-or-false game, and we have a nicely growing community of players (150+ in recent games).
In running the game over the past two months, my co-founder and I have discovered that one of the hardest parts of the job is writing questions—specifically, writing easy questions. Sometimes we think a fact is obviously true or false, and our audience disagrees!
I thought it would be kind of fun to share some of our surprisingly-hard questions each week, and see how the Medium audience responds!
(Also, sign up to play Streak Trivia!)
True or False (12 seconds to answer):
Question 6, Thursday
In US geography, Arizona is one of the “Four Corners” States.
Question 10, Friday
Flight 93, one of four airplanes hijacked in the September 11 attacks, crashed in Virginia.
Question 5, Wednesday
“Major Key” is an album by DJ Khaled.
Question 12, Monday
In Malcolm Gladwell’s Book “The Tipping Point”, he repeatedly mentions the so-called “10,000-Hour Rule”.
Question 20, Tuesday
Foster’s Lager is the most popular beer brand in Australia, by annual sales.
Answers below (don’t cheat!)
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Answers:
TRUE: The other three states are New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. They are so named because they are the only states to meet at four right angles. (20 of 88 players got it wrong — 22%)
FALSE: The plane crashed in Pennsylvania. It’s believed the intended target was the White House or the Capitol. (16 of 39 players got it wrong — 41%)
TRUE: The album features the singles “I Got the Keys” and “Holy Key”. (31 of 72 players got it wrong — 43%)
FALSE: The 10,000-Hour Rule is mentioned in “Outliers”, highlighting the value of accumulated practice time. (30 of 46 players got it wrong — 65%)
FALSE: Foster’s is much less popular than other beers such as Victoria Bitter or Carlton Draught. (9 of 12 players got it wrong — 75%!)
If you think you’re smart enough to beat our Streak players, including Jeopardy champions, sign up HERE: http://bot.streaktrivia.com/m/VnAmd4O7mx
