Check Out These Underrated Quizzes

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On February 19, 2014, I found my way to JetPunk and I took the Countries of the World quiz for the first time. From there, I became an avid quiz-taker. It wasn’t until last year that I really started making quizzes. Of course, anyone who makes quizzes will inevitably run into problems, so I went looking for advice.

That’s how I found the JetPunk reddit and then the Discord server. Lots of people there have been super helpful, and I’ve had the chance to chat with quizmakers from all over the world. I am consistently impressed by the smart and creative quizzes that come out of this group.

I never expected to write a blog post here, but I had an idea. When you make quizzes, you always have at least one favorite that seems underrated. You're like, "Come on, world! How have you not noticed this?" I went to the Discord server and asked them to send me one of their quizzes that deserves more attention. I got a pretty good response.

I took all the quizzes that were sent to me and gave each one a ranking. The rankings were based on this simple criteria: the quiz has to be fun, specifically for me. I’ll share the links to all of them below, but I wanted to specifically highlight my top 5. (By the way, this idea was partly inspired by blogs from HinesBrothers and CringeDragon).

Here we go...

The Top 5:

5. Roman Numeral Encoder- Iluvbread123

Whether you like a quiz or not is very subjective. As for me, I like a quiz that's unique. I also like one that makes me feel at least a little smart. I also like one where I learn something. This one ticks off all those boxes. In general, I did well on this quiz, except for the one question that most people miss. Thanks to this quiz, though, I can now count much higher in Roman numerals.

4. Geopolitical Changes 1995-Now- IAB

One of the frustrating things about trying to learn Geography is that things keep changing on you! You thought you knew that capital, but then no, they renamed it while you weren't looking. IAB does a good job here of summarizing recent changes. It's not an easy quiz, but it's helpful information.

3. 50 States, 50 Landmarks- CringeDragon

I am definitely interested in the world outside the U.S., but I do have a particular interest in my own country and the places I'm more likely to visit. This quiz was a great combination of places I've seen (which brought back memories) and places I'd like to visit (which gets me thinking about future trips).

2. Biggest Cities in 4 Random Countries on a Map- OskarRB

The format of this quiz is incredibly cool. I'm guessing it will be featured at some point. I could see me going back to take this one over and over again. Well done, Oskar.

1. All US National Park Sites by Proximity- MiracleMax

Again, any list like this will be subjective. US National Park sites may not be your thing, and that's ok. As for myself, though, I'm a huge fan of this quiz. I love the "by proximity" map quizzes. They do a great job of making you feel smarter than you are, but still teaching you something along the way.

Honorable Mentions

In addition to the top five, I also want to list the other quizzes that were sent to me. A couple of these came very, very close to being in the top five. These are not listed in order of my ranking-- just in the order that I received them.Thanks for reading, and enjoy the quizzes!

Historical Explorations #1- Stef2

Words That Rhyme With At- rg1227

Random World Capitals by Coordinates- Saturn the Quizzer

Who died earlier?- Nightracer

The Only Three Countries in the World- Lucknowite

New York City Subway Stations by Map- FerroequinoSWAT

Countries of Afro-Eurasia with a Map- Malkiboy

Every 5m Cities by Map- Pacybwoah

Countries by Food Emojis- baptistegorce

Second Most Populous Cities of Countries on a Map- GeoPhilia

The Last 99 Years- Nathaniel

Cities Closest to Los Angeles With a Map- Gassu

US States in Yellowstone's Eruption Zone- FlabberBapper

Unique Starting Letter - Countries by Continent- NINJAQKk

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Level 73
Apr 7, 2020
Dang I didnt even get an honorable mention my quizzes are trash hahaha
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Level 84
Apr 8, 2020
Not true! I’m a huge Flabber fan! Somehow, I didn’t see where you posted your quiz. I do apologize! I went back and added your quiz to the list.
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Level 73
Apr 8, 2020
Much love thank you Dug :)
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Level 75
Apr 8, 2020
Ayyy that was my first ever quiz lmao
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Level 75
Apr 8, 2020
thanks dug
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Level 60
Apr 8, 2020
Thanks for mentioning my Quiz (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
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Level 54
Apr 8, 2020
Very nice! Thanks for mentioning my quiz.
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Level 75
Apr 8, 2020
Nice! Just putting it out there, nobody should avoid making one of these just because they don't want to copy me. I encourage and fully endorse these.
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Level 69
Apr 8, 2020
Cool blog.
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Level 53
Aug 2, 2020
Good one! Will you make another one? (I hope I will have a quiz in it!)
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Level ∞
Aug 10, 2020
Thanks for this blog post! I added a couple of these to my list of quizzes to feature.
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Level 84
Aug 10, 2020
Glad to hear that!! Thanks.
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Level 51
Dec 23, 2020
At first I saw Horrible Mentions not Honorable Mentions and I was like how are these bad? Nobody every shares my quizzes to anyone because my quizzes are stupid but it's fine.