Andréa Fernandes
Reader-Submitted Quiz Week Returns!
by Andréa Fernandes - November 29, 2011 - 8:36 AM

Here’s your chance at 15 minutes of fame!

All next week, we’ll be running reader-submitted name-x-in-y-minutes quizzes.

Think you’ve got a great idea for a name-x-in-y-minutes quiz? Submit it by the end of Friday (12/2) in the comments below or by e-mailing me at andrea@mentalfloss.com. If we use your idea, we’ll send you the mental_floss t-shirt of your choice and plaster your name on the quiz banner.

To help get the gears turning, here are some of the past reader-submitted quizzes:

quiz_head_RSbestactor

quiz_head_RSoperation quiz_head_RSsoviet

« Previous Post   -   Next Post »
Click here to get a Risk-Free issue of mental_floss magazine
Comments (41)

  1. Name the 13 active NHL teams that have never won the Stanley Cup in 3 minutes

    Name the 8 active MLB teams that have never won the World Series in 2 minutes

    Name the 14 active NFL teams that have never won the Super Bowl in 4 minutes

    posted by Carbs on 11-29-2011 at 9:37 am

  2. Name Tiger Woods’ 13 mistresses in 13 minutes

    Name the 7 Hurricanes of 2011 in 7 minutes

    Name the 6 ‘Trebek’ era Tournament of Champions to appear in other specials (Super Jeopardy, Utimate Tournament of Champions, Million Dollar Masters) in 6 minutes

    posted by Amy on 11-29-2011 at 9:49 am

  3. There are 3 MLB teams, 3 NHL teams, 3 NFL teams, and 5 NBA teams whose first letter of their team name is the same as the city they play in. Can you name them in 5 minutes? All teams are active and cities with two words, like New York, start with the very first letter.

    posted by Joe on 11-29-2011 at 10:16 am

  4. Name the top 20 most popular dog breeds in America (from the AKC) in 4 minutes.

    Name the 36 nations (UN recognized) with multiple-word names in 10 minutes.

    posted by CT on 11-29-2011 at 10:19 am

  5. Among the NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA, there are 6 teams who share their names with another pro team in another sport and city. Can you name them in 2 minutes?

    posted by Joe on 11-29-2011 at 10:24 am

  6. Name the three letter designations for the 10 busiest airports in 2 minutes. Could be for either the world or the US.

    posted by Blind Squirrel on 11-29-2011 at 10:27 am

  7. Name the 10 worst American Airports for flight delays in 10 minutes

    posted by Amy on 11-29-2011 at 10:40 am

  8. Name the top 10 US cities with the highest annual average snowfall.

    posted by mjs on 11-29-2011 at 10:44 am

  9. To edit my above idea, top 10 US states with the highest annual average snowfall will probably work better.

    posted by mjs on 11-29-2011 at 10:48 am

  10. Name the highest peak in each US state west of the mississippi River.

    part 2 — East of the Mississippi.

    posted by John W on 11-29-2011 at 11:00 am

  11. Name all the Greek letters in two minutes! Or… name all the Greek letters in three minutes! One of the two. =)

    posted by Emily on 11-29-2011 at 12:23 pm

  12. Joe – that’s a very good one.

    posted by PartiallyDeflected on 11-29-2011 at 12:36 pm

  13. Name the 14 original characters on the TV show “Lost” in 5 minutes.

    Name Steven Spielberg’s 10 highest-grossing movies in 5 minutes.

    (Had to get a couple of pop-culture ones in there!)

    posted by JennieO on 11-29-2011 at 12:58 pm

  14. Several suggestions:

    1. Name all of the people who have won more than one Oscar in an acting category in 8 minutes.

    2. Name all of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players from original cast to present cast in 10 minutes,

    3. Name the last 10 cities to host the Super Bowl in 3 minutes.

    4. Name all of the bones in the body in 8 minutes.

    5. Name all of the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip in 5 minutes.

    posted by David on 11-29-2011 at 1:07 pm

  15. Name the 25 shapes in Perfection.

    posted by Shannon on 11-29-2011 at 1:15 pm

  16. Here are my ideas:

    1. Name all the events in the winter olympics in 3 minutes

    2. Name all the events in the summer olympics in 5 minutes

    3. Name all of the Peanuts characters in 3 minutes

    posted by Kellie on 11-29-2011 at 3:13 pm

  17. Name all 9 playable rooms in the board game clue (not including the “cellar” that holds the answer cards) in 2 minutes.

    posted by GeekGirl on 11-29-2011 at 3:16 pm

  18. Name the 10 films that feature Tom Hanks peeing.

    Name the first 10 state capitals in alphabetical order.

    Name the 8 states that saw the greatest percentage increase in population between the 2000 and 2010 census.

    Name the 6 teams that faced the Yankees the most number of times in the World Series.

    Name the 4 US presidents to sport beards in office, other than Abe Lincoln.

    Name the 10 EGOT winners.

    Name the 12 artists who won 20 or more Grammy Awards.

    Name the 9 artists who won a Grammy award before they were old enough to drink in the US.

    …did I mention I run a pub quiz company.

    10 artists with 10 or more Billboard #1 Hits

    10 artists with 30 or more cumulative weeks at #1 on the charts

    7 artists with posthumous #1 hits

    8 largest landlocked countries by area

    8 albums released by The Backstreet Boys or Nsync that didn’t have the word ‘backstreet’ or ‘nsync’ in the title

    Prince’s 11 top 5 hits

    …I’ll just stop there

    posted by Nick on 11-29-2011 at 3:55 pm

  19. Name the top 5 most popular wristband messages in 3 minutes.

    Name 20 landlocked countries in 5 minutes.

    Name all the provinces of Australia in 1 minute.

    Name the first 12 transition metals in 3 minutes.

    Name all the Winter Olymics sports in 5 minutes.

    posted by Tam on 11-29-2011 at 5:52 pm

  20. Name every NSYNC and Backstreet Boy Number 1 in five minutes! Or every Britney Spears one in three?

    posted by Mary Goldie on 11-29-2011 at 6:27 pm

  21. Name the 19 Kids and Counting kids in 2 minutes.

    posted by EK on 11-29-2011 at 8:37 pm

  22. The Beatles loved the personal Pronoun I and used it to begin the title of 17 songs.Can you name them?

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-29-2011 at 9:26 pm

  23. Name all of the Von Trapp children in “The Sound of Music.” Sounds easy, but everyone forgets one or two!

    posted by Erin on 11-29-2011 at 9:48 pm

  24. Name every state that had a battleship named after it.

    posted by Erin on 11-29-2011 at 9:49 pm

  25. Name all of the items we wished “good night” to in the book, “Good Night Moon.”

    posted by Erin on 11-29-2011 at 9:50 pm

  26. Name the eight states with double letters.

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-29-2011 at 10:02 pm

  27. Nmae the top 10 US food allergies.

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-29-2011 at 10:09 pm

  28. Can you name the 5 Beatles songs with baby in the title?

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-29-2011 at 10:10 pm

  29. John Carpenters’ top 10 grossing films.

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-29-2011 at 10:37 pm

  30. Name the US cities that have hosted the Olympics.

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-29-2011 at 10:41 pm

  31. Name the 9 NFL teams that have been to the Super Bowl but never won.

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-29-2011 at 10:46 pm

  32. Got bored earlier and thought of a couple more:

    Name last year’s Men’s Sweet 16 teams in 5 minutes

    Name the possible careers in Milton Bradley’s The Game of Life in 3 minutes

    I’ll probably come up with more later

    posted by Carbs on 11-29-2011 at 11:12 pm

  33. Name the 7 left handed presidents

    posted by Seth Anderson on 11-30-2011 at 12:44 am

  34. Agatha Christie Whodunit-Match her 10 bestselling books with the killer/killers.

    posted by Michael D. on 11-30-2011 at 1:16 am

  35. What about “Name the last five mental_floss-’name-x-in-y-minutes quizzes’ in two minutes!” ?! ;o)

    posted by The One on 11-30-2011 at 4:45 am

  36. Ok, one more:

    Name the 15 Departments in the current Presidential Cabinet in 5 minutes.

    posted by Joe on 11-30-2011 at 3:53 pm

  37. I’m loving all of these!

    posted by Andréa Fernandes on 12-1-2011 at 1:13 pm

  38. Thought of a few more…

    8 films that feature Zooey Deschanel singing

    7 films of Wes Anderson

    9 films written and directed by Quentin Tarantino (or if you want to make it more interesting ‘the 9 films of Quentin Tarantino that prominently feature feet in a seen’)

    The 14 films (and 1 tv show) featuring Bruce Willis that have a number in its title.

    posted by Nick on 12-1-2011 at 5:54 pm

  39. Name the twelve Greek Olympian gods and goddesses in three minutes.

    posted by demaris on 12-1-2011 at 9:25 pm

  40. Name 16 major movie roles WARREN BEATTY passed on in 16 minutes

    posted by Amy on 12-1-2011 at 10:21 pm

  41. Hi Andrea, I’m not sure how else to contact you. I keep trying to reply to your email (to andrea@mentalfloss.com), but I keep getting postmaster notifications that the email sending failed. Can you tell me if it sent or not? (I’m sorry if you got more than one from me! I tried a few times)

    posted by CT on 12-7-2011 at 8:04 am

Comment

commenting policy