This Is Not App-ening
In this quiz, we'll find out about other apps that are too weird to be true, and some others that we made up just for fun.
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Totally False Eponyms
An eponym is something that is named for a person. In this game, we pretend that some everyday words could be etymologically traced to a famous namesake.
Scientific Rhyme-a-rific
In this game, we satisfy the science nerds and the word nerds with some clues to rhyming pairs of words.
Spoiled It Through The Grapevine
Honey, honey, yeah! We've rewritten Heard It Through The Grapevine to be about famous film endings that you've probably heard about through the grapevine. No spoiler alerts necessary.
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
For his VIP game, Sir Patrick Stewart is quizzed on the meanings of Shakespearean insults.
One Vowel At A Time
Can we buy some vowels, please? In this final round, each answer contains each of the five vowels-- a, e, i, o, u-- exactly once. You don't need no education to ace this one!
These Books Amp Up The Adrenaline In Summer Reading
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jonah Ogles, editor of Outside Magazine, about adventure reads — summer books about survival. On his list: a tale of an 11-year-old who survives a plane crash.
BuzzFeed's Saeed Jones Recommends Books Of Transformation For Summer
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Saeed Jones, literary editor at BuzzFeed, about his picks for summer reading. He recommends books where a character goes on some sort of journey.
Stretch Your Summer Reading List Into Southern Territory
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kyle Jones of the Bitter Southerner about some highly-anticipated books coming from Southern writers this summer.
Television 2015: A Whole Lotta Guys In Ties
As much experimentation as we see in TV, you also still see some old formats — late-night, awards shows and news among them — unsure about whether they need to change anything.