Article 5V47S Wikitrivia is a web game that challenges your knowledge of historical dates

Wikitrivia is a web game that challenges your knowledge of historical dates

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Mitchell Clark
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Screen_Shot_2022_01_17_at_13.23.48.0.png In this game you put events from Wikipedia in a timeline.

If you're a history buff, or are looking for a new web game to play, Wikitrivia may be worth your time. The game's creator, Tom Watson, describes it on his site as Wikidata as a trivia card game," and the tweet that brought it to our attention called it an online clone of the card game Timeline."

Playing it is simple: it gives you a card that represents something that has a date, which is pulled from Wikidata; some examples I saw asked me to pin down when the Bastille was built, when the Foo Fighters were formed, and when the October Revolution ended (unfortunately, it was looking for a year, not a month). You then have to put the card on the correct place in the timeline. You're allowed three mistakes, which are represented by hearts,...

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