tickman
Public Games (520 in total)
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Played 56 timesRemember your old chem labs? Find the parts of a simple lab distillation apparatus.
PNG version by Quantockgoblin, turned to svg by Slashme, both at Wikipedia/Wikimedia
Created by tickman 4 days, 4 hours ago in Science
Tags: distillation, physics, chemistry, science
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National Capitals that Aren't (easy version)
Played 102 timesThese places all share names with national capitals. Can you find them? Easier game: fewer dots, and all the places have at least 9000 population. You may have heard of some of these towns. Only a few duplications.
Map by the US Dept. of Interior.
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National Capitals that Aren't (difficult version)
Played 39 timesThese places all share names with national capitals. Can you find them? Many are obscure. Only one name is duplicated: You'll see why.
Map by the US Department of Interior
Created by tickman 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Geography
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Played 65 timesFind the state that matches the name, phrase, plant, title, lyrics, etc.
A cruel game, and I admit it.
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Independence Days -South America
Played 52 timesFind the dates and years of independence.Some of these are complicated, and would require explanation. Colonial power (or situation) given in parentheses. See the game comments.
Created by tickman 2 weeks, 5 days ago in History
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Played 137 timesFind the dates and years of independence.Some of these are complicated, and would require explanation. Colonial power (or situation) given in parentheses. See the game comments.
Created by tickman 3 weeks, 1 day ago in History
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Played 38 times
Find the dates and years of independence.Some of these are complicated, and would require explanation. Colonial power (or situation) given in parentheses. See the game comments.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum (Advanced)
Played 38 timesHow the EM spectrum relates to what we see, don't see and can't see. See?
Image by author Inductiveload at Wikipedia/Wikimedia (More detail in game comments).
Created by tickman 3 weeks, 4 days ago in Science
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Played 123 times
The Asteraceae is the largest plant family. Here are a few specimens from the 3 largest (of 12) Subfmilies.
Image by Alvesgaspar and Tony Wills at Wikipedia/Wikimedia
Created by tickman 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Science
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Played 20 times
Find cities, regions and physical features.
Map by Fabienkhan at Wikipedia/Wikimedia.
Created by tickman 3 weeks, 5 days ago in History
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Played 37 times
Find the Marzes. (Yerevan has a separate status as the capital).
Map by Bastique at Wikipedia/Wikimedia
Created by tickman 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Geography
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Aimags (Provinces) of Mongolia
Played 65 timesFind the Aimags
A nice little map by Bogomolov.PL at Wikipedia/Wikimedia
Created by tickman 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Geography
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Played 47 times
The layers and flow of waters near Antarctica.
Warning: Very easy game.
Diagram by Hannes Grobe of the Alfred Wegener Institute
Created by tickman June 22, 2008 in Science
Tags: oceanography, oceans, science
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Ocean Fronts of the Southern Hemisphere
Played 19 timesFind the fronts and zones of the Southern Hemisphere. A few seas and land areas thrown in to make it harder. Still, it's an easy game.
Map by Hannes Grobe of the Alfred Wegener Institute
Created by tickman June 21, 2008 in Science
Tags: geography, antarctica, oceanography, oceans, science
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Played 33 times
Find the clan areas, adjacent regions, cities, etc.
Map by Renata3 in Wikipedia/Wikimedia
Created by tickman June 19, 2008 in History
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Short Place Names in Europe (N-Z)
Played 65 timesFind the places with 1 or 2 letter names.
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Played 24 times
Find Stone Mountain, Slippery Rock, Agate Springs, and more.
Map by the US Department of Interior
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Played 15 times
These places are named for metals (or semi-metals) and their ores.
Map by the US Department of Interior.
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Played 143 times
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram gives a visual classification of stars. Find the categories.
Map by Richard Powell at atlasoftheuniverse.com/
Created by tickman June 16, 2008 in Science
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Played 56 times
It wasn't all the British Raj. Find the European Settlements.
Map by Eric Rodrigues at Wikipedia/Wikimedia.
Created by tickman June 14, 2008 in History
Game Comments (1048)
Water Cycle, 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
Independence Days -South America, 1 day, 21 hours ago
Comment given by tickman
(I should add that I did fix the game: they should all be the same now).
Independence Days -South America, 1 day, 21 hours ago
Comment given by tickman
Timpat and BoboLo:
It was not intentional. I thought I'd caught all the errors, but obviously not. I'm afraid that mistakes are all-too easily made in game making, and I appreciate you bringing them to my attention.
I don't know how I missed Timpat's comment for 2 weeks. I try to check the game comments in my profile semi-regularly, but I guess it I just missed it.
Again, thanks for the comments, they're quite helpful.
Good Luck, and Good Games.
Morgan's Raid, 2 days, 17 hours ago
Comment given by muffy
Another great game. It took a lot of practice for me. Thanks for providing the information about the map.
Independence Days -South America, 2 days, 20 hours ago
Comment given by BoboLo
Maddening game! I think I'm more confused now than I ever was!
Independence Days -South America, 2 days, 20 hours ago
Comment given by BoboLo
Like Timpat, I'm a bit confused by the distinction between Sept.15 and Sept 15.
National Capitals that Aren't (difficult version), 2 days, 21 hours ago
Comment given by BoboLo
Very difficult, but interesting game!
Simple Distillation, 4 days, 4 hours ago
Comment given by tickman
A related game showing a practical application:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/oil-refinery-quiz/info
Simple Distillation, 4 days, 4 hours ago
Comment given by tickman
More about distillation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation
The image is here (svg):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Simple_distillation_apparatus.svg
or here (png):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Simple_distillation_apparatus.png
Both versions are in the public domain.
World's Longest Rivers, 1 week, 3 days ago
Comment given by alPINIA
???
Missing Map: The World in Color, 1 week, 6 days ago
Comment given by muffy
I did this without looking at the easy version first. It was a litle confusing at first, but quite interesting after I figured out the pattern and the interesting use of colors. This was a great game.
National Capitals that Aren't (easy version), 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by muffy
Thanks for doing another interesting game.
National Capitals that Aren't (difficult version), 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by Itachi
What makes this especially difficult is that some of these places exist in more than one state but in only one state for the game. As an example, which state do you go to for Athens? It takes time to remember which it is for this game for each of these multiple state names.
National Capitals that Aren't (easy version), 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by tickman
I found the map here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:US_map_-_states.png
It is in the public domain.
National Capitals that Aren't (difficult version), 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by tickman
I found the map here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:US_map_-_states.png
It is in the public domain.
"State" Your Name, 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by BoboLo
Great game - love it!
"State" Your Name, 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by BoboLo
At last!
"State" Your Name, 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by BoboLo
Better - 84 percent in round 2.
"State" Your Name, 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Comment given by BoboLo
Tricky, but 52 percent first time round is a bit pathetic ...
"State" Your Name, 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Comment given by matthew89
what is it?????? i didn't understand....
Comment given by FS
Apart for the pink backround, good game!