NYT Quiz
Is it Friday already? Did I read enough news? Did I memorize the correct facts? Am I ready for my weekly New York Times (NYT) Quiz, and more importantly, will I be able to share my score? The NYT Quiz has become a thing for my dad, brother, and me. I recently added my son-in-law and daughter-in-law’s sister to the unwritten competition.
Shiny Object
I try to read and keep up with the news, but you know, the phone rings, a text Bings, a dog barks, an email chimes, a shiny object flies by, and I am out. And then Friday rolls by, and I need to compete with my family to show myself and them that I can still retain information.
There are two problems: the NYT is a bit tricky; when a topic comes up and they are asking something I know, the NYT dares to ask some obscure question about the topic. “No Fair,” I say out loud to the dogs. I knew this one. And it’s multiple-choice! JEEZ!
It’s Not Cheating
Some Fridays, I take the CNN 5 Things quiz as a prep for the NYT’s Quiz. I don’t call that cheating because it’s a quiz, not a cheat sheet. I typically do very well guessing the correct answers. Recently, CNN stopped sending me their Five Things newsletter — Did they suspect I was using them to improve my NYT scores?
This past week was hectic, and I needed more time to digest the news. I awoke at 6 AM and opened the NYT quiz. Uh Oh! My Answer to the first question was wrong. Ok, I’ll keep going. Hmm, I got the third question incorrect.
FLASHBACK Quiz
We recently added the NYT Flashback Quiz. My brother, Keith, consistently out defeats me. The quiz starts with a mysterious fact and gives you dates ranging from BC times to the current. Next, a new detail flashes and the participant must determine if it happened before or after the first fact. Are you following me? Eight more facts pop up individually as you place (Guess) them in chronological order.
Next Week, NYT Quiz
So, I decided to take a bi-week. And vowed to pay more attention to current events next week. Unless, of course, the phone rings, a text Bings, a dog barks, an email chimes, a shiny object flies by.
I hope you read my article thoroughly, and there WILL be a quiz next week!
Vickie Rubin, M.S. Ed. is the author of the award-winning memoir Raising Jess: A Story of Hope, published by Page Publishing. This heartwarming story describes the joy and challenges of caring for her daughter, who was born with a rare chromosome deletion. Vickie’s debut memoir won the 2022 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal Award for Non-Fiction and was a Finalist in the Best Book Award and Books Excellence Award for inspirational memoir. Her stories have been published in Newsweek, as well as In disability-related publications and opinion pieces. Vickie started writing her humorous blog in 2020; she writes regularly about raising a child with a disability, family, marriage, and RV Travel.
