https://alwaysogling.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Emily OgleenMon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/253681/images/1c599122-0654-472f-b29d-e97e52a658f4.jpegMon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/253681/images/1c599122-0654-472f-b29d-e97e52a658f4.jpeghttps://www.netflix.com/title/81609455Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.netflix.com/title/81609455https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XTmA4VtsDB4The islands of Fiji were formed by volcanos 150 million years ago. Less than 2% of Fiji's archipeligo is dry land! #fiji #countryfacts #sporcle #internationaldatelineThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XTmA4VtsDB4https://www.youtube.com/shorts/70gcWMe_u-gNorwa has thousands of fjords, and has the 2nd highest GDP per capita (Luxembourg is #1) in Europe. #countryfacts #sporcle #norwayshorts #penguinsThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/70gcWMe_u-ghttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/tD3TujAWLF4Palau is made up of over 300 islands and located north of Australia and east of Indonesia. #countryfacts #palau #jellyfishFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tD3TujAWLF4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LpWC_9ZVaIIt's Stump Your Friends: Episode 3 - a Sporcle game show where it's just as important to know your friends, as it is to know the answers! #StumpYourFriends Episode 3 pits Kyle, Robert and Jeremy against each other as they answer trivia questions about 80's Hair Bands, Dungeons and Dragons, Fishing and more! Who will win? Who will lose? Who will need to wear the bright orange safety vest?! #sporcle #avatarthelastairbender #gameshow #boardgames #composersTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LpWC_9ZVaIhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/D63L3-2nOQ8The Grand country of Luxembourg has three times the fun! #sporcle #europetravel #luxembourg #duchy #factsThu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D63L3-2nOQ8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhyVcD4ZuYoWelcome to Stump Your Friends episode 2 - a Sporcle game show where it's just as important to know your friends, as it is to know the answers! #StumpYourFriends Episode 2 pits Chris, Ryan, and Amanda against each other as they answer trivia questions about Heavy Metal, the NHL, Musicals, and more! Who will win? Who will lose? Who will need to wear the bright orange safety vest?! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:22 Round 1 02:34 US Presidents 04:25 Folklore 06:13 NHL 07:28 Round 2 07:53 World Capitals 09:45 Retro Games 11:41 '80s Culture 13:27 Final Question 13:51 Heavy Metal 15:38 Final Answers 16:09 Results 16:38 Stumped #sporcle #heavymetal #gameshow #capitals #nhl #MusicalsTue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhyVcD4ZuYohttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCE3GkYjdlsTaiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, has during its history been under control of both Japan and China. #catcafe #taiwan #bobatea #classicalmusic #sporcleThu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hCE3GkYjdlshttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/B5ipr1T1aZUBonus Fact: The town of Chefchaouen, in Morocco, is almost completely painted blue! #liver #africa #heart #goats #trees #casablancaThu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B5ipr1T1aZUhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/1xStDc4baLICroatia has a much larger part of the coast of the Adriatic Sea in relation to its size. Neanderthals used to inhabit Croatia 130,000 years ago! #gameofthrones #books #dalmations #slavicThu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1xStDc4baLIhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/aq8IynWTJMoLocal's from Barbados call themselves Bajans! #culture #sporcle #random #quiz #carribean #carnivalThu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aq8IynWTJMohttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/OK4XKAFuQCUThe National dish of Azerbaijan is Plov! #trivia #geography #culture #books #volcanoes #quiz #randomThu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OK4XKAFuQCUhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/knqtLhP3WCcTrinidad and Tobago has the largest roundabout (traffic circle) in the world! #trivia #geography #facts #steeldrum #instruments #piratesofthecaribbeanThu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/knqtLhP3WCchttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/JM8fQYrljQsThe Solomon Islands are home to the most active submarine volcanoes! Love Trivia? Click to Subscribe ► https://bit.ly/2zjAEbb #shorts #trivia #geography #culture #beer #amsterdam #sporcleThu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JM8fQYrljQshttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/G6q2_fRomP8In Hungary, the government needs to approve your baby name! Love Trivia? Click to Subscribe ► https://bit.ly/2zjAEbb #shorts #trivia #geography #culture #goulash #rubikscube #Europe #sporcle #danubeThu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G6q2_fRomP8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EUCtsK_xL0Welcome to Stump Your Friends episode 1 - a Sporcle game show where it's just as important to know your friends, as it is to know the answers! #StumpYourFriends Episode 1 pits Darrin, Nick, and Sophie against each other as they answer trivia questions about Vampires, the MCU, Comedies, WWII, and more! Who will win? Who will lose? Who will need to wear the bright orange safety vest?! 00:00 intro 01:20 Round 1 01:44 Vampires 03:40 Shakespear 05:19 Aviation 08:08 Bones 09:59 Comedies 11:25 MCU 13:55 Final Question 15:02 WWII 16:28 Final Scores #trivia #sporcle #quiz #MCU #vampire #wwiiTue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EUCtsK_xL0https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gGPlpyz3gaILiberia has some of Africas best surfing spots! #shorts #trivia #geography #culture #freedom #presidentThu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gGPlpyz3gaIhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/DK5lu8ExJ7AAmman is one of the oldest cities on the planet. #shorts #trivia #geography #culture #bts #deadseasalt #movies #philadelphiaThu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DK5lu8ExJ7Ahttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/qEMYmuW8YCoYetis are called ‘Meh-Teh’ and are said to have been spotted in the mountains of Nepal! #shorts #trivia #geography #culture #buddha #ancient #facts #flags #mountains #avatarThu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qEMYmuW8YCohttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/H_PpSsdds_cNew Zealand is also the first country to give women the right to vote! #shorts #trivia #geography #facts #kiwi #lotr #māori #elvish #cultureThu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H_PpSsdds_chttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/2quHpW_ctLwFinns consume more coffee per capital than anyone else in the world! #shorts #trivia #geography #facts #MCU #guardiansofthegalaxy #metal #saunaThu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2quHpW_ctLwhttps://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/02/why-is-the-harry-potter-game-controversial/If you aren’t on video game Twitter or follow gamer news, then you may not have heard much about the video game set in the world of Harry Potter called Hogwarts Legacy. For many who grew up reading the books and/or watching the beloved film series starring Daniel Radcliffe as the Boy Who Lived, the announcement of this game was akin to discovering that their childhood dream of attending Hogwarts had come true. But for others, there was too much bad will built up from the background, origins, andFri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2023/02/why-is-the-harry-potter-game-controversial/https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2022/02/mario-trivia-team-names/Long have multiplayer Mario games proven to be the ultimate friendship testers. If your friend group has made it through a game in Mario Party or a race in Mario Kart without vowing to never speak to each other again, then you have succeeded where many have failed. Nothing, not even high-stakes pub trivia, can come between you. So when you round up the gang for your next trivia event, consider choosing one of the magnificent Mario-themed team names listed below. That way, when your buddy Roger mTue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2022/02/mario-trivia-team-names/https://www.originalhobby.com/blogs/news/crokinole-for-the-curlerYou probably have some idea of what curling is, whether you’ve played before or you witnessed the U.S. men’s team take home the gold last year at the Winter Olympics. One player throws a rock (or stone) down a long rectangular stretch of ice, while two other team members slide alongside the rock and furiously scrub at the ice with brooms. Then, the opposing team repeats the process, with teams alternating and roles rotating until all stones are delivered down the ice, toward circular targets at Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.originalhobby.com/blogs/news/crokinole-for-the-curlerhttps://nerdist.com/article/board-game-menu-three-courses-of-cthulhu/Welcome to Arkham Hors d’Oeuvres, where we promise you will lose your mind over our inscrutable dishes. A staple of New England cuisine, Arkham Hors d’Oeuvres exudes an otherworldly atmosphere as uncanny as the Dreamlands itself. Sit back, relax, and let the waiting staff flay your mind as well as your meat. Below is our menu for the month, featuring our three-course package of gamey games, diced dice rolling, and existential horror. Each course is finished off with the writhing tentacles of CtMon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://nerdist.com/article/board-game-menu-three-courses-of-cthulhu/https://nerdist.com/article/unearth-the-lost-magic-realm-a-tabletop-rpg-as-old-as-dd/Imagine a board game with Dungeons & Dragons’ role-playing, the hexagonal grid customary to tabletop wargames, and the capability to accommodate sixteen players. I know, I cried too. It’s the gaming version of the ideal romantic partner, and it really exists. Well, it existed, anyway. Magic Realm was first published by Avalon Hill in 1979, just a few years after D&D co-creator Gary Gygax developed the medieval miniatures wargame, and precursor to D&D, Chainmail. Avalon Hill has since become a sMon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://nerdist.com/article/unearth-the-lost-magic-realm-a-tabletop-rpg-as-old-as-dd/https://nerdist.com/article/four-thematic-tabletop-games-to-play-at-a-wedding/There are many ways that you can bring your love of board games to a wedding. You can design the reception hall like one large board, where guests must roll a die in order to progress to the dessert table. You and your partner can dress up like meeples and hopelessly try to be graceful as you attempt your first dance in cardboard suits. Your entire wedding party can be highly detailed and gorgeously painted miniatures, because at least that way everybody’s matching the strict color palette. If,Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://nerdist.com/article/four-thematic-tabletop-games-to-play-at-a-wedding/https://nerdist.com/article/games-favored-by-the-ladies-and-gentlemen-of-jane-austens-novels/No matter how much we yearn for the manners of yesteryear, it must be acknowledged that there really wasn’t that much to do in the early 19th century. In Jane Austen’s Regency-era England, quality diversions were in short supply, especially for ladies. But characters in Austen’s novels often play games to pass the time, which can offer up insights into who they are. Characters’ behaviors during games reveal traits such as their willingness or unwillingness to take chances or their general wealthSat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://nerdist.com/article/games-favored-by-the-ladies-and-gentlemen-of-jane-austens-novels/https://nerdist.com/article/a-love-letter-to-hobbit-love-letter/The original Love Letter card game, designed by Seiji Kanai and published by Alderac Entertainment Group, is praised for its colorful theme, detailed illustrations, and easy-to-understand rules. The aim of the game is to deliver a love letter to the princess, which you must achieve through the tried-and-true tactics of bluffing, deduction, and good old fashioned luck. Personally, I have spent many an hour playing games upon games of Love Letter, trying to collect as many tokens of the princess’ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://nerdist.com/article/a-love-letter-to-hobbit-love-letter/