This is the online game that is succeeding on the internet: order the cards chronologically with Wikitrivia

We are experiencing a boom in online games where our knowledge is put to the test. At the time of Fortnite and Genshin Impact, it is the culture that is sweeping the networks.

Surely you’re tired of seeing your friends play Wordle because, daily, they upload their results to Twitter and other social networks. That game consists of guessing words in a kind of hangman.

Now, after two weeks of fame and success, A new game called Wikitrivia has appeared, which consists of chronologically ordering a series of historical events. The difficulty appears as soon as the game lengthens and the facts are increasingly difficult to locate.

The game’s creator, Tom Watson, describes it on his site as “a trivia card game”, and as far as we can tell it is an online clone of the Timeline card game, which you can buy right here.

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— Mitchell (@strawberrywell) January 17, 2022

Playing it is easy: gives you a card that represents something that has a specific date which is extracted from Wikidata; some examples I saw asked me to pinpoint when the Bastille was built, when the Foo Fighters were formed, and when the October Revolution ended.

Next, you have to place the card in its correct place on the timeline. You can make three mistakes, represented by hearts, and you will lose one if you place a card in the wrong order. If you lose all the hearts, the round is over.

Wikitrivia is not flawless. And that’s why Watson has a open thread on GitHub in which people can report incorrect cards or data, in order to improve the game.

The page also asks users to make any necessary corrections to Wikipedia or Wikidata itself, which could end up making answers across the web more accurate.

If you don’t know what to play and you’re bored at university, at the office or waiting for the bus, try playing Wikitrivia, which is really demanding and fun for a while.