Sporcleitis 

An affliction by which a Sporcle quiz-taker will overlook an obvious answer, usually a symptom of overthinking the quiz and looking for difficult or obscure answers instead.

alt: Sporcle-itis
alt, discouraged due to inadvertent crassness: Sporclitis

He suffered a horrible bout of Sporcleitis playing the "10 Largest Countries in Asia" quiz, repeatedly attempting Kyrgyzstan without realizing he hadn't tried Russia yet.

Sporcleitis by grover173 January 3, 2022

sporclitis 

A common condition among veteran quiz takers on Sporcle wherein one will remember some very obscure answers but overlook at least one obvious one.

If taking a "list the countries of South America" quiz, and you remember Suriname but somehow can't come up with Brazil, you've just had a bout of Sporclitis.

sporclitis by Mustango13 November 26, 2013

Sporcle-itis 

A disease that is quickly spreading across nerds around the world. It is crucially important to know the causes and symptoms so you don't suffer the same fate:

Cause: Discovering sporcle, a trivia website that quizzes you on basically everything. Very fun, but also quickly addicting.

Symptoms: You may have sporcle-itis if you have experienced any of these symptoms:

- Loss of sleep by trying to get a perfect score on a quiz

- Overheating of your computer due to an excess of time spent on it

- Lack of motivation to do anything social, as it may cut in to your sporcle time

- Loss of color to the skin due to lack of time outside

If you or a loved one is experiencing any of these symptoms, please go to sporcle.com now to satisfy your needs.

Billy: Hey LeShawn, come to my party this weekend. There's gonna be a ton of hot babes there!

LeShawn: Party? Weekend? NO!! That means I'm not at my computer, and not trying to get all of the top 100 movie characters of all time on Sporcle! <Crawls back into basement>

Billy: Damn, he's got some major sporcle-itis.

Sporcle-itis by Sporcle-addict July 6, 2009