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.

by Mustango13 November 26, 2013

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.

by grover173 January 3, 2022