Slate Daily Quiz

Slate's quiz is part of the magazine's small group of daily games, next to its crossword, mini, Pears and SoundBites. A new quiz goes up every morning at 6 a.m. Eastern as a dated post, and each one sticks to a single subject named in its title: a science quiz one day, history or culture the next.

The daily quizzes are written by Ray Hamel, and their headlines usually pose one of the questions, such as which vitamin a lack of causes scurvy, or which of Henry VIII's six wives he was married to longest. You answer in the post itself and see your result at the end.

On Fridays Slate adds a news quiz on the week's events, framed as a challenge to beat one of the magazine's editors. Every quiz is free to play in the browser with ads on the page, and past ones collect on the quizzes tag page. It suits players who like a short general knowledge round with a clear theme rather than a random mix.