What are these lists called?

April 16, 2011 12:11 AM

Is there a specific name for the McSweeneys-type quizzes / lists where the reader is asked to identify which category an item belongs in?

I'm referring to lists like this:

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/23grant.html
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/21meyer.html
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/10king.html

Is there a specific name for this type of game / quiz / list?

posted by LSK to Grab Bag (4 answers total)

Boringly, I think it's a "matching question," in which you are asked to match-up terms A1-A10 with category B1 or B2. (e.g.)
posted by mumkin at 12:49 AM on April 16, 2011

Nothing will ever beat the Brunching Shuttlecock's "Porn Star or My Little Pony?". I can't actually find a link to it (brunching.com appears to be undergoing renovations), but I recall doing rather less well than random chance would declare possible.

I think on "Brunching" they were called "This or That".
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:48 AM on April 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

In the game You Don't Know Jack, these are called "Dis or Dat"s
posted by milestogo at 2:11 PM on April 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

It's Never Lurgi, lore will know if the Brunching Shuttlecocks' stuff is still on the internets somewhere.
posted by illenion at 10:38 PM on April 16, 2011