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What years does QuizSpark cover?
Every quiz sits inside the 1990 to 2009 window. That covers the back half of Saturday morning cartoons, the TGIF sitcom run, the boy band and TRL years, the N64 and PlayStation era, dial-up and early broadband, and the stretch that ends right around the first iPhone. If a show, song, toy, or snack peaked outside that range, it does not get a quiz here.
How are the quizzes scored?
Each quiz is multiple choice with one correct answer per question. You pick an answer for every question, submit at the bottom, and the results page shows your score, the correct answers, and a short note explaining the answer where one is available. Scoring happens instantly in your browser via JavaScript when you submit — there's no server round trip. There is no timer and no penalty for guessing.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. There is no account, no email wall, and no app. Open a quiz, answer the questions, and read your score. The pages themselves are server-rendered, but taking a quiz needs JavaScript turned on — that's what scores your answers live in the browser.
Where do the questions come from?
Two places. The larger share is a hand-curated pool written specifically for the 1990 to 2009 era. The rest is pulled from the Open Trivia Database, an open community trivia project, for the four matching categories: Film, Music, Television, and Cartoons. The exact split is published on the How we build quizzes page, and it updates whenever the catalog is rebuilt.
How often are quizzes added or updated?
The catalog is rebuilt as a batch rather than edited one quiz at a time. When that happens, the question pool is refreshed, duplicates are removed, and the "Last updated" date on every quiz changes to match. You can always see the current build date in the footer of a quiz page and on the How we build quizzes page.
I found a question with a wrong answer. What do I do?
Tell us which quiz it was, the question number, and what you believe the correct answer is. We would rather fix a bad question than leave it live. Trivia answers can drift over time as facts get reclassified, so specific corrections with a source are the most useful thing you can send.
Are these personality quizzes?
No. There are no "which character are you" results here. Every question has a factual right answer. The point is recall, not a horoscope. If you want to know which Tanner sibling matches your star sign, this is the wrong website.
Can I play on my phone?
Yes. The layout is mobile first and the pages are light, so quizzes load quickly on a phone or tablet. Radio buttons are sized for touch, and the results page reflows to a single column on small screens.
Is QuizSpark free?
Yes, every quiz is free to play with no paywall and no limit on how many you take. If advertising runs on the site in the future it will be clearly separated from the trivia, and it will never gate your score.
Do you store my answers?
No, not on our end. Your answers never leave your browser — scoring happens client-side in JavaScript, and nothing is transmitted to our server or written to a database. If you use the My Scores page, your results are saved locally in your own browser's storage so you can track your history; that data stays on your device. The Privacy page has the full detail.
What is the My Scores page?
It's a free history tracker built into your browser, no signup involved. Every time you finish a quiz, your score is saved to your browser's local storage. Visit My Scores anytime to see every quiz you've taken, your best category, and your overall average — and to clear that history if you want a fresh start. Nothing is sent to our server; it's just your browser remembering for you.
Can I suggest a quiz topic?
Please do. The more specific the better. Hyper-narrow themes like one network's Saturday lineup, a single year of a music countdown, or a category of discontinued snacks tend to make the best quizzes. Send the topic and a few sample questions through the Contact page.
Still have a question?
If your question is not answered above, the contact page explains how to reach us. For how questions are sourced and assembled, see how we build quizzes.