21 Trivia Competition

21 is the name of the game - and it's also the subject of 21 questions you have to answer to win the 21 Trivia Competition. This quiz contest gives players a chance to win $21,000.

I happen to know a bit of 21 trivia myself, but the truth is, you really don't have to know much to make it through the 21 questions. Just be prepared to spend some time surfing the Internet for the right answers. For example, who was the 21st president of the United States? Most people have no clue how to answer that one, but a quick Google search of "United States presidents" will reveal the answer.

On the other hand, some of the questions are downright easy, like the first question - In arithmetic, what does 3 times 7 equal? Or, what card game is also known as "21"?

The bottom line - if you like trivia, give the 21 Trivia Competition a try. It's an easy and fun way to get a chance at winning some cash. If your name is picked, you'll walk away with $21,000!

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Determine Speed Carefully With Monsta Truk

Test Your Toughness With Monsta Truk

Apparently, the reason the name of the game is so horribly misspelled (I used to be fantastic at spelling in school so was quite horrified when I saw this which I obviously noticed straight away) is because the game is so tough. The producers thus figured it had to be reflected in a horribly misspelled title, like what would happen with tough men you want to avoid on a dark night. Players get to choose which color truck they want to be in charge of (blue, purple, yellow or red) and with the arrow keys, they have to move it through all the levels of the game (there are 20 in all). Of course, the faster one gets through the level, the more points they will accrue but this takes time to master.

Don't Get Too Complacent With Monsta Truk

When I first started moving my red truck around, I figured it would be pretty easy. I kept pressing the up arrow key so that I would go faster, not realizing (at least initially) that there would be so many obstacles like gaps in the road. Clearly I was driving too fast; I realized pretty soon (when I got knocked out of the game on the first level, the first few times) that I would have to drive more responsibly if I wanted to succeed at all in the game. I had to focus not just on speed, but on not crashing as well! I guess that is in a sense, a lesson for life. If you want to do well in life you must focus on speed AND caution.

Don't Go Too Slow Either

But then I tried a different tack. I tried going real slow. But that didn't work either. Because what happened then was that by being so extra cautious, I panicked at the first hurdle (a dip in the road) and went under and crashed that way too! Clearly I realized, if I wanted to do at all well in Monsta Truk, I was going to have to practice. Practice would make perfect, or at least, would improve things for me. And that is another important lesson in life. I am still working on what to do when I get to the big dip in the game, but there again, I feel like I am still working on trying to figure out what to do with the big dip in life too!

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