Questions and answers
What is Childhood Score?
Childhood Score is a list of 50 memories of growing up in Bangladesh in the 1990s and 2000s. Tick the ones you really did and you get your own score and a card to share.
How is the Childhood Score counted?
Your score is the number of memories you tick, out of 50. The percentage also gives you a title: under 22% is 'Digital Child', from 22% 'Half Nostalgic', from 52% 'A Real Childhood', from 76% 'Antenna-Turning Legend', and from 92% 'Walking Museum'.
How does it decide between '90s kid' and '2000s kid'?
It compares the share of 90s-only memories you ticked with the share of 2000s-only ones. If the two are less than 15 percentage points apart, you're a 'Witness to two eras'.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no account, login or phone number. Your ticks stay in your phone's browser.
Are my ticks sent anywhere?
When you open your result, only which memories were ticked is sent, with no name or identity, so we can show what percentage of people did each one. The name on your card is never sent.
What did children play in the 1990s?
Outdoors: gollachhut, dariyabandha, kanamachi, danguli, bouchi and satchara; in hand, spinning tops, marbles and kites; at home, Ludo. In towns there was 'Mostafa' at the video-game shop, and cartridge games plugged into the TV.
What did people watch on BTV in the 1990s?
The Friday-afternoon Bangla film, 'Alif Laila', the 'Meena' cartoon and 'Ittadi' were fixtures in many homes.
What did people do during power cuts back then?
Studying by hurricane lamp, fanning yourself with a hand fan, and sitting on the roof at night telling stories and counting stars.
What is kotkoti?
Kotkoti is a hard, crunchy sweet made with molasses or sugar, which hawkers handed out in exchange for old bottles, tins and broken things.
Which game is 'Mostafa'?
Capcom's 1993 arcade game Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. In Bangladesh it's known as 'Mostafa', after one of its characters.
What is the Hijibiji game?
Hijibiji is a draw-and-guess game: one player picks a word and draws it, the others guess what it is, and the faster you get it the more points you earn. In adda mode 2 to 12 people play on one phone, with no internet; online, open a room and send the link, and 2 to 30 people play from their own phones with no login. There are 300 words, only things, food, games and places: the spinning top, the hurricane lamp, kotkoti, danguli. Drawings are never saved anywhere.
What's in the 90s museum?
Twelve old things as moving drawings, and 'Our album': photos of things, food and places from everyone's childhood, each with its story.
How do I challenge younger people?
Tap 'Challenge the younger ones' on your result page. The link carries only your name; they answer ten pictures and get a score at the end.
How do I compare with a friend?
Tap 'Challenge a friend' on your result page to make a link. When your friend ticks through it, you'll see how much you match.
What if a memory is missing?
Send it through 'Did we miss a memory?'. We read every one; the picks go into the weekly vote, and the most-voted make the next list.
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