iPod and iTunes Hacks

Turn iTunes into a Trivia Player

Turn your Mac into a single- or two-player music trivia machine for a more active listening experience.

If you’re fond of not only listening to your music but also knowing facts about the artist and album, a large iTunes music library is a veritable treasure trove of music trivia.

Name that iTune! (http://homepage.mac.com/jonn8/as; donationware) plays random songs from your iTunes library and prompts you with questions. All the questions are multiple choice; to answer, just click the correct button. If you get it right, Name that iTune! proceeds to the next question. If you get it wrong, you still have a chance to select any of the remaining answers, as shown in Figure 4-58.

Figure 4-58. A Name that iTune! game in process

When you launch Name that iTune!, you are greeted with the settings window shown in Figure 4-59.

Here’s a quick run-down on the settings:

Time Per Question

Specify how long a player has to answer the question (20, 40, or 60 seconds).

Use Playlist

Select the iTunes playlist you want Name that iTune! to use. You can use the playlist features to set up trivia-specific playlists. Got some buddies over from high school? Set up an “80s” playlist. Want to test your kids’ abilities to tell the difference between a Bob the Builder track and a Sesame ...