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TODAY’S BLACK MARBLE
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A DAILY EXPERIENCE DESIGNED TO END
Keep your marbles.
Lose the scroll.
The Daily Ten: ten timed questions, ten category marbles, and one Black Marble. Everyone receives the same official challenge for the calendar day.
PICK TODAY’S FREE MARBLE
Ten recognizable marbles. One complete question is free.
Each category keeps its own marble color. Once a day, the category containing the hardest question turns into the Black Marble.
Same set for everyone
No easy, medium or hard switch. Daily Marbles fixes the questions and clocks for the date so the score means the same thing.
The Black Marble
One category holds the hardest question each day. The Black Marble changes categories, but every player faces the same one.
Morning personalization
ZIP code supplies local weather and location time. Birthday supplies the horoscope and a broad age range—without changing the official questions.
THE SAYING BEHIND THE NAME
“Lose your marbles”
An informal, humorous expression for losing clear judgment, composure or the ability to think clearly.
WHY DAILY MARBLES?
Keep the good stuff. Lose the scroll.
The precise origin of the saying is not completely settled. Figurative uses appeared in American English around the turn of the twentieth century, and one plausible explanation connects the phrase to the children’s game—where marbles were prized pieces that could be won or lost.
Daily Marbles flips the expression into a positive ritual: collect a little knowledge each day, keep your mind engaged, and close the screen before an endless feed takes over.
Language sources: Merriam-Webster definition · historical discussion. The exact etymology remains uncertain.
CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS
See who has the marbles to keep theirs.
Invite a friend to try one free Marble. When a genuinely new friend joins through your invitation, you receive two Marble Shields immediately. Each Shield can protect one eligible missed day without creating a completed Daily Ten or improving Earn-Back accuracy.
Up to six rewarded referrals per membership year. Every invitation discloses that the member may receive Shields.
MEMBER CHALLENGE
Your challenge link appears after you become a member.
Play free now, or unlock the Founding Year Pass to challenge friends and earn two Shields for each qualified paid referral.
THE FOUNDING EARN-BACK
Use it. Improve with it. Earn it back.
Qualifying days require completion of all ten official questions. Speed never affects reimbursement eligibility.
DAY 50
$5 backComplete 50 Daily Tens and answer at least 400 of the first 500 questions correctly.
DAY 100
$4.99 backComplete 100 Daily Tens and answer at least 800 of the first 1,000 questions correctly.
Milestone Shields are earned at 25, 50, 75 and 100 qualifying days. Referral Shields are earned two at a time after a qualifying paid referral. Shields preserve continuity only; they never add a play day, score or correct answer.