Knox College Prof Develops 'Brain Snort' Quiz Game

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published June 5, 2017 at 8:01 AM CDT

The goal of a new online game is to "make learning fun." Brain Snort is the brain child of two men at Knox College in Galesburg, and was officially released in May.

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A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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