It seems like this is less about improving your memory than it is about showing off your awesome memory of history. While it might be that you'd learn some new

It seems like this is less about improving your memory than it is about showing off your awesome memory of history. While it might be that you'd learn some new things from your adversary as mentioned, the game would only be fun with people who know enough history to participate fully. "The accidental mention of Waterloo will turn loose an inundation of French history" might have been true in Twain's world but today, I'm not so sure.