I’ve complained in the past about the lack of educational games choices for adults.  It seemed to me that once you pass 5 years old that your educational game choices disappear.  However after digging around a little bit it turns out there are some pretty decent choices out there (in addition to Q Racer of course).  Without further ado we present to you 15 iPhone games for adults who don’t mind learning a thing or two.

1. Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader 2010

What you learn:

General trivia knowledge

Description:

“Based on the hit show, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?™ 2010 features all the charm, humor and deceptively difficult questions that make the television show a household name. In the game, players are asked a series of up to eleven questions ranging from subjects like U.S. history, math or social studies. Perform well, and you can work you way to the $1 million question. Choke and you’ll be forced to utter the unenviable phrase “I am not smarter than a 5th grader.”

2. iTextSpeed

What you learn:

How to type faster on an iPhone/iPod Touch

Developer’s Description:

Used by the fastest iPhone texters in the world to practice and measure speed. It helps you improve your texting speed, and lets you share your results with friends. This can be played in 15, 30, 60, and 120 second games, and can be played in both Portrait and Landscape orientations.

3. Sporcle

What you learn:

General trivia knowledge

Developer’s Description:

Sporcle is the fun and challenging way to strain your brain, study for that final, or learn just about anything. Choose from hundreds of quizzes in sports, geography, music, science and more. There will be more games and more features coming in subsequent updates!

4. The Oregon Trail

What you learn:

Strategy/life skills, how to survie a long journey

Developer’s Description:

Westward, Ho! Your favorite pioneering adventure game is back and takes you to an exciting, historical side-scrolling adventure entirely rethought to fit the Touch experience of your iPhone / iPod touch.

5. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 2010

What you learn:

General trivia knowledge

Developer’s Description:

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2010 challenges players to correctly answer 15 questions of increasing difficulty with the help of four lifelines – Ask the Audience, Phone a Friend, Double Dip and Ask the Expert. Just like on TV, players must answer before the game clock runs out, and any time remaining on the clock is banked for the million-dollar question.

6. Lemonade Stand

What you learn:

How to run a successful business

Developer’s Description:

Lemonade Stand is a simple tycoon style game. You are in charge of running your own stand where you juggle pricing, recipe, advertising, and amount of lemonade to make each day. You have 30 days to see how much money you can make, but keep an eye on the weather forecast – a thunderstorm blowing in could ruin an entire day but a heat wave could send your sales soaring!

7. Jeopardy

What you learn:

Genearl trivia knowledge and the secret to Alex Trebek’s long life (just kidding)

Developer’s Description:

This…is…JEOPARDY! One of the most successful mobile games in history is now officially available and optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch! Experience the fast-paced fun of the television show by answering clues, wagering on daily doubles or risking it all in Final Jeopardy!

8. Braineous: Challenge Your Brain

What you learn:

Increasing math and mental processing skills

Developer’s Description:

You are a contestant on a game show. Can you assemble puzzles, solve math problems under pressure? Braineous includes 10 games to stimulate your neurons, but the challenge doesn’t stop there. Think you’re good? Submit your score to the Try This Game Network and compare yourself with the rest of the world to find out how smart you REALLY are.

9. TextTwist 2

What you learn:

Spelling and improving your verbal skills

Developer’s Description:

Shuffle the letters and form words in this fun game for the entire family. Try your skills in five challenging game modes. Play the original Timed and Untimed modes or take it to the next level with three other exciting modes: Letter Mania, Lightning, and Daily Word.

10. QRANK

What you learn:

General trivia knowledge

Developer’s Description:

The goal of QRANK is to choose 15 of the 20 possible questions and answer them quickly and accurately to beat your friends and earn achievements. There are seven question categories, as well as hidden bonuses, so choose your tiles carefully. Use the power-ups to help you pick wisely.

11. Sorter

What you learn:

Color management and general reflex skills

Developer’s Description:

Get ready to sort! Test your reflexes by sorting robotic time bombs into matching color bins. The more you sort the faster it gets. Sort the ticking bombs before time runs out. Compete against sorters all over the world for high scores. Test your skills in this incredibly addictive, fast-paced, arcade-action game.

12. Quaso

What you learn:

Math skills

Developer’s Description:

Quaso is the new mathematical puzzle game by John Enock, brought to the iPhone by Adduce Studios. It is similar to a crossword but with numbers. Unlike other puzzles, it is not computer generated. Each game is individually crafted by John.

13. Wiki Hunt

What you learn:

General trivia knowledge

Developer’s Description:

Have you ever played the Wikipedia game? If not, it’s simple: go to Wikipedia. Decided what article you want to find. Then push “Random Article.” Then, use as few clicks as possible to get to the target article. Usually, in real life this is a “race” against friends who are watching over your shoulder. The Wiki Hunt app, however, takes this game and turns it into a solo contest to get from Point A to Point B in six clicks or less.

14. Blokus

What you learn:

Strategy and spacial reasoning

Developer’s Description:

The new award-winning hit board game arrives on the App Store! Play with your friends in local or online Multiplayer mode in one of the 4 game variations! Rules are simple! The winning strategy: Block your opponents so they cannot add any more blocks on the board! Blokus™ is a strategy game that will captivate you and get into your mind.

Bookworm

What you learn:

Spelling and improving your verbal skills

Developer’s Description:

Have an appetite for words? Then join Lex the Bookworm in the hit word-puzzle game created by PopCap, makers of the best casual games this side of Jupiter! Link letter tiles left, right, up and down to build words to keep Lex sated and smiling. The bigger the word, the better the bonus. But watch out for burning letters — they could spell disaster for you and Lex!