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Area 101
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Some folks collect stamps, some collect postmarks – I collect postcodes. Find yourself a large envelope, hop in, seal the flap, and I’ll ship you post-haste to somewhere in Europe with a postcode containing the digits 101...
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Geography - Miscellany
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Jul 30 09
507 plays
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Yahzaa! It's the Amazing Adrenalini Brothers!
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Who are the Amazing Adrenalini Brothers? Where do they come from and what do they do? For answers to these and many more death-defying questions... take this quiz!
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TV for Kids A-C
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
May 17 08
96 plays
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The Secret Show
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A secret show, about secret people, doing secret things. This time slot is needed urgently! So let's enter the world of agents, and run "The Secret Show"!
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TV for Kids S-Z
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Apr 17 08
222 plays
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Pick of the Popes - Part I
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Greetings, Pope-pickers! This isn't a Pop Quiz - it's a Pope Quiz, so let's ponder a panorama of past Pontiffs. Dates in parentheses after Papal names refer to years of Papacy, not birth and death.
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Popes
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Jun 22 08
414 plays
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A Nose for the Liberal Arts
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In honour of the UK charity event "Red Nose Day", and in celebration of the nose everywhere - here's a bouquet hand picked for your delight from the fields of the traditional Liberal Arts. If the answers escape you, just follow your nose!
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Varied Liberal Arts
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Mar 13 09
903 plays
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A Brush With Nature: Artists In The Rose Garden
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Roses are often named after people, famous or otherwise. Here's a bouquet of artists you can sample without getting covered in paint or pollen. Who's in your rose bed? Take a look!
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Homes & Gardens
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Aug 07 09
234 plays
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Paint It Black!
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A rolling stone may gather no moss, but you could roll through this quiz to gather some information about the darkest of tones. Come with me now as my nephew and I redecorate...
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Colors
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 25 07
4908 plays
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It's the Olympic Games!
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Let's put on our running shoes and get our brains into training - the Olympic Games provide an ideal opportunity to go all-out for a quizzy medal!
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Sports for Kids
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Easy
10 Q
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highfells
Jun 20 08
2241 plays
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Blue Notes from Around the World
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It started as an ordinary day, but then the "blues" took over. Search no further for a light-hearted look at this fascinating colour!
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Colors
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Difficult
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 13 07
2391 plays
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We're Going To Hang Out The Washing
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Welcome to Mrs. Purcell’s Musical Laundry! We’ve got the celebrity wash today – can you guess whose clothes are on the washing line? The answers are blowing in the wind!
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Clothing in Songs
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Aug 10 09
408 plays
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Help! My Head Has Fallen Off!
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One tropical morning Edmund Questor has to act fast to prevent disaster: help him out by finding alternatives to the words in capitals. The first alternative always begins with HEAD; in the second the HEAD has fallen off. Both words make up the answer.
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Something in Common
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Aug 06 09
303 plays
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Songs You Love to Hate - Volume 1
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You know them; you hate them; they go around the windmills of your mind until you want to scream. These Irritating Ditties are dedicated to our UK listeners - but the questions are not what you might think. Tune in at your peril - you have been warned!
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Thematic 10Q Tough
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Feb 19 08
720 plays
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Fruit Flies Like a Banana
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The humble fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a fascinating little creature beloved by students of genetics and hated by wine drinkers. See what you know - not all of these questions need specialised knowledge!
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Insects
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Nov 25 07
708 plays
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Out of Africa (Not the Movie)
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Movies with an African connection - however obscure. Unless stated otherwise, film titles are those used for UK release. Good luck - and may the Halliwell be with you!
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 07 07
285 plays
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A Zabaglione of Zeds
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Whether you say "zed" or "zee", here's a confection of questions for your delight. All answers begin with, or are connected with, the letter Z.
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Y - Z
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 09 08
930 plays
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The Voyage of Captain X...
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...in search of the fabled Treasure of Knowledge. Sign on as crew and take a fast ship to where "X" marks the spot. All answers either begin with, or are connected with, the letter "X".
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W - X
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 17 08
468 plays
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Find the (Pink) Lady
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After doing the weekly supermarket shop I wondered how many different types of Pink Lady I might find elsewhere. Surprise, surprise - they crop up all over the place, and not all of them are crunchy and sweet!
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 04 08
357 plays
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
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All questions refer to Christmas Eve traditions, culture or entertainment.
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Christmas
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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highfells
Jan 19 06
1395 plays
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Riddles from a Raddled Rambler
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A miscellany of rhyming riddles to stimulate your synapses; and all the product of my (r)addled (r)ambling brain!
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Riddles
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Impossible
10 Q
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highfells
Dec 11 08
4242 plays
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Weird Plots - Spot the Film
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This is an odd look at the movies... Can you guess the film from the strange, but fictional, synopsis? I hope that some of them will raise a smile (or at least a groan)!
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Name the Movie
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Nov 14 07
1500 plays
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