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Literary Allusions in Literary Titles
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Sometimes an author thinks up the title for a literary work "from scratch." Other times, a phrase from another's work of literature may be adopted and/or adapted to provide just the right title. Can you identify the sources of the titles in this quiz?
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Literary Titles
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Tough
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jun 13 09
2100 plays
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Names for "The Dark One"
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The Devil is known by various names in scripture and literature. You may "give the Devil his due" but can you also give him his name in this quiz?
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Religious Literature
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Feb 19 11
2592 plays
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Ancient Mythology in Modern Titles
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References to people, places and things in classical mythology appear in the titles of books, plays and films which are not themselves about mythology. How many of these can you identify?
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Aug 26 10
972 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part V
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There is no end to culinary quizzes because there is no end to interesting things to have and use and eat and do in the kitchen. Test your knowledge of a bit of the language of cooking.
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jun 22 10
2778 plays
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Cooking Terms
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Even when speaking English, chefs use a language peculiar to the kitchen. How many of these cooking terms do you know well?
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Food & Drink
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jan 24 07
16473 plays
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The Feast of the Epiphany
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The visitation of the Wise Men (Magi) to Bethlehem gave rise to a Christian feast day from which numerous traditions arose. This quiz tests your knowledge of both the biblical event and the art, music, food and elaborations which followed.
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Christian Holidays and Feasts
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Tough
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jan 19 07
3543 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part II
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Every activity has its own special language to describe things and processes. Cooking is no exception. How many of these cooking terms do you know well?
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Apr 05 07
8811 plays
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Maundy Thursday
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The Thursday in Holy Week is widely known as Maundy Thursday. There are numerous ceremonies and traditions which have grown up around this important feast day in the church year. How familiar are they to you?
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Christian Holidays and Feasts
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Tough
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Apr 04 07
2844 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part XIV
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Are you ready for yet another test of your knowledge of the specialized language of the kitchen?
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Mar 11 12
639 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part VII
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One of the great joys of cooking is that a lifetime is not long enough to learn all there is to know about it. Use this quiz to chart your progress in learning the culinary language.
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jul 12 10
1617 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part III
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The words used in kitchens can be puzzling to neophytes but are both precise and economical in the mouths of accomplished cooks. How many of these cooking terms do you know well?
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Cooking and Baking
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Tough
10 Q
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FatherSteve
May 22 09
3096 plays
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Bodies of Water Held at Bay
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A bay is a body of water (salt or fresh) which is partly enclosed by surrounding land. Bays afford protected places for ships to anchor; many important coastal cities are located on bays for this reason. How many of these famous bays can you identify?
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Bodies of Water
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
May 04 11
591 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part XII
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Cooks speak a language which can seem impenetrable to normal people. They often adopt words from languages other than English into the language of the kitchen. With how many of these culinary and gastronomic terms are you familiar?
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Cooking and Baking
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Tough
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Nov 17 10
1218 plays
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Rabbits that Never Really Were
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Rabbits figure in all manner of fictional works: novels, plays, short stories, movies, television, and song lyrics. Test your knowledge of fictional rabbits by taking this quiz.
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Rabbits in Entertainment
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Average
15 Q
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FatherSteve
Apr 17 07
2409 plays
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Ships that Never Really Were
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"They that go down to the sea in ships" have figured in literature since before the Psalms of David were written. Test your knowledge of fictional ships with this quiz.
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Thematic 15 Questions
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Tough
15 Q
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FatherSteve
Aug 26 07
1305 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part IV
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This is the fourth in a series of quizzes which explore your knowledge of the peculiar language of the kitchen. Bon appétit et bonne chance.
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jun 13 10
1158 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part VIII
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Test your knowledge of the specialized vocabulary used in home and professional kitchens.
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Cooking and Baking
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Tough
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jul 27 10
1176 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part VI
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Culinary language skills are important to reading and writing recipes, reading and writing cookbooks and bragging to your colleagues about your gastronomic creations. Here's a quiz to test your knowledge of the specialized language of the kitchen.
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jul 03 10
1485 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part XIII
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How well have you mastered the curious and global terminology used in the kitchen? Here is yet another opportunity to test your knowledge of things culinary.
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jun 04 11
888 plays
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Ascension Day
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The Feast of the Ascension is one of the great feasts of the Christian Year. It celebrates the bodily ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It has been kept on a Thursday, the fortieth day after Easter, since at least the 5th Century and perhaps earlier.
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Christian Holidays and Feasts
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Difficult
10 Q
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FatherSteve
May 11 09
699 plays
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Ghosts Who Never Really Were
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The possibility of the persistence of life beyond death both fascinates and repels. How much do you know about these fictional ghosts, apparitions, poltergeists and phantasms?
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Ghosts and Spirits in Entertainment
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
May 30 12
450 plays
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Eat (and Drink) Your Words
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How many of these eponymous dishes and drinks can you recognize?
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Eponyms (Words from Names)
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Average
15 Q
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FatherSteve
Aug 09 10
573 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part X
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Do you wish that every cookbook included a glossary? Are some cooking terms so obscure that you keep a culinary dictionary in your kitchen? Can you identify these cooking terms (as well as you did in my last nine quizzes on the same subject)?
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Sep 07 10
753 plays
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Cooking Terms, Part XI
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Ready for yet another adventure into the verbiage of gastronomy and cuisine? See how many of these culinary terms you can identify.
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Cooking and Baking
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Oct 20 10
990 plays
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Cats that Never Really Were
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Cats figure in all manner of fictional works: novels, plays, short stories, movies, television, paintings, and song lyrics. Test your knowledge of fictional cats by taking this quiz.
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Thematic 15 Questions
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Tough
15 Q
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FatherSteve
Jan 28 07
1185 plays
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Donald J. Sobol's "Encyclopedia Brown"
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Nobody got away with a crime in his home town because Encyclopedia Brown was the master detective behind the city's police force. How much do you know about Encyclopedia Brown?
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S Authors
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Jul 25 10
123 plays
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Epicurean Periodicals
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Magazines about food and drink should be especially popular because everybody eats. How many of these U.S. periodicals, devoted wholly or in part to cooking and cuisine, can you identify?
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Newspapers & Magazines
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Sep 08 10
141 plays
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The Blind Men and the Elephant
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"It was six men of Hindustan, to learning much inclined, who went to see the Elephant (though all of them were blind), that each by observation might satisfy his mind." How much do you know about John Godfrey Saxe's poem?
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Apr 06 11
114 plays
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Cinema Set in Hawaii
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The Hawaiian Islands are among the most beautiful places on earth. Films set in Hawaii benefit from a natural backdrop of stunning views in almost every place. How many of these movies set in Hawaii can you identify?
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Common Locations
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Easy
10 Q
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FatherSteve
Sep 01 10
429 plays
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At Last a Quiz About Atlas
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Nearly everybody knows that an atlas is a book or electronic repository in which maps are collected. But what else does the word "atlas" mean?
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Thematic By Name
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Average
10 Q
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FatherSteve
May 31 11
270 plays
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