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The Battles of Horatio Lord Nelson
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Everyone knows something about Britain's greatest naval hero. How much do you know about the battles he took part in?
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Napoleonic Wars
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Average
10 Q
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LillianRock
Dec 20 09
501 plays
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Let's Ask Some Uncomfortable Questions
Team quiz by Atheist Quizzers
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After thousands of years of being exiled, ostracized, insulted, derided, tortured and executed in the nastiest ways, atheists are speaking out. This quiz is brought to you by The Atheist Quizzers and asks some questions about both atheism and religion.
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Atheism and Agnosticism
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Average
10 Q
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LillianRock
Apr 07 10
2247 plays
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Components of a Square Rigged Sailing Ship
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Shiver me timbers you gang of lubbers. This quiz will sort the landsmen from the true salty sea dogs. Clap on to this quiz and try not to be taken aback, fall into irons or go on your beam ends.
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Maritime
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Tough
10 Q
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LillianRock
Mar 25 10
180 plays
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Thieves, Liars and Hypocrites
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It may come as a surprise but not everyone is honest. This quiz looks at some egregious rogues from history.
The quiz is a response from a challenge by reeshy
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Other People
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Average
10 Q
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LillianRock
Apr 21 10
648 plays
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Are You Sure? Misconceptions and Fallacies!
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It's amazing how many things that we take for granted are actually false. This quiz looks at some and hopefully provides some corrections. Be careful--not all of the answers are misconceptions.
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Mixed 10 Q. Difficult [A]
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Difficult
10 Q
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LillianRock
May 17 10
1314 plays
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Incoherent Ramblings
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Quotations from everywhere but music. Who said it? Who did they say it about? What were they thinking?
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Quotes
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Average
10 Q
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LillianRock
Jan 12 10
840 plays
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Where did that come from?
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In everyday life, we use a lot of common words and phrases. While many are nautical in origin, others come from elsewhere. Here are some from all over the place. Some of them are even interesting. I hope you think so.
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Idioms and Proverbs
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Tough
10 Q
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LillianRock
Jan 30 10
777 plays
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Guitar Bits and Pieces
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We've all heard them and most of us love them. But what about the bits that go into making an electric guitar?
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Guitar
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Tough
10 Q
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LillianRock
Feb 13 10
342 plays
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How Fast?
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Modern life is fast. We measure a lot of things by how fast they go. This quiz asks about the speed of all sorts of things. Some of the questions are even sensible.
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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LillianRock
Jan 18 10
330 plays
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I'll Have A Serving of Scrambled Losers
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History records a myriad of losers who have suffered through stupidity, cupidity or or just plain bad luck. Let's have a look at some of these unfortunates.
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Other People
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Difficult
10 Q
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LillianRock
May 23 10
375 plays
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How Big?
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In a previous quiz I asked "How fast?". This one is similar, but it asks "How big?".
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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LillianRock
Jan 27 10
228 plays
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Cryptic Songs
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Find the famous songs encrypted in the clues. None of them are obscure in themselves.
The clues are standard cryptic clues in two parts. One part is the cryptic description of the song and the other part points to the artist.
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Cryptic Music
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Difficult
10 Q
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LillianRock
Feb 18 10
270 plays
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