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Stepsisters for Lorna
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This quiz is about the second book which Elinor M. Brent-Dyer wrote about Lorna.
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Brent-Dyer, Elinor
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Tough
15 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 13 07
129 plays
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Chalet School Summer Holidays
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The holidays don't often feature in school stories, but there are some accounts of events which do take place outside term. This quiz is all about things which happened in the summer holidays. Based on the books by Elinor Brent-Dyer.
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Brent-Dyer, Elinor
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Difficult
15 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 15 09
66 plays
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Alphabet of Musical Oddities
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Composers, conductors, instruments or musical instructions from A to Z. Can you find the odd one out in these sets? Nearly all of them are taken from the world of classical music.
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Classical Music
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Average
25 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 14 09
333 plays
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What's the Time?
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All the clues will lead to a different length of time. How long will it take you to work them out?
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Cryptics
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Difficult
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 18 09
201 plays
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In Other Words - UK Radio part 1
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Radio programmes, like quizzes, usually have short snappy titles. Can you identify the BBC radio programmes, past and present, trying to escape from the more long-winded versions below?
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British Radio
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 22 09
168 plays
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What day is it?
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The cryptic clues should lead you to ten different days. Obviously they aren't all days of the week!
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Cryptics
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 19 09
582 plays
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Easter at the Chalet School
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The holidays don't often feature in school stories, but there are some events which do take place just before or after the end of term. This quiz is all about things which happened around Easter.
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Brent-Dyer, Elinor
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Average
15 Q
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Lottie1001
May 14 08
237 plays
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The "La Rochelle" Books
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Elinor M. Brent-Dyer is best known for her "Chalet School" series. This quiz is about another shorter set of stories by her.
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Brent-Dyer, Elinor
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Sep 25 07
162 plays
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Elephants Everywhere
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For my twentieth quiz, I have taken my favourite animal through all the twenty regions of Quizzyland. I hope you have as much fun answering the questions as I have had asking them.
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Thematic 20 Questions
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Tough
20 Q
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Lottie1001
Aug 28 08
624 plays
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Lorna at Wynyards
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This quiz is about the first of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's books about Lorna.
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Brent-Dyer, Elinor
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Average
15 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 12 07
138 plays
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European Rivers - From Source to Mouth
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Can you identify the European rivers from the clues given?
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Europe - Rivers and Lakes
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 01 07
1335 plays
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Elementary Girls' Names
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Use the symbols of the chemical elements to identify the girls' names. E.G. Question - Ruthenium, Thorium. Answer - Ruth (Ru is the symbol for Ruthenium and Th is the symbol for Thorium.) Don’t put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!
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Mixed Elements
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Easy
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Jun 04 08
1383 plays
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Can You Sing a Rainbow?
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This quiz looks at songs with colourful titles.
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Color Songs
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Sep 03 08
1149 plays
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A British Christmas Feast
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In the word of the old rhyme "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat". Not many people eat goose now. What does make a traditional British Christmas dinner in the 21st century?
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British Foods
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Easy
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Dec 21 08
1620 plays
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13 September
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For a friend's sixtieth birthday I found sixty events which had happened on his birthday through the ages. This quiz is about a few of them.
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July August September
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Aug 14 08
387 plays
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England v New Zealand: May-June 2008
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England and New Zealand played two test series in 2008. This quiz is about the second one - the series England played at home.
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Test Cricket Challenge
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Difficult
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Jun 08 08
183 plays
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London Mainline Railway Stations - part 1
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Ten friends are travelling by train to meet up at Piccadilly Circus in London, unfortunately they won't all come into the same mainline station. Can you work out where each person will arrive before she catches her underground train.
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U.K. Railways
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 17 07
396 plays
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"Ultimate" Arithmetic
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This quiz involves some arithmetic, bases and Roman numerals. Be warned - although it starts easily, it gets harder as it goes on.
All the answers should appear as numerals, unless otherwise specified.
There is a twist to it - see if you can spot it.
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Mixed Math
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Tough
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Dec 09 07
768 plays
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London Mainline Railway Stations - part 2
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The ten friends want some time out from London, and decide to go to the seaside. They don't want a complicated journey, and so won't change trains anywhere. Where could they go?
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U.K. Railways
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 18 07
408 plays
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Olympic Hosts Revisited
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This quiz is about places which have held the games more than once. Good luck!
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Olympics History
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Average
10 Q
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Lottie1001
May 07 08
609 plays
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Who Went to Which School?
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I will give you the names of three or four pupils and one or two members of staff - you have to identify the school to which they belong.
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Kid Lit General
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Lottie1001
May 07 08
354 plays
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Deities to Decipher
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Can you solve the cryptic clues to identify the gods and goddesses from around the world?
Remember - spelling matters.
Good luck!
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Cryptics
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Tough
15 Q
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Lottie1001
May 12 08
240 plays
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Identify the Country Dance
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One of my favourite activities is country dancing - mainly English and American. Can you identify the dances from the instructions given?
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Dance
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Difficult
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 03 07
192 plays
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Cryptic Capitals - 2
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Solve the cryptic clues to identify some more European capital cities. English spellings are used throughout the quiz. Good luck!
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Cryptics
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Very Difficult
20 Q
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Lottie1001
Aug 27 08
240 plays
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Around the Achensee
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The Achensee is one of the loveliest lakes in the Austrian Tirol. If you get the chance, it's well worth a visit. This quiz should give you some tips on what to see and how to get around when you go.
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Austria
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Difficult
10 Q
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Lottie1001
Aug 25 08
174 plays
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Oxford and Cambridge Colleges
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The universities of Oxford & Cambridge are each composed of over thirty colleges. Sometimes there are colleges of the same name at both places. Spellings and apostrophes make a difference. Common names are used. Watch out for fictional red herrings!
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UK Universities
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Tough
25 Q
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Lottie1001
Oct 08 07
297 plays
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Cryptic Capitals - 1
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Solve the cryptic clues to identify the European capital cities. English spellings are used throughout the quiz. Good luck!
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Cryptics
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Very Difficult
20 Q
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Lottie1001
Aug 25 08
429 plays
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