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The Death of Vegemite Worms
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The death of Vegemite worms is indeed a travesty. The mere mention of this delicious treat has awakened memories of foods from my childhood. Join me in a tribute to traditional Aussie treats that Baby Boomers hoped would last forever.
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Australian Foods
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Sep 11 05
2901 plays
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Death Becomes Him - A Night with Mort d'Adder
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Morty the Death Adder is obsessed with deathly things. This macabre peek into his dark world may shock you. Be warned. Every answer begins with the word "death".
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Words in Common
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jun 24 06
2343 plays
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Music from the Ether - The Amazing Theremin
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Is it a physics experiment - or a musical instrument? Come now! You have all heard the ghost like sounds in the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations". That's what a theremin sounds like. Learn more about this unique musical invention and its inventor.
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Electronic
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 14 04
600 plays
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Cat Call - Top Billing Please
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Cats are natural actors when they choose to be. Humans don't have this innate talent and struggle to match feline ability. Recognition of cat talent is confined to the bottom of movie credits and it's high time this was addressed.
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Animals in Movies
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 02 05
5265 plays
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Nursery Rhyme Heteronyms
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Heteronyms are words that are spelt the same but have different meanings when they are pronounced differently - like Polish and polish. Follow the nursery rhyme characters and their clues in capitals to find each heteronym.
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Homonyms and Homophones
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
May 24 09
339 plays
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The Brilliant Brill - A Building and Its Music
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If buildings could be muses - then the Brill Building would be Euterpe. You might be surprised at just how much musical brilliance this building has inspired.
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History of Music
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
May 03 09
243 plays
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A Dog's Life - The White House Observed
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Many dogs have resided at the White House. Very little has gone unnoticed or indeed un-noted. Join this canine cavalcade and see if you recognise our owners.
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President's Families
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Nov 10 04
795 plays
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The Debonair Mr Grant
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Cary Grant's body of work was prolific and he was one of the most popular male stars of his generation. He was a complex character, and by his own admission someone even he didn't really know or understand.
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Grant, Cary
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 26 06
2076 plays
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A Guilded Cage
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Another Guild quiz is about to be revealed. This time the phrase "A Guilded Cage" was the prompt. The response from our very capable members reveals a little about their individual interests and quiz writing talents.
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Thematic 10Q Tough
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Nov 12 06
993 plays
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Common Words For All
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Each question will hint at one common word with 3 different meanings. OK - a drum is a musical instrument. You can drum your fingers or keep oil in a drum. Just read the story and find the word.
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Words in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 02 04
4119 plays
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Ridiculous Rhyming Residences
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These animals have ridiculous homes that rhyme. "Mouse house" would be too obvious, so check out the clues in capitals and give some homeless creatures new shelters.
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Word Play
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Apr 16 09
849 plays
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Labour Ward Lapses - Perplexing Names
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Some mothers take things a little too far. In the first ecstatic moments of motherhood, they have bestowed these names on their unfortunate offspring. The chosen name of each child is in capital letters. You decide on the more acceptable name.
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Something in Common
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Apr 09 08
1605 plays
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The Wonderful World of Ian
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Ian is a very talented fellow who has many different jobs. See if you can work out all the things he can do. Remember every word you are looking for ends in "ian".
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Word Meanings
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Very Easy
10 Q
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Nannanut
Mar 30 08
2277 plays
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A Day in the Life of Count Blood
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The Count leads a crazy lifestyle that is ruled entirely by his obsession with blood. Follow him through his gory day and remember that every answer begins with the word 'blood'. Warning! This quiz is not for the squeamish or fainthearted.
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Words in Common
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 28 06
3999 plays
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What's the Word?
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The storylines in each question will lead you to a common word. One word with 3 different meanings. OK. Green can mean inexperienced, part of a golf course or a colour. Just read the story and find the word that is the link.
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Words in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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Nannanut
Sep 14 04
3525 plays
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Limericks and Anagrams - Famous Figures
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Some limericks now I will try -
Anagrams of the famous – I’m sly -
Check the CAPITALS out -
That’s what it’s all about -
Rhyming clues will then flow and you’ll fly.
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Something in Common
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 22 04
4095 plays
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Australia Unearthed. Notes from the Dig
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Date: 1st October 2703. Location: Australia. Notes: Continent visible-waters receded. Population: Small tribe-Kosciusko region, Large tribe-Uluru. Appear friendly. Mission: Recovery of artifacts - circa 1970-2005 AD. Attempt lifestyle reconstruction.
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Australia
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 04 04
1698 plays
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Silkworms and Argonauts: An Aussie Childhood
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My childhood was spent in country Queensland. I rode billy carts and went yabbying in the local dam. My brother had a Hornby train, I had a bride doll and I desperately wanted to be a marching girl.
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Mixed Australia
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Sep 27 05
3336 plays
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Australian Christmas
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Christmas Downunder is hot and sunny. Here is a collection of Christmas Trivia including some songs, traditions and even a little history. I hope you enjoy it.
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Mixed Australia
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Nov 19 03
5439 plays
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Owners of Famous People - A Cat's Eye View
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We cats have been responsible for many pivotal moments in history. Our "owners" have made landmark decisions, discovered incredible theories, written amazing works and fought incredible battles. Or have they?
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People's Pets
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Easy
10 Q
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Nannanut
Nov 05 04
2058 plays
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Reg Grundies and Sloppy Joes
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More Aussie craziness. Clothing has its fair share of slang words. What on earth are Reg Grundies?
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Australian Lingo
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Aug 21 04
2622 plays
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Insect Physicians - Creepy Crawly Medicine
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A small insight into the bedside manner of the Bug Doctors. Take an intriguing look at the part insects have played in the world of medicine.
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History of Science
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 07 04
1905 plays
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Australia Surveyed - Commander's Log
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Dateline: 2004. Project Ganda - survey Australia and inhabitants. Assess continent's suitability - object - colonisation. High Council (Planet Aivirt) requires representational artifacts and typical human specimen. Teams deployed
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Australia
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 18 04
1611 plays
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Cliffhangers and Common Words
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Read these awful cliffhangers. See if you can determine the common word with three different meanings. Egads! Gum can be something you chew, a mouth part or a eucalyptus tree.
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Words in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 09 04
3657 plays
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A Guilden Movie Marathon
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The Guild is off to the movies and members have decided to sit through a monster marathon of films featuring gold, riches or even treasure. Grab your popcorn and join this crazy bunch of movie goers.
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Something in Common
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Average
15 Q
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Nannanut
Jun 19 08
834 plays
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Wollemi
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The Wollemi Pine was discovered in an Australian National Park in 1994. The story of this ancient tree is much, much older.
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Australia
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 15 06
285 plays
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Open Wide - A Painless History of Early Dentistry
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Sit back and relax. Join me as a fascinating history of early dentistry unfolds. A chair-gripping voyage of interesting experiments, practices and techniques. This won't hurt a bit!
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History of Science
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 02 04
996 plays
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Animal Antics - Letterchange
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Answers will be a pair of words that differ by only a "letterchange". The story will contain 2 sets of capitalised words - they are your clues. I have worked a sample before the first question to get you started.
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Letter Quizzes
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 30 05
2427 plays
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Raw Prawns and Drinking Lizards
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Australians have always had a unique turn of phrase. In this quiz I promise not to come the raw prawn with you. If you are flat out like a lizard drinking you might want to change tack and play.
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Australian Lingo
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jun 13 04
2049 plays
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Trite Treatises - Letterchange
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Answers will be a pair of words that differ by only a "letterchange". The story will contain 2 sets of capitalised words - they are your clues. I have worked a sample before the first question to get you started.
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Letter Quizzes
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 12 05
2709 plays
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Only in Cricket
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The game of cricket has produced some amazing happenings and remarkable personalities. Let's have a look at some of the more notable incidents and participants.
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Cricket Mixture
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Mar 13 05
2022 plays
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Animal Annals - Letterchange
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Answers will be a pair of words that differ by only a "letterchange". The story will contain 2 sets of capitalised words - they are your clues. I have worked a sample before the first question to get you started.
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Letter Quizzes
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 18 05
2484 plays
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Dubious Player or Deliberate Foil?
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Many movies feature illness either as a pivotal part of the movie or as a background event. All these movies feature characters suffering from diabetes.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Mar 15 08
435 plays
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Crazy Chronicles - Letterchange
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Answers will be a pair of words that differ by only a "letterchange". The story will contain 2 sets of capitalised words - they are your clues. I have worked a sample before the first question to get you started.
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Letter Quizzes
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 07 05
2961 plays
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Anagrams and Limericks - More Famous Faces
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Anagrams of the famous in rhyme -
Entail CAPITALS, solving is prime -
Read the rest of the verse -
For clues kind and perverse -
And enjoy. Have a wonderful time.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 26 04
2292 plays
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"Dogs Die" Movies
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I saw "Old Yeller" when I was eight and was devastated. I still can't watch any movie where animals are injured or die. It doesn't have to be a dog - any living thing qualifies. This quiz is a cathartic attempt to lay those ghosts. Kleenex ready?
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Animals in Movies
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Feb 27 05
2424 plays
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Guilding the Lily
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Take one phrase "Guilding the Lily", toss the idea to a group of dedicated quizsmiths and wait for their responses. Join me now with the Quizmakers' Guild and discover the diversity of "Lily" related questions which resulted.
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Thematic 10Q Tough
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 18 05
753 plays
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Man or Superman? - A Shavian Discourse
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George Bernard Shaw has been described as a pundit, freethinker, critic, dramatist - a satirical commentator on the human condition - his wit and observations are timeless.
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Individual Authors
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Nov 17 04
240 plays
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Animal Doggerel - Anagrams for the Foolhardy
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Check out the CAPITAL NAMES each time -
Then read the verse if you're game -
Find the animal that you're looking for -
And check out its claim to fame
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Identify the Animal
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 31 04
5790 plays
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Alvin and a City Pig: Pivotal Aussie Movies
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From "Alvin Purple" to "Babe: Pig in the City", Australians have made movies that reflect their lifestyle, history and attitudes. Let's have a look at some of the landmark films this country has produced.
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Foreign Mixture
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
May 06 05
336 plays
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Animal Adventures - Letterchange
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Answers will be a pair of words that differ by only a "letterchange". The story will contain 2 sets of capitalised words - they are your clues. I have worked a sample before the first question to get you started.
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Letter Quizzes
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Feb 14 05
1701 plays
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Face Fungus and Laughing Gear
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"Never call anything by its given name" seems to be the first rule of Australian lingo. This quiz looks at the odd names Aussies give to body parts and the use made of body parts to describe totally unrelated objects.
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Australian Lingo
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Aug 15 04
2478 plays
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Eureka Stockade - The "Little Rebellion"
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The only armed rebellion in Australia's history, the Eureka Stockade was instrumental in shaping a young country's democracy.
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Eureka Stockade
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 22 04
702 plays
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Gloves - Not Gauntlets - Love Tokens and Symbols
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A gauntlet is associated with issuing a challenge to battle or a confrontation. Not so gloves - they have long been regarded as a token of affection. Let's look further afield and take a glimpse at love tokens and symbols through the ages.
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Thematic 10Q Tough
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Feb 26 05
906 plays
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The Very Private Life of Jay Blue
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The name's Blue. Jay Blue. I'm a P.I. and I'm the best there is. Here's just a snippet from the seamier side of life - my life, the shadowy underworld. Just remember every word we are after starts with "blue". Your life may depend on it.
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Words in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jul 16 06
1254 plays
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Seriously Silly Sentences
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These silly nonsense sentences relate to a common word. In each question, the phrase or word which seems silly or out of place, will have the same meaning as the word that should appear in the sentence.
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Words in Common
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 01 05
7125 plays
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Find the Common Word
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Each question will hint at one common word with 3 different meanings. OK - a post is a stout piece of timber. You can post a letter or have a post in the army. Just read the story and find the word.
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Words in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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Nannanut
Sep 19 04
3390 plays
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Awfully Awkward Anecdotes
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These awkward nonsense sentences relate to a common word. In each question, the phrase or word that seems awkward or out of place, will have the same meaning as the word that should appear in the sentence.
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Words in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 15 05
3195 plays
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Stale Tales - Anecdotal Anagrams
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The first sentence will always contain a word that can be "anagrammed". The rest of the story will contain a hint for the required word. Try - "The bear looked in the cupboard. It was completely empty." Bear = Bare. The answer is then "bare."
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Anagrams
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 11 04
2616 plays
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Golden Globes - Then and Now
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The Golden Globe Awards began in 1943. In the 21st century the Awards are viewed as a popular precursor to the Oscars. Let's look at the 2005 Golden Globe Awards and some interesting flashbacks to ceremonies past.
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Award Shows
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 21 05
312 plays
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Golden Animals - Aureate Animalia
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The Quiz Makers' Guild invites you to test your knowledge of the animal kingdom's gilded members and presents for your enjoyment - a collection of golden animals from nature, art, literature, sport, geography and history.
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 02 04
903 plays
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Aussie Sporting Nicknames
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Australia has always had a proud sporting history and many successful individuals and teams. How much do you know about their nicknames?
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Australia
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Apr 30 04
993 plays
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A Slightly Different View of California
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I have visited California several times with my family. As you will see from the questions, we don't always visit all the usual tourist places - only some.
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California
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
May 15 04
2187 plays
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Australia Revisited - Bewildered Jottings
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In a freak confluence of heavenly happenings, the recent Transit of Venus provided a unique time corridor. Our intrepid nineteenth century explorer finds himself once again wandering the land he first chartered.
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Australia
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Oct 24 04
1257 plays
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Find the Answers in "Notting Hill"
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These questions can be answered without having seen the movie. Answers relate to scenes in "Notting Hill", so familiarity with the movie may help. I will describe a scene from the movie after each question and the answer will be in that scene.
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Notting Hill .
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Jan 16 04
3726 plays
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It's Not Cricket
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The phrase "It's not cricket" has emerged to symbolise a call for fair play. After all, cricket is a gentleman's game, or is it? Let's take a look at some not so gentlemanly conduct in this most wonderful game.
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Cricket Mixture
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Feb 12 05
1581 plays
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Around North America in a Planetarium Seat
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I have travelled quite widely in North America and have always visited planetarium theatres in each port of call. You don't need to know much about planetaria - just a little about the places I have seen.
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North America
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Sep 13 04
2712 plays
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Oh So Shocking - Schiaparelli By Design
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Elsa was a fashion designer who shocked and thrilled countless women with her creations and daring ideas. Climb onto the catwalk and discover some amazing facts about this designing woman. A fun quiz with no real fashion savvy required.
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Fashion Designers
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Tough
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 06 04
390 plays
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A Very Loose Connection
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The Lost Connection proudly presents a rather eclectic collection of questions dealing with - connections.
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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Nannanut
Apr 05 09
711 plays
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Pieman Harry and the Stars
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Harry's Cafe de Wheels is a famous Australian institution, serving "Pie and Peas" to all comers. Harry has fed many stars and celebrities. See if you can recognise some of his world famous clientele.
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Celebrity Grab Bag
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Average
10 Q
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Nannanut
Dec 14 04
735 plays
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