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It's Not Irrelevant, It's a Hippopotamus!
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Let's don our pith helmets, hitch up our khaki shorts, roll our puttees, and set off on a Grand Safari in search of the elusive Hippo. Warning: Some questions may cause rolling of eyes and groaning, and they are all utterly irrelevant!
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jul 18 09
1260 plays
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Aral is Lost
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Once one of the largest lakes in the world, the Aral Sea has been reduced to a mere puddle by comparison, in just a few years. How much do you know about this vanishing sea?
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Bodies of Water
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Mar 12 12
282 plays
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How Invertebrates Changed the World
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"Mike and Row's Invertebrate Inquizitions" bring you ten instances when the course of history was changed by an invertebrate creature of one kind or another.
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Mixed Bag
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jun 25 10
4329 plays
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Rush, Rush
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This quiz is about the first five pairs of teammates (and their teams) to rush over 1000 yards each during the same regular season. There's one 'near miss' team also.
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NFL Records
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 07 09
2742 plays
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Going, Going, Ghana
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How much do you know about participation of the African nation of Ghana in the Olympic Games over the years?
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Africa
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 01 11
525 plays
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Something Fishy Going On?
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11 sportsmen playing 10 different sports, and each of them has got something fishy going on with their name or nickname. How many of them do you know?
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The Sports Challenge
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 27 09
1134 plays
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Wait! Your Soup!
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Over the years, the eating of a humble bowl of soup has originated many different rules of etiquette, and spawned a whole host of quotes, axioms, and anecdotes, all around the world. Let's take a quick look at some of them...
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Soups
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Sep 10 13
237 plays
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"The Brittas Empire"
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How much do you remember about the British sit-com "The Brittas Empire"?
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B
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Sep 07 13
60 plays
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The Trouble With Trilobites
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How much do you know about these fascinating extinct "wee beasties" from way back in prehistoric times?
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Paleontology
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Sep 15 13
48 plays
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"Invitation to the Game" by Monica Hughes
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How much do you remember about this story of a bleak future for the masses of "unemployeds" written by Monica Hughes...
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H
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 04 08
132 plays
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The Men They Couldn't Hang Lyrics
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How well do you know the lyrics of the Bristol folk band The Men They Couldn't Hang?
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M
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Difficult
10 Q
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rowena8482
Mar 06 07
174 plays
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Anne McCaffrey's "Tower and Hive" books
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How well do you know the books about the FT&T Primes and their ongoing battle against the marauding 'Hivers'? This quiz covers the full story through all five books in the series.
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McCaffrey, Anne
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Nov 04 07
327 plays
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The Rubadub Mystery
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How well do you remember the fourth in Enid Blyton's series of "Barney" books?
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Barney Series
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 13 09
201 plays
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A Blyton Guide to Mystery Solving and Survival
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Could you be the star of one of Enid Blyton's Adventure books? Could you follow the clues and save the day without freezing/starving/breaking your neck? Let's take a lighthearted look at Solving and Survival the Enid way...
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Blyton, Enid
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Apr 15 09
636 plays
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Arcadians and Katagaria
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As well as Dark Hunters, Sherrilyn Kenyon's world is peopled with Arcadians and Katagaria. How much do you know about the "animal folk" from her best selling series?
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Kenyon, Sherrilyn
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Easy
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 02 09
621 plays
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Joan Jonker's "Molly and Nellie" books
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Joan Jonker's books are all set in Liverpool and two of her best loved characters are "Molly and Nellie" - how much can you remember about the antics of the best friends and their families and neighbours?
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Jonker, Joan
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 14 07
159 plays
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Here Be Dragons
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Sharon Penman's novel tells the story of Joanna, illegitimate daughter of King John, married at fourteen to the rebel Prince Llewellyn of Wales.
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P
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 17 08
183 plays
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Rowena's Literary "Acrogram" Quiz
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An "Acrogram" question is where the initial letters of the answers to the given clues spell out the answer. The answers in this quiz are all literary. An example is given before Q1.
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 01 09
240 plays
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(The Other) New England
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In New South Wales, Australia, there is "another" New England - let's take a quick tour of the area and see the sights.
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New South Wales
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 22 09
501 plays
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Joan Baez Lyrics
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How familiar are you with the lyrics from the "Joan" and "5" CDs by Joan Baez?
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B
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Average
10 Q
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rowena8482
Feb 25 07
348 plays
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It's a Long, Long Way
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Tasked with writing a quiz entitled "It's a Long, Long Way", I went as far as I possibly could, in various directions. How many of the places I visited do you know?
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Where on Earth?
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Nov 24 10
1698 plays
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What Would Mother Think?
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All the mothers in this quiz had children who made a name for themselves one way or another. How many of them do you recognise from my clues?
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Friends & Relatives
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 02 10
1191 plays
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Raising Dragons
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So you want to be a Dragonrider of Pern? Let's find out how much you know about the raising of a dragon, from egg to adulthood.
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McCaffrey, Anne
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 02 11
240 plays
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Amazing Races
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Every Race needs a starting line, especially one as diverse as Humanity. How many of these ten examples can you get from our geographical clues?
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Where on Earth?
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 03 12
4563 plays
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Thunderstruck
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Brian Johnson famously took over as the front man of rock band AC/DC after Bon Scott passed away. How much do you know about the 'man under the cap' and his predecessor?
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AC-DC
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 02 11
372 plays
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'Sadie Was A Lady' - Joan Jonker
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How well do you remember Joan Jonker's Liverpool story about Sadie Wilson?
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Jonker, Joan
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Difficult
15 Q
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Rowena8482
May 26 07
159 plays
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Heinlein First Lines
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Can you say which of Heinlein's books they are, given the first line?
(Where the book was retitled for the UK market, both titles are given)
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Apr 25 08
507 plays
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Weddings in Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein often wrote marriages into his stories - how many of this selection do you remember?
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 31 10
153 plays
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"Farmer in the Sky" by Robert A Heinlein
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How much can you remember about Bill and his father's adventures on Ganymede?
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Sep 14 07
285 plays
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Pride and Joy
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All the parents in this quiz had children who went on to be famous (or infamous!) in various fields. How many of them do you know?
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Friends & Relatives
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 01 11
441 plays
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