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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
972 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
2382 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
219 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
3726 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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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 27 09
867 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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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 01 11
261 plays
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The Amtrak Wars
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How much do you remember about Patrick Tilley's epic tale of life in the dystopian remains of post-apocalyptic America?
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jun 01 12
63 plays
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Night Play
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How well do you remember the story of Bride and Vane from "Night Play" by Sherrilyn Kenyon?
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Kenyon, Sherrilyn
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 01 12
57 plays
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Left Behind...
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... and other tales of the "End of the World" - How many of these apocalyptic tales do you remember?
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Science Fiction
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 27 12
99 plays
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The Sea of Adventure
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How well do you remember Enid Blyton's fourth book all about Jack, Dinah, Philip, and Lucy Anne and their exciting adventures?
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Adventure Series
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 27 13
54 plays
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What's That You Say Mrs. Robinson?
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How many of these famous people, both Mrs. and Mr. Robinsons, from the United States and Europe, do you remember?
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People by Surname
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 22 13
318 plays
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Z - Not Just for Zachariah
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Each of the books in this quiz have a character or title whose name begins with Z. How many of them do you know?
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Science Fiction
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 31 13
84 plays
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Panda-monium
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The questions in this quiz all feature somehow, however tangentially, pandas. See how many of them you remember... Eburge my friend, this one's for you!
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 02 13
303 plays
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The Three-Legged Hootch Dancer
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And other entertaining and interesting extraterrestrials you might know. See how many of the ten examples in this quiz you can remember...
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Extraterrestrials in Entertainment
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 08 13
78 plays
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The Bodleian Library
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One of the most famous libraries in the world, how much do you know about the Bodleian Library in England?
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Libraries
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 11 13
117 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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Children's Literature
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Apr 15 09
603 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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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 04 08
129 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
300 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
156 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
579 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
171 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
231 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
1536 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
177 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
339 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
1128 plays
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Orphans of the Sky
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How much do you remember from Robert Heinlein's story of the fate of the lost Proxima Centauri Expedition?
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Oct 14 07
264 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
186 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
135 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
486 plays
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