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The Yorkshire Ripper
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The Yorkshire Ripper was a brutal murderer of women in England in the 1970s and 1980s. The hunt for him was protracted and error-strewn, but the police finally got their man.
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Serial Killers
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
May 03 08
1620 plays
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Nursery Rhymes: The Horrible Truth
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Those innocent sounding ditties that you sing to your children contain hidden secrets of licentiousness, death and sacrifice. Let's take a look at some of the more sinister amongst them.
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Children's Literature
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Impossible
10 Q
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Snowman
May 07 09
4566 plays
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Those We Lost in 2009 Pt I
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2009 saw the passing of many great people who made significant contributions to all facets of our lives. In part one, we look at those who left us from January to April.
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Died in the 2000s
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 03 09
1473 plays
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Ian McEwan's "Saturday"
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How was your day? Nothing like Henry Perowne's, I suspect.
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McEwan, Ian
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Apr 08 09
99 plays
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Literature in Colour
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From purple prose to black humour, colour has always found its place in the literary world. Here are ten examples.
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Specific Subjects & Themes
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 20 09
390 plays
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Those Sporting Cats
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Lithe, graceful and deadly, and sometimes very sleepy, cats big and small are the perfect simile for the successful athlete. Not surprisingly then, cat-like nicknames have been applied to teams and individuals across the sporting world.
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Tigers in Sports
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 13 09
255 plays
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Guilding the Stone: October
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The Quiz Makers Guild monthly birthstones series reaches October; according to the American Gem Society, the opal.
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Gems and Birthstones
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 29 09
183 plays
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Snowman and the Half-Peeled Quince
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"Snowman, I'm stuck for ideas. Can you help?" So asked JK Rowling as she prepared to begin her sixth "Harry Potter" novel. "Don't fear, Jo," I said. "Leave it with me!"
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Thematic 10 Questions
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 07 09
168 plays
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Keeping it in the Family
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Political dynasties have arisen throughout history in despotic and democratic arenas alike. So is it nepotism or just great genes that allows these families to maintain their grip on power? With thanks to poshprice for the title and the inspiration.
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Government
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Jul 16 09
243 plays
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The Films of Powell and Pressburger
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Probably the greatest collaboration in the history of British cinema, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were responsible for some of the finest cinema to come from these shores. See what you know about their films.
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P - People Themed
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Feb 08 08
144 plays
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D'ye Ken John Peel?
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The DJ John Peel was a huge figure in the life of many people from my generation. Here are a few questions about the great man's life.
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British Radio
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 22 07
339 plays
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They Did Nothing Wrong
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UK MPs can claim for expenses incurred whilst performing their duties. In 2009 some of these claims were published, ranging from the laughably cheap through the absurdly expensive to the utterly bizarre - but none of them broke rules, or so they claim!
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U.K. Government
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Jul 09 09
270 plays
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1908: London's First Games
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Let's take a look back to the politics, performances, and personalities from the first time the Games came to the old smoke in 1908.
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1908 London
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Mar 19 09
132 plays
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Guilding the Stone: September
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The Quiz Makers Guild monthly birthstones series reaches September; according to the American Gem Society, the sapphire. As it's my wife's birthstone, I thought I'd delve into the history of the gem that takes so much of my hard-earned cash.
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Gems and Birthstones
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Aug 29 09
138 plays
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Unexplained Disappearances
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Here are ten questions about some of the more infamous disappearances of people in the last 150 years.
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The Unexplained
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Jan 24 08
4680 plays
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The Art of Being Wrong
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Predicting the future is at best brave and at worst foolhardy. Time is a harsh mistress and many of the subjects of this quiz have not been treated well.
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Famous Predictions
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Feb 24 08
1851 plays
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Recipes of the Raj
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Join me for a day-long feast of Anglo-Indian cuisine from the time of the British Raj.
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Indian Foods
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Jun 10 09
309 plays
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Those We Lost in 2009 Pt II
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2009 saw the passing of many great people who made significant contributions to all facets of our lives. In part two, we look at those who left us from May to August.
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Died in the 2000s
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 18 09
783 plays
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Tube Stations in Other Words
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My eccentric Uncle Monty never calls places by their proper names. He has left me a list of errands to run in London that involve travelling by tube from my home in Burnt Oak (or Charred Tree as Monty calls it). Can you help me get to my destinations?
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London Underground
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Average
15 Q
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Snowman
May 27 09
345 plays
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Help Me to Help You!
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Welcome to the Career Advisory Service. We're here to help. What's that? You need a job that fits around your phobias? Not a problem! You have how many...?!
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Phobias
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Aug 05 09
348 plays
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It's All Greek to Me!
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My boss has a major problem at work and needs me to come in and sort it out. What is in store for me? A trip around the world in idiomatic terms it seems.
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Idioms and Proverbs
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 09 09
624 plays
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How the Potato Changed The World
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Whilst it may appear as merely a humble foodstuff, the potato's role in history has been a remarkable and idiosyncratic tale of conquest, diplomacy, edict and famine.
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Fruit and Vegetables
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Difficult
15 Q
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Snowman
Aug 17 09
555 plays
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William McGonagall, "The World's Worst Poet"
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Long-cherished as a man "so giftedly bad that he backed unwittingly into genius", William McGonagall was so much more than just the world's worst poet.
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Poets
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 03 08
126 plays
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A Golden Tour
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To celebrate my fiftieth quiz, I've booked myself on a first-class world tour of some golden sites. So grab a glass of champagne and join me.
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Place Names
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Jul 30 09
477 plays
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Character Actors
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Some characters have appeared multiple times on the big screen, played by a variety of actors and actresses in a variety of films. From the cast list can you establish which character is being referred to?
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Name the Character
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Aug 01 08
1848 plays
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Greenwich: A Time and a Place
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Greenwich in South East London has a long and colourful history that has taken it from being an obscure point on the River Thames, east of London, to being a world heritage site and the centre of the world's time.
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British Local History
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 01 08
387 plays
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My True Love Guild to Me – 10th Day
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Quiz Maker Guild author Snowman has wrapped a Christmas quiz gift of “Ten Lords A-Leaping”. This year his true love gave him ten Christmas gifts on the tenth day, each linked to those leaping lords. Can you fathom what he received?
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Twelve Days of Christmas
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Jan 03 09
393 plays
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The Death of Kings
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Unlike the Egyptians, the English took little care of their dead kings. As the scramble for succession took hold, kings were left to die unregarded and some were even lost! How did they die, why did they die and what happened next?
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U.K. Royals
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Apr 22 09
2274 plays
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Paradise By Way of Kensal Green
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Kensal Green Cemetery was established by an act of Parliament in 1832 and is the oldest private cemetery in London. Interred in its grounds are many famous residents from Victorian times to the modern day. Lets take a tour.
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Death Becomes Them
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Jan 27 08
246 plays
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Smells Like Team Spirit - A Guild Tribute
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In the Quiz Makers Guild we value team spirit highly, a quality epitomised by the much-missed socalmiguel. In his honour we present ten fragrant examples of what can be achieved when you all pull together (and what can happen when you don't!)
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
May 13 09
576 plays
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The Humble Mosquito
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It may only be little but the mosquito has been man's greatest adversary in the animal kingdom, affecting social policy and even wars.
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Insects
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Mar 11 08
2028 plays
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Everything You Know is Wrong
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Inspired by BBC TV's "QI" I thought I'd write a quiz to challenge a few commonly held beliefs. Usually the most obvious answer is the wrong one.
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Thematic 10Q Very Difficult
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Apr 03 08
1548 plays
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Robert Mitchum
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Possibly the coolest actor in Hollywood history, Robert Mitchum had an unconventional career but left behind a impressive body of work. How much do you know about the man and his films?
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Celebrities K-M
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 01 07
741 plays
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Black Pioneers of English Football
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It took a long time for black players to be accepted by those at the top of the English game. Here are 10 questions about those players who broke down the color barriers to play for their country.
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UK Football Challenge
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 01 07
684 plays
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Our Dumb Century
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Can you guess the year and the events described by these spoof headlines from 'The Onion'?
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20th & 21st Centuries
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 30 07
2772 plays
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John Barnes' Dancing Feet
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He has become famous for his appearance on BBC's "Strictly Come Dancing", but once upon a time his dancing feet were known for the devastating effect they had on opposing defences.
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John Barnes
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 30 07
309 plays
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Cities in Literature
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Ten questions about cities in literature, real and imagined.
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Places in Literature
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 24 07
891 plays
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There are Millions of Brazilians
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...and one of them is the barman in my local pub. Last night he asked me ten questions about his home country. I hope you can answer more than I could.
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Mixed Other Countries
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Dec 12 07
564 plays
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Name That Mr. Man
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The Mr. Men are a series of books created by Roger Hargreaves. From the clues given, can you work out which ten Mr Men I am talking about?
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Hargreaves, Roger (Mr Men)
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 20 07
594 plays
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I'm a Phobiaphobic!
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...or to put it another way, "The only thing to fear is fear itself" as FDR once famously said. With thanks to hipeople for the title and the inspiration.
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Quotes
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Jul 21 09
567 plays
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Tube Station Movies
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Each of the following ten movie titles contains the name of a station on the London Underground. From the clues given can you work out which ones?
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Common Titles
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Apr 23 08
414 plays
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English Premier League 2008-09
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The 2008-09 season saw records broken, established teams struggle and new ones perform way above expectation.
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Premiership 2008-09
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
May 29 09
1122 plays
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2007 Anniversaries
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Many famous events are celebrating (if that is the right word) landmark anniversaries in 2007. Can you tell which anniversary each event is marking?
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Famous Dates
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 08 07
1791 plays
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The Snowman's 23rd Dream Quiz
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The 23 Enigma claims that the number 23 permeates every facet of our lives. So let's take a trip around Quizzyland to see where we can trace its influence.
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11-50
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Tough
20 Q
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Snowman
Feb 06 08
522 plays
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Manic Miner
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The classic 1980s platformer by BugByte Software was initially released on the ZX Spectrum, C64 and BBC and wasted many hours of my youth. Now, I'll waste a few minutes of your time with ten questions about it.
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Video Games L-P
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Jan 12 08
132 plays
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How to Address Your Peers
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...and other nobles. This quiz could prove invaluable should you ever get stuck in a cupboard with an archbishop. The quiz is mainly concerned with UK styles of office.
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Language Use
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 02 08
876 plays
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Simply September
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Ten random questions about events that took place in September.
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July August September
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Dec 08 07
555 plays
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All about August
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Ten random questions about August events and August facts.
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Famous Dates
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Aug 31 07
1494 plays
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West Ham: A Cup History
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West Ham United have had a patchy but interesting history in Cup competitions. See how much you know about it.
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West Ham United
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Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 12 07
246 plays
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What's In A Name?
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How much do you know about where UK towns and cities get their names from? Well let's find out...
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United Kingdom
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Apr 21 07
1413 plays
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I Want To Be an Airport!
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Around the world many international airports are named after famous people. The following questions should give you some ideas about what to do if you want an airport named after you.
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Airports & Airlines
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Tough
15 Q
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Snowman
Nov 16 07
786 plays
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The World of Hotels
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Hotels of the worlds of music, games, literature and reality
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Thematic 10Q Tough
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Jun 02 08
549 plays
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Born on 22 September
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In honour of my little boy who was born on this day in 2007, I thought I'd make a quiz about people with whom he shares his birthday.
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People by Birthday
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 13 07
444 plays
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The 100 Greatest
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The BBC series "100 Great Britons", a survey of the greatest British citizens in history, proved a big hit and was reproduced in several countries. Here are ten questions about a few of the versions broadcast around the world.
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O
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Snowman
Jul 06 08
357 plays
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Belize It Or Not
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The small Central American nation on the Caribbean coast is a country full of unbelievable sights.
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Central America
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 14 09
147 plays
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Are You Proper Posh?
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"Language most shows a man. Speak that I may see thee"; so said Ben Jonson. Anthropologist Kate Fox, in her excellent book "Watching the English", believes that an Englishman's choice of words clearly defines the class of the speaker. So can you do posh?
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Language Use
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Jan 11 08
1125 plays
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Pubs and Alcohol on the Big Screen
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If you want to win an Oscar get drinking! Alcohol has played a big role in films from both sides of the Atlantic. See how much you can remember.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Oct 16 07
816 plays
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Pubs & Alcohol on the Small Screen
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Alcohol plays a large role in many TV shows. Have you been paying attention or have you had one too many?
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Locations
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Sep 20 07
957 plays
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John Peel's Festive Fifty 1980-1989
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The festive fifty was an annual chart compiled from votes by listeners to John Peel on Radio One. From the clues given can you name the artist or song that topped the charts each year?
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Music Grab Bag
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Tough
10 Q
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Snowman
Nov 12 07
492 plays
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Anatomy of a Song: "Hello"
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No, not the Lionel Richie version but the 1990 hit by The Beloved, which listed the band's personal heroes and villains. Inspiration and admiration is due to FussBudget's excellent Anatomy series. So I'm happy, glad you came...
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B
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Average
10 Q
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Snowman
Apr 10 09
123 plays
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