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Death in the Fish Tank - A Whatdunnit
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Some familiar-sounding sleuths are about to investigate the mysterious deaths that can occur in tropical fish tanks. This quiz may help budding enthusiasts to solve or prevent common cases of aquarium "fishicide".
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Homes & Gardens
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Aug 22 11
1002 plays
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In Other Words, Dumb
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This quiz features some of the more common and amusing expressions that are used to imply dim-wittedness. If you're "not all there", you should be here.
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Idioms and Proverbs
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Easy
10 Q
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Wizzid
Oct 30 09
5508 plays
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Great Bloopers of Australian History
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Australian history is full of amusing bloopers, terrible blunders, and costly mistakes. See if you can get through this quiz without making too many of them yourself.
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Australian History
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Average
15 Q
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Wizzid
Sep 09 09
1032 plays
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Once Upon a Time
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If you have time, you may wish to try this quiz about works of fiction which involve time travel. Fittingly, our own journey through the history of this branch of science fiction literature will be taken in chronological order.
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Science Fiction
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Average
15 Q
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Wizzid
Oct 30 11
405 plays
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Biblical Beasts, Birds and Bugs
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Much has been written about the important people in the Bible, but here is a quiz about the creatures that played significant Biblical cameo roles. References are from the KJV Bible.
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Bible Plants and Animals
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Average
15 Q
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Wizzid
Sep 11 11
426 plays
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Battle of the Desserts
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The great dessert chefs of the world had gathered in competition, but fierce rivalry soon saw their creations decorating faces instead of plates. Can you identify their desserts from the ingredients that are plastered all over the combatants?
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Desserts
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Oct 13 11
960 plays
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Supernatural Australia
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Some Australians are quite partial to a drink or two (or three, or ...). That might explain the many reports of weird phenomena Down Under. Then again, it might not.
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The Unexplained
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Average
15 Q
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Wizzid
Sep 16 09
822 plays
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Blackadder's Hysterical Historical Errors
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Rowan Atkinson's 'Blackadder' television comedies were frequently loose with their interpretation of the historical record. This quiz will review what really happened in history and test your knowledge of 'Blackadder' at the same time.
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Blackadder
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Average
15 Q
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Wizzid
Oct 26 09
561 plays
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No, Prime Minister!
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Misadventures, misdemeanors, and mistakes. This quiz presents some weird and not-so-wonderful facts about Australian Prime Ministers.
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Australian Government
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Aug 14 09
492 plays
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Give Them Some Credit
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Some very famous actors have appeared in films which failed to give them a credit for their performance. Let's see if you can give them their dues.
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Bit Parts
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Oct 15 09
552 plays
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Alien Autopsy
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Tragedy! All the famous TV and movie extraterrestrials that are familiar to Earthlings were en route to a convention when their spaceship crashed. The Galactic Coroner must now identify them from their remains. Can you help him?
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Extraterrestrials in Entertainment
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Sep 28 11
318 plays
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Utterly Outrageous Movie Titles
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The name of this quiz says it all. Here are some of the most bizarre, ridiculous, and politically incorrect film titles of all time. Your utterly outrageous challenge is to pick the real movies from the entirely bogus ones.
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Name the Movie
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Tough
10 Q
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Wizzid
Sep 05 09
1833 plays
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Will the Real Element Please Stand Up?
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We all know the names of common elements such as oxygen, iron, calcium, etc, but the periodic table also contains many names that are far less familiar. Your task in this quiz is to pick the real element from the fictitious ones.
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Mixed Elements
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Aug 28 11
1590 plays
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Ventriloquism for Dummies
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I think you'll say that even a ventriloquist's dummy could do reasonably well in this quiz, but I don't want to put words in your mouth.
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Ventriloquism and Puppetry
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Easy
10 Q
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Wizzid
Oct 03 11
411 plays
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Way to Go! - The Weirdest Deaths in Movies
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There may not be any good ways to go, but there are certainly some entertaining ones. This quiz features some of the more unusual ways that movie characters have met their maker.
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Death in Movies
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Aug 13 11
888 plays
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Geographical Malaprops
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Join tourist Mal Aprop as he travels the globe and misnames numerous geographical features. Perhaps you can point out his humorous errors.
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Geography - Wordplay
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Sep 20 11
1491 plays
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Movie Palette
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Here you must identify colours associated with two different movies, then mix them together and name the resulting colour. Even if you know only one of the movies in each question, a knowledge of colours may give you the answer.
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Movies Word Play
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Jul 29 11
546 plays
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Music Palette
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First identify the colours in the titles of two
different songs, then mix them together and name the resulting colour. In this kind of quiz, knowing just one of the songs in each question may be enough.
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Color Songs
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Aug 12 11
327 plays
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It Amounts to This
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If you took a number of something, added it to a number of something else, then subtracted the number of another thing, you'd end up with the number of what? Confusing? It's not as hard as it sounds. Or is it?
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Mixed Numbers
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Tough
10 Q
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Wizzid
Aug 01 11
297 plays
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A Very Sick Quiz
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Although it's really nothing to laugh about, the act of vomiting has inspired some highly amusing euphemisms. Try to test your knowledge of them without "growling in the grass" yourself.
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Idioms and Proverbs
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Average
10 Q
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Wizzid
Nov 03 09
1443 plays
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