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Daytona Beach - World's Most Famous Beach
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Daytona Beach, Florida calls itself "The World's Most Famous Beach." It gets millions of visitors a year, but some interesting facts about the area may not be as familiar as the white sand.
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Florida
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Tough
10 Q
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Nov 12 05
624 plays
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Rather Odd Collectibles
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Over the years, I have run across many truly odd collectibles, and I thought it might be fun to share a few of them with you.
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Collectibles
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Impossible
10 Q
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Nov 14 05
1041 plays
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A Man Named Charlie ...
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Many years ago, a campaign song became a major hit record. This quiz is about that song, and poor Charlie and the MTA.
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Folk Music
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Average
10 Q
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Oct 02 05
360 plays
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The Penny Black
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Certainly one of the most famous of all postage stamps, the Penny Black has a lot of history behind it. Here is your chance to show what you know about this "piece of paper ... with a glutinous wash."
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Stamps
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Tough
10 Q
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Nov 26 05
414 plays
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Who Collects What?
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Many collectibles have special words for the collectors! Here are some common ones to test you (and some rare ones as well). Many of these terms are well over a century old, and it was interesting tracking down some of the etymologies.
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Collectibles
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Tough
10 Q
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Oct 27 06
714 plays
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The Opun Library
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Well -- Charles (from "Apt Titles Perhaps") is still on his quest for some unusual books for his classes. Can you help him out? His teachers do seem to have a strange sense of humor, though.
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Libraries
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Average
10 Q
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Nov 10 05
468 plays
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Names in Traditional Songs
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Many of the popular traditional and folk songs have a proper name in the title -- here is your chance to show just how well you remember these classic songs.
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Folk Music
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Easy
10 Q
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Oct 30 06
1380 plays
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More of the Opun Library
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Again it is time to help Charles and his quest for some very unusual books assigned by his teachers. Especially since they all are punning variants of book titles.
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Libraries
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Average
10 Q
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collect
Nov 26 05
456 plays
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Opun Library -- Still Ticking!
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Charles still has the slightly strange teachers asking him to find books (from Apt Titles Perhaps and the other Opun Library quizzes) and those books still have slightly twisted titles! Can you help him out once more?
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Dec 19 05
501 plays
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Apt Titles Perhaps
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Charles is headed to the library for some specific books. Most of them have titles which look almost right (in a slightly twisted way). Can you find the books Charles needs?
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Aug 16 05
696 plays
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The Door Is Still Opun
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More pretty bad puns ahead as we help Charles find assignments for his slightly mixed-up teachers!
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Oct 18 06
582 plays
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