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Quizzes Authored: 27
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Quizzes Played: 387
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Quizzes Authored by coolupway
1 Ten Well-Known Writers Walk Into a Bar...
Discarded titles: "When Bad Parodies Happen To Good Writers"; "Lit 101: The Usual Suspects and Their Idiosyncrasies"; and (for ratings only) "The Titanic Meets Les Miz".
Specific Subjects & Themes Tough
10 Q
coolupway
Dec 04 02
4152 plays
2 Literary Sneers, Snits and Scandals
And not just cheap stuff about this or that famed scribbler who was really a drunk, a loony, a Trot or a recluse.
Authors and their Works Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 11 02
3123 plays
3 Great Hoaxes, Fixes & Frauds in American History
No dark speculation in here about covert subversion by the Freemasons or the Trilateral Commission. Nope, just garden-variety historical scams and bamboozlements that have fooled most of the people, most of the time.
Frauds & Hoaxes Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 31 02
9564 plays
4 A Tendentious Overview of the European Peoples
Yanks are the worst. We steal your cultures, and then dump McDonalds and Gap franchises all through your quaint old cities. Now we make fun of you in FT quizzes... what CHEEK!
European Cultures Easy
10 Q
coolupway
Dec 16 02
9594 plays
5 Little-Known Non-Scandinavian New York
New York City, long known for its desolate mountains, icy fjords and "midnight sun", is of course a major Scandinavian outpost, but Nordic influence has not extended to all parts of the Apple. Use 26-letter alphabet for your answers!
New York City Average
10 Q
coolupway
Oct 17 02
663 plays
6 US Presidents and the Women Close to Them
A quiz which contains not a SINGLE Monica Lewinsky joke ... and not even a veiled reference to Marilyn Monroe.
Philandering Presidents Tough
10 Q
coolupway
Dec 01 02
2604 plays
7 American Regional Stereotypes
The rest of the world calls us "Yanks" (or rather worse things), but amongst ourselves, we can be remarkably DISunited. Non-Yanks and even quasi-Yanks up in the provinces are cordially invited to the airing of some of our dirty laundry!
United States Average
10 Q
coolupway
Oct 21 02
10953 plays
8 World Statesmen: Their Slurs and Innuendoes
There's a little Archie Bunker in most of us and world leaders, no matter how august, have proven this time and time again. Verbal effluence from some extremely unexpected sources.
World Leaders Difficult
10 Q
Coolupway
Aug 23 02
2157 plays
9 Those Lovable, Not-So-Dour Scots
A harsh northern land of terrible weather, funny plaid clothes, soul-piercing Celtic music, and inexplicably endearing accents... no, it's NOT CANADA!
Scotland People Tough
10 Q
coolupway
Nov 04 02
1101 plays
10 Bizarre 1970s U.S. History
Archibald Cox. Muskie and the "Canuck" letter. Ellsberg's shrink. Gemstone. The pardon. Executive privilege. Butterfield's testimony. Grits & Fritz. The good old days.
USA in the 20th.Century Average
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 16 02
7635 plays
11 Phonies, flits & hot-shots: Salinger's "Catcher"
If you really want to know about it, you should try this dopey quiz, for god's sakes. It's about "Catcher in the Rye". Old Salinger. He's this terrific WRITER and all.
Salinger, J. D. Tough
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 06 02
2022 plays
12 Lincoln: Eloquence, Subtlety and Wit
Burdened with weak generals, a poor Cabinet and a tempestuous marriage, the Great Emancipator controlled events and personalities around him with many memorable turns of phrase.
Lincoln, Abraham Very Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Jan 05 03
1362 plays
13 Assailing the Dream: U.S. Social Critics
For a nation perceived by much of the rest of the world as insufferably self-satisfied and smug, we Yanks have turned out a fair number of cynical and interesting social critics.
Social Sciences Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Sep 09 02
2988 plays
14 Exceptionally Silly Americans
A recent fabricated geopolitical study suggests that the United States possesses approximately 66.4% of the world's untapped resources of idiocy. What has been mined here in the past?
U.S.A. People Average
10 Q
coolupway
Nov 10 02
2925 plays
15 Python Arcana and Minutia
We know you all know the parrot sketch by heart. We know you know the lyrics to the "Lumberjack Song". Let's get into some of the lesser-known bits of Pythonic genius.
Monty Python Tough
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 09 02
1992 plays
16 The U.S./Canada Border: Threat or Menace?
Rife with insinuating, sinister "Welcome to Canada/Bienvenue au Canada" signs, this stark divide between the home of the free and the land of the polite is crossed only by hard men willing to convert "real" money into funny coins and pieces of paper.
Global Trivia Average
10 Q
coolupway
Nov 17 02
5340 plays
17 Famous Non-Belgians and Non-Canadians
Shocking as it may be to Triviafun addicts, several famous historical figures, one or two people in the news today (and indeed the odd quizmaker and editor!) are in no way Belgian or Canadian. This quiz "outs" a few of them.
People by Country Average
10 Q
Coolupway
Oct 11 02
1914 plays
18 'The Horror, The Horror:' Congo/Zaire
Questions about a suffering nation whose agonizing history over the last two centuries has led many thoughtful observers to question just how far homo sapiens has actually progressed, at least on the moral plane.
African Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Sep 14 02
1935 plays
19 Annoying Bumper Stickers and Car Cutesies
A cynical observer can argue the point, with some degree of cogency, that on very, very rare occasions, road rage may be not only constructive but justified. Here's why.
Thematic 10Q Average Average
10 Q
coolupway
Nov 30 02
9069 plays
20 Apu: The Subcontinent and "The Simpsons."
Roughly one-sixth of humanity is Indian, but just try finding one on American TV! No such cultural insularity on "The Simpsons", though. Who needs the Kwik-E Mart? WE DO!
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Average
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 08 02
9201 plays
21 Brits vs. Colonials: Python Makes Fun of Oz
A quintet of snooty poms from Oxbridge, who ran out of jokes to make about the Scots, decided to put on funny hats and accents and take a few shots at another part of the Commonwealth.
Monty Python Average
10 Q
coolupway
Jan 04 03
1470 plays
22 Slurs, Slanders and Epithets in U.S. History
American History -- a bunch of boring bearded guys carrying on about tariffs, or an amusing panoply of egomaniacs and wingnuts who say scandalous things about each other?
U.S. History Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 03 02
2466 plays
23 Philo-Semites in history
Though arguably the most despised and persecuted minority in human history, the Jews have also had brave defenders and committed friends, often in unusual places. See how many you know.
World History Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Nov 25 02
1386 plays
24 Bart, Lisa and the Chosen People
In "Like Father, Like Clown", we learn of Krusty's Jewish roots and upbringing. Krusty, the heir to a long line of learned rabbis, has defied Jewish tradition to seek fame in show business - or has he?
'Simpsons' - Season 3 Average
10 Q
coolupway
Sep 16 02
2298 plays
25 Funniest Film Lines Ever?
Amazingly, not a single one of these lines comes from a movie starring Paulie Shore, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Dan Aykroyd or Chris Farley!
Movie Quotes Mixture Tough
10 Q
coolupway
Dec 09 02
7680 plays
26 Rock Idols-- debunked and/or deconstructed
With special emphasis on the self-important, the overrated, the hypocritical, and the supposedly profound. (If they've ever mentioned Rimbaud and poetry, they're probably in here).
Music Celebs Mixed Tough
10 Q
coolupway
Aug 21 02
1446 plays
27 The Amazing Non-Common Bond Quiz
Each of these questions is quite astonishingly unrelated to the others. Amalgamate the answers to the first 9 questions, and gasp in shock when you see that the answer to question #10 is not even remotely hinted at!
Mixed 10 Q. Very Difficult [C] Very Difficult
10 Q
coolupway
Oct 27 02
771 plays