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From Croydon to FunTrivia: Kirsty MacColl
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The great, quirky, under-recognized English singer-songwriter was taken from us far too early. What do you know about Kirsty MacColl?
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MacColl, Kirsty
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Nov 20 07
195 plays
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Baseball Incidents They'd Rather Forget
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The followup to my "Baseball Careers They'd Rather Forget". In this quiz, we cover the single events that the greats (and sometimes, not so greats) would like erased from their history.
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MLB Mixture
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Average
10 Q
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eauhomme
Nov 13 07
1101 plays
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Turkmenbashi, Crazy Dictator of Absurdistan
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On December 21, 2006, Saparmurat Niyazov, the President of Turkmenistan died, and the reign of one of the world's more bizarre leaders came to a close. This is a quiz about some of the absurdity that became the norm under the regime of "Turkmenbashi".
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Specific Country Government
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Jan 16 08
156 plays
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Dragnet: Just the Facts, Ma'am
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Okay, first of all, "Just The Facts, Ma'am" never appears in any episode of "Dragnet". However, the radio drama "Dragnet" made such an impact that it spawned the phrase, multiple TV series and movies, and several parodies, and who knows what else?
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US Old Time Radio
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Average
10 Q
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eauhomme
Dec 02 07
546 plays
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History as Explained in Music
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Music has often been used to tell stories, and in many cases, those stories have been true. This quiz examines specific historical events that have been covered in music.
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Mixed Bag
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Average
10 Q
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eauhomme
Dec 19 08
2037 plays
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Basic BASIC (for Old School Computers)
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Before Mac and PC, before C++, before Turbo Pascal, we learned to program an Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 800, TRS-80, or a TI-99/4A. Whatever machine we used, we worked in BASIC. What do you remember about the programming language of the 70s and 80s?
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Software and Programming
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Nov 04 07
1032 plays
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"Songs (With Subtitles)"
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Generally speaking, a good song will have a good title. In some cases, however, the songwriter has also added a subtitle, a parenthetical addition to the title. Here, you match the parenthetical subtitle to the song title.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Sep 06 07
921 plays
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Patty Hearst and the SLA
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One of the great media events of the 1970s was the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and her supposed indoctrination into the Symbionese Liberation Army and involvement in their crimes.
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Patricia Hearst
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Sep 18 07
624 plays
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Wutawieh! A Look at Pitcairn Island
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You may have heard of the mutiny on the Bounty, popularized many times in movies. What is less known is what happened afterward. The survivors of the mutiny settled on a rock in the Pacific and started a society that still exists today.
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Pitcairn Islands
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
May 29 08
219 plays
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Six Degrees of Fleetwood Mac
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Fleetwood Mac is made up of some great musicians. These musicians have done some great music on their own, have worked with some great musicians, maybe are related to some great musicians. And that's what this quiz is about.
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Fleetwood Mac
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Jan 09 08
894 plays
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Can You See "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"?
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Considered by many to be the greatest duet of all time, by many others simply the longest, what do you know about Meat Loaf's triple-medley "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"?
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Meatloaf
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Sep 29 07
2127 plays
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Musical Alter Egos
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Musicians often create another persona in their music, their group names, or their album titles. Their songs tell a story, and they put themselves into the title role, or they set the scene and they drop themselves into it.
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Something in Common
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Average
10 Q
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eauhomme
Mar 27 08
936 plays
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Child Stars On Your Television
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"Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" may or may not have been a memorable movie. I don't know. I didn't see it. But there was the wonderful song at the end--"Child Stars On Your Television", performed by and about some of the great stars of yesteryear.
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Characters and Actors
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Average
10 Q
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Eauhomme
Mar 22 09
1245 plays
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Who Originally Recorded It?
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Many songs are identified immediately with a certain singer. However, that singer may not be the original one who recorded it. Often the songwriter, or someone else entirely, may have recorded it first, generally with less success.
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Originally Recorded By
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Jan 27 08
1419 plays
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Movies in the Want Ads
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The following 10 classified ads describe something for sale that would have played a prominent role in a well-known movie. Figure out the movie.
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Movie Mixture
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Easy
10 Q
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eauhomme
Nov 12 07
5727 plays
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Harry Truman Capote - A Before And After Quiz
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"After ending World War II as President, he wrote 'In Cold Blood." Who was this? Harry Truman Capote, of course! This quiz is about the accomplishments of two people in one. The middle initial is their shared name.
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Other People
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Average
10 Q
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eauhomme
Oct 19 07
792 plays
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Two 116-Win Teams
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The 1906 Chicago Cubs won 116 games to set the Major League record. The 2001 Seattle Mariners later tied that record. Yet both teams failed to win the big one, the World Series. This quiz is about those two teams.
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MLB Teams
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Dec 16 07
276 plays
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Show Business: It's All Relative
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Family and work often go together, regardless of the profession. The children follow in the parents' footsteps, or perhaps one sibling learns the trade from another sibling. Why should acting be any different? This quiz is about families in show business
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Celebrity Families
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Average
10 Q
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eauhomme
Oct 27 07
2760 plays
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Baseball Careers They'd Rather Forget
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Baseball has its heroes and stars. It also has its team players, quiet contributors. Finally, there are the players in this quiz, the players who, when their grandchildren ask about their baseball careers, change the subject.
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MLB Players Mixed Challenge
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Difficult
10 Q
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eauhomme
Sep 25 07
510 plays
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The Columbine High School Tragedy
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On April 20, 1999, the world was shocked to see an outburst of violence at a typical suburban school. Images of students running out, hands on their heads, were frightening, and people waited to see if their children and friends survived.
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Kids Who Kill
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Tough
10 Q
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Eauhomme
Nov 02 09
294 plays
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Vidiot--A Look at Classic Arcade Games
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Grab your quarters, or better yet, your tokens, and think back about 25 years... Was it Starship, Space Station, Alladin's Castle? Whatever they called it, did you spend way too much time and money in a dark room full of video games?
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Video Games Mixture
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Difficult
10 Q
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eauhomme
Sep 21 07
414 plays
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You Can't Do That On FunTrivia
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Locker Joke Segment:
"Oh, Brian?"
"Yes, Alasdair."
"I understand you've made a quiz about the Nickelodeon TV show 'You Can’t Do That on Television.' Why would you do that?"
"I don’t know." [SLIME]
Includes behind the scenes content.
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You Can't Do That On Television
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Difficult
10 Q
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eauhomme
Sep 22 07
609 plays
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The Guilden Age of Television
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Looking back on our younger days, much of it was spent plopped down in front of the tube. Join the Quiz Makers' Guild as we revisit some of our old favorite shows.
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Mixture: Classics
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Difficult
10 Q
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eauhomme
Sep 18 08
777 plays
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The Jeffersons: Airplane or Starship?
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Is it Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, or none of these? I give you the opening line to a song (not including the chorus), you decide which incarnation of the San Francisco group recorded it.
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Jefferson Airplane
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Tough
10 Q
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eauhomme
Oct 22 07
438 plays
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