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It's Not Irrelevant, It's a Hippopotamus!
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Let's don our pith helmets, hitch up our khaki shorts, roll our puttees, and set off on a Grand Safari in search of the elusive Hippo. Warning: Some questions may cause rolling of eyes and groaning, and they are all utterly irrelevant!
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jul 18 09
1065 plays
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Rush, Rush
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This quiz is about the first five pairs of teammates (and their teams) to rush over 1000 yards each during the same regular season. There's one 'near miss' team also.
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NFL Records
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 07 09
2499 plays
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Aral is Lost
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Once one of the largest lakes in the world, the Aral Sea has been reduced to a mere puddle by comparison, in just a few years. How much do you know about this vanishing sea?
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Bodies of Water
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Mar 12 12
255 plays
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How Invertebrates Changed the World
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"Mike and Row's Invertebrate Inquizitions" bring you ten instances when the course of history was changed by an invertebrate creature of one kind or another.
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Mixed Bag
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jun 25 10
4095 plays
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Something Fishy Going On?
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11 sportsmen playing 10 different sports, and each of them has got something fishy going on with their name or nickname. How many of them do you know?
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The Sports Challenge
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 27 09
933 plays
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Going, Going, Ghana
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How much do you know about participation of the African nation of Ghana in the Olympic Games over the years?
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Africa
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 01 11
327 plays
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Night Play
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How well do you remember the story of Bride and Vane from "Night Play" by Sherrilyn Kenyon?
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Kenyon, Sherrilyn
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 01 12
81 plays
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"Invitation to the Game" by Monica Hughes
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How much do you remember about this story of a bleak future for the masses of "unemployeds" written by Monica Hughes...
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H
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 04 08
132 plays
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A Blyton Guide to Mystery Solving and Survival
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Could you be the star of one of Enid Blyton's Adventure books? Could you follow the clues and save the day without freezing/starving/breaking your neck? Let's take a lighthearted look at Solving and Survival the Enid way...
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Blyton, Enid
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Apr 15 09
624 plays
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The Men They Couldn't Hang Lyrics
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How well do you know the lyrics of the Bristol folk band The Men They Couldn't Hang?
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M
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Difficult
10 Q
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rowena8482
Mar 06 07
174 plays
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Arcadians and Katagaria
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As well as Dark Hunters, Sherrilyn Kenyon's world is peopled with Arcadians and Katagaria. How much do you know about the "animal folk" from her best selling series?
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Kenyon, Sherrilyn
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Easy
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 02 09
603 plays
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Joan Jonker's "Molly and Nellie" books
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Joan Jonker's books are all set in Liverpool and two of her best loved characters are "Molly and Nellie" - how much can you remember about the antics of the best friends and their families and neighbours?
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Jonker, Joan
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 14 07
156 plays
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The Rubadub Mystery
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How well do you remember the fourth in Enid Blyton's series of "Barney" books?
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Barney Series
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 13 09
198 plays
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Anne McCaffrey's "Tower and Hive" books
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How well do you know the books about the FT&T Primes and their ongoing battle against the marauding 'Hivers'? This quiz covers the full story through all five books in the series.
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McCaffrey, Anne
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Nov 04 07
324 plays
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Rowena's Literary "Acrogram" Quiz
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An "Acrogram" question is where the initial letters of the answers to the given clues spell out the answer. The answers in this quiz are all literary. An example is given before Q1.
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 01 09
237 plays
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Here Be Dragons
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Sharon Penman's novel tells the story of Joanna, illegitimate daughter of King John, married at fourteen to the rebel Prince Llewellyn of Wales.
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P
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 17 08
183 plays
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It's a Long, Long Way
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Tasked with writing a quiz entitled "It's a Long, Long Way", I went as far as I possibly could, in various directions. How many of the places I visited do you know?
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Where on Earth?
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Nov 24 10
1632 plays
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Joan Baez Lyrics
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How familiar are you with the lyrics from the "Joan" and "5" CDs by Joan Baez?
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B
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Average
10 Q
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rowena8482
Feb 25 07
339 plays
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What Would Mother Think?
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All the mothers in this quiz had children who made a name for themselves one way or another. How many of them do you recognise from my clues?
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Friends & Relatives
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 02 10
1158 plays
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(The Other) New England
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In New South Wales, Australia, there is "another" New England - let's take a quick tour of the area and see the sights.
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New South Wales
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 22 09
492 plays
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Heinlein First Lines
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Can you say which of Heinlein's books they are, given the first line?
(Where the book was retitled for the UK market, both titles are given)
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Apr 25 08
498 plays
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'Sadie Was A Lady' - Joan Jonker
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How well do you remember Joan Jonker's Liverpool story about Sadie Wilson?
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Jonker, Joan
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Difficult
15 Q
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Rowena8482
May 26 07
156 plays
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Amazing Races
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Every Race needs a starting line, especially one as diverse as Humanity. How many of these ten examples can you get from our geographical clues?
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Where on Earth?
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Jan 03 12
4245 plays
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Thunderstruck
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Brian Johnson famously took over as the front man of rock band AC/DC after Bon Scott passed away. How much do you know about the 'man under the cap' and his predecessor?
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AC-DC
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
May 02 11
354 plays
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Orphans of the Sky
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How much do you remember from Robert Heinlein's story of the fate of the lost Proxima Centauri Expedition?
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Oct 14 07
285 plays
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"Farmer in the Sky" by Robert A Heinlein
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How much can you remember about Bill and his father's adventures on Ganymede?
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Tough
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Sep 14 07
282 plays
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Weddings in Heinlein
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Robert A. Heinlein often wrote marriages into his stories - how many of this selection do you remember?
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Heinlein, Robert A.
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 31 10
150 plays
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Pride and Joy
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All the parents in this quiz had children who went on to be famous (or infamous!) in various fields. How many of them do you know?
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Friends & Relatives
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Dec 01 11
420 plays
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Pilchards Pilchards Everywhere!
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Let's take a quick look at the humble pilchard, often also known as a sardine... (Note: these questions are mainly UK and European based.)
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Apr 23 12
201 plays
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A Lovely Pair of Coconuts
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... and some other interesting souvenirs were collected by Rowena, PDAZ, Doublemm and Eburge on their recent trip around the world. See if you can work out where they found each one.
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Mixed World Geography for Kids
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Very Easy
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Feb 23 12
2319 plays
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