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Lawrence Block Novels and Characters
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Lawrence Block is the author of dozens of books about several different heroes (and some not so heroic), as well as anthologies, short stories and books on writing. I was surprised to find no existing quizzes on his work.
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Block, Lawrence
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 05 05
312 plays
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World Cities: As The Crow Flies
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Each question in this quiz asks you to look at four pairs of famous cities from around the world and tell which pair is separated by the longest great circle distance. Only one answer will be a close call. I hope it is easier to play than it was to make
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Cities of the World
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 21 05
6240 plays
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US Commemorative Quarters by Theme
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I think the State Commemorative Quarters offering was one of the best ideas the United States Mint has ever had.
This hopefully low stress quiz is about some of the common themes used in their designs.
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U.S. Coins & Banknotes
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jan 01 09
423 plays
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The Packard Motor Car Company
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I have owned three Packards and fixed and helped restore several more. Mention "Packard" to anyone of a certain age and the stories will come rolling out. I hope this quiz is more informative than challenging.
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Specific Cars
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 10 05
360 plays
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Words of Warning
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I got to thinking about the various words and phrases we use to warn or alert others about potentially hazardous circumstances. Here is a straightforward quiz exploring some common and not so common examples.
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Language Use
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Nov 04 07
2154 plays
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World Cities: Population Comparisons
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My first World Cities quiz involved the distances between famous places. Each question this time will give four major cities and ask for the one with the greatest January 2005 population in its greater, or agglomerated, area.
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Cities of the World
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 12 05
6438 plays
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Mountains of California
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California is home to mountains of all shapes, sizes and histories. I have visited all of these mountains and have climbed to most of their tops. I'll give a little information on each one and you pick its name.
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California
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
May 11 05
1047 plays
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Woody Guthrie
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Ever since my parents took me to a union rally in the late 1940's where Woody Guthrie spoke and sang, I've been a fan. Here is a second quiz about him.
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Guthrie, Woody
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
May 23 05
375 plays
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The Rutabaga
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September was National Rutabaga Month in the USA. Here are some totally trivial questions about this Rodney Dangerfield of vegetables.
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Fruit and Vegetables
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Nov 13 07
462 plays
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Army Basic Training in the 1960s
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Hundreds of thousands of American men and women served in the US Army in the Vietnam War Era. This is a quiz about the first thing they experienced: Basic Training. Attenhut!
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U.S. Army
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Dec 07 07
921 plays
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The Amazing Postal Code Plus 2
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The first Postal CODE Plus Quiz got many plays and varied results. The idea here is to combine state postal abbreviations rather than add them together, e.g. CAR (CAlifornia and ARkansas), not CAME (CA and ME).
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 03 07
1023 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition 3
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This is the third quiz in the third "Amazing Postal CODE" series. All the four letter word answers are formed by inserting one two-letter US Postal Service State abbreviation inside another.
It has nothing to do with the TV news program.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 24 07
303 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition
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This is another variation in the series where the two letter US Postal CODE abbreviations are used to spell words.
This time they are codes within codes and require a little extra thinking.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 03 07
249 plays
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World Cities: Longitude and Latitude
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My first World Cities Quiz was about distance and the second about population. This one is about location by geographical coordinates. It is meant to be an exercise in spatial and geographical visualization and should be played without aids.
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Cities of the World
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 30 05
1644 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition 2
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Here are ten more (fairly) common words to make by inserting one two letter US Postal Code abbreviation inside another. (It has nothing to do with the TV news show.)
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 09 07
411 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE Plus 3
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The Amazing Postal CODE Plus 2 featured all three-letter words and its rating was less difficult than its predecessor. Here we are back to five-letter answers, e.g., CARLA: CA, AR and LA, using US Postal Service state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 09 07
246 plays
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Coastal Prominences of the United States
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The United States is a far ranging place, sticking out into its surroundings at many extreme locations. Which are the prominences described?
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United States
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
May 16 05
546 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 7
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This is the seventh quiz featuring the two-letter US Postal Service's official state abbreviations, about forty of which can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) into words.
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Something in Common
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 01 05
480 plays
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The Amazing Postal Code 3
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This is the third of a series of quizzes I'll try to add to weekly. The challenge is to respond with a word or words that are MADE (Massachusets and Delaware, e.g.) solely from US Postal Service abbreviations, hence in 2, 4, 6 or 8 letters.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 03 05
330 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 11
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This is the eleventh weekly quiz using the US Postal Service's two-letter state abbreviations to make words. CODE, for example, is Colorado and Deleware combined.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 29 05
264 plays
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Little Known Birdwatching Specialties
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Among birders, there is only one group that I know of that specializes: Owlers, as in "Let's go owling tonight." Here are some other possibilities just for fun.
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Something in Common
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Impossible
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 20 05
234 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 13
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Lucky Postal CODE Quiz 13 is here. Just use the clues to find words that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) from the two-letter US Postal Service's state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 12 05
399 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 4
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This is the fourth weekly quiz utilizing US Postal Service two-letter state abbreviations or CODE (Colorado and Delaware). There are a surprising number of English words that can be MADE (Massachusets and Delaware) by simply stringing them together.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 10 05
279 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 18
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I may have missed some of the words that can be MADE from the two-letter US Postal Service's state abbreviations, but these ten (180 through 190) will finish out the string.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 16 05
213 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 16
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Here are clues to ten more words that are constructed solely of US Postal Service state abbreviations. OK (Oklahoma), follow ME (Maine)!
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 02 05
249 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 10
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This is the Postal CODE (Colorado and Delaware) Quiz where we reach the 100th word MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) from the US Postal Service's two-letter abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 22 05
285 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition 4
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This is the fourth quiz in the third series of "The Amazing Postal CODE." All of the four-letter word answers are formed by inserting one two-letter US Postal Service state abbreviation inside another.
It has nothing to do with the TV news show.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
15 Q
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scalar
Sep 30 07
474 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 5
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Another week has gone by (the last one before summer), so it's time for Postal CODE Quiz #5, where all of the answers are words MADE solely from the two-letter US Postal abbreviations for the fifty states. "CODE" and "MADE" are two of those words.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 18 05
249 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 8
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Another ten words that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) simply by combining the official United States Postal Service's two-letter state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 08 05
435 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 9
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Here are another ten clues that will lead you to words that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) from the US Postal Service's two-letter state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 15 05
258 plays
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