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Quirky Blue Jay Tidbits
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Try your luck on these ten questions, about some fairly useless, yet interesting, Blue Jays facts. The answer choices for each question all wore the same number as Blue Jays, which might help you narrow down the correct answer.
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Toronto Blue Jays
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Jun 17 06
1188 plays
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Cryptic Garments
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The ten cryptic clues will lead you to the names of items of clothing.
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Cryptics
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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spanishliz
Jun 07 04
2955 plays
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Six Years in Dog River
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"Corner Gas" was a very funny Canadian comedy show, set in the fictional town of Dog River, Saskatchewan. Here we will sample some of the hilarity from each of its six seasons.
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Corner Gas
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Sep 01 13
90 plays
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Rivers of Ontario
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The many rivers flowing through the province of Ontario have long provided the means of travelling from one place to another. Here you will be given clues about features to be found along a river's banks and asked to name the river.
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Ontario
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Sep 07 13
87 plays
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The Cause of the Problem
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Disasters at sea are not new, and unfortunately are not a thing of the past, either. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, but was the iceberg the cause? We won't go into that here, but we will look at what caused a number of other maritime tragedies.
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Disasters
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Sep 18 13
180 plays
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Another Oldies 'Who Played Who?'
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All of the characters named in the questions are from movies released before 1980. Younger players may find this difficult unless they have watched many old movies.
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Players - Average 10
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Dec 10 03
9507 plays
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'The Great Escape' - Hilts
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A few questions about one of the memorable characters from this movie.
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Great Escape, The .
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Aug 01 01
4503 plays
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Fractured Hitchcock
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In this quiz, you will be asked to answer questions about ten of Alfred Hitchcock's movies. The twist is that each movie title is given in fractured form, so you will first have to identify the movie and then answer the question. Have fun!
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Movie Fractures
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Aug 16 05
3726 plays
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An Oldies 'Who Played Who'?
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There seemed to be a need for one of these quizzes for the older players amongst us. No character named is from a movie released after 1980, though the actors may be familiar to everyone.
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Players - Average 10
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Oct 05 03
5076 plays
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Don't Feed the Animals
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How often have you watched a movie or TV show and thought that the animals were the best part, even if they were not the stars? Here are a few cases when the (human) actors might have thought "Don't feed the animals," because they might steal the show!
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Aug 17 13
432 plays
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Which Happened First?
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Most questions require you to choose which event was the first to happen. Sometimes you will be asked to identify the conflict in which something was first used. Questions range from late eighteenth to late twentieth century.
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War History
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Difficult
20 Q
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spanishliz
Apr 17 02
5832 plays
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Four Letter Words
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No, not swear words, just a selection of words of four letters for you to define. Just choose the definition that you think is correct. All words can be found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
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Definitions
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Average
25 Q
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spanishliz
Jan 31 01
3633 plays
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Blue Jays by the Numbers
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I'll tell you who wore the number during the 2003 season. You will tell me who wore it in the early days of the team, or in some cases who did not wear that number.
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Toronto Blue Jays
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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spanishliz
Dec 28 03
441 plays
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British War Films
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War films made by British studios tend to be less glamorous and often more realistic than those made in Hollywood. Here are a few questions about five of these movies, all made in the 1950s. See how much you can remember.
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War in Movies
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Jun 02 06
1278 plays
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Early Toronto Blue Jays
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The Blue Jays started their 25th season in April 2001, so it seemed appropriate to ask a few questions about their very first season (one question falls outside the first season).
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Toronto Blue Jays
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Difficult
10 Q
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spanishliz
Mar 13 01
720 plays
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'The Great Escape' - A Mixture
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A mixture of trivia about the movie 'The Great Escape' in no particular order.
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Great Escape, The .
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Aug 01 01
3600 plays
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Ski Jumpers' Nicknames
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Participants in sports have long been given nicknames. Ski jumping is no exception. Here are a few questions about some of those jumpers, and their sobriquets, from the 1970s to the 2000s.
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Skiing
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Aug 12 05
252 plays
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Baseball Arithmetic
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For the sake of brevity, baseball scorekeepers number the fielding positions from one to nine, starting with the pitcher and proceeding to the right fielder. Use the hints to work out the answers, and the numbers used for each position.
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Jun 30 05
1437 plays
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World War One Acrostic
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My thanks to ensiform for the idea of an Acrostic quiz. The initial letters of the answers to questions 2 through 10 spell the answer to question 1. All questions relate to the First World War.
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World War I
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Oct 16 01
5307 plays
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Cryptic Movie Titles
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Here are ten cryptic clues to the titles of movies from a fairly wide time range. If you are unfamiliar with solving cryptic clues, I suggest you try some of the 'How to' quizzes in Brain Teasers first.
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Movie Cryptics
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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spanishliz
Sep 01 04
4101 plays
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A Sporting Common Bond
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Answer the first nine questions, then use those answers to determine the sport that is the common bond.
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10Q CB Tough
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Aug 13 05
2922 plays
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Trivial Mixture
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These are a selection of questions from a quiz I put together some time ago for a local pub quiz, loosely based on Trivial Pursuit categories.
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Mixed 15 Q. Difficult
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Difficult
15 Q
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spanishliz
Apr 15 01
3462 plays
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Actors Named James
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I give you three characters from movies or TV, you choose which actor named James played those characters. Most of these are not too recent, but have tried not to make them too obscure. Good luck.
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Players - Average 10
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Oct 18 00
2721 plays
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Which Sport?
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I list a few words or phrases, you choose which sport uses these terms. Some sports are the correct answer to more than one question. Example: base, bat, strike = baseball (but I hope they are not quite that easy!)
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Name The Sport
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Average
15 Q
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spanishliz
May 01 01
5187 plays
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World War Two Acrostic
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As before, my thanks to ensiform for the idea of an acrostic quiz. The initial letters of the answers to questions 2 through 10 spell the answer to question one. All questions relate to World War Two.
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World War II
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Nov 27 01
4527 plays
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"The Great Escape" - Visual Clues
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The photos that accompany the questions will give you clues about various characters in the film. It is hoped that they'll help you with the answers. Some knowledge of the book on which the film was based may also help.
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Great Escape, The .
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Mar 16 11
825 plays
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Ski Jumpers Nationalities
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I'll tell you the name and a bit about some of the ski jumpers who competed in the 2000-2001 season, you tell me what country they are from.
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Skiing
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Average
10 Q
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spanishliz
Feb 25 01
645 plays
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The Gunpowder Plot
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A brief quiz about the plot remembered in England with Bonfire Night each November.
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UK History
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Tough
5 Q
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spanishliz
Apr 15 01
2022 plays
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Picture the Scene
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The photos in this quiz should help you to identify the movies and answer the questions posed. Movies are mostly of the older variety, and are a complete mixture.
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Movie Mixture
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Tough
10 Q
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spanishliz
Feb 17 11
3672 plays
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More Four Letter Words
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Just choose the definition you think is correct. As with the previous quiz, all words can be found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
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Definitions
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Average
25 Q
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spanishliz
Feb 01 01
2640 plays
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