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Quizzes Authored: 33
Single Questions Accepted: 1

Quizzes Played: 2476
Questions Correct: 18,314 / 27,015 (68%)
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Monster Quizzes Taken: 71 (1065 questions)

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Quizzes Authored by tnrees
1 Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook
A quiz on Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs' (with illustrations by Paul Kidby) 2007 "Discworld" diary. Some knowledge of 'Going Postal' is also needed.
Pratchett, Terry Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Dec 03 07
225 plays
2 Egypt 2 - Dynasties 4-6
A quiz on the early kings of Egypt (from dynasty four to dynasty six). There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' provides enough information on. Quiz Two in the series.
Ancient Egypt Very Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
May 18 08
582 plays
3 Britain Before the Days of Writing
A quiz on British pre-history.
Pre-History Very Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 08 05
3024 plays
4 Egypt 1 - The Earliest Rulers
From dynasty zero or one (depending on who you read) to dynasty three. There is a question on each king that Peter Claytons 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to ask a question on. Quiz 1 of 8
Ancient Egypt Very Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
May 10 08
762 plays
5 Anglo-Scottish battles
This quiz is on battles where a significant number of English (or Anglo-Saxons) fought a significant number of Scots - not necessarily battles between England and Scotland.
War History Very Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Mar 13 09
297 plays
6 Dropped from "The Discworld Companion"
This quiz on entries that were dropped from "The Discworld Companion" by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs between the 1994 edition and the 2003 edition.
Pratchett, Terry Tough
10 Q
tnrees
May 02 09
156 plays
7 Pioneers of Flight
Mostly about real people but some questions on myths and animals.
Scientists & Inventors Difficult
15 Q
tnrees
Sep 16 09
234 plays
8 The Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone, and the decipherment of the Egyptian language.
Miscellaneous Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Oct 26 07
1464 plays
9 Egypt 6 - Those Rameses (and others)
A lot of Rameses and several other pharaohs. A quiz on the kings from Dynasty 20 to Dynasty 24. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to create a question on.
Ancient Egypt Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 02 08
405 plays
10 The Medieval Christian Kingdoms of Nubia
This quiz is drawn primarily from the book "The Medieval Kingdoms of Nubia" by Derek A. Welsby, supplemented by some internet research.
African Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
May 07 09
279 plays
11 Cruel and Unusual Geography
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld there is an 'Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography'. This quiz about him and the Unseen University where he resides.
Characters of Discworld Tough
10 Q
tnrees
Aug 17 09
234 plays
12 Egypt 3 - Dynasties 7-12
A quiz on the fairly early kings from dynasty seven to dynasty twelve. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to do a question on. Quiz 3 in the series.
Ancient Egypt Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
May 20 08
399 plays
13 These Things Interested Me
I hope you will find this collection of miscellaneous bits of trivia that I have picked up at various times interesting too.
Mixed UK Impossible
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 07 05
1965 plays
14 Egypt 7 - Last Egyptian Rulers and Early Persians
A quiz on the kings from dynasties 25 to 30 - and the early Persians. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to do a qu
Ancient Egypt Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 11 08
309 plays
15 Egypt 8 - The non-Egyptian Pharaohs
A quiz on the non-Egyptian kings who ruled Egypt as pharaohs up to the suppression of Egyptian Religion. Quiz 8 of 8.
Ancient Egypt Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 13 08
387 plays
16 Egypt 5 - Dynasties 18 and 19
A quiz on the early kings from mid dynasty 18 to dynasty 19. There is a question on each king that Peter Claytons 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to do a question on. Quiz 5 of 8.
Ancient Egypt Tough
10 Q
tnrees
May 27 08
432 plays
17 Archaeological Sites around Lake Nubia (Nasser)
Archaeological sites you see on a cruise on Lake Nubia (Nasser).
World Sites Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Nov 27 07
237 plays
18 The "Hidden One" and His Worshippers
A quiz on some facts about ancient Egypt I hope will be interesting.
Ancient Egypt Difficult
15 Q
TNREES
Jul 15 05
813 plays
19 English Place Names
There are numerous elements which form part of English place names. This quiz is on the meaning of some of them.
Place Names Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 16 09
708 plays
20 Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment
This is the 2008 "Discworld" yearbook by Terry Pratchett with Stephen Briggs.
Pratchett, Terry Average
10 Q
tnrees
Apr 23 08
177 plays
21 Egypt 4: From Chaos to Empire
A quiz on the kings from Dynasty 13 to Dynasty 18. There is a question on each king that Peter Clayton's 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs' gives enough information for me to formulate a question on. Quiz 4 in the series.
Ancient Egypt Tough
10 Q
tnrees
May 23 08
300 plays
22 Ahmose Son of Abana, The Justified
Life and Times of Ahmose Son of Abana, Justified: this quiz on ancient Egypt is about or connected with the biography of Ahmose in his tomb.
Ancient Egypt Tough
10 Q
tnrees
Aug 19 05
459 plays
23 The London Poor c. 1850
This quiz is on Volume 1 of Henry Mayhew's great study of poverty and the 'criminal classes'. It was produced between 1849 and 1851. This volume is mostly on the lives of street salespeople. Note that 1d is one old penny (1/240th of a pound).
UK History Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Oct 08 05
396 plays
24 Mammals but not Men or Mammoths
Most palaeontology for non-experts seems to be dinosaurs (with Mesozoic sea reptiles and pterosaurs), mammoths or prehistoric men so this quiz is not about them.
Paleontology Tough
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 10 05
429 plays
25 The Diskworld Almanak
About the book by Terry Pratchett OBE, creator of the "Diskworld" series, and Bernard Pearson, the cunning artificer.
Pratchett, Terry Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Sep 27 05
225 plays
26 The Theories of Alan F. Alford
As given in his book 'Pyramid of Secrets'. I have tried to give something but leave enough out of the interesting information so that I do not do him out of royalties because you think you do not need to read his book.
Non-Fiction Tough
10 Q
tnrees
Oct 01 07
156 plays
27 Gunboat 658
This quiz is based on the book of the same name by one of the crew - L.C.Reynolds, DSC.
WW2 Maritime Difficult
15 Q
tnrees
Oct 10 08
291 plays
28 The Steel Bonnets
The story of the "Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers" in the 16th century (and just after). This quiz was inspired by George McDonald Fraser's book of the same name.
UK History Tough
10 Q
TNREES
Jun 27 05
270 plays
29 A Terrible Quiz
On living things with dino or deino in their names (or to be pedantic din if precedes a vowel). Dino comes from the Latin or Greek for terrible (as in inspiring terror). Just select the correct definition.
General Biology Very Difficult
10 Q
tnrees
Jun 14 05
3579 plays
30 The Natural Philosopher
These questions were inspired by an article in BES (Bulletin of the Egyptian Society UK) by Mark Fletcher who lent me a 1954 biography by Alex Wood and Frank Oldham. A natural philosopher is approximately what we now call a scientist
Thomas Young Tough
10 Q
tnrees
Nov 16 06
168 plays
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