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Human Oddities
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Back before Jerry Springer and other talk shows, people went to sideshows to be shocked and amazed. Who are some of the folks who were stars of the bygone era?
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Circuses & Fairs
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 20 04
5001 plays
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T. R. Pearson's "Off for the Sweet Hereafter"
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Enjoy this quiz on the second book of Pearson's "Neeley" trilogy.
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P
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Jul 24 05
51 plays
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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How well do you know Rick Wakeman's theme album?
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Wakeman, Rick
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Difficult
15 Q
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ubermom
Feb 15 04
132 plays
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Buster Keaton: The Man and the Myths
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Can you sort myth from reality about the Great Stone Face of silent cinema? Be careful! Keaton himself loved passing many of the myths along.
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Celebrities K-M
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Nov 07 09
78 plays
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The Butcher Boy
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"The Butcher Boy", released in 1917, was the first independent film to come out of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's Comique Studio.
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Br - Bz Movies
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Difficult
15 Q
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ubermom
Nov 13 09
48 plays
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His Wedding Night
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"His Wedding Night", released in 1917, again teams Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John.
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Ha - Hm Movies
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Nov 21 09
54 plays
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Boomtown Rats: I Don't Like Mondays
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The Boomtown Rats song and the real-life events that inspired it.
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B
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Average
10 Q
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ubermom
Jul 04 09
384 plays
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The Gist of Galatians
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This quiz focuses on the concepts Paul addresses in Galatians, not in minutia. Quotes are taken from the Revised Standard Version.
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Galatians
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Average
10 Q
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ubermom
Mar 31 05
1161 plays
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'Keeping Up Appearances': The Basics
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Nothing tough here, if you've watched the show. It's just a quick check of the characters and their relationships!
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Keeping Up Appearances
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Very Easy
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 28 05
4698 plays
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Freaks
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Tod Browning's 1932 horror classic was banned in the UK for 30 years. How much do you know about this controversial work?
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Freaks
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Average
10 Q
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ubermom
Dec 08 03
576 plays
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Eastern State Penitentiary
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Eastern State Penitentiary was groundbreaking in many ways. I'll try to give you clues so that if you have a good general knowledge, you should be able to guess most answers.
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U.S. History
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Oct 19 08
414 plays
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Twisted Puns
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Each clue provides at least two hints to the answer: Ex: Long John Silver learned the hard way not to use a fish as a shoe bottom. Answer: Sole. A sole is a fish, and a sole is a shoe bottom.
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Words in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Sep 23 08
699 plays
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The Mysterious Platypus
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These critters are tough to see outside their native land. Take this quiz and learn about these amazing animals.
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Marsupials and Monotremes
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Average
20 Q
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ubermom
Aug 18 05
1479 plays
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"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" -- Chapter 5
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Number 4 in a long-overdue series on this delightful book.
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Adams, Douglas
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Average
10 Q
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ubermom
Aug 21 05
231 plays
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What Do You Remember From "Alive"?
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These are the details that stuck with me. Do you remember them?
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Alive
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Tough
15 Q
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ubermom
Jan 30 06
648 plays
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It Must've Been Love
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Find the poetic lyrics of this song, sung by Roxette.
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Roxette
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Easy
10 Q
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ubermom
Aug 20 05
741 plays
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"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" -- Chapter 2
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The second installment of a long-overdue series of quizzes on the delightful Douglas Adams book.
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Adams, Douglas
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 23 05
303 plays
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"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" -- Ch. 3 & 4
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The third installment in a long-overdue series of quizzes.
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Adams, Douglas
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Tough
15 Q
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ubermom
Mar 01 05
291 plays
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
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How much do you know about Howard Pyle's classic?
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P
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Difficult
25 Q
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ubermom
Jan 26 04
210 plays
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Apotemnophilia
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Apotemnophilia, the overwhelming desire to amputate a perfectly healthy limb, is a puzzling disorder. How much do you know about this condition?
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Psychological Disorders
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 15 04
729 plays
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"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" -- Chapter 1
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It's about time there was a quiz devoted entirely to "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". This book is so pithy it's worth a quiz a chapter. Here's the first!
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Adams, Douglas
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 22 05
297 plays
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Silas Marner: The Basics
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Check your knowledge of the basic plot and characters of this classic story of an unlikely love.
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Eliot, George
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Average
15 Q
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ubermom
Mar 31 05
402 plays
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Konglish 101
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Welcome to Korea! If you don't speak the language, you'll find yourself picking up Konglish -- English words used in the Korean way. Can you understand the locals, and make yourself understood?
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Varieties of English
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Jul 15 05
327 plays
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Did a Vogon Write Those Lyrics?
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According to Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", Vogons write the worst poetry in the universe, poetry you'd gnaw your leg off to escape. Let's explore the Vogon influence on Earth music.
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Which Song Is It
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Average
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 13 05
840 plays
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Malpractice or Murder?
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Usually a patient's death is a matter of malpractice, not murder. But in some cases, the docs get prosecuted. In each case, prosecutors decided they were dealing with Quack the Ripper.
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Innocent or Guilty?
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 03 05
618 plays
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Homophone Fun
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Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Each question is a clue in the form of a brief story. You give the two word answer in homophones. The order doesn't matter as long as you get both words and spell them correctly.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Apr 26 09
843 plays
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The Palindromes of Weird Al's "Bob"
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Weird Al's "Bob" is composed entirely of palindromes, so you should be able to figure out the answers even if you've never heard the song. Be careful! The lines don't necessarily break in the center of the palindrome.
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Yankovic, Weird Al
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Tough
15 Q
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ubermom
Jun 27 09
240 plays
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'Alf' Cartoon
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This quiz is about the 'Alf' cartoon, set back on his home world of Melmak.
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ALF
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Impossible
10 Q
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ubermom
Dec 08 03
765 plays
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Tod Browning's "Freaks"
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By popular demand, here are more trivial questions about the horror classic.
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Freaks
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 05 05
321 plays
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Body Integrity Identity Disorder
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Body Integrity Identity Disorder, or BIID, is a proposed name for a disorder in which the person wants a healthy limb amputated. The answers below are based on Dr. Michael First's controversial conceptualizations.
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Psychological Disorders
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 16 04
690 plays
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Influential Abortion Events
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What would be family or medical matters become public events and political fodder when abortion is involved. How much do you know of some of the events that have shaped abortion politics?
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Abortion
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 17 04
381 plays
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Basic Korean Vocabulary
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So you, the English speaker, are thinking of going to Korea! Can you communicate with the locals?
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Korean
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Average
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 12 05
708 plays
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Illegal Abortions Post-Roe
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Even after the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, illegal abortion persists. How much do you know about this little-discussed phenomenon?
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Abortion
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 09 05
333 plays
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Good Things Come in Threes
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Let's look at some famous and not-so-famous trios, triads, and triples.
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0-10
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 19 05
1014 plays
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Johnny Eck, King of the Freaks
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Johnny Eck was one of the most popular human oddities of the heyday of the sideshow. Learn more, or test what you already know.
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Circuses & Fairs
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 10 05
321 plays
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Dave Barry's Dogs
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Dave Barry, syndicated columnist from the Miami Herald, wrote a lot of columns about animals, particularly dogs. Most particularly, his own dogs. This quiz should be easy for regular readers.
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Barry, Dave
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Mar 29 05
222 plays
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Post Roe v. Wade Abortion Deaths
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Abortion deaths that made headlines: a young woman's death can make headlines when abortion is involved. How much do you know about these cases (which all occurred after 1973)?
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Abortion
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 04 04
297 plays
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US Commericials: Life comes at you fast...
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How much do you remember about these commercials, each with a sudden plot twist?
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U.S. Commercials
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Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
May 02 06
585 plays
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Oscar
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Sylvester Stalone plays a gangster struggling to "go straight".
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Oscar
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Average
15 Q
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ubermom
Feb 04 04
477 plays
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Abortion: Defining the Terms
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One of the most confusing things about abortion politics is that there's disagreement about the terms. Can you spot the terms that folks can't agree upon?
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Abortion
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Average
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 05 04
837 plays
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Clams Never Sang for My Father
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Back on Melmac, an animated ALF is under pressure to join the lodge.
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ALF
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ubermom
Jul 20 08
204 plays
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Alf Tales
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The 'Alf Tales' cartoons spoofed fairy tales and movie genres at the same time. How much do you know about these classics?
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ALF
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Impossible
10 Q
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ubermom
Jan 16 04
615 plays
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Sounds the Same
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The first ten pair of homonyms that came into my head. I enjoy this kind of quiz so I thought I'd have a crack at them myself. Remember, no punctuation in the answers!
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Rhymes
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Tough
10 Q
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ubermom
Feb 11 05
690 plays
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