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Literature in Spanish
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This is a response to the challenge by Adams627. This quiz covers famous Spanish novels from Peninsular Spain. You will pick the correct title in Spanish. By the end, you'll have learned of ten world-famous Spanish novels. Hints will help, I promise.
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Literature by Region
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Feb 13 10
321 plays
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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The play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" makes her sound like a monster. Actually, she is funny, sincere and most definitely worth knowing about.
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Famous UK Women
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Average
10 Q
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windswept
Mar 12 08
597 plays
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The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton, sometimes scoffed at for superficial reasons, is truly legendary because of her contributions to country music, her honesty, her philanthropy and an overall integrity which genuinely sizzles in these sometimes overly analytical days.
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Parton, Dolly
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Tough
15 Q
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Windswept
Nov 25 09
528 plays
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That Friendly Religion
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The Religious Society of Friends dates to the 17th century. It believes that people can have direct connection with the divine without intervention of clergy or doctrine. This quiz asks about famous Quakers and basic Quaker terms.
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Non-Conformist Denominations
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Mar 07 10
321 plays
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1960s: UC Berkeley
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The University of California at Berkeley became a focal point of change in education, student activities, politics, civil rights, and entertainment. This quiz introduces you to some major figures and events. Which of them do you remember?
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USA in the 20th.Century
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Tough
10 Q
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windswept
Jul 26 09
615 plays
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Congestive Heart Failure
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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a prevalent health condition which is not limited to the elderly. This quiz will help you understand what it is and how to avoid it.
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Diseases of Specific Systems
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Average
15 Q
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Windswept
Oct 09 09
1215 plays
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Joe Louis: "The Greatest Boxer"
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Joe Louis, one of the greatest boxing champions , was famous worldwide, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s. This quiz highlights major moments in his career and explores reasons for his enormous success.
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Joe Louis
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Feb 19 10
216 plays
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Jodie Foster's "Nell"
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This quiz introduces a 1994 film involving a unique young woman isolated from others in North Carolina. It was nominated for many awards, including Best Actress, Best Film, and Best Original Score. I hope you enjoy this quiz and the film.
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Oct 13 10
198 plays
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Firsts in the 1960s
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This quiz asks you to identify newsworthy items of that explosive decade, the 1960s, such as inventions, cultural icons, and events. Enjoy your trip down memory lane. I enjoyed mine.
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1960s History
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Average
15 Q
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Windswept
Jan 04 09
4137 plays
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The 1960s Counter Culture (USA)
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In the 1960s, all kinds of new stars were born. People became famous for all sorts of new reasons. It was the rise of what we now call counter culture. This change was a creater and receiver of mass media, increasing digitalization, and globalization.
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1960s History
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Jun 19 08
3048 plays
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A New Lease on Lessing
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Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a writer of many locations and many styles of writing. This quiz hopes to introduce her and give you a fresh look at (or lease on) an important, relatively unknown, woman writer.
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Lessing, Doris
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Tough
15 Q
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windswept
Jun 15 08
162 plays
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The 1960s Scene/Seen Internationally
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The 1960s was a ground-breaking decade in which conventions were broken or revised in politics, architecture, music, literature, lifestyles, women's roles, cooking methods, and thoughts about the future.
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1960s Nostalgia
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Average
20 Q
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windswept
Jul 11 08
2703 plays
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Best Sellers of the 1960s #2
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Here is Part II of my quiz on famous narratives in the 1960s. This one will have a more comprehensive focus. Good luck and have fun.
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Literature by Era
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Tough
15 Q
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Windswept
Oct 06 08
537 plays
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"The Other One": The Youngest Bronte Sister, Anne
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Anne Bronte was the youngest, least known, quietest, yet, perhaps, most audacious Bronte sister in her subjects, her style and her subtleness. What do you know of the youngest Bronte sister?
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Bronte Sisters
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Apr 29 09
342 plays
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Best Sellers of the 1960s #1
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Here are some best-selling books from the 1960s. Some will surprise you; some you'll be glad to see again. Have a go at saying what they are.
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Literature by Era
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Average
15 Q
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WIndswept
Sep 30 08
1125 plays
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Famous Daydreams
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To some, daydreams are images of pleasant things a dreamer wishes to happen; other people say daydreams are simply a way of not paying attention. This quiz offers new ways of seeing daydreams.
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Sep 10 09
552 plays
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Firsts in the 1960s (Part 2)
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This quiz asks you to identify newsworthy items of that explosive decade, the 1960s, such as inventions, cultural icons, and events. Enjoy your trip down memory lane. I enjoyed this second trip too.
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1960s History
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Sep 14 09
1443 plays
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Ray Charles on My Mind
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The sound and lyrics of Ray Charles' music are unforgettable. Below are some lyrics from his songs. Can you bring these songs to your mind, hear them, and choose the lyric's correct title?
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Charles, Ray
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Aug 15 08
450 plays
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ABC's of Woolf's "To the Lighthouse"
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This quiz asks ten basic questions about what happens in Virginia Woolf's much discussed novel "To the Lighthouse."
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Tough
10 Q
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Windswept
Jul 16 08
114 plays
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Fiction: Stand-out Passages
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These sections are ones people pull out of books and put in exams (or quizzes like this). They are key moments of the action. See if you can visualize the scene, names of characters, and then name the book these famous passage come from.
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Literary Terms & Quotes
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Tough
10 Q
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windswept
Jun 04 09
621 plays
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It's All In the Money--Characters and Currency
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Pick the character who is obsessed, or defeated by getting, keeping, and losing money.
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Specific Subjects & Themes
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Tough
10 Q
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Windswept
Oct 10 08
309 plays
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News in the Night
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All of these top news stories happened in the the night hours. How many of these news stories can you identify correctly?
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Mixed Bag
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Average
15 Q
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Windswept
Nov 08 08
2379 plays
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The Best of Liam Neeson
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William John Neeson, aka Liam Neeson, was born in 1952. He has been unusually respected as a tough, gifted actor and an extraordinary, loving husband and father. This quiz will ask you to identify special moments in his illustrious career.
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Neeson, Liam
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Dec 07 09
396 plays
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Angels and Demons
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This quiz looks at some examples of demons and angels in world literature. It is easier to find demons than angels. For the most part, just name where this character appears. I will give many hints in your voyage getting close to these powerful forces.
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Specific Subjects & Themes
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Oct 27 12
198 plays
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On the Fringe: Some American Radical Independents
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Here appear the names of some North American social bordercrossers--on the outside because of their politics, style, manners, statements. Let's see if you can recognize the names of this persistent "fringe" of "unaccceptables"?
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U.S.A. People
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Average
25 Q
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windswept
Jul 20 08
756 plays
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All About Mind
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We never see our minds, but we sure have a lot of words with the word "mind" in them.
Some here have to do with minds; some, rather surprisingly, don't at all. Fill in the word that completes these mind-related phrases.
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Idioms and Proverbs
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Easy
15 Q
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Windswept
Oct 02 09
1209 plays
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Famous Foggy Similes
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In literature, comparisons to fog may reveal a lot about character's states of mind. Often these are similes, i.e. the foggy day is like a maze. Sometimes, there is a metaphor, i.e. the foggy day is a maze. Foggy comparisons (both similes and metaphors).
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Language Use
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Aug 09 09
630 plays
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On the Lines: American Women In Action
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These women went beyond being back stage and took steps to make things happen (and get famous for doing something brave, illegal, intelligent, unspeakable). Which of them do you know?
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Famous U.S. Women
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Average
15 Q
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Windswept
Aug 02 08
615 plays
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Those Howling Monkeys
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The sound of these unique primates is haunting and insistent. What do we now know about these unique primates? Take this quiz, and you'll be sure to learn a bit about noisy and sociable monkeys with wholly unforgettable faces.
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Primates
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Average
10 Q
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Windswept
Jun 02 10
324 plays
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A Quick Tour of the CMM Bookshelf
Team quiz by classicalmusic/mensan
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This is a brief tour of fiction which has had a shaping effect on some classicalmusic/mensan'ers. You may enjoy finding out here some of our "formative influences."
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Literary Titles
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Tough
10 Q
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Windswept
Oct 10 10
321 plays
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