How do you feel about those elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles we call either serpents or snakes? Knowing one from another might one day save your life. Average, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi,
Jul 02 25
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How do you feel about those elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles we call either serpents or snakes? Knowing one from another might one day save your life.
We continue our tour at the world's most famous gallery, The Louvre Museum in Paris. Can you identify ten of the many famous works housed there? (A reminder that you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.)
Take a quick tour around some of the major cities in South America... |
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Take Delight in the Devilishness of the clues and the Dastardliness of the answers as we travel around the world looking for places beginning with "D".
There are thousands of lighthouses dotted around the world. Here we take a whirlwind tour of ten that are either unusual in terms of design or significant in some way.
In the first room of this section of our virtual gallery, we looked at paintings depicting the life of Christ. Now we move on to other Biblical stories and people...
Take a trip around Africa and Asia. Of course, we will need something to spend. Amex or Visa is okay for your swanky hotel, but not for the street-side food seller or Joe Taxi. For that we'll need some local currency...
Let's take a trip around some of the world's major cities. In each case, there is also a photograph to help you identify our destination. |
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The next subject at our virtual art gallery, biblical paintings (or sacred art) is perhaps the most extensive, so it will fill two rooms even at the first pass through. These are the first ten examples for you to admire and identify.
This is the eleventh quiz in this alphabetic world tour. There are eight countries and two US states starting with "K". There are also 13 national capitals from which to choose.
Religious buildings provide some breathtaking architecture. Here we take a photographic around some of the world's most spectacular examples.
At the 2010 Census, there were nine cities in the U.S.A. with populations of more than one million, all of which I am sure you can name. At the same time, China had more than 140 cities of more than one million and 50 with populations above two million.
Since the greatest soccer team in the world play in red and white (and white is not a colour), this quiz is a celebration of a wonderful season from "Ronald Koeman's Red Army"... |
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Another selection of ten animals for you to identify. This time they all begin with the letter "E".
This is the second leg of our tour of some of the more interesting flags of national capital cities. National flags are easy, but can you identify the capital from its flag and the clues?
Once again, we take a tour around the world and across ten more of its most famous bridges.
Another selection of ten animals for you to identify. This time they all begin with the letter "D".
Come along on this photographic world tour as we visit some of the world's greatest museums and galleries.
I'm sure that you would recognize the flags of most European countries. Here you must identify European capital cities from their flags and the clues... |
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Numerous bird species can be spotted on the rivers and lakes of England. Can you identify these from the photos and clues?
We have reached the letters "I and J" on this alphabetic world tour. There are twelve countries, four US states and five national capitals from which to choose.
Take a trip around the world to recognize these great cities from their skyline and the other clues provided.
Actually, there is no xylophone here, but I wanted a quiz starting with the letter "X". |
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Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe with an interesting and varied past. Here we look primarily at its geographical features...
The works of Shakespeare have been performed on stage and on screen many times. They have also been the subject of numerous works of art, ten of which are pictured here. All you have to do is identify the play from which the artwork derives.
We travel around the world to see some of mankind's closest genetic relatives. Identify them from the photographs and the clues.
All the answers start with "V".
We seem to love using stone to remember people from all walks of life. Can you recognize the statues of these ten people who have been so honored?
Whilst planning a trip to Cambodia I was checking out what wildlife we might spot and discovered that more than 550 bird species live in this relatively small country. See if you can identify ten of them. There are some lovely photographs to assist you. |
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Can you identify these ten English and Welsh cathedrals from the photographs and the clues provided?
Welcome to Azerbaijan, a presidential republic in the Caucasus region at the crossroads of eastern Europe and western Asia
Many of Europe's major rivers pass through numerous cities. Can you identify the one pictured from the clues?
Following on from my earlier quiz covering horse breeds, we turn our attention now to popular pony breeds from around the world.
At the height of their popularity in the Victorian and Edwardian age, there were more than 100 piers dotted around England's coastline. Can you identify some of those that have survived? |
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The capital is often also the largest city and there is a clear 'second city', such as Birmingham in England. Take a trip around the world to visit some of these 'second cities'...
This time we take a trip around the world visiting the burial sites of notable persons. Perhaps the photographic clues will help too.
Continuing our tour of this virtual gallery, we enter Room 4, Tronies. This comes from a Dutch word meaning 'face': the paintings depict an exaggerated facial expression or a character in costume.
Welcome to the World Wide of Webs!
There are more than 90,000 species of arachnid. This quiz concentrates on ten of the third of those that are spiders.
There are more than 10,000 species of bird, and the world's Top 20 bird-watchers all claim to have seen more than 70% of that total. We take a whirlwind trip around the world to find some of the more difficult to spot species... |
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We have reached the letter "H" on this alphabetic tour of the world. This may be a tricky one, with only one US state and three countries starting with "H", although there are ten national capitals.
Many cities stand on the banks on major rivers. I'll tell you which river and you tell we which city is in the photograph.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Republic of Benin. Let's take a trip around this small west African country to see what we can discover...
The next room in our virtual art gallery concentrates not on a specific genre but on a period or style of painting. Color, light and shadows are features of Baroque art from the late 16th century to the early 18th.