The questions in this quiz all feature somehow, however tangentially, pandas. See how many of them you remember... Eburge my friend, this one's for you!
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Apr 27 20
Category:
Thematic Bears
...to join her noble household at table, for a fine banquet to celebrate the Feast of St. George, in this the Year of Our Lord 1364.
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jul 17 13
Category:
History of Food
Kangaroo word is a playful term for a word that carries within it a synonym or antonym of itself- how many of these examples can you get? (Detailed Instructions in Q1)
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jun 25 20
Category:
Hidden Words
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Joan Jonker's books are all set in Liverpool and two of her best loved characters are "Molly and Nellie" - how much can you remember about the antics of the best friends and their families and neighbours?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Nov 22 07
Category:
Jonker, Joan
The boys are back! How many of the artists and songs featuring Jimmies, Johnnies and Bobbies can you get?
Difficult, 15 Qns, Rowena8482,
Oct 03 09
Category:
Male Names in Songs
All the sci-fi books in this quiz fall into the category of metafiction too - how many of them do you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 30 10
Category:
Science Fiction for Experts
How much do you know about the 1952 Winter Olympiad?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Oct 07 10
Category:
1952 Oslo
How many of these sci-fi tomorrows can you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jan 07 11
Category:
Science Fiction for Experts
The ten women featured in this quiz all managed to become very rich indeed. See how many of them you know.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Apr 22 25
Category:
Famous Women
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Have you cracked this installment in the "Mystery Case Files" series of PC adventure/hidden object games? (This quiz containers spoilers if you haven't completed the game.)
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Feb 23 09
Category:
Mystery Case Files
This is the first book in Enid Blyton's "Barney" series, also sometimes called "The 'R' Mysteries"
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Dec 24 11
Category:
Barney Series
Although the genre is often considered "boy's stuff", the ten books featured in this quiz feature strong female characters from some amazing sci-fi adventures.
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 27 10
Category:
Science Fiction for Experts
How much do you know about the life and career of the beautiful English actress Diana Dors?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jan 25 12
Category:
Celebrities C-D
How much do you know about the tangled 'Celtic Knot' of wyrd that forms the 'Deverry' sequence of books by Katharine Kerr? (Includes questions up to and including "The Spirit Stone")
Tough, 15 Qns, Rowena8482,
May 07 08
Category:
Kerr, Katharine
Can you remember which science fiction books the following first lines are from? Some are from 'Young Adult' fiction.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Oct 25 07
Category:
Science Fiction for Experts
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May 6th, 1979 saw the live recording of 'the' album of the Mod Revival. "Mods Mayday '79," made that day, is now a collector's item and an icon. Questions cover the full show as on the CD, not just the sets featured on the original vinyl.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Dec 11 08
Category:
Music from 1979
All the songs in this quiz, which were mainly hits in the UK, have the word "Pretty" in the title. How many of them do you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Dec 27 12
Category:
Songs With Same Word
All the songs, lyrics and/or artists in this quiz have black, blue, or even both in them.
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 14 07
Category:
Color Songs
There's been a murder! Or has there? Join literary detective The Amazing Abenaki as he tries to solve the mystery of what happened to the late Mr H. Dumpty...
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jul 30 11
Category:
Tougher Mixed Literature
The Antarctic Treaty System ensures international co-operation and harmony between all the countries with an interest in this frozen continent.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jun 12 20
Category:
Organizations
Sean Courtney is one of Wilbur Smith's "Courtneys of Africa." The family appear in twelve of his exciting novels published between 1964 and 2005. How much do you know about Sean?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 29 08
Category:
Smith, Wilbur
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For this fourth quiz in my "Jimmy, Johnny..." series, the boys are joined by a Ricky or Richard in the artists or song titles. How many can you get?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Oct 03 09
Category:
Male Names in Songs
"Mr. Galliano's Circus" is the first of three books by Enid Blyton, all about Jimmy Brown and his life as a circus boy.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Dec 24 11
Category:
Circus Series
"The Rilloby Fair Mystery" is the second of Enid Blyton's six books featuring Barney and his friends Roger, Diana, and Snubby.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Dec 24 11
Category:
Barney Series
How many of these (mostly late 20th century) "V" initial comic book characters do you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Feb 04 14
Category:
Comic Characters Mixed A-Z
How well do you know Kafka's 1915 novella "The Metamorphosis"?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
May 14 12
Category:
Kafka, Franz
How well do you know the lyrics to UK band New Model Army's "Thunder And Consolation" album?
Average, 10 Qns, rowena8482,
Mar 11 16
Category:
New Model Army
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Although Science Fiction is often associated with rocket ships and outer space, the action in these questions all takes place firmly on the surface of one planet or another. How many of them do you remember?
Difficult, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 06 10
Category:
Science Fiction for Experts
The ten literary 'Little Misses Late' in this quiz have one thing in common - they have all died at some point in their past. How many of them do you remember?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Feb 24 12
Category:
Fantasy
Who's been up to 'Monkey Business' then? Lots of people, and ten of them are here in this quiz! See how many of them you remember...
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Apr 24 12
Category:
The Best Mixed Entertainment
How much do you remember about the first of Joan Jonker's "Eileen Gilmoss" books?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Feb 01 19
Category:
Jonker, Joan
"Secret Seven Fireworks" by Enid Blyton, is the eleventh story in her exciting series for younger readers (and grown ups like me who just enjoy them!)
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jun 24 08
Category:
Secret Seven
"Circus Days Again" is the third and final book by Enid Blyton all about Jimmy Brown and his life in Mr. Galliano's circus.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Dec 24 11
Category:
Circus Series
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I was born on June 13th, so it is an important date for me. How many of these other events, all of which happened on that date, do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
May 15 13
Category:
April May June
"The Last Legionary" books by Douglas Hill tell the story of Keill Randor, sole survivor of the radiation bomb which wiped out the finest fighting force the Galaxy had ever known, and his quest for revenge.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jan 12 08
Category:
H
I will be too old to be a child prodigy anymore. How many of these people, who were exceptionally gifted children, do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Nov 16 18
Category:
For Experts
Ten questions all about "breach of promise" or a broken engagement, as it is more commonly known nowadays.
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 26 17
Category:
Deception and Secrecy
And other entertaining and interesting extraterrestrials you might know. See how many of the ten examples in this quiz you can remember...
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Feb 08 13
Category:
Extraterrestrials in Entertainment
How much can you remember about this classic story of two brothers and their 'life after death'?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
May 12 08
Category:
Lindgren, Astrid
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"Fragile Things" is an anthology of short stories and poetry by Neil Gaiman. How much do you know about the weird and wonderful works collected in the book?
Tough, 10 Qns, rowena8482,
Dec 25 19
Category:
Gaiman, Neil
Nobody has ever said my family were Saints, but they do share their birthdays with them.
Do you know which Saint's Day they share in each of these questions?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Mar 11 09
Category:
Saints by the Calendar
Can you remember which of Robert Heinlein's short stories each of these first lines is from?
(May include stories first published under pseudonyms)
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
May 17 09
Category:
Heinlein, Robert A.
Let's take a quick look at the Olympic Games participation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the countries formerly joined as Czechoslovakia.
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jan 04 11
Category:
Europe
22 years after the first book was published, the end is nigh - this quiz is on the penultimate, long awaited installment, of Kerr's epic 'Deverry' sequence of novels.
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jan 12 09
Category:
Kerr, Katharine
Nowadays known as the Commonwealth Games, how much do you know about the early days of this international athletics competiton?
Average, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jan 02 11
Category:
Commonwealth Games
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All of the songs in this quiz mention cigarettes in their lyrics. How many of them can you remember?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jun 29 20
Category:
Songs With Same Word
All these songs and/or the artists have Japan or Japanese in the title.
Tough, 10 Qns, rowena8482,
Mar 12 07
Category:
Place Names in Songs
All the songs and/or artists featured in this quiz have the colour brown in their names or lyrics. See how many you can get.
Difficult, 15 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 10 07
Category:
Individual Colours
How much can you remember about "Downbelow Station" by C J Cherryh?
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Aug 25 07
Category:
Cherryh, C J
All of the songs or artists in this quiz have something to do with swing(s) or swinging. See how many of them you know...
Tough, 10 Qns, Rowena8482,
Jun 15 09
Category:
Songs With Same Word