All questions in this quiz deal with words beginning in "Pan", many of them related to Greek "pan", but not all of them.

Why not try an educated guess at the meaning of some English placenames. Test your sixth sense for language..and history!

Guys seem to like to hide behind initialled first names. Sometimes we end up knowing the initials but no longer what first names were behind them. Have a try.Is J.R.R. Tolkien : John Ruben Romuald T. No, it's .. . Well hadn't you better try the quiz?

There are so many words we use frequently without noticing there is some kind of story linked to them. See if you can link these with their supposed origin, meaning etc.

It's only normal that people who are so obsessed with 'la bouffe'(food), should also have plenty of - usually slangy - expressions from the world of food. Most of these are everyday language, but not really basic language.

Technological and other inventions, novelties, etc. changed the course of history. This quiz is about things that were 'new' long ago.

The origins of words are often hotly debated. In this quiz most of the word-origins are generally accepted by the current etymologists. Try an educated guess?

Political facts from recent history. It deals with events that happened or situations that started to happen in the previous century.

Often Dutch uses similar binary phrasings as English. You are given the Dutch phrasing and should try to find the English equivalent of which the first half is given. The notes point out other rhythmical and stylistic effects.

You have read them, heard about them.- But do you also remember the details of the plot, who fell in love with who,etc ..Or do you just remember the plot but not the title , nor the author. Test your memory.

In a "young country" like the U.S.A., the names of towns and regions are often etymologically very transparent, yet there are quite a few "surprises". Just check some here.

In 1955 Olympia Press published Vladimir Nabokov's re-write of a short story he had created in Russian.The erotic nature of the book caused its publication in Britain to be delayed till 1959. This quizz focuses on some main facts and events in the plot.

Sure there is nothing so practical as traveller's cheques and credit cards when you are abroad. Nonetheless, to meet the locals you probably cannot escape displaying some cash. So, what about a little test in local currencies?

How good are you at bridging the idiomatic gap between English and French?

Facts, performances, sports rules, even sports techniques, a quiz with everything! Mainly concentrating on international and traditional European sports and games.

The 'Great Lines' in this quiz have been selected from famous and often anthologised American poems. In all those lines one or more items have been omitted. Up to you to reconstruct the original text.