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Quizzes / Other Works Authored by tjoebigham
31.
  25 Assault on Precinct 13 Questions    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
After "Dark Star", John Carpenter made his name with this 1976 urban horror tale about a police station besieged by a murderous street gang. Next came "Halloween"...and fame!
Average, 25 Qns, tjoebigham, Feb 17 05
Category: Assault on Precinct 13
Average
tjoebigham
1077 plays
32.
  Movie Props    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Like those on the stage, movie props (short for "properties") are material objects used by the characters, such as clothing, weaponry, etc., and sometimes help to tell the story.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, May 19 20
Category: Name the Movie
Tough
tjoebigham
May 19 20
284 plays
33.
  "TV Guide's" Best and Worst    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
In May 2002, "TV Guide" published its 50 All-Time Best TV shows. And in July 2002 it ran its 50 All-Time Worst TV shows. This quiz is about a selection from this 100. "TV Guide" fanatics should breeze through it!
Difficult, 25 Qns, tjoebigham, Oct 09 25
Category: TV Trivia for Experts
Difficult
tjoebigham
Oct 09 25
3430 plays
35.
  Where, What, Who and How 2    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
My second "Where, What, Who and How" quiz. Again, the title describes how the 20 questions are arranged.
Difficult, 20 Qns, tjoebigham, Jul 22 23
Category: Mixed 20 Q. Difficult
Difficult
tjoebigham
Jul 22 23
4418 plays
36.
  Polanski's 'Chinatown'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Roman Polanski's 'Chinatown' is one of my all-time favorites. Test how much you know of this Watergate-era gem set in the Thirties.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, May 18 04
Category: Cg - Cl Movies
Average
tjoebigham
614 plays
37.
  Ten Famous Epitaphs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten memorable inscriptions on the graves of famous people (and one fictional character's).
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Sep 16 13
Category: Last Words & Epitaphs
Tough
tjoebigham
2696 plays
38.
  More Old-Time Logos   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here are some more advertising logos from the past, some no longer with us.
Difficult, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Oct 27 03
Category: U.S. Commercials for Experts
Difficult
tjoebigham
5108 plays
39.
  Brute Force    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Think "Shawshank Redemption" was a tough prison flick? It was a fairy tale compared with Jules Dassin's 1947 classic starring Burt Lancaster!
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Sep 06 07
Category: Br - Bz Movies
Tough
tjoebigham
162 plays
40.
  White Heat Quiz Challenge   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
'White Heat' is one of James Cagney's greatest films and an all-time classic!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 25 04
Category: White Heat
Average
tjoebigham
665 plays
41.
  Whales and Whaling    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Before petroleum was discovered, the world depended on whale oil for its needs. See how much you know about whales and whaling.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 25 19
Category: Cetaceans and Sirenians
Average
tjoebigham
2313 plays
42.
  Ted Healy, the Man Behind the Stooges    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is about the true founder of the Three Stooges, a once-famed comedian who is largely forgotten today.
Difficult, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Nov 26 21
Category: The Three Stooges
Difficult
tjoebigham
Nov 26 21
525 plays
43.
  Ten Famous Sonnets    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are ten famous examples of the world's best known and most loved poetic form, the sonnet.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Dec 25 16
Category: Poetic Genres
Average
tjoebigham
2507 plays
44.
  Fritz Lang's "M"    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
For my first quiz on a foreign film, I choose this early German sound classic, still a suspense masterwork.
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham, Jun 20 19
Category: Ma - Md Movies
Average
tjoebigham
Jun 20 19
378 plays
45.
  Frederick Forsyth's "The Shepherd"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
From the author of "Day of the Jackal" and "Odessa File" comes this novellette of an RAF pilot's Christmas Eve flight home.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 25 14
Category: Forsyth, Frederick
Average
tjoebigham
296 plays
46.
  Chester Carlson: Mr. Xerox    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Businesses the world over are indebted to Chester Carlson, the man who gave us the Xerox copier!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 19 11
Category: People C-D
Average
tjoebigham
377 plays
47.
  Gents Without Cents    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'Gents Without Cents' is one of the Stooges' finest shorts.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jul 25 05
Category: The Three Stooges
Average
tjoebigham
998 plays
48.
  Debussy    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Composer Claude Debussy was in the forefront of early 20th Century composers who took music into the modern age.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Nov 15 21
Category: Debussy, Claude
Average
tjoebigham
Nov 15 21
1289 plays
49.
  More Jazz Giants    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
OK, cats, here's some more jazz trivia for ya!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Oct 29 12
Category: Jazz
Average
tjoebigham
1654 plays
50.
  "The Witch Of Coos"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
If you think Frost wrote only such things as "Birches" and "Mending Wall", here's a poetic ghost story he did!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Jun 30 03
Category: Frost, Robert
Average
tjoebigham
290 plays
51.
  '84, Charing Cross Road'   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The late Helene Hanff burst on the literary scene with this collection of letters she wrote for two decades to a used book store. Now it's a minor classic.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham, Aug 23 20
Category: Hanff, Helen
Tough
tjoebigham
Aug 23 20
620 plays
52.
  Capote's 'Christmas Memory'    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
It's high time a quiz was written about this American Christmas classic by Truman Capote, author of 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' and 'In Cold Blood'. It ranks with Thomas' 'Child's Christmas in Wales'. I'll take it over Dickens any Christmas!
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham, Sep 14 18
Category: Capote, Truman
Average
tjoebigham
640 plays
53.
  The Diamond as Big as the Ritz    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
One of Fitzgerald's early stories is this satirical allegory about wealth and its great price.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 17 05
Category: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Average
tjoebigham
362 plays
54.
  Gaga on Dada    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Dada was the 20th-Century 'anti-art' art movement that foreshadowed Surrealism, Pop Art and many other movements.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jun 11 18
Category: 20th Century Art
Average
tjoebigham
1507 plays
55.
  The Man Called Man Ray    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The oeuvre of Man Ray is a unique contribution to 20th Century art.
Average, 20 Qns, tjoebigham, Jul 21 09
Category: People Q-S
Average
tjoebigham
859 plays
56.
  John Huston's 'Moby Dick'    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
I've written on Melville's masterwork. Now I'm writing on the 1956 John Huston version, a favorite of my late father, to whom I dedicate this quiz.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham, Feb 17 14
Category: Moby Dick
Tough
tjoebigham
327 plays
57.
  "A Star Is Born" (1954), Part 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These 10 questions conclude my quiz on the classic Judy Garland vehicle (restored in 1983).
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jan 13 06
Category: Star is Born, A
Tough
tjoebigham
365 plays
58.
  Holmes' Untold Cases   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are the mysterious 'cases' alluded to in Conan Doyle's immortal Sherlock Holmes stories.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jan 05 17
Category: Sherlock Holmes Mixture
Tough
tjoebigham
1091 plays
59.
  Father Brown    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
G. K. Chesterton's 'Father Brown' series, about a crime-solving Catholic priest, is almost as famous as the Sherlock Holmes canon. (Warning: some SPOILERS ahead, though not about the murderers!)
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Nov 14 03
Category: C
Tough
tjoebigham
443 plays
60.
  Devil May Care    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks wrote this Bond novel to celebrate the centennial of the birth of Ian Fleming. Some spoilers.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Aug 18 09
Category: Fleming, Ian
Average
tjoebigham
214 plays
61.
  The Diaries Of Adam And Eve    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This spoof of the Creation story is one of my all-time favorite works in the Twain canon.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, May 15 06
Category: Twain, Mark
Tough
tjoebigham
567 plays
62.
  Crime and Law in Beantown Movies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are seven movies about crime in Boston and three about law in the Bay State's capital.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jul 13 06
Category: Common Locations
Tough
tjoebigham
846 plays
63.
  Those Crazy Thurber Cartoons!    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Besides writing such classics of humor as "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty", James Thurber is as well known for his unique cartoons, often lunatic situations depicted in his deadpan style. Here's an overview of some of his best-known drawings.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Jul 19 14
Category: Thurber, James
Tough
tjoebigham
294 plays
64.
  Alfred E. Neuman    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on that grinning idiot who graces the covers of 'MAD Magazine'.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Mar 30 06
Category: Comics L-R
Tough
tjoebigham
1241 plays
65.
  Ten Flag Terms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Vexillology is the study of flags. Here are ten terms from it.
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 25 18
Category: World Flags
Tough
tjoebigham
3027 plays
66.
  The Wright Stuff   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Frank Lloyd Wright changed American architecture forever.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, May 10 17
Category: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Average
tjoebigham
871 plays
67.
  "Spizzerinctum", A to Z    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
Next to FunTrivia, one of my favorite websites is Spizzerinctum, home to many a sesquipedalian word (that is, a long one!). Here are 25 from the site; see if you can guess their meanings!
Tough, 25 Qns, tjoebigham, May 19 19
Category: Very Long Words
Tough
tjoebigham
May 19 19
766 plays
68.
  Melville sans Moby    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You probably know all about 'Moby Dick' trouble is, most people think Melville begins and ends with that classic. But Melville ranged far and wide in his work, and in almost every form. See how much Melville you really know!
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 25 14
Category: Melville, Herman
Average
tjoebigham
435 plays
69.
  Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This 2000 Christmas TV cartoon by the Phil Roman studio is based on the classic novelty song by Randy Brooks.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Dec 02 05
Category: G
Average
tjoebigham
426 plays
70.
  Childe Hassam, Yankee Impressionist    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Childe Hassam pioneered French Impressionism in American painting.
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Mar 09 22
Category: People H-J
Average
tjoebigham
Mar 09 22
336 plays
71.
  The Bay State    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I was born a Bay Stater, and now you can match your knowledge against mine!
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Apr 02 23
Category: Massachusetts
Tough
tjoebigham
Apr 02 23
1874 plays
72.
  Ever 'Kippled'? Rudyard Kipling    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The title refers to a joke about Kipling's name: 'Do you like Kipling?' 'I don't know, I've never Kippled' The quiz offers an overview of his life and work.
Tough, 20 Qns, tjoebigham, Nov 23 22
Category: People K-L
Tough
tjoebigham
Nov 23 22
478 plays
74.
  'We're Knights Of The Round Table'    
Multiple Choice
 5 Qns
Of all the looney songs from the 'Monty Python' troupe, this, from the 'Holy Grail' movie, is my all-time favorite.
Average, 5 Qns, tjoebigham, Nov 02 02
Category: Holy Grail .
Average
tjoebigham
4508 plays
75.
  Queen's Bureau of Investigation    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Warning! Spoilers abound in this quiz on the 1955 story collection by the great Ellery Queen.
Tough, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Jan 01 21
Category: Queen, Ellery
Tough
tjoebigham
Jan 01 21
188 plays
76.
  Rita and Her Amigos    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My third degrees quiz links 40's sex symbol Rita Hayworth with 9 of her contemporaries.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jan 01 25
Category: Hayworth, Rita
Average
tjoebigham
Jan 01 25
831 plays
77.
  The Great Pulp Heroes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Back in the 1930's pulp heroes were all the rage. Millions thrilled to their improbable exploits and they influenced the comic superheroes to come. Return with me to those thrilling days of adventure!
Tough, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Nov 29 22
Category: Superheroes/ Sidekicks Mixture
Tough
tjoebigham
Nov 29 22
1120 plays
78.
  Beethoven's Only Opera    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Best known for his nine symphonies, Beethoven wrote only one opera.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Dec 02 24
Category: Beethoven, Ludwig van
Average
tjoebigham
Dec 02 24
825 plays
80.
  The Sea Shell Game    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Among my collections are sea shells. They have been popular for some time now. So gather round, you amateur conchologists!
Average, 15 Qns, tjoebigham, Feb 20 18
Category: Collectibles
Average
tjoebigham
826 plays
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