Which Springfield shall we go to, since there are over 30 of them in the U.S.? See if you can identify which state these Springfields are in.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 04 15
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7,8
Category:
USA - Cities
Some musicians stumbled with their first album, others composed works that were lauded with praise. Let's look as some of the latter variety. 
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jun 01 15
Category:
Debut Albums
Here is a Beatles lyrics quiz with some pictures to help you figure out the titles. Let's begin this magical mystery tour. Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 19 16
Category:
Lyrics by The Beatles
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Rock music albums came into their own in the 1960s. I'll list an album and you pick out who did it. The artists here are fairly well known but how about their albums? Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 24 22
Category:
1960s Music
Names in songs are very common. Here are some more songs with names in the titles and some pictures to help you identify them. Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Sep 01 15
Category:
Names in Songs
History is filled with people who would go to great lengths to achieve their aims. This quiz is about some big lies, scams and deceptions foisted on people over the years. How many can you identify?
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Feb 11 14
Category:
Historical People Mix
"Two hippies push an ice cream freezer into an abandoned gas station..." So begins the saga of the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Company. Let's go to the graveyard of discontinued flavors to see some that didn't pan out and also look at the company's history.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Feb 08 15
Category:
Ice Cream
U.S. states have a favorite tree, fossil, mineral and flower. They also have an official state fish, or fishes. See if you can match the fish in these pictures with the state that claims them. Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 09 16
Category:
Fish
A little different take on a "Before and After" quiz. Take a word from the first phrase and one from the second phrase and make a compound word. For example:
We breathe ___. Corn is grown in a ___. The answer would be airfield. Got it? Let's go!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Mar 06 23
Category:
Before and After
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"Weird Al" Yankovic was so right with the title of his song which is now the title of this quiz. The potato is a very versatile vegetable. Here are some potato treats for you to guess and drool over. This quiz will probably be America-centric.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 13 24
Category:
Fruit and Vegetables
Authors including Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Snoopy ("Peanuts" comic strip) used this line to open their stories. But this quiz is about authors whose horror stories give us that eerie, queasy feeling. Let's take a look.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Nov 18 12
Category:
Horror
Laser guided bombs? Predator drones? Forget them because ancient warriors used more "face-to-face" weapons. Let's have a look.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jan 24 17
Category:
Ancient Wars
Can you find the missing name that will unite each pair of famous people? For instance: Steve ___ Luther (Martin). Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
May 13 13
Category:
Before and After
There are many sights worth seeing on the South American continent. See if you can identify these ten. Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Feb 28 14
Category:
South America Photo Quizzes
This is a quiz about some of the battles and sidelights of the European Theater of Operations in World War II.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 14 22
Category:
European War
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Blackjack is one of the most popular casino table games. Do you play, or have you wanted to? Try this quiz in which we play according to the general rules on the Las Vegas Strip. More information on rules will be found in Question 1. Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Dec 09 21
Category:
Blackjack
Visiting dignitaries are sometimes given a large, ornate key in a city they are visiting as a symbol of hospitality by the city officials. See if you can acquire a few keys by determining where the cities described in this quiz are located.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 01 13
Category:
World Sites
How did songs about Heaven and Hell get into a "Something in Common" category? Here is a quiz about both. Maybe if we take them one at a time we can avoid a catastrophe.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Feb 13 15
Category:
Heaven and Hell in Songs
Not every historical event is immediately noticed for what it means. Can you identify these events that led to some unexpected consequences?
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 01 16
Category:
Specialized History
Charlie Chaplin was one of the first stars of the "moving picture medium" and is one of the most remembered. What do you know about this famous show business clown?
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Mar 16 22
Category:
Chaplin, Charlie
Ahoy, mateys! It's time to learn about some of the biggest ships to ever have sailed the Seven Seas. Look lively now, or I'll have the lot of you swabbin' the decks!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 28 13
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9
Category:
History for Kids
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Nevada is America's Silver State; New Hampshire is the Granite State. Both are proud of their heritage and have much to offer residents and tourists. Can you put these landmarks and towns in the right box for each state?
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 11 22
Category:
USA
In the early days of motion pictures, Walt Disney created a style of movie animation which has remained in use. Oh, and he also created an empire! Let's take a look at the work of this man who liked to doodle.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 28 15
Category:
Disney, Walt
"Your hands are tied and you're in custody." Here's a look at some criminals who were finally captured after wreaking havoc.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 07 25
Category:
Felons & Criminals
TV series come and go. This quiz is about some that have gone but are (hopefully) not forgotten. Can you remember them?
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 21 15
Category:
Name The Show
Martin Scorsese has been an active film director for over half a century. Many outstanding movies bear his mark and several actors got their start or achieved greatness with him. Let's have a look at this man's body of work.
Easier, 15 Qns, CmdrK,
Jul 10 22
Category:
Scorsese, Martin
This is another in a series about the fifty U.S. states. Let's have a look around California. Grab your hiking boots and water bottle. Or, you could just use your computer mouse or trackpad.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jun 11 22
Category:
California
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Getting your car repaired can be confusing enough; at least the shop should be able to spell the part names correctly. Can you correctly spell the names of some common problem areas of automobiles? U.S. spellings used.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Nov 16 15
Category:
Spelling Bee
Are you experienced? Have you met the doodah man? Has your soul been psychedelicized? Then let's trip on back to rock 'n' roll's Psychedelic Era and see what we can remember.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 28 13
Category:
Psychedelic Rock
Some Fun Trivia teams are playing a game on their message boards substituting the word SAUSAGE for a word in a book, movie or song title. Someone then has to guess the original word. Can you match the correct word to these titles?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 24 16
Category:
Entertainment Mixture
There are ten movie quotes by five actors in this quiz. Can you match each actor up with his two quotes?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Mar 11 16
Category:
Who Said It
Can you match "Weird Al" Yankovic's songs with the artists he was parodying?
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Mar 17 16
Category:
Yankovic, Weird Al
Match the history-changing battles to the year in which they took place.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Feb 16 22
Category:
Historical Battles
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This quiz was published in 2005. I made it into a 50/50 quiz: you only have to decide between two choices. I'll give you a line from a work of literature and you pick the correct one from which it came. Good Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Feb 08 22
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category:
Literary Terms & Quotes
If you suddenly found yourself set down in Ireland, what places and sights might you visit? Here are some ideas; do they sound familiar or interesting to you?
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 21 14
Category:
Ireland
Three Dog Night said "One" was the loneliest number. In this quiz match the one-word song titles to their artists. Maybe they weren't so lonely since they each reached number one on the "Billboard Hot 100" chart.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Sep 15 16
Category:
One Word Songs
Armored fighting vehicles entered combat in World War I. Though seemingly invincible, there was often a lot of "scrapped metal" left in the battlefield after combat. Can you identify all of these large tank battles of the 20th century?
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jul 20 18
Category:
Military Vehicles
Match the historic towns from America's Wild West period with the state in which they are located. Some states had more than one wild town and some town names are found in more than one state.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Aug 26 24
Category:
Old West
The category of speculative fiction includes fantasy, science fiction, horror and historical fiction (and more); things that don't exist in the real world. If I give you three book titles can you identify the author? Give it a try!
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jan 05 22
Category:
Literature: Something in Common
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The last large battle of the U.S. Indian Wars occurred in 1890. This quiz is about what came to be known as the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jun 28 18
Category:
Old West
Most of the first automobiles had removable cloth tops, or no tops at all. Sure, roadsters and convertibles are somewhat impractical, but they sure are fun! This quiz looks at some fine examples of the coachmaker's art over the last 100 years. Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Apr 06 17
Category:
Auto World
Recently I heard a radio DJ play her favorite song with the word "time" in the title. It occurred to me that there was a FunTrivia quiz in there. And here it is. Can you place all of these songs with "time" in the title?
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Nov 07 10
Category:
Time in Songs
When you think of famous people born under the zodiac sign of Leo, the lion, you might think of singers and actors. This quiz is in response to an Author's Challenge issued by kyleisalive, so let's take a look at some famous Leo authors.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Oct 23 21
Category:
Author's Life
Here is a quiz for people who like to guess song lyrics. All of them are from the folk rock era of the 1960s and '70s. Have fun with it.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Mar 05 22
Category:
Folk Music
Some loved soft rock, some hated it. Either way, can you complete the lyrics to these 1970s and '80s songs?
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jul 19 22
Category:
Music by Year
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All the movie titles in this quiz have something to do with "Eyes". Can you match them all?
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Mar 26 16
Category:
Common Titles
Asked once if he considered himself a singer or a poet, Bob Dylan said he mostly thought he was a song-and-dance man. He hasn't shown himself to be much of a dancer but the people in this quiz have shown that they can do both. Can you identify them?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jul 01 15
Category:
Entertainment by Themes
I'm going to see Cirque du Soleil's Beatles tribute "Love" in Las Vegas again. I want to sing along but I've forgotten some of the song lyrics. Can you help me remember them?
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Jan 07 15
Category:
Lyrics by The Beatles
Too much alliteration? Not to worry, Cmdr K just wanted to get your attention for this quiz where all the answers are real words or names beginning with the letter K.
Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Oct 15 12
Category:
K
Would you mind if I reminded you that there have been a lot of songs with "mind" in the title? How many come to mind? Bear in mind that some have been recorded by many artists.
Average, 10 Qns, CmdrK,
Oct 13 18
Category:
Body Parts in Songs