Add, remove and change letters to get this quiz from farm to table
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 07 24
Category:
Change a Letter
There have been lots of movies made about ball sports and plenty that sound like they might be but aren't. Can you sort the ball sports movies from the red herrings?
Average, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 24 24
Category:
Sports in Movies
Following the ambivalent reaction to the first quiz I thought I would give everyone another chance to get really annoyed at me. 16 more subjects to be sorted into four groups of four. Good luck!
Average, 16 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 09 24
Category:
Mystery Sort
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Or, it's the end of the world as they knew it, but we feel fine. Ten times that all life was predicted to come to an end but never did.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 17 25
Category:
Blunders, What Ifs, Intrigue
The classic poem of British English pronunciation, slightly abridged. Knowledge of pronunciation of the words is more important than knowledge of the poem.
Easier, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Jul 19 24
Category:
Humor, Puns and Word Play
Inserting "ing" in the middle of a movie's name can change its meaning altogether. Can you match the new synopses to the original movie title?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 01 24
Category:
Movies Word Play
England National Team Managers
From the gloriously successful to the comically brief, simply place the holders of the role of England national team manager in the order of the number of matches they oversaw. Average, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Jul 31 24
Category:
UK
In September 1863, Lincoln wrote a speech to be delivered in his absence by James Conkling, the former mayor of Springfield, Illinois, defending the "Emancipation Proclamation".
Average, 12 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 07 24
Category:
Lincoln, Abraham
Vital to mariners and beloved by insomniacs and early risers, the "Shipping Forecast" has made many names of sea areas known to the British public. You may know the names but can you match them to the correct locations?
Easier, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 19 24
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Category:
UK Bodies of Water
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Through TV shows such as "Who Do You Think You Are?" and "Finding Your Roots", many celebrities have discovered that they are related to royalty. From the brief description can you work out who is related to whom?
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 19 24
Category:
Celebrities Mixture
London Underground Interchange Stations
If you are visiting London, knowing which lines are which colour and at which stations you can change lines is a vital requirement. This quiz tests that knowledge. Tough, 12 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 18 24
Category:
London Underground
The Beatles introduce us to a number of characters in the thirteen songs that make up "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Can you identify the names that are mentioned in the songs, avoiding the red herrings?
Average, 11 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 17 24
Category:
Sgt. Pepper's
Some animals are endemic to specific regions of the planet. Classify these animals by the continent on which they can be found.
Easier, 20 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 13 24
Category:
Animals by Region
The Beatitudes provide the moral and ethical core of Christian behaviour and spirituality. Quotes are from the New King James Version.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 21 24
Category:
Matthew
A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet. Here are ten pangrams with a word missing. Simply work out the missing word from the definition.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 19 24
Category:
Unique Quizzes
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The Beatles introduce us to a number of characters in the thirty songs that make up "The Beatles (White Album)". Can you identify the names that are mentioned in the songs, avoiding the red herrings?
Tough, 13 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 22 24
Category:
White Album
The UK universities of Oxford and Cambridge are both made up of a number of constituent colleges. Can you sort the college names into those that are only at Cambridge, those that are only at Oxford and those that exist at both establishments?
Average, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Feb 20 25
Category:
UK Universities
English football clubs have a wide variety of nicknames inspired by all manner of things. Simply match the club to the type of nickname that they have.
Easier, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 29 23
Category:
Nicknames & Mascots
Here are ten questions about some of the more infamous disappearances of people in the last 150 years.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 16 14
Category:
The Unexplained
All film productions have their troubles but it's on a totally different scale when an actor dies before the film is complete. Here are ten actors whose final curtain fell before the final scene but whose directors said "the movie should still be made."
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 21 13
Category:
Death Becomes Them
...and other outrageous lies. Here are ten of history's greatest porkers.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 16 24
Category:
Mixed Bag
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Quiz Maker Guild author Snowman has wrapped a Christmas quiz gift of "Ten Lords A-Leaping". This year his true love gave him ten Christmas gifts on the tenth day, each linked to those leaping lords. Can you fathom what he received?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 19 24
Category:
Twelve Days of Christmas
Lithe, graceful and deadly, and sometimes very sleepy, cats big and small are the perfect simile for the successful athlete. Not surprisingly then, cat-like nicknames have been applied to teams and individuals across the sporting world.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 13 09
Category:
Animals in Sports
Unlike the Egyptians, the English took little care of their dead kings. As the scramble for succession took hold, kings were left to die unregarded and some were even lost! How did they die, why did they die and what happened next?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 16 12
Category:
U.K. Royals
Can you guess the year and the events described by these spoof headlines from 'The Onion'?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 26 15
Category:
19th, 20th & 21st Centuries
Predicting the future is at best brave and at worst foolhardy. Time is a harsh mistress and many of the subjects of this quiz have not been treated well.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jul 18 13
Category:
Famous Predictions
Leonardo Fibonacci needed a break from devising theorems so he decided to have himself a weekend movie marathon. From the clues given can you work out which ten movies he hired?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 07 11
Category:
Numbers in the Title
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Band names are tricky to think of. Sometimes the easiest way to find one is to take the name of one of your favourite songs. Here are ten bands who did exactly that.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Dec 14 23
Category:
Title is a Question
The small Central American nation on the Caribbean coast is a country full of unbelievable sights.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Feb 02 20
Category:
Belize
Christmas is usually a time of cheer, but sadly for some it has been a less pleasant time. Here are ten famous people for whom Christmas Day was their last.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Dec 22 09
Category:
What a Way to Go
2009 saw the passing of many great people who made significant contributions to all facets of our lives. In part two, we look at those who left us from May to August.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 28 23
Category:
Died in the 2000s
Once you've made it as a celebrity you are granted greater freedom to explore your creative talents. However, sometimes these projects are more to do with vanity than commercial sense, as these ten examples demonstrate.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 26 12
Category:
Celebrity Grab Bag
Everybody receives rejections at some point in their lives. It's how you respond to them that defines your character.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
May 04 14
Category:
Famous People
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...and one of them is the barman in my local pub. Last night he asked me ten questions about his home country. I hope you can answer more than I could.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Apr 09 20
Category:
Mixed Brazil
... and travelled back in time to take a look at what really happened at certain key moments in history. Unfortunately, I forgot the law of unintended consequences.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 26 14
Category:
A Historic Journey Through Time
Some characters have appeared multiple times on the big screen, played by a variety of actors and actresses in a variety of films. From the cast list can you establish which character is being referred to?
Tough, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 18 12
Category:
Name the Character
Imagine waiting all your life for your chance to be top dog, with a throne and all the paraphernalia that comes with it. Then, no sooner have you donned the robes of state than your reign is over. Here are ten of the shortest serving monarchs in history.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Mar 12 15
Category:
Royalty & Monarchs
San Marino is a country that is small in size but large in history. The republic entered the 21st century as the oldest sovereign state in the world. Come inside and discover something of its long history.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Dec 27 11
Category:
San Marino
The Quiz Makers Guild monthly birthstones series reaches September; according to the American Gem Society, the sapphire. As it's my wife's birthstone, I thought I'd delve into the history of the gem that takes so much of my hard-earned cash.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 02 09
Category:
Guilding the Stone
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Just as the colonial powers scrambled to gain the bounteous riches in Africa at the end of the 19th century, their colonies scrambled for the right to steer their own ships after World War II. How much do you know about the end of empire in Africa?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
May 25 14
Category:
African
Even if you put "le" in front of them and make them wear a beret, some words are no more French than warm beer. The French have given many words to the world but they have also borrowed a few. All words are in the "Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française".
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Mar 18 13
Category:
French
My boss has a major problem at work and needs me to come in and sort it out. What is in store for me? A trip around the world in idiomatic terms it seems.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 15 20
Category:
Idioms and Proverbs
OK, so now most of them are actually dead but at the time of their obituaries being published, these ten were very much still alive.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 30 11
Category:
Death Becomes Them
It may only be little but the mosquito has been man's greatest adversary in the animal kingdom, affecting social policy and even wars.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 23 21
Category:
Insects
To celebrate my fiftieth quiz, I've booked myself on a first-class world tour of some golden sites. So grab a glass of champagne and join me.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jul 30 09
Category:
Colourful Place Names
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What the Dickens? A rare collection of Timothys, Timmies and Tims whose names have drifted into the public consciousness for one reason or another. Come in and enjoy their company.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Feb 19 10
Category:
First Names T-Z
The 2008-09 season saw records broken, established teams struggle and new ones perform way above expectation.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 08 09
Category:
Premiership 2000s
Whilst it may appear as merely a humble foodstuff, the potato's role in history has been a remarkable and idiosyncratic tale of conquest, diplomacy, edict and famine.
Difficult, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 18 09
Category:
Fruit and Vegetables
One of the joys of Christmas is the occasional flurry that fulfils those dreams of a White Christmas. Here are ten questions that are, one way or another, Snow related.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Dec 24 20
Category:
Thematic Water
2009 saw many landmark events in UK history celebrate landmark anniversaries. From the descriptions given can you tell what event is celebrating what anniversary?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 17 09
Category:
Famous Dates