The year President Kennedy was inaugurated and the first manned space flight was made. What do you know about 1961?
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jan 26 15
Category:
1960s Nostalgia
The big event in 1963 was the Kennedy assassination, but lots of other things happened too. What do you know about 1963?
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Feb 01 08
Category:
1960s Nostalgia
1976. An Olympic year. The year Mao Zedong died, Barbara Walters became the first US woman to be a news anchor, and Bjorn Borg beat Nastase at Wimbledon without losing a set. What else happened?
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Mar 24 10
Category:
1970s Nostalgia
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This Wordwise quiz is a rebus type wordplay where the letters and numbers stand for a common phrase, cliché, or occasionally just one word.
Don't forget to read the hint!
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Sep 18 24
Category:
Minch's Wordwise
Another trip down memory lane. Not so far back this time!
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Mar 06 14
Category:
1960s Nostalgia
A lot happened in 1973, a lot of it not very good. Cast your minds back, or if you are too young to do that, remember what you've heard about this year. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Dec 10 06
Category:
1970s Nostalgia
Add a letter or two in front of the word AND to make another word. For example - Found at the beach. Add S to AND to make the word SAND.
Easier, 10 Qns, minch,
Apr 22 24
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7
Category:
With a Common Word
Where am I? The letter I that is. Five questions about world features starting with I, in these the answer may or may not start with I. The last five question have an answer starting with I. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Mar 30 21
Category:
Alphabetical Places H - M
Here are some world records in the world of animals (including man) How many can you answer?
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Feb 28 22
Category:
Animal Records
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This Wordwise quiz is a rebus type wordplay where the letters and numbers stand for a phrase,cliché, or occasionally just one word.
Don't forget to read the hint!
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Feb 04 14
Category:
Minch's Wordwise Hard
Well do you remember 1982?
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Mar 11 25
Category:
1980s Nostalgia
Another Wordwise quiz for you. New to Wordwise? These letters and numbers stand for a phrase, cliché, or occasionally just one word. Find out more in the quiz 'How to Do Wordwise Quizzes' in Brain Teasers.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Apr 14 21
Category:
Minch's Wordwise
There was trouble all over the world in 1966. (So what's new?) However, it wasn't all bad. What do you remember or know about these ten happenings?
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Sep 13 19
Category:
1960s Nostalgia
Here are ten famous volcanoes. Do you know their locations?
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jan 17 09
Category:
Volcanoes
Each clue should suggest a song title. Some of these have been taken from a now deleted quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Sep 03 20
Category:
Minch's Wordwise
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Most of the questions in this quiz are on well known quotations from "Macbeth". The first letters of the first nine answers spell the answer to the last question.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Sep 14 06
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category:
Macbeth
A name of a musical instrument is hidden in each of these phrases or sentences. Can you find them all?
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Aug 05 04
Category:
Hidden Words by Theme
You will find the name of a fish hidden in each sentence. Here is an alphabetical list of the fish you have to look for?
cod, eel, guppy, herring, koi, ray, sardine, shark, trout, tuna
Easier, 10 Qns, minch,
Nov 10 06
Category:
Hidden Words for Kids
Questions about places that start with Q or have a connection of some kind. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Feb 07 18
Category:
Alphabetical Places N - S
Do you know your ports? Two or three words in each question can be anagrammed to make a major world port. e.g. Harm bug in this port. Harm bug is an anagram of Hamburg.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Oct 19 19
Category:
Geography Anagrams
Many food dishes are associated with a specific country. Nowadays these meals are eaten all over the world. Match the food and the country.
Easier, 5 Qns, minch,
Aug 13 12
Category:
Food Around the World
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1965 - The year of Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society', the year the Vietnamese war escalated, the year Sir Winston Churchill died, and the year Ralph Nader wrote 'Unsafe at Any Speed'.
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
May 01 12
Category:
1960s Nostalgia
Some wordwise questions on book titles. Some from deleted quizzes and some new.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jul 08 15
Category:
Minch's Wordwise
Prehistoric animals were not all dinosaurs. Here are some questions about other prehistoric animals.
Average, 5 Qns, minch,
Jan 20 10
Category:
Animals for Kids
A lot happened in 1972. Idi Amin ousted Asians from Uganda. Terrorists disrupted the Summer Olympics, leaving many dead. The Vietnam War ended, and Watergate was first heard of. What else happened?
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Mar 13 06
Category:
1970s Nostalgia
Add a letter to the word given and make the name of a mammal. In the first five the letters are in the right order. In the last five you must change the letters around as well as adding a letter. Give the animal's name.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Feb 02 16
Category:
Add a Letter for Kids
The boat people fled from Vietnam, and the space shuttle made its first flight. What else happened in 1977?
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jun 04 23
Category:
1970s Nostalgia
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"Julius Caesar" is not performed very often. However, it is full of well known quotes. See how many you know. The first letter of the answers to 1 to 9 spell the missing word in the last quote.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Sep 14 23
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11
Category:
Julius Caesar
Answer the first nine questions on Africa's oldest independent nation correctly and the first letters of these answers will spell the answer to the last question.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Aug 11 15
Category:
Ethiopia
Ten questions about mammals. If you get the right answers to the first nine questions, the initial
letter of each answer will spell the answer to the last question.
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Feb 27 20
Category:
Mixed Mammals
Here is my fourth London trivia quiz. If you enjoyed the others I hope you enjoy this one too.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jul 31 13
Category:
London
Here is a more in-depth quiz about Agatha Christie.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jun 03 06
Category:
Christie, Agatha
Take the letters in the word or words in capital letters and rearrange them to form the name of an American city.
Easier, 5 Qns, minch,
Nov 25 10
Category:
Anagrams for Kids
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Answer the first nine questions correctly and the first letters of the answer will spell the answer to the last question.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Oct 21 10
Category:
Norway
1962 - the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the year Marilyn Monroe and Eleanor Roosevelt died, and the year Pop Art burst on the artistic scene. What do you know about 1962? Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Jul 23 09
Category:
1960s Nostalgia
There are not many women in Shakespeare's plays, although in some they play a very important part. In Shakespeare's day the parts of women were played by boys. I give you the woman. You name the play.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
May 20 10
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category:
Name the Play
A quiz about places around the world that start with F. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Aug 19 18
Category:
Alphabetical Places A - G
These letters and numbers stand for a phrase, cliche, or occasionally just one word. Find out more in the quiz 'How to Do Wordwise Quizzes' in Brain Teasers.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jul 21 16
Category:
Minch's Wordwise
Once again some wordwise song titles and first lines. Some taken from deleted quizzes and some new.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Feb 05 10
Category:
Minch's Wordwise
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Why isn't this quiz in the Animals category? Play it and find out. The first letter of the first nine answers spell the two word answer to question 10.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Aug 06 08
Category:
9 for 10
These letters and numbers stand for a phrase, cliche, or occasionally just one word. Find out more in the quiz 'How to Do Wordwise Quizzes' in Brain Teasers.
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Dec 01 21
Category:
Minch's Wordwise Hard
How did the real 1984 compare to Orwell's "1984"?
Difficult, 10 Qns, minch,
Dec 10 13
Category:
1980s Nostalgia
Not too many of you will remember 1947. It was quite a momentous year, so see what you do know about that time.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Mar 12 15
Category:
1940s Nostalgia
Start with a three letter word, add a D to the end to make the second word. The answer is a two word phrase. Example - Exclude poet = bar bard.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Nov 13 08
Category:
Add a Letter
Each answer is two words that are anagrams of each other. One word is a well-known person's first or last name. Example: Capture Winslet - Take Kate
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Oct 11 21
Category:
Anagrams
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Where can it B? Ten questions to do with worldwide Bs. The last five questions start with B. The first five questions may or may not start with B.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Aug 20 20
Category:
Alphabetical Places A - G
Here are ten titles of Agatha Christie's stories. You have to supply the missing word. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, minch,
Jan 03 17
Category:
Something in the Title
1974! What a year! The year of Watergate and the year when streaking was the thing to do - if you liked to exhibit yourself!
Tough, 10 Qns, minch,
Dec 26 14
Category:
1970s Nostalgia
Ten questions about the world's four oceans.
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Jul 04 20
Category:
Our World for Kids
Here we go around the world answering some questions about places beginning with the letter H. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, minch,
Nov 24 19
Category:
Alphabetical Places H - M