The History of Man is essentially man's need to fight infection. This quiz looks at some of the infections through the ages that threaten the very existence of man.
Street food is ready to eat food from a dedicated shop, hawker stand or food truck. In Australia we call this "take-away". Ignoring those fast food places using international franchises, let's talk about the real Australian street food.
"...Till death do you part". Isn't that the way it is meant to be? In this quiz you are meant to match the bride and groom that were married for not quite a lifetime. All were married for less than one year. This is an Author Challenge.
While Sean Connery was arguably the best James Bond, it was his post-Bond career that showed the world what a great actor he was. Match the title to Mr Connery's co-star in this cohort of Sean Connery popular movies.
Today, 22nd September, I have made a Classic Rock playlist on all the number ones on this date from the Billboard 200 Chart. When proofreading my playlist, I appear to have left a word out of every title. Can you help me find the missing words?
TOUGH QUIZ AHEAD. Red is my favourite colour None of the flags below contain any red. Help me change them to a red flag. By question 10 you will have identified a pattern and you won't need any instructions. Colouring pencils and paper ready?
As an annual visitor I plan to visit all 48 contiguous states of America. I started to take photos of state capitols to verify my travel movements. Then I got interested in the capitols themselves. This quiz explores north-eastern capitols.
Cape Town is one of Africa's global cities. Blessed with a favourable climate, a rich heritage, and a melange of people from other cultures, Cape Town is a must-see place for the world traveller.
I signed up for Commission Number 62 and I received the title, "The World According to FunTrivia". What am I supposed to do with a title like that? [This 20 question narrative is best played in timed or untimed mode].
Phoenix Rising are zooming along, meeting weekly to ostensibly tackle a twenty question quiz that we take turns in writing. Here is our 24th installment which we are happy to share with you.
Phoenix Rising had its weekly Zoom meeting including a 20 categories in 20 questions quiz which we would like to share. There is also a connection which links all the questions. Earn bragging rights by finding this connection. Also why "XXXX" & not "XL"?
Immortalised in song, the loss of the "SS Edmund Fitzgerald" was an absolute tragedy when it sank in 1975. We retrace the last voyage of this ship in an effort to understand what happened. (Just don't rely on the song lyrics to give you correct answers).
It didn't take long for the original 32 qualifying teams for the Qatar 2022 World Cup to be whittled down to eight teams. This quiz follows those eight teams through the quarter-, semi- and final to find the single 2022 World Cup champion.
Compact means a) having all the necessary components or features neatly fitting into a smaller space, and b) a formal agreement between two or more parties. This mixed quiz meets both these requirements.
In this Adele 25 challenge, you need to link the celebrity it to a person with whom they had a long term relationship, then match with a subsequent spouse so they can "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
In the third post-COVID-19 production, "Survivor 43" continued the trend of no theme, just a number. However, the season was still full of twists and deceptions. Let's work our way through it until we are left with the sole survivor for "Survivor 43".
Use the given lyrics to identify the song. THEN match the artist. There is a theme to the chosen songs with a big hint in the title. Work out the theme and determining the titles will be much easier. This is a Peerless Peloton Amazing Race 3 quiz.
DT is for Downtown (or Delirium tremens if you will). In this Sprint IV quiz, let's go downtown and find the correct world cities all starting with D or T...
On 25 April, 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) landed in Gallipoli. Arising from this fierce WWI battle, the Anzac Spirit was born and lives on today. It defines us as a people and it will never die. This is the Anzac story.
The Sprint IV brief was given: Write about nine cats and one dog. Make sure you have a number in the title. Therefore match the cat song to the artist and find that dog!
New Zealand is unfairly bracketed with Australia as being another "Down Under". Just as its people are culturally different from Australians, so is its geography. This quiz highlights New Zealand's unique physical geography.
This quiz is a team quiz from Phoenix Rising. This quiz is about female detectives on television, hence the twist in the title. It is the first part of a two part series. Enjoy.
As a spy you have gathered intelligence that prominent Russians are meeting at a private cocktail party near the Kremlin on a bitter Moscow night. You bribe the doorman with some roubles, slip into the party inconspicuously, to observe...
This is a sequel to Bernie73's quiz on US Art Deco architecture. This quiz features Art Deco buildings from another part of the world and specifically covers the diversity of range of building types.
At a swanky hotel in the big city, The Literary Society has arranged for key characters from fiction to meet the authors that created them. Embrace this unlikely scenario and detect the clues that identify the required novelist or the character.
Christmas is not just snowmen and egg-nog. Phoenix Rising members are spread out all over the globe. Here are a few christmas traditions in our respective parts of the world.
In Beyonce's 'Lemonade' Album Challenge, one had to write about a song from the album."6 Inch" was my pick. The metric system is accurate but boring. Most people know how much 6 inches is, right? Let's take a look.
In this Disney Challenge quiz, "Cars" (2006) was one of the most popular Pixar movies of all time grossing over $460 million dollars without a single actor in sight. Here's why...
In Australia, we are amazed that the visitors that come here underestimate the distances involved in travelling across Australia. This quiz shows how you can cover the maximum territory in Australia in ten days...
In 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union, and the word "Brexit" ("British Exit") entered the lexicon. But what if other EU governments had to devise their own EU exit strategies? (This quiz has its tongue firmly in its anthropomorphic cheek).
Match the description to answer one word movie title. However only the palindromic vowels of the answer remain. anything else would be too easy. After you solve the quiz, you then have ten words which are answers in the crossword with the same title.
In the latter half of the twentieth century the health of a nation started to change focus from healing the sick to staying healthy. This is the domain of public health. This quiz marks public health achievements in the early 21st century.
In this Adventure in Authoring quiz I was required to write a quiz on "Truth". Now Australians like me love to spin a yarn. We don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. So how many of the following Australian place name stories are true?
"Seinfeld" was a TV sit-com series that was purported to be about "nothing". But was it? Let's go behind the scenes to determine why such a show was so successful...
Since WWII Australian elections have become a dichotomous slugfest between the Labor party and the Liberal/National Coalition. Once elected, a government will do all it can to keep its opposition enemy at the gates. The 2022 election changed all that.
Living in a multicultural city like Brisbane is great because there are so many cuisines to choose from when you need to find something to eat. Today it's Japanese as I am desperatly seeking sushi.
The origin of "Hubba Hubba" is unknown. One theory is that it is a form of hübsche, the German word for 'beautiful'. Repetition emphasises. Here's a selection of bands so beautiful, they repeated their names...
The song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a song said to be full of religious symbolism, with each verse representing a catechism of the Roman Catholic Church. Let's explore..
Part of the joy of modern music is there are so many connections between songs that are totally different. Here are ten great linked songs. See if you can determine the connection between them.
One Adam-12 was the call sign of a very famous Los Angeles patrol car that contained two of LA's finest, policing their city in a TV show that spanned seven seasons 1968-75. Let's take a look back at one of television's best police procedurals.
China is legislatively an atheist state yet certain religions are tolerated. Ancient religious beliefs provided social order for Chinese society and preceded organised religion. Let's explore a fascinating ancient society's religious beliefs.
This is a Phoenix Rising team quiz. We wanted to write a quiz on a cooking technique but couldn't decide which one. The solution was, like a good old stir fry, throw them all into one quick quiz.
Continuing the Editors' 2018 Advent quizzes: Model trains have appeared at the foot of Christmas Trees since the early 1900s. This quiz asks you to determine the famous people who enjoy model trains. The number of clues decrease as you progress.
The only trouble with people who enjoy a high profile in the media - a fall from grace is rapid and devastating. Here are a few very well known people who tumbled from first to worst in very quick fashion.
Africa has 16 landlocked nations - More than any other continent. While they share many common features they also share a rich diversity of culture, geography and history. Pack your sunglasses, hat and water bottle and let's go.