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JaneofGaunt has been a FunTrivia author since Jun 30 06 and has written 10 quizzes. JaneofGaunt writes for many different categories, but is most active in Music, Literature, and Movies, and has won 1 Editor's Choice award on submitted quizzes.

  • has earned 1,135 excellent quiz ratings from quiz takers.

Bio: Bonavista, Newfoundland, where I've lived since 1970, is the site of John Cabot's landfall in 1497.

Hometown - Edinburgh, Scotland.
Hobbies: Cats, books, breathing - not necessarily in that order!
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Quizzes / Other Works Authored by JaneofGaunt
1.
  Weddings, Beddings, and Beheadings editor best quiz   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some happy, some not so happy, and some downright unhappy events in the lives of some familiar and some not so familiar characters.
Tough, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Sep 09 19
Category: Who Am I?
Tough
JaneofGaunt
Sep 09 19
6922 plays
2.
  Time Travel Through History   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Let's take a journey through time to witness some major events we can only read about.
Average, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Dec 19 10
Average
JaneofGaunt
10791 plays
3.
  The House of the Spirits   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Isabel Allende's astonishing first novel, set in an unnamed South American country, follows the fortunes of one family through four generations.
Average, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Feb 02 09
Category: Allende, Isabel
Average
JaneofGaunt
464 plays
4.
  A Little Bit of Newfoundland and Labrador   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Since 2001, the Province has been known as Newfoundland and Labrador. Discover something about Canada's youngest Province with the oldest and the most arduous history in Canada. For the sake of brevity, at times I'll refer to it as Newfoundland.
Average, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Sep 18 07
Category: Newfoundland
Average
JaneofGaunt
1925 plays
5.
  Castles and Great Houses of Scotland   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Scotland's long and sometimes dark and bloody history is written in the stones of some of her castles and great houses. From the clues given, test your knowledge of some of Scotland's famed heritage sites.
Tough, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Feb 08 09
Category: Castles & Palaces
Tough
JaneofGaunt
673 plays
6.
  Sing-a-Long with Handel's "Messiah"   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
We are members of a choir singing Handel's well-loved oratorio. From weeks of rehearsals we are now very familiar with the complete work and are ready for performance. Time to warm up the vocal chords!
Average, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Nov 15 21
Category: Handel, George
Average
JaneofGaunt
Nov 15 21
746 plays
7.
  Fairly Simple Quotes From Shakespeare   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All quotes are taken from some of the Bard's more familiar plays. All questions are multiple choice. This is my quizzy # 1; hope, like Puck, you'll have some fun!
Tough, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Dec 22 16
Tough
JaneofGaunt
1106 plays
8.
  What Do You Know About Carmen Anyway?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Let's see how much we know about various ladies by the name of Carmen.
Average, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Sep 03 10
Average
JaneofGaunt
371 plays
9.
  Short and Snappy Movie Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are one-line quotations from a mixture of movies from the 1960s to 2006, all favourites of mine. I've played many movie quote quizzes on FT and I hope I'm not repeating any.
Difficult, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Feb 06 10
Difficult
JaneofGaunt
1710 plays
10.
  Tchaikovsky: The Man and his Music    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A short overview of the life and music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Difficult, 10 Qns, JaneofGaunt, Nov 16 21
Category: Music T-Z
Difficult
JaneofGaunt
Nov 16 21
746 plays