Author Biography: ticky100

There are many famous artists with not so famous backup singers or musicians. This quiz will try to shine the spotlight on these groups, if only for a short time.

The English language has many words with multiple meanings and many letter combinations that are pronounced differently. The following are a few examples of these idiosyncrasies.

This is a follow up to my original quiz with more musicians and singers who make the stars shine.

I just finished re-watching The Beatles Anthology that was aired on ABC in 1995. This led me to create a quiz of interesting trivia from the show and others things I thought would be interesting.

With apologies to Steve McQueen, this quiz is about dead people. I will give you a date and an event and you will choose the person who was dead before the event occurred. Hope you enjoy.

One thing on my bucket list was to read all of William Shakespeare's works. I'm failing in my quest. I have, however, read enough of them to create this quiz. I will give you a play and you tell me which of the four choices is NOT in it.

There are many quizzes about list-toppers and near misses. This quiz, however, is about those geographic features that made fifth place on varied lists.

There are a surprising number of songs that have made the Billboard Hot 100 that have the same title. Some are well known and others not so much. I will give you the title and you will tell me who DID NOT record a charted song by this title. Enjoy.

This quiz is tailored towards people who have an interest in major occurrences and records in the wonderful and wacky world of sports.