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More Last Words: Famous and Otherwise
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Parting comments from ten more famous or infamous people.
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Tough
10 Q
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wilbill
May 11 12
393 plays
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"If it Does Not Fit, You Must Acquit"
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From sports icon to murder trail, O.J. Simpson is a perfect example of good and evil. This quiz will relive some of the facts from one of America's most controversial trials.
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Easy
10 Q
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jbooker8
May 10 12
594 plays
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I'm 60 and I Know It
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These questions are about people who turned 60 in the first four months of 2012.
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Tough
10 Q
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Robert907
May 10 12
354 plays
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"Yankee Doodle Dandies" - Born on July 4th
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Some birthdays are easier to remember than others, especially when they fall on a national holiday. Sorry, Mr. Steinbrenner, although you qualify, you didn't make the final cut, but almost all of these are "Yankee" Doodle Dandies.
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Difficult
10 Q
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paulmallon
May 08 12
228 plays
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Military Veterans: Something in Common
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The FunTrivia Team Classical Music Mensa (CMM) was founded by Dr Bob Williams (known to his trivia family as DrBobWill. This quiz is in honor of DrBob's 80th Birthday (March 16, 2012)
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Tough
10 Q
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gable
May 07 12
201 plays
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Beyond the Law
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This quiz is about some people who have lived beyond the law and are considered outlaws or vigilantes.
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Average
10 Q
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BxBarracuda
May 06 12
426 plays
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Year of the Dragon
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Here you will find 10 famous people who were born in the Year of the Dragon. Can you identify them?
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Tough
10 Q
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EnglishJedi
May 06 12
225 plays
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Bobby Sands
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Bobby Sands was a controversial person who inspired many by suffering and dying for what he believed in.
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Average
10 Q
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star_gazer
May 04 12
150 plays
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The "Dahling" of Literature
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Fifteen questions about Roald Dahl's life.
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Average
15 Q
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pennie1478
May 03 12
147 plays
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Scotland's Monarchy 2
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Part II covers the reign of the Stewart's from Robert II to James VI. How much do you know about this unfortunate Stewart Dynasty?
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Tough
15 Q
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ScottishGal
May 03 12
156 plays
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The Last Few Moments
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Here are the final few moments and words of the lives of ten famous or infamous people.
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Average
10 Q
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Creedy
May 03 12
624 plays
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How to Be a Better Pirate
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... or '10 Steps to Becoming a Highly-Effective Buccaneer'. This quiz will see what you know about some famous pirates of the past. Can you identify these pirates? It's YARRRR call! Good luck!
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Tough
10 Q
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kyleisalive
May 01 12
1464 plays
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How P.C. of Them
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The questions are about people with the initials P.C. All the questions will be politically correct.
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Tough
10 Q
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Robert907
May 01 12
342 plays
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Let Them Eat Cake!
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So said Marie Antoinette...according to urban legend! This quiz is about quotes attributed to famous people - who never said them in the first place!
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Tough
10 Q
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Kankurette
May 01 12
483 plays
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People by any Other Name
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Sometimes people include their initials when they enter our history books or popular culture. We skip over them without thinking, but do you think maybe you know and can remember what those initials stand for?
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Average
10 Q
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kingscourt
Apr 30 12
669 plays
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Monarchs, Mistresses and Murders
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Some of the incidents referred to in this quiz may be familiar to you but I hope that you can learn some new facts while playing it.
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Average
10 Q
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Calpurnia09
Apr 30 12
744 plays
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Last Words: Famous and Otherwise
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Sometimes famous people leave the world with memorable last words. Sometimes a person's last words are more famous than the person. Here's a quiz about the memorable last words of some famous and not so famous people.
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Tough
10 Q
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wilbill
Apr 29 12
426 plays
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Beware the Ides of March
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Yeah, yeah, everyone knows about Julius Caesar, "Et tu, Brute", and what was the most famous March 15th death of all time, but a lot of other famous folks died on the Ides. Here are ten of them.
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Difficult
10 Q
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paulmallon
Apr 28 12
288 plays
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How Swede It Is
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This quiz is about people from my ancestoral home of Sweden.
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Tough
10 Q
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Robert907
Apr 26 12
219 plays
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Died on the Fourth of July
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As a follow up to my "Born on the Fourth of July" quiz, here are questions about people who exited on the fourth.
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Average
10 Q
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Robert907
Apr 23 12
456 plays
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"Heaven Can Wait": Folks Who Lived 100 Years
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"Dead Too Soon", one of my earlier quizzes, dealt with people who died before age 35. This is the "flip side", people who managed to live until at least 100 'ere the Grim Reaper came calling. Enjoy the quiz and "live long and prosper"!
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Tough
10 Q
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paulmallon
Apr 20 12
459 plays
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The Ultimate Dancer, Isadora Duncan!
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Isadora Duncan has been my heroine since I read her autobiography at the age of eleven. She was the pioneer of expressive and contemporary dance and so much more in an age where women were seen but not often heard!
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Tough
10 Q
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fontenilles
Apr 17 12
189 plays
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My Johnson Quiz
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All these questions deal with people with the last name Johnson.
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Difficult
10 Q
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Robert907
Apr 17 12
423 plays
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"Sam I Am": Men named Sam, Sammy, Samuel
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What's in a name? There are multiple ways to use the moniker Sam, just as there are many men who have been known to use one variation or another. Can you figure out which Sam I Am?
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Tough
10 Q
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paulmallon
Apr 17 12
375 plays
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The Famous Five
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The Famous Five were influential social reformers, changing the status of women in Canada forever. Test your knowledge about the Famous five now!
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Tough
10 Q
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StetsonHat
Apr 16 12
183 plays
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Famous 'J's
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Here are a few well-known people whose names begin with 'J'; ten different varieties. Can you get them all?
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Average
10 Q
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reedy
Apr 15 12
783 plays
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William Faulkner
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This is a quiz about the life and works of the author William Falukner
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Average
10 Q
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workisboring
Apr 15 12
120 plays
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U Is For Someone You May Know
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Let's see what you know about people with names or titles starting with the letter "U".
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Average
10 Q
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darksplash
Apr 15 12
339 plays
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It's Christopher, Not Chris
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Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends (if I may be so bold), this quiz pays tribute to one of the great and controversial public intellectuals of our time. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of Christopher Hitchens.
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Average
10 Q
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doublemm
Apr 13 12
99 plays
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A Pride of Lionels
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This quiz is about ten people named Lionel. Your job is to identify the Lionel in question by divining the clues correctly. I found the info on all the Lionels on Wikipedia.
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Tough
10 Q
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Cymruambyth
Apr 12 12
246 plays
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