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Etymology of the Funtrivia Categories
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A journey through the word roots of all 20 FunTrivia Category names.
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Etymology
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Tough
20 Q
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kscleaves
Aug 30 09
909 plays
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Soldiers in Plays Like to Shakespeares
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Modern newspaper editors like short, snappy headlines laced with puns. Just suppose they'd been around during the Tudor period. Here are 'headlines' from ten different decades of the sixteenth century. Which is which?
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UK History
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Tough
10 Q
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glendathecat
Aug 29 09
1035 plays
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Jonnowales and the Damaged Dry Cleaning
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Jonnowales is on a trip around the world but he has the misfortune of having his clothes damaged by dry cleaning companies in ten different countries! Can you help him find something new to wear? Enjoy.
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Fashion & Beauty Mixture
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Average
10 Q
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jonnowales
Aug 29 09
789 plays
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Jack Names the Planets
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For millennia humans have gazed up at the planets. We look to the Romans for many of our present names but other cultures had their alternatives. Here's a quiz about the naming of our planets (+Pluto). With apologies to Ash for stealing their song title.
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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glendathecat
Aug 28 09
2343 plays
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Something Fishy Going On?
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11 sportsmen playing 10 different sports, and each of them has got something fishy going on with their name or nickname. How many of them do you know?
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The Sports Challenge
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Difficult
10 Q
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Rowena8482
Aug 27 09
927 plays
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A Quiz With Me, Professor Severus Snape
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There will be little foolish wand waving in my quiz. You will hardly believe this is magic...Potter's at his Sixth Year here.
That J.K. Rowling person invented me, and I guess I have to give her some credit.
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Hogwarts Staff
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Difficult
10 Q
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SnowAngel16
Aug 26 09
2793 plays
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Hit with an Irony Bar
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Dictionary.com defines "ironic" as the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. Rain on your wedding day is unfortunate, not ironic. Name these things from history that are, in fact, ironic.
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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Correspondguy
Aug 24 09
2115 plays
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Help! I'm Lost and My GPS Isn't Working!
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Technology only fails me when I'm on vacation. I know I'm close to the sites and spots I need to be, but I may need a bit of help. Can you replace my faulty GPS unit and let me know where I am?
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World Sites
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Average
10 Q
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kyleisalive
Aug 23 09
4587 plays
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Well, Doc, I've Got This Friend...
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Who is this person talking to? I'll provide a monologue and you select the doctor to which it refers. Have fun!
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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Squisher
Aug 19 09
5502 plays
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Crochet Tiger, Knit A Dragon
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Ah, Woollen Grasshopper, do you not know that there is a connection between martial arts and yarn arts? Then I have much to teach you about both, my student; come. Do not be concerned if you think you know nothing of either, you will quickly learn; come.
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Knitting
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Average
10 Q
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ing
Aug 17 09
801 plays
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Chessbogglers
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Does the notion of me twisting your brain with chess-related logic problems tickle your fancy? If your reply is in the affirmative do take this quiz before going to the doctor.
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Chess
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Difficult
10 Q
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gentlegiant17
Aug 15 09
552 plays
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Understanding Particle Physics for Kids!
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I hope you enjoy your journey through the atom and the amazing world of the very small. This is suitable for older children and there is nothing stopping the adults having a go of course! :)
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Science for Kids
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Average
10 Q
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jonnowales
Aug 14 09
2493 plays
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Gesundheit!
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Atchoo! Gesundheit! Sneezing throughout the ages and throughout the world has had some wonderful superstitions attached to it - here are a just a few
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Superstitions, Magic and Phobias
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Difficult
10 Q
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EmmaF2008
Aug 12 09
3846 plays
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Really Just a Pretty Face
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At some point in my youth, I was really just a pretty face! Alas, I am quickly plummeting from angelic to crony. Now I wait for wisdom to kick in.
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Human Body
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Easy
10 Q
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Coraline11323
Aug 10 09
6486 plays
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They Remember Me For WHAT?
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Imagine that you were one of the greatest and most respected scientists of your time. Now imagine that you have just awakened in the 21st century to discover that you are best known for...well...why don't you take this quiz and find out?
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Scientists
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Average
10 Q
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pu2-ke-qi-ri
Aug 10 09
5964 plays
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The History of the Chamberpot
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In response to Rowena8482's Author Challenge, here it is - a quiz on the history of that useful object, the chamberpot.
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Social History
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Average
10 Q
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stedman
Aug 08 09
1044 plays
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"It's Only a Flesh Wound" Classic Understatements
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My interpretation of Terry's challenge is to pay tribute to a few films with some great "Ya Think?" understatements written into the script. I'll give you the actor(s), the quote, the film scenario, or a little of all three. Have fun!
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Quotes from Movies
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Easy
10 Q
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doorsfan58
Aug 07 09
25293 plays
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A Brush With Nature: Artists In The Rose Garden
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Roses are often named after people, famous or otherwise. Here's a bouquet of artists you can sample without getting covered in paint or pollen. Who's in your rose bed? Take a look!
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Flowers & Plants
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Average
10 Q
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highfells
Aug 07 09
618 plays
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The World's Most Polluted Waterways
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I scanned the list of challenges to find a topic for my first quiz, and came up with the world's most polluted bodies of water. I hope you find this information as enlightening as I did!
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Bodies of Water
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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NazPastorRick
Aug 06 09
1095 plays
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Good Idea, Bad Idea
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A stroll down memory lane and a look at a few good and bad ideas and some of the best and worst business decisions made.
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Business World
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Tough
10 Q
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EmmaF2008
Aug 04 09
2463 plays
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Your Ship Is Slowing!
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Just picture the scene! Chaos all around, the ship's leaning dangerously to port in a force 20 gale rounding The Horn and some bright little spark decides it's his job to say this to the Captain! Here's a 'broadsides' look at some old Naval disasters.
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Disasters
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Average
10 Q
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skumma
Aug 02 09
1107 plays
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The Shakespeare Diaries
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In a tea chest in an ancient cottage, the diaries of William Shakespeare were recently discovered. I was tasked to translate them into modern English. The entries are rather oblique, but they all point to works by, or about, the great man.
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Shakespeare
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Average
10 Q
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darksplash
Jul 31 09
1089 plays
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Area 101
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Some folks collect stamps, some collect postmarks - I collect postcodes. Find yourself a large envelope, hop in, seal the flap, and I'll ship you post-haste to somewhere in Europe with a postcode containing the digits 101...
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Geography - Miscellany
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Tough
10 Q
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highfells
Jul 30 09
1965 plays
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Things I've Stepped In
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You're innocently walking along, when suddenly you feel that tell-tale squelch, slip, or crunch. We've all stepped in gum, or poop, or dead things, but here are some more unusual things various people have stepped in, and they're not even all gross!
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Thematic 10Q Tough
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Tough
10 Q
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ing
Jul 27 09
2016 plays
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It Wasn't Me!
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Interpol is trying to track down an international criminal. Your suspects all have alibis placing them in different cities just before the crime. Can you figure out who stole the Ram from the Rama Lama Ding Dong, or will you get fleeced?
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Whodunits
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Average
10 Q
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LadyCaitriona
Jul 25 09
3099 plays
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Only in Albania!
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Come take a small wander with me through some of the more unusual corners of recent Albanian history and maybe learn a bit more on the way about this often mocked, often troubled yet beautiful and proud country.
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Albania
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Tough
10 Q
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solan_goose
Jul 23 09
1698 plays
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Fainting By Numbers
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Did math class make you faint, weep, wail, or black out? Chronicled here in quiz format are some of the more common student pains and complaints I have received as a math teacher. I hope that you enjoy it more than some of my students have.
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Math
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Average
10 Q
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avrandldr
Jul 23 09
4944 plays
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Looney Tunes Title Puns and Gags
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Many Looney Tunes titles are puns or gags based on cultural references less familiar today than when the cartoons were made over 50 years ago. See if you get the reference; if not, I'll educate you. You don't need to have seen the cartoons to play.
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Thematic 10Q Difficult
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Difficult
10 Q
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PauFlP
Jul 22 09
1899 plays
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I Remember That - With Help!
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Mnemonics help us remember things, and are a fascinating subject. How many of us can remember days of months without starting 'Thirty days hath...'? Enjoy the quiz!
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Mnemonics
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Average
10 Q
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Quiz_Beagle
Jul 20 09
2295 plays
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Rapping Christmas Gifts
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I am so sorry to the real rappers I offend in doing this. See if you can decipher my rapping and find out what gifts are being passed around on Christmas in this hiz-ouse. Shizzle the quizzle, y'all.
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Thematic 10Q Average
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Average
10 Q
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kyleisalive
Jul 20 09
1818 plays
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