The Gods of Machu Picchu
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The ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu is a marvel to behold. Its amazing architecture and engineering feats are deeply rooted in the gods that the Inca people worshipped. Come take a look.
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World Myth
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Average
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10 |
28
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Jul 16 26
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stephgm67
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Agatha Christie: Pick the Odd One Out 2
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This quiz is about common motifs throughout Agatha Christie's works. Select the odd one out of each group of four, according to the criterion specified in the question.
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Thematic Christie
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Average
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10 |
37
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Jul 13 26
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MotherGoose
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Matching Morals and Fables
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Match each moral to the appropriate fable that is attributed to - or later added to the collection of works by - Aesop. The taxonomic hints give the genus associated with at least one character named in the title of the relevant fable. Good luck!
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Aesop
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Average
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10 |
64
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Jul 07 26
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jonnowales
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Agatha Christie: Pick the Odd One Out
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This quiz is about common motifs throughout Agatha Christie's works. Select the odd one out of each group of four, according to the criterion specified in the question.
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Thematic Christie
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Average
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10 |
32
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Jun 26 26
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MotherGoose
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The Solar Cipher
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My Very Elegant Mother Catherine Just Sat Upon Nine Porcupines, but that knowledge will only take you so far in this quiz. Place the planets in their correct order from the sun based on their descriptions by proxy.
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Thematic Space
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Easy
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10 |
116
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Jun 15 26
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patrickk
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Knights of the Round Table
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There are many stories about the Knights of the Round Table. While some sources say there were a dozen of them, others say there were as many as 1600!
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Arthurian Legends
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Easy
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10 |
115
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Jun 15 26
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ponycargirl
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Truth Hurts
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Sometimes I scroll through pages of Yelp Reviews just for fun... Even the best of the best can be given few stars from an angry reviewer. But what if Yelp always existed? Let's scroll through a few of these "Trivielp" reviews together.
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Inventors
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Average
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10 |
144
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May 29 26
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salami_swami
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When Ponyboy Met Robert Frost
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While Ponyboy and Johnny were hiding from the law, they spent time reading "Gone With the Wind" and watching the sunrise. When Johnny spoke of the beauty of a sunrise, "Too bad it couldn't stay like that all the time", Ponyboy remembered the poem.
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Frost, Robert
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Very Easy
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10 |
52
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May 26 26
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ponycargirl
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Give Me More Salt!
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Most animals simply cannot survive in high salt environments. This quiz is about species that thrive in one of the most inhospitably salty habitats that our planet has to offer, and other species that feed off them in turn.
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Africa
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Easy
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13 |
47
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May 22 26
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jonnowales
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Everyone Loves a Good Horse Race!
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Horse racing is a popular sport with origins that date back thousands of years to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. While it was nicknamed the Sport of Kings in the early 1600s due royal patronage and the expense involved, it is still popular worldwide.
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Horse Racing
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Easy
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10 |
106
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May 15 26
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ponycargirl
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Who Stole the Cookies?
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Twist your brain into knots with this "knights and knaves" style logic puzzle, only you'll be trying to decide which of these three cute creatures stole the cookies! Please read the special instructions carefully before playing.
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Logic Puzzles
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Average
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10 |
72
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May 07 26
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trident
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The World of Milton Bradley Games
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I recently returned from visiting some museums in Springfield, Massachusetts. There I learned quite a bit about Milton Bradley and the company's inventions. Come learn a bit more about some fun, fascinating, and historical games.
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American Board Games
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Average
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10 |
118
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Apr 28 26
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stephgm67
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The Good Stood Where the Bad Had
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When an atom bomb demolished the centre of Hiroshima, a large empty space was created, which is now the site of the Hiroshima Peace Park.
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Monuments & Memorials
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Average
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10 |
166
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Apr 25 26
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looney_tunes
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Translating 'Y Ddraig Goch'
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Perhaps I am biased but the Welsh flag is surely one of the world's best? Can you pick out the Welsh words relevant to ten selected features of the magnificent flag known as 'Y Ddraig Goch' or in English, 'The Red Dragon'. Pob lwc (good luck)!
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Welsh
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Easy
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10 |
70
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Apr 04 26
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jonnowales
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Why Nought?
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Nothing to see here ... (a lot of nothing, to be precise).
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0
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Easy
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12 |
144
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Apr 03 26
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patrickk
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Madness, Death, and Art
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Sometimes the idea of death drives us to madness, and sometimes madness brings upon us (or others) an early death. Identify the artists of these 12 famous masterpieces that knew just that. Warning: Contains gruesome scenes.
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Art By Subject
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Average
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12 |
56
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Mar 26 26
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trident
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Did Sir Cumference Make the Round Table?
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Sir Cumference is a fractured knight who fractures all that he touches... making it impossible for him to build that table. Worse he has also splintered his knightly duties and has been ordered back to night school to re-learn how to be a knight.
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Fractured Words
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Average
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10 |
86
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Mar 18 26
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pollucci19
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The Names of Apollo Part 2 - Lunar Modules
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Between 1969 and 1972, a total of nine Apollo Lunar Modules received names. Can you answer these general knowledge questions about their names, rather than the spacecraft?
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Apollo Missions
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Average
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10 |
46
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Mar 16 26
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Red_John
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The CAT family
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In an alternate timeline, cats rule the Earth. Here are twelve of them, pictured, including translations of their names. (Yeah, they have pretty strange name choices).
Match each name to the correct picture - and remember the title.
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Anagrams
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Average
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12 |
85
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Mar 12 26
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WesleyCrusher
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Rhyming "Animeals"
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These different creatures are having a bite to eat that rhymes with the type of animal they happen to be. Type the two words that complete the phrase that goes along with the picture.
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Rhymes
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Easy
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10 |
250
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Mar 05 26
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stephgm67
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Long Winded Song Titles And Music Artists
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Come on man! Just spit it out why don't you. Match these stretched out tune titles to the stretched out artists.
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Music in Other Words
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Average
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10 |
73
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Feb 24 26
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bigjohnsludge
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Vowel Movement
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The sixteen 'words' below needed to be sorted into four very different categories. But all the vowels have been changed. Can you work out what they should be, and which ones go together? For example FanTrovoe would become FunTrivia.
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Mystery Sort
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Easy
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16 |
134
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Feb 23 26
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Lottie1001
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101 Uses for Salt
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No hyperbole here. The ads promise that salt has 101 uses, and this quiz will list a full century-and-change, from the kitchen to the factory to church and the racetrack. Join me in investigating the many faces of this most practical rock.
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Thematic Food
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Average
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20 |
207
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Feb 23 26
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etymonlego
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Elements That Are Perfect (Squares)
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For some students, Math is their hardest subject. Others may choose Chemistry. This quiz puts those two together, oh no! Given seventeen elements, find ten that have a periodic table number equal to a perfect square, such as nine, three times three.
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Periodic Table
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Average
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10 |
103
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Feb 05 26
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GBfan
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Sinners, Courtesans, and Innate Saintliness
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India and Tibet have many key religious figures in both Buddhism and Hinduism. Some came on an almost sinner-to-saint path, some were courtesans before finding their way, and some were innately saintly.
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Religious Figures
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Tough
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12 |
35
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Feb 04 26
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stephgm67
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That Groundhog Day Feeling
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Happy Groundhog Day! In this puzzle, you may experience some feelings of deja vu. This is fully intentional and carefully calibrated by your quizmaster. Keep an eye out for any patterns... and breaks from patterns. Relax and have fun with it!
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Unique Quizzes
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Average
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10 |
106
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Feb 02 26
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etymonlego
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Up in the Clouds
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Only fourteen mountains in the world exceed 8000m / 26,247 feet in elevation; can you identify these lofty peaks?
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Mountains & Volcanoes
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Average
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14 |
101
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Feb 01 26
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patrickk
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Don't Exorcise Me
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Possession by supernatural entities and the banishment of evil forces are not just popular plot devices for horror movies, but are part of the core beliefs of many world religions. This quiz touches on some aspects of this fascinating topic.
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Thematic Religious Mixture
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Average
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10 |
77
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Jan 31 26
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LadyNym
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Random Acts of Hostility
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Footballers are volatile creatures, and there are times when things come to a head on the pitch and fights break out between players. This quiz is about fights that have taken place between footballers. Note: one non-UK question.
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UK
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Average
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10 |
51
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Jan 31 26
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Kankurette
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Rectangular Entertainment
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Here follows ten "works of art" - by some FunTrivia guy (JW) masquerading as an artist - depicting film and television in the completely fabricated style of Postneoplasticism (Piet Mondrian's Neoplasticism but with more colour and far less discipline).
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TV & Movies Mixture
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Average
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10 |
112
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Jan 16 26
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jonnowales
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