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Aspects of Humor: What's So Funny?  
| Humor is an elusive topic due to its elastic nature. What I find funny, you may not. Try to discover what it is that makes us laugh. |
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Average
10 qns |
6390 plays |
May 14 07 |
trident87
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How to be Sarcastic 
| Learn to make annoying sarcastic comments, by answering these 10 questions. |
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Average
10 qns |
17967 plays |
Nov 07 02 |
Islingtonian
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How to NOT use bad words!  
| Ever feel the need to use a bad word...without really saying it? "Linguistic taboo avoidance" is actually a common cultural phenomenon. Take this quiz to learn oodles and oodles of ways to NOT say bad words! |
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Average
10 qns |
2454 plays |
Oct 11 07 |
pu2-ke-qi-ri
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Pick-a-Pun: The Musicals!  
| Yes, it's Pick-a-Pun, the game show where all the answers MIGHT be funny, but only one registers "Ouch" on the Groan-Ometer. Today's theme is Musicals, so get singing, and let the Pun begin! |
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Easy
10 qns |
3411 plays |
Oct 12 05 |
ing
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A Thoroughly Ridiculous Quiz  
| No! Silly is NOT good enough. To prosper in this quiz you?re going to have to be downright ridiculous. This might be easier in the ?Flash? mode. |
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Average
10 qns |
2613 plays |
Feb 26 07 |
uglybird
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What the Spell Check Mist: Typo Transfusion  
| Sacred Heart Hospital: Medical Care second to nun, paperwork last to all. Scared Heart Hospital, where the typos are rarely fatal, but nearly always fanny! |
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Easy
10 qns |
1005 plays |
Jun 07 09 |
ing
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How to Address Your Peers  
| ...and other nobles. This quiz could prove invaluable should you ever get stuck in a cupboard with an archbishop. The quiz is mainly concerned with UK styles of office. |
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Difficult
10 qns |
615 plays |
Oct 02 08 |
Snowman
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Words of Warning  
| I got to thinking about the various words and phrases we use to warn or alert others about potentially hazardous circumstances. Here is a straightforward quiz exploring some common and not so common examples. |
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Tough
10 qns |
1119 plays |
Nov 04 07 |
scalar
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So You Know Your Figurative and Poetic Language?  
| This quiz is on different types of figurative and poetic language. I will give you a sentence or phrase and you will tell me what device it is using. Test your language knowledge! |
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Average
10 qns |
2052 plays |
Dec 01 06 |
kharkiv
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The Impossible Quiz  
| Though this quiz is, in fact, impossible, it should be easy to get 10 correct, if you figure out the key. |
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Difficult
10 qns |
1236 plays |
Feb 20 08 |
sidnobls
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Are You Proper Posh? 
| "Language most shows a man. Speak that I may see thee"; so said Ben Jonson. Anthropologist Kate Fox, in her excellent book "Watching the English", believes that an Englishman's choice of words clearly defines the class of the speaker. So can you do posh? |
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Difficult
10 qns |
939 plays |
Jan 11 08 |
Snowman
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What the Heck is a Retronym? 
| A retronym is used to describe something when an existing word is no longer sufficient. For example, the term "acoustic guitar" came after the invention of the electric guitar. Here's a fun introduction to the world of retronyms. US English variant. |
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Average
10 qns |
1206 plays |
Jan 24 08 |
nooxyjen
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Literary Techniques 
| Many authors won't simply come out and say exactly what they mean in their works; they use a variety of techniques and devices to enrich their work and make it more interesting. See if you can identify some of the more common techniques. |
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Average
15 qns |
1542 plays |
Apr 29 06 |
danceswithcows
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Figure out the Figure. 
| Discover the rhetor in you. Here you find some of the rhetorical figures, or figures of speech, we use everyday, without even noticing.
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Tough
10 qns |
978 plays |
Feb 04 09 |
zordy
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Words About Words
| Onomatopoeia? oxymoron? anagram? Do you know these terms? If you don't try this quiz and find out what they mean. If you do know them, well you might find this quiz easy. Have fun! |
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Easy
10 qns |
6717 plays |
Aug 16 00 |
minch
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Secrets of Nym 
| Most people are familiar with synonyms and homonyms, but how about eponyms, autonyms or toponyms? In the following quiz I will give you a brief definition and then ask you to classify a word or phrase. |
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Average
10 qns |
999 plays |
Jun 21 04 |
catamount
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That's Hooey! 
| You hear hooey, bunk, BS and malarky every day at work, on TV, riding the subway - hogwash is everywhere. To recognize baloney when you hear it, consider these basics in straight thinking. |
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Average
10 qns |
1239 plays |
Sep 04 04 |
nutmeglad
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Identify These Figures of Speech 
| Here are examples of 15 different figures of speech. I will give you the example, and you identify which figure of speech it is from the 4 choices given. Each figure of speech will only be used once as a correct answer. |
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Average
15 qns |
5193 plays |
Jan 22 01 |
chessart
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The Art Of Punning 
| Punning is the humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. In this quiz you either have to complete a pun, or to find out which headline, ad or slogan uses punning. |
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Easy
10 qns |
3597 plays |
Oct 05 02 |
flem-ish
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What Was That? 
| Figurative language makes reading more interesting. I will give you an example of figurative and poetic language and you tell me what kind it is. |
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Average
10 qns |
2028 plays |
Aug 22 03 |
Ilona_Ritter
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The Four Types of Writing 
| Everything you write falls into one of four types of writing, or "modes of discourse." Can you guess which? |
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Average
15 qns |
1500 plays |
Feb 06 04 |
mazeface
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Oxymorons 
| Oxymorons - I love them - simple, totally incongruous statements. Can you pick the oxymoron (perceived or otherwise) from the meaning given? |
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Average
10 qns |
4215 plays |
Dec 08 02 |
Engadine
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