In these questions, decide which three of four people, places, or things have something in common and which is the odd one out.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 21 23
Category:
Odd One Out
Every so often a movie comes along with performances, scenes or messages that stay in the mind of audiences long afterwards. Here are 10 with memorable endings.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 31 08
Category:
Something in Common
Settle down, class. Now, some of us didn't do too well on the first 'Dates You Really Should Know' test, did we? Pay attention at the back, Henry Ford. Let's try some more.
Tough, 15 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 28 11
Category:
Pick The Date
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This quiz features actors, entertainers, musicians and sports stars with 50 candles on their birthday cakes in 2010.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
Dec 31 09
Category:
Celebrity Birthdays
Many of the words and phrases that we commonly use in the English language today have their roots in the Bible. Here are questions about 10 of them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 02 22
Category:
Bible Definitions and Etymology
See if you can match the lead vocalists in the column on the left with their supporting groups.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 27 22
Category:
Backup Artists
Many television shows that first aired on British television made the journey across the Atlantic for US remakes. Some were more successful than others. Here are ten.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Oct 15 20
Category:
TV By Country
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Aug 10 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
These are places where pilots dread to land: spot 10 of the world's trickiest airports.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 21 22
Category:
Airports & Airlines
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Half A Century Wise: Happy Birthday to all the celebrities and sporting stars born in 1958, who will celebrate or have celebrated the big "five-oh" in 2008. How many of them can you work out? "Half A Century Wise" is a line from a Phil Ochs song.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 08 09
Category:
Celebrity Birthdays
And there's more...This quiz is based on the old 'Blockbusters' TV game show. Here are questions on the 20 FunTrivia categories. Each correct answer begins with a 'C'.
Average, 20 Qns, darksplash,
Oct 02 17
Category:
Blockbuster
I hope you will be D-lighted to see another in this series... This quiz is based on the old 'Blockbusters' TV game show. Here are questions on the 20 FunTrivia categories. Each correct answer begins with a 'D'.
Average, 20 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 22 16
Category:
Blockbuster
Since many people liked the first edition - thank you all very much for the kind notes - a chance to translate some more misheard lyrics.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
May 01 20
Category:
Misheard Lyrics
Try to identify the singers or songwriters with the given name "Bob" or "Bobby" from the quoted lyrics.
WARNING: May contain red herrings.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 24 22
Category:
Artist Name is the Same
It's a piece of real estate so exclusive that people are literally dying to get there. These questions are about the rich and famous interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, California.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
May 18 15
Category:
Celebrity Burial Locations
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This quiz is based on the old 'Blockbusters' TV game show. Here are questions on the 20 FunTrivia categories. Each correct answer begins with an 'M'.
Average, 20 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 24 22
Category:
Blockbuster
"Two out of three ain't bad", Meat Loaf famously sang. There have been many famous musical trios through the years. Match in the one name missing from their compatriots on the left. (Original line-ups, except where mentioned.)
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 24 20
Category:
Band Members
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 150 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title ** or track from an eponymous album.**
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 08 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
Here are 10 fictional police officers who made their first appearances in novels. Match to them the locations in which they upheld law and order.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 21 16
Category:
Literary Occupations
Ireland has a long tradition as a place to make movies, and a place where movies are set. That heritage dates to 1910. See if you can identify these 10 movies with a setting in the Emerald Isle.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Dec 19 17
Category:
Common Nationalities
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In the third part of our odyssey through "The 40 Worst Number One Singles Of All Time" we reach the last decade of the 20th Century. Let's see if you can spot them.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 17 20
Category:
Worst Songs Lists
"All I Ask" was a track on the 2017 Grammy Awards Album of the Year, "25", by Adele.
Match these ten questioning songs to the artists or songwriters.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 09 17
Category:
Questions in Titles
For many years, "Open All Hours" was a much-loved comedy show on British television.
See what you know about it.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 22 20
Category:
O
Continuing our look at music that was hot in the UK in the 1980s.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 02 21
Category:
1980s Music
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 19 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
In the second in a series, we continue to look at songs on a list of "The 40 Worst Number One Singles Of All Time".
Without asking if you agree or disagree, try to identify some of those songs and singers.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 16 20
Category:
Worst Songs Lists
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Legal dramas can make for great television. Here are questions about just ten of them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 19 20
Category:
Things in Common
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
This quiz is based on the old 'Blockbusters' TV gameshow. Here are questions on the 20 FunTrivia categories. Each correct answer begins with an 'L'.
Average, 20 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 05 18
Category:
Blockbuster
Bigger, smaller, faster, heavier, smarter. Pick the dog breed that best suits the attribute in the question.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Sep 29 24
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Category:
Dog Breeds
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash,
May 31 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
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There are so many types of programmes on our televisions. The challenge is to identify the genre in which the named presenters were involved.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 19 15
Category:
British TV
Truman Capote dismissed the prolific style of some Beat Generation authors with the words "That's not writing, that's typing". Perhaps if these authors had been more prolific (or just typed quicker) they would not have left unfinished works behind...
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 28 19
Category:
Hit or Miss
Kyle The Kennel Boy spent a very wet weekend in Rome recently. To get out of the rain, he went to the cinema. All the movies were in Italian. From the synopses given, work the titles back to English.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 03 20
Category:
Titles in Translation
...And Other Ways To Make It Easier For Criminals.
How security conscious are you? Take this quiz to find out.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 10 25
Category:
Deception and Secrecy
It was a year that few will forget and 2020 produced some pithy comments. See how many you remember.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 01 21
Category:
Who Said It?
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
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In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. In the top 100 we change our methodology: match singer or band to the album title or track from an eponymous album.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 12 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
They are our friends, companions and helpers, yet day in and day out, we humans take animals for granted. They give us unconditional love, and every now and then some of them do something courageous, and even save lives. Here are some of the bravest.
Difficult, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 28 20
Category:
Famous Animals
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote some of the catchiest and top-selling songs in pop music.
Match these songs to performers who had chart hits with them
(Note: Some were recorded by multiple artists, but these ten were the biggest hits.)
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 09 17
Category:
Bacharach, Burt
If any American family of modern times could be said to be "royalty", it was the Kennedys. Time and again tragedy struck people in the family tree of Joseph and Rose Kennedy. Let's explore "the Kennedy curse".
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 15 24
Category:
President's Families
It is a poorly kept secret that the US Secret Service has codenames for the presidents whose lives they are sworn to protect. Match these 10.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Sep 17 20
Category:
Presidential Trivia
Espionage has been described as the world's second oldest profession.
Match the espionage organisations on the left with the countries with which they were associated.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 31 24
Category:
Espionage & Codebreaking
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The motor car brought great independence to the masses from the start of the 20th Century. See if you can match these car models to the companies that made them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Dec 06 17
Category:
Auto World
According to a proverb, the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Our history books are riddled with tales of 'early birds' who made the inventions and 'second mice', who got the credit. Let's explore some.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 10 20
Category:
Inventors
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
Long hailed as the most important band in pop history, The Beatles produced a lot of classic songs. They also produced some clunkers. Spot these ten from the opening lines.
Easier, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 29 21
Category:
Songs by The Beatles
If, as Cicero said, "The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil", see if you have the wisdom to spot these literary villains.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Oct 28 23
Category:
Villains and Anti-Heroes