This quiz takes a quick look at the geography of the Philippines, a nation of islands. But first, a history question:
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jun 14 18
Category:
Philippines
The botanical names of a number of plants bear the names of men. This quiz is about identifying such plants and trees. Let's see if you know the men in your garden. Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jul 14 15
Category:
Garden Name Game
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... one of my hobbies. Your task is to match my chosen hobbies to the correct term on the list. Be aware that the correct answer is not always the obvious one.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jun 09 16
Category:
Hobbies Other
Choose the correct chemical element from the choices to match the US state capital. The correct one is where the symbol for the chemical element matches the state's abbreviation.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Aug 26 20
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9,10
Category:
Alphabetic Symbols
This one is about the birds and the bees and, in particular, some of the more unusual breeding habits found in the animal kingdom.
Tough, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 18 15
Category:
Specific Topic Animal Trivia
You might mutter these words as you delve into your collection of books to see who started their books with these words. This collection of words come from the start of various novels all written by British authors. Let's see which ones you recognise.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Apr 11 16
Category:
British Literature
I supply a catchphrase from the show and your task is to choose the correct show from the list that matches the catchphrase. These shows were shown in Britain from the 1960s onwards.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Sep 04 16
Category:
British TV
Questions about the compass rose over the ages, and related things. The compass rose is typically found on navigation charts, compasses and maps.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Nov 02 22
Category:
Thematic Objects
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If you have an interest in the letter 'W', there should be something to whet your appetite here. All questions or answers are connected to the letter in some way.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Oct 26 18
Category:
W - X
This quiz takes a look at this classic Howard Hawks' Western. Let's see what you know.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jul 05 19
Category:
Rio Bravo
This quiz asks you to match the country to its political leader. Each of these leaders shares a common fate. They were all killed, although not necessarily by being shot through the heart. Not for the squeamish perhaps.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jul 19 16
Category:
World Leaders
If you have an interest in 'N' words, there should be something to whet your appetite here. All the answers start with the letter 'N'.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
May 25 23
Category:
N
... or, in some cases, infamous. This is a tour of places that were, and sometimes still are, well-known for some thing or other.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Apr 08 13
Category:
Historical People Mix
What we have here is a mix of European films for cinema buffs to identify. Let's see if you can recognise them from the clues supplied.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Aug 17 14
Category:
Foreign Mixture
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The 2004 book "Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment" by James Gustave Speth is the link between the title and the quiz, which looks at some of the environmental issues affecting our twenty-first century world.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jul 02 15
Category:
Environmental Problems
This quiz takes a look at some conditions or ailments associated with various activities and occupations, some old and some new.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Dec 03 17
Category:
Misc. Health Issues
A match quiz about the resignations of ten political leaders; some voluntary, others not so much.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 27 17
Category:
World Leaders
Each question contains two pointers: the group or singer, and a definition of the song title. The task is to find which song best fits the information given. All songs come from Rolling Stone magazine's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Dec 08 12
Category:
Music in Other Words
We are going for a spin through TV, film, music and video games categories with the questions all sharing a flying theme. See how you get on.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 21 13
Category:
Transportation in Entertainment
All these ladies reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 2000s. Let's see if you know who they are or the name of the song.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 09 14
Category:
2000s Music
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This was a science fiction TV series which ran from 1978 to 1981. Despite its limited budget, it was popular at the time and its influence can be seen in many subsequent science fiction series. See how you get on.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Mar 16 14
Category:
Blake's 7
One definition of dockage is berthing for ships. This is an excuse to have a look at some of the world's ports. Let's see what you know.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Oct 07 13
Category:
Geography - Miscellany
Really? These folk have all been shown the door at one time or another. Has that hindered them? You judge, but first see if you can work out who has transgressed.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 25 13
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10
Category:
Infamy
'The Blood of Olympus' by Rick Riordan follows Greek and Roman demi-gods on their quest around the Med. Can you work out which modern-day places they visited?
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Apr 09 23
Category:
Historical Geography
The link for this selection is that they do not come from the Disney/Pixar stable. See if you can work out the answers to the questions from the information given.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Oct 01 13
Category:
Kids and Animated Mixture
Ten of our Solar System's moons are listed in this quiz and all you have to do is match them to their planet or dwarf planet. Bear in mind, there is usually a theme to the naming of a planet's moons.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Mar 22 16
Category:
Moons
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A quiz on things featuring the colour yellow. Let's see what you know.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 20 19
Category:
Yellow/Gold
Welcome to the world of parasites. This quiz takes a brief look at some of the more unusual parasitic relationships. Take your time and enjoy. Very Difficult, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jul 12 16
Category:
Ecology
This quiz has a look a few situations where people have got into difficulty and needed rescuing. Let's see what you know about these stories.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Sep 26 13
Category:
Specific Topic Mixes
This phrase was made famous during the 'Spycatcher' trial held during 1986. This quiz is about the events leading up to the trial and its aftermath. Tough, 10 Qns, suomy,
Oct 04 13
Category:
The Law
Brian Flanagan fancies himself as a bar tender. He takes his trade very seriously and has been asking about the stories behind some of the cocktails he makes. Can you help him?
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 19 13
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12
Category:
Mixed People
I am using this typically Maine comment on travel directions, to highlight some unusual (mostly) film creation connections. Can you work out who are the links from the information provided?
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Aug 17 20
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10
Category:
Who Am I?
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Let's have a brief look at sieges and some of strategies used to overcome pesky defences through the ages.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Nov 13 19
Category:
War History
This quiz takes a brief tour through some of the humanities, unearthing a few facts along the way. Let's see what you know.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jul 22 14
Category:
Miscellaneous
This quiz takes a tour around some of the smaller European states and territories. Let's see what you know.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Mar 29 15
Category:
Europe
Yes, this is a quiz about words beginning with the letter V. Let's see what you know.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Dec 12 16
Category:
U - V
Can you find the various sports from the anagrams and clues given? Not all the sports are competitive.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Sep 19 10
Category:
Sports Word Play
In this quiz we are going to use BOAT to get to the SEAS, finding the words in between one letter at a time. Are you up for it?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, suomy,
Oct 07 13
Category:
Change a Letter for Kids
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My friendly archaeologist told me about a talk being held about some of the interesting discoveries made by archaeologists over the ages. So I went along. Here's a taster.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Nov 30 14
Category:
Archaeology
Here's a test of how good your Latin or Ancient Greek is. Match the list of topics to the various fields of study.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 06 25
Category:
Word Fun
You get a film title (of the kind populating a 'best films' list) but in other words. Your task is work out each film title from its synonym and match the character to the film.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Mar 16 16
Category:
Movie Synonyms
A baker's dozen is thirteen. Less well known is the phrase "beggar's dozen", which is eleven. This quiz is about the number eleven and some of the places it can be found.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Aug 25 16
Category:
11-50
This is the life! Travelling around the world and eating wonderful cuisine. But what is being eaten? See if you can work out what the various food dishes are from these cryptic clues.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Aug 29 24
Category:
International Cuisine
People have explored for millenia, usually with a view to finding new opportunities to exploit. This quiz asks you to match the European 'explorer' who was first to achieve the journey, and discover or land on the land concerned.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jun 04 19
Category:
Explorers
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Over the years, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, made some less than tactful comments during conversations. The following are all attributed to him. Can you work out who he was speaking to or what he was speaking about? Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Sep 09 22
Category:
Elizabeth II
Pinewood Studios, a British film and TV studio, has been around since the mid-1930s. As you can imagine, a lot of films have visited the studios. Let's have a look at Pinewood and some of these films.
Easier, 10 Qns, suomy,
Mar 08 15
Category:
British Cinema
... or maybe you do. You are abroad somewhere talking to a friend through a particularly unhelpful dictionary. Can you work out what people or characters she is on about from her translation of the titles of these books, films and paintings?
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Feb 04 13
Category:
Entertainment Word Play
Young Dora is a bit of an explorer and likes meeting interesting creatures wherever she travels with her parents. As she has a new torch to play with, she has been going out at night. See if you can work out who is on night shift from the clues given.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
May 08 13
Category:
Identify the Animal
Europe's song is about leaving Earth for Venus. Going into space is risky, the engineering is complicated and things go wrong in a surprising number of ways. This quiz looks at some of the non-fatal incidents.
Average, 10 Qns, suomy,
Jun 20 16
Category:
Man in Space