Tour Europe Without leaving The U.S. Part 2
In which we continue Kyle The Kennel Boy's Grand Tour of Europe without leaving the USA.
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May 09 20
Category:
USA
In part four of our series we complete our look at some of the greatest British inventions of the last 250 years.
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Dec 21 20
Category:
Inventions
'Amazing Grace' is a favourite song for many people. It's a song of religious faith and renewal, yet even viewed in a secular way, many have taken comfort from it. Here we look at the song, and the man who wrote it.
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Feb 11 08
Category:
Christian Music
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"Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word", or so sang Elton John. Try to spot the people behind these apologies.
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Feb 15 17
Category:
Did They Say That?!
The Beatles were, arguably, the best known band of their day. Here are 10 trivia questions, all you have to decide is which of the Fab Four they refer to.
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Aug 09 16
Category:
Beatles, The
Air travel: the glamour; the excitement; the lost baggage - don't you just love it? The world's airlines fly more and more people each year - except for these 15 which no longer tell us to fasten our seatbelts.
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Mar 10 20
Category:
Airports & Airlines
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
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Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
Cowboys and outlaws provided a romantic image of the American Wild West, though the reality was probably different. Here are 15 real and fictional cowboys and outlaws and the actors who played them for you to identify.
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Nov 13 11
Category:
Old West
Dave Edmunds was a rock 'n' roller who tasted chart success and won the admiration of his peers and the adulation of his many fans. Let's take a look at his life and career.
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Jun 09 10
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E
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In two World Wars, the German Unterseeboot menace almost brought their country's enemies to their knees. This quiz is about those U-Boats, and the war against them.
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Jun 09 15
Category:
Naval Forces
Match up these UK number one hit albums to their anagrammed artists.
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Nov 15 16
Category:
Match Artist and Song
Being an actor can be a fickle thing, with no expectation of being always in demand. Some of the biggest names have suffered the indignity of having their movie scenes slashed and left on the (proverbial) cutting room floor. Spot these 10.
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Jan 07 25
Category:
Movies Grab Bag
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
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Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
These questions focus on individuals, real and fictional, who spoke about making a comeback, or actually did so.
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Aug 25 17
Category:
Human Nature
Charlie Muffin, Britain's scruffiest spy, surveyed the Cold Case files on his desk. In one he would find the identity of the KGB's most important double agent of the past 100 years. That spy had been born or called Charles, Charlie or Chuck.
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Sep 27 10
Category:
First Names C-D
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We all love factoids don't we? These are defined as invented facts believed to be true because they appear in print. But some of them are true. See if you can match fact or fiction to the statement on the left.
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May 24 18
Category:
True or False
You take the high road and I'll take the low road and together we'll explore some popular Scottish TV shows and stars.
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Dec 28 19
Category:
British TV
"I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you..." this much-covered song was written by Jerry Jeff Walker, an artiste usually classified as a 'country singer' but rock, folk, blues and country have all influenced him.
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Oct 05 20
Category:
Music T-Z
This quiz features real and fictional sheriffs and real and metaphoric shootings (mostly).
It is the result of an Author Central challenge by LeoDaVinci.
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Jul 09 17
Category:
Thematic Occupations
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
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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.
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Jun 24 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
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See how many of this list of the world's top cricketers you can identify. Good luck!
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May 23 09
Category:
Cricket Players
From the mid-1960s on, Carole Bayer Sager helped write songs that many people grew up with. She worked with some of the best in the business, producing catchy, successful and award-winning numbers.
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Sep 03 13
Category:
Writers, Producers & Record Labels
Some more songs for you to identify by working out which city, town or other location is named in the lyrics.
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Jun 10 16
Category:
Place Names in Songs
In 1998, the PolyGram record company released a CD of Bob Dylan songs as covered by other artists.
From the clues, work out who the singers were on the disc "And The Times They Were A-Changin'"
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Mar 01 20
Category:
Dylan, Bob
When ranker.com published a list of "Famous People Who Died in Car Accidents", it contained 200 names.
Here are 10 people made famous in various streams of entertainment, world affairs and celebrity who died in car crashes.
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Apr 15 20
Category:
Death Becomes Them
Many songs have been written about events that have happened in the real world. Trace these 15 that are based on true stories.
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Aug 12 21
Category:
History in Songs
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It may not be the largest or the most densely populated county in Ireland, but Tyrone is steeped in history and its people have shaped history and destiny in far-flung shores.
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Oct 07 17
Category:
Northern Ireland
As Jim Reeves famously sang: "Railroad, steamboat, river and canal/Yonder comes a sucker, and he's got my gal, and she's gone, gone, gone..." So, let's trace ten songs about those means of transportation.
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Nov 15 20
Category:
Transport in Songs
A select few actors have played James Bond 007, the spy with a licence to kill, in official movies, but can you identify those who lost out on the role?
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Dec 06 21
Category:
Bond Actors
When the first spy transferred into fiction in the 1820s, it sparked a new genre that remained constant thereafter in books, the big screen and on television. Crack the clues to find these 10 TV shows.
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Apr 21 22
Category:
By Plots
There's nothing like the cachet of a top star to help move refrigerators or colour TVs. See how many of the stars behind slogans and adverts you can identify.
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Mar 10 10
Category:
UK Commercials
In 1321, Dante climbed the terraces of Purgatory and saw a new deadly sin on each level. Now the Quiz Makers' Guild is making the same trip, and seeing things Dante never dreamed of. First up, the sin of pride. Coming soon: "Envy" by CellarDoor.
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Jul 10 17
Category:
Thematic Emotions
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Although his reign lasted fewer than 1,000 days, few US Presidents have had as much said or written about them than John F. Kennedy. Here are questions about songs referencing his death.
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Nov 24 13
Category:
People in Songs
Most supporters have a nickname for their favourite football (soccer) club. Match the nicknames to these clubs from around the United Kingdom.
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Dec 01 17
Category:
Nicknames & Mascots
Many solo singers and groups from Scotland have topped the UK pop charts. Match the songs on the left to the singers on the right.
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Aug 17 19
Category:
UK Number Ones
Look at the sequence of dates, things, or places and tell me what's next? in the list.
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Jan 04 20
Category:
Sequences
In this quiz, I give you the names of three aircraft from various companies, both military and civilian, and your task is to land in the missing model from the list on the right.
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Sep 11 20
Category:
Aircraft
In September 2020, "Rolling Stone" magazine updated their '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. Find the missing word in each album title.
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Apr 26 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
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This quiz is the result of an Author Central challenge by guitargoddess. The theme is based (sometimes loosely) on the words in the title.
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May 23 10
Category:
Thematic Men's Names
When the Australian rock group The Ghostwriters planned a world tour, they placed the travel arrangement in the capable(?) hands of Kyle's Kompleat Konnections. Let's see how they got on.
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Nov 13 09
Category:
Aviation
We are all familiar with really famous inventors, but there are many more out there who are a little more obscure but have contributed to inventions that we know, love, and perhaps even hate, today.
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Nov 11 13
Category:
Inventors
"Do all the good you can, By all the means you can..." is from one of the best known aphorisms of John Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism. These questions are about his life and works.
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Jan 28 20
Category:
Non-Conformist Denominations
"Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central Monday morning rail...". How much do you know about this well-loved train song, written by Steve Goodman?
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Sep 09 10
Category:
Goodman, Steve
This quiz is the result of a challenge in Author Central. The theme is anything literally or metaphorically to do with...ducks.
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Apr 26 20
Category:
Thematic Birds
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Spring has well and truly sprung, in fact it is almost over as we reach May in our race through a year of notable dates and anniversaries.
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Nov 12 13
Category:
April May June
In the fifth of our series of quizzes about UK number one pop songs by nation, we turn to Canada. Match the songs on the left to the singers on the right.
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Sep 01 19
Category:
UK Number Ones
To celebrate my 50th quiz, here are just 10 questions with that great number as a theme.
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Jul 04 19
Category:
11-50
The theme of these questions is the word "easy". Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to see if the topic will also earn itself a funtrivia easy rating.
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Jul 10 17
Category:
Easy and Hard
In the 1960s, "The Prisoner" was one of the most-talked about dramas on British TV - and also picked up a cult following in the USA.
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Apr 12 10
Category:
P