Your mission is a space treasure hunt. Answer the first nine questions correctly and you will get the information to identify the "Starman" in the 10th.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 10 17
Category:
Thematic Space
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,
Oct 09 23
Category:
Odd One Out
The good guys are always supposed to win in fiction, but quite often the baddies are just as memorable - and in some cases even more so. See how many you can identify.
Difficult, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 08 14
Category:
Villains and Anti-Heroes
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Three hundred and sixty million record buyers can't be wrong - that's how many sales compositions by the singer/songwriter Albert Hammond have chalked since the 1960s. See how much you know about the man behind 30 chart-topping hits.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
May 12 09
Category:
H
The curse of the actor is to be typecast - associated with one character all their career. Here are 10 actors who had multiple different starring roles. Identify them from their characters.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Sep 24 12
Category:
Matching Character and Actor
Let's look at some facts and fun about this delicious, and healthy foodstuff.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 09 23
Category:
Thematic Dairy
Kyle the Kennel Boy (remember him?) had some money left from his lottery win and decided to go travelling again. Join him as he flies around the world in aircraft made in different countries.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 12 19
Category:
Aircraft
A random look at some notable anniversaries and dates of interest in the recent, and not so recent, past.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 03 13
Category:
January February March
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.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 11 21
Category:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums
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If you agree that country music is the people's music, speaking about real life and about truth and telling things how they really are, then find the truth in these 10 questions.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 24 22
Category:
Classic Country
This 'coda' to the first Tom Paxton Gallimaufry continues the story of a songwriter whose music has entered the musical consciousness of America and is loved far and wide.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 20 08
Category:
Paxton, Tom
Nearly anybody can write one novel, or so reckoned D.H. Lawrence. A second novel, he opined, was "a step farther". These questions are about those who never wrote a second novel, or whose second novels were flops.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 02 18
Category:
Less Familiar Works
"Emmerdale" became one of the most-watched soap operas on British television. In part two of our trilogy, match the characters who have died over the years to the 'headlines' from the local paper.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 14 17
Category:
Emmerdale
Sometimes musical genius has encompassed more than one generation of a family. See what you know about some of them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 18 19
Category:
Name the Artist
Not every child gets to follow in the footsteps of their parents. Those with famous parents can find it even harder. Find these 10 who chose a different path, or just had trouble reconciling their lives with their parents' fame.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Aug 17 24
Category:
Friends & Relatives
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From the clues work out who the singers were on eight Bob Dylan songs that appeared on side two of the covers disc "And The Times They Were A-Changin'".
This quiz is completed by two bonus questions.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 25 20
Category:
Dylan, Bob
British inventors have been at the forefront of scientific and engineering developments for centuries. Here are 10 to investigate.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 10 24
Category:
Inventions
From the annals of BMI, we look again at a smorgasbord of questions on the top songs of the 20th Century - based on US radio and television airplay.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 21 20
Category:
Best and Worst Lists
Hailing out of Buffalo, New York, Ani DiFranco became a regular part of the folk-rock scene from the late 1980s. Find ten of her songs from the lyrics quoted.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 27 22
Category:
DiFranco, Ani
From the start of the Cold War, Western forces began to give names to the Soviet aircraft they encountered - mainly because they did not know their real names. See how much you know about Soviet aircraft and the names that the NATO gave to them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Aug 09 08
Category:
Air Forces
When Lady Gaga released 'The Edge of Glory', there were accusations it resembled another song. It's not an uncommon claim in music. Let's explore some of them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 23 22
Category:
Something in Common
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We continue our series of random looks at anniversaries and dates of interest by turning to the month of March.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 19 18
Category:
January February March
Match these top literary cops to the places where the operated. *Note: some of the locations were changed in movie or TV adaptations, it is the book locations that are needed.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 23 16
Category:
Places in Literature
From teenage hysteria to significant moments in rock history, the singer, songwriter and guitarist Andy Fairweather Low has seen it all. This is his story.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Aug 14 21
Category:
F
Film-makers have often turned to the world of sport for ideas, sometimes with mixed results. See how many of these you can spot.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 06 09
Category:
Sports in Movies
Here are ten songs with with "talk" or "talking" in the title. Match the artists associated with them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Oct 27 20
Category:
Talking, Whistling, Humming in Songs
Many have earned the sobriquet "a gentle man", but gentle can mean many things. From some of the synonyms of the word gentle, find these gentle men, or their connections.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Feb 08 25
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12
Category:
Who Am I?
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The ingenuity of British people appears to know no bounds. In this quiz we continue to look at the creations of Britons that changed our world.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Dec 18 21
Category:
Inventions
Names will never hurt me: There's nothing better than a fine-honed insult to bring the 'great and the good' down to earth. Political life provided a rich harvest. See how many of the insulted, and the insulters, you can identify.
Tough, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 29 11
Category:
Political Science & History
What I did on my holidays was ski, mostly, but every now and then I would notice something that prompted this mixed bag of trivia questions.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 07 22
Category:
Mixed 15 Questions
In this sequel, your task is to answer questions about songs with numbers in their titles, and the artists associated with them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Aug 21 11
Category:
Number Songs
Continuing our journey along the highways and byways of the USA, nine songs for nine locations alphabetically. The tenth question is a bonus. Match the performers to the song.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Apr 30 22
Category:
Cities in Song
Read all about it! Match these 10 fictional newspapers to the TV shows in which they have featured.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 02 18
Category:
Thematic Media
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Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais made up one of the top comedy-writing duos on British television: finding a success that brought them to the attention of the big screen and Hollywood
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 09 20
Category:
UK Comedy
On the British pop music scene, having a number one single at Christmas is much sought after. Not all can be number one though, some are number two. Here are ten that did not quite make it to the top of the Christmas tree..
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 27 21
Category:
Christmas Music
To call Tom Paxton a 'folksinger' seems barely adequate in view of his widely varied back catalogue. His most famous song was 'The Last Thing On My Mind', but over the past 40 years his songs have been loved by many.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 20 08
Category:
Paxton, Tom
To mark my 200th quiz on this site, here are questions relating to that fine, natural number.
Tough, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 19 20
Category:
101+
'Hallelujah' has been described as "...a song with the power to turn a rock arena into a cathedral". Test your knowledge of this Leonard Cohen classic.
Tough, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 18 08
Category:
Cohen, Leonard
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left", or so said Bertrand Russell. Despite that, war and battle fiction have an almost universal popularity.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 10 17
Category:
Thematic Soldiers
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The idea behind this quiz is simple: Each question has four subjects, all you have to do is decide whether the suggested link between the four is true or false.
Tough, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Aug 18 09
Category:
True or False
As well as being a prolific writer, William Shakespeare brought to us many words, phrases and descriptions that have long since entered common usage. See if you can spot where they came from, or who said them.
Tough, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 14 10
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category:
Shakespeare Lines and Quotes
For the second paper in our geography test on Ireland, put your name at the top - spell it correctly this time, Turlach Ó Fuartháin - then begin.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jan 04 18
Category:
Ireland
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, B. B. King and Keith Richards: all great exponents of the guitarist's art. See if you can identify which of them sang the quoted lyrics.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jun 03 21
Category:
Name the Artist
From these lyrics mentioning locations in the US find the matching singer. The location is also in the song title.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 26 16
Category:
Place Names in Songs
Train spotting: the term conjures images of men in anoraks hanging around railway stations obsessed with seeing as many different locomotives as possible. This quiz has nothing to do with that. But it does feature train references.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 12 20
Category:
Thematic Transportation
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Come all ye farouche funtriviers and add one or more letters to F A R to make a new longer word.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Mar 25 20
Category:
Words Within Words
Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote hundreds of songs for The Beatles that were covered by other artists, but there were also songs that the Fab Four did not release themselves. Find who recorded these ten.
Tough, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 25 20
Category:
Beatles Something in Common
The weather. It is one of the most frequent topics of conversation around. Let's look as ten weather topics.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Dec 17 23
Category:
Extreme Weather
To mark my 250th quiz on this site, here is a mixed bag of ten questions, all on the theme of 250.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Nov 05 22
Category:
101+
Good fences make good neighbours, so a saying goes. But for thousands of years humankind has been building fences, walls, and fortifications to protect their lands from perceived enemies. Let's examine just 10 of them.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash,
Jul 23 20
Category:
Walls