451.

  Anne Fine's 'Raking the Ashes'    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Anne Fine is mainly known for writing children's books, but she also writes novels for adults. 'Raking the Ashes' is the story of Tilly Foster, an engineer on an oil rig who falls for single father Geoff Anderson, a relationship which ends in tragedy.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jan 04 22

Category: F

Average
Kankurette
Jan 04 22
65 plays

452.

  The Fat of the Land    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It's the summer of 1997, and The Prodigy are Number One in the Billboard Charts with 'The Fat of the Land', one of their greatest and most controversial albums. Altogether now: 'I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter!'

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jul 31 18

Category: Prodigy

Average
Kankurette
Jul 31 18
141 plays

453.

  Double Trouble: Gemini, the Twins    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Gemini is a mutable air sign of the zodiac, and this quiz has a bit of a twist to it. As Gemini is associated with twins, each question in this quiz is going to be themed after a different FunTrivia category.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Feb 19 19

Category: Gemini

Average
Kankurette
Feb 19 19
210 plays

454.

  So You Want to Be a Magical Girl    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Magical Girl Raising Project' is an anime about a game where players - regardless of gender - can turn into magical girls. However, the game is not all it seems - and it quickly turns deadly.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jul 20 19

Category: M ... Ma-Mi

Average
Kankurette
Jul 20 19
126 plays

455.

  Meet the Prices: Rachel    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Barbara Kingsolver's 'The Poisonwood Bible' is about the Prices, an American missionary family living in the Congo, and is told from the viewpoints of Orleanna Price and her four daughters. Rachel is the oldest of the Price girls.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Mar 08 22

Category: Kingsolver, Barbara

Average
Kankurette
Mar 08 22
73 plays

456.

  The Music of Space: The Later Years    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This is the third and final quiz in my series of quizzes on the Liverpool band Space, and deals with everything after 'Tin Planet' including the 2011 reunion.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jul 27 14

Category: Space

Average
Kankurette
119 plays

457.

  A Kevin XI    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

What do these footballers have in common? They're all called Kevin.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Mar 13 18

Category: Football Players

Average
Kankurette
281 plays

458.

  'Five Quarters of the Orange' by Joanne Harris    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Joanne Harris' most well-known book is 'Chocolat', and both France and food are also a major theme in one of her other books - 'Five Quarters of the Orange', a tale of an ageing widow with a dark secret.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, May 15 19

Category: H

Average
Kankurette
May 15 19
168 plays

459.

  Curtain Up    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Noel Streatfeild is best known for 'Ballet Shoes', and 'Curtain Up', a kind of sequel, is also set in Madame Fidolia's Academy. Sorrel, Mark and Holly Forbes move to London to live with their grandmother, a theatre actress.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, May 05 21

Category: Streatfield, Noel

Tough
Kankurette
May 05 21
120 plays

460.

  Anne Tyler's Protagonists    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

I'm a huge fan of Anne Tyler, and this quiz features the lead characters from ten of her books. Each character will describe themselves - can you figure out which book they belong to?

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Aug 26 18

Category: Tyler, Anne

Tough
Kankurette
Aug 26 18
108 plays

461.

  Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

For many Jews, Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the calendar, and one of the most important festivals. However, it's not a celebration as such, but a day spent in reflection and a chance to atone for one's sins.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, May 23 23

Category: Festivals and Holidays

Average
Kankurette
May 23 23
335 plays

462.

  Changes for the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In the 28th book in Elinor M Brent-Dyer's 'Chalet School' series, the main body of the school prepares for the big move to Switzerland, with Bride Bettany's final term as Head Girl.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jul 03 19

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Average
Kankurette
Jul 03 19
122 plays

463.

  Carola Storms the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Some girls run away from school, but in the 23rd book in the 'Chalet School' series, Carola Johnstone runs away TO school. She's sick of being dragged around the world by her cousin Maud and is desperate to settle down and live a normal life.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Apr 07 21

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Average
Kankurette
Apr 07 21
105 plays

464.

  Madoka, Usagi and Sakura    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Madoka Kaname, Usagi Tsukino - aka Sailor Moon - and 'Cardcaptor' Sakura Kinamoto are three of anime's most famous magical girls, and this quiz is about them. It's a spiritual successor to 'The Magical Girls of the Anime World'.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Aug 07 21

Category: Anime

Average
Kankurette
Aug 07 21
97 plays

465.

  Odd One Out: Sailor Moon    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I give you a list of characters, powers, etc., and you find the odd one out. Please note that although this quiz is in the manga section, it does have some references to the anime and musicals as well.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Sep 14 12

Category: Sailor Moon

Average
Kankurette
302 plays

466.

  Secret    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Like Gretchen Wieners' hair in 'Mean Girls', this quiz is full of secrets - or rather, movies containing the word 'secret' in the title. Warning: there are spoilers in this quiz.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Oct 11 13

Category: Common Titles

Tough
Kankurette
510 plays

467.

  This Gorgeous Chaos    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'This gorgeous chaos, this passionate cry...' Ever since his debut in 1990, Sonic and his friends have been searching for the Chaos Emeralds. These magical stones have played a major part in the 'Sonic' series, and this quiz is about them.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jun 14 18

Category: Sonic Games

Average
Kankurette
165 plays

468.

  Magia Record    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Magia Record' is a mobile phone game based on the anime 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica'. Set in the fictional Kamihama City, it features both the original 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' cast and many new characters.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, May 19 19

Category: M

Average
Kankurette
May 19 19
140 plays

469.

  We Need to Talk About Kevin    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

No, this is not about the Lionel Shriver novel! It's about Kevin Campbell. He's one of my favourite footballers of all time, so I decided I'd write a quiz about him.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Nov 07 21

Category: UK Football Players A-Z

Average
Kankurette
Nov 07 21
137 plays

470.

  The Wrath of a Khan    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The name 'Khan' comes from a Mongol title for a military ruler. These famous Khans might not be 'Star Trek' villains, but you may have heard of some of them...

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Apr 18 14

Category: Same Surname

Tough
Kankurette
353 plays

471.

  Kankurette's Alternative Christmas Playlist    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Slade, Wizzard, Paul McCartney, Wham, Cliff Richard...they've appeared on plenty of festive playlists, but I've decided to compile a playlist of some alternative and/or lesser-known festive favourites.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Dec 08 18

Category: Christmas Music

Average
Kankurette
Dec 08 18
167 plays

472.

  Shocks for the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In the 25th book in the 'Chalet School' series, the school gets a major shock in the form of Australian new girl Emerence Hope - and it isn't the only one that term.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Aug 15 19

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Average
Kankurette
Aug 15 19
107 plays

473.

  The Chalet School and Rosalie    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'The Chalet School and Rosalie' is the shortest book in the 'Chalet School' series and tells the story of Rosalie Way, a sensitive new girl who Tom Gay takes under her wing. Tom and Rosalie have several personality clashes over the book.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Apr 07 21

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Average
Kankurette
Apr 07 21
85 plays

474.

  Rosina Lippi's 'Homestead': The Bent Elbow Clan    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Homestead' is about the women of three families living in Rosenau, an Austrian mountain village, and takes place over a period of sixty years. This quiz is about sisters Johanna Lang and Angelika Feuerstein, who live at the Bent Elbow homestead.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Nov 03 21

Category: L

Average
Kankurette
Nov 03 21
118 plays

475.

  'Madame Doubtfire': Book/Film Differences    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You may have seen 'Mrs Doubtfire', starring Robin Williams, but have you read the book upon which it was based? Anne Fine's book is very different to the film, and this quiz looks at the differences between adaptations.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Dec 03 18

Category: F Authors

Tough
Kankurette
Dec 03 18
168 plays

476.

  The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

When I was little, my Aussie relatives used to give me Aussie kids' books, and one of them was 'The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill' by Dorothy Wall, a charming book about a mischievous little koala. I reread it recently and decided to write a quiz.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jan 14 19

Category: W Authors

Average
Kankurette
Jan 14 19
97 plays

477.

  Tom Sharpe's 'Wilt'    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Wilt' is the first in the series of books by Tom Sharpe about the put-upon, terminally unlucky lecturer Henry Wilt and Eva, his formidable wife. It all starts with an inflatable doll.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jun 28 19

Category: S

Average
Kankurette
Jun 28 19
117 plays

478.

  Challenge for the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In the 55th book in the 'Chalet School' series, Miss Annersley is away on an educational tour, leaving Miss Wilmot in charge as temporary headmistress. Two new pupils arrive: Evelyn Ross, a Senior, and Jocelyn Marvell, a troublesome Middle.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Sep 02 19

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Tough
Kankurette
Sep 02 19
123 plays

479.

  Larry's Party    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Larry's Party' is an award-winning novel by Canadian writer Carol Shields. It looks at various events throughout the life of Larry Weller, an ordinary man with an extraordinary passion.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Nov 07 21

Category: S

Average
Kankurette
Nov 07 21
111 plays

480.

  Making Plans for Nigel    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle's hilarious 'Molesworth' series follows the weird and wonderful life of Nigel Molesworth, a teenage boy growing up in the '50s and a pupil at the terrifying St Custard's boarding school.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Mar 23 22

Category: W

Average
Kankurette
Mar 23 22
94 plays

481.

  Meet the Prices: Leah    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Barbara Kingsolver's 'The Poisonwood Bible' is about the Prices, an American missionary family living in the Congo, and is told from the viewpoints of Orleanna Price and her four daughters. Leah and her sister Adah are twins, and Leah is the older twin.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Feb 17 22

Category: Kingsolver, Barbara

Tough
Kankurette
Feb 17 22
73 plays

482.

  Baby, You Can Drive My Car    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Cars have provided many musicians with inspiration. This isn't a music quiz, but it is based around songs that mention different makes of car.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Sep 26 18

Category: Cars

Average
Kankurette
Sep 26 18
307 plays

483.

  Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Catatonia    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Catatonia were a Welsh indie band who found success during the '90s, fronted by Cerys Matthews. I was, and still am, a huge fan of them.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jan 16 19

Category: Catatonia

Average
Kankurette
Jan 16 19
230 plays

484.

  Living on Borrowed Time    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In Douglas Coupland's 'Girlfriend in a Coma', Karen receives a premonition that the world is about to end. Her premonition comes true and only she, her husband Richard, daughter Megan and four friends are left alive.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jan 12 20

Category: Coupland, Douglas

Average
Kankurette
Jan 12 20
228 plays

485.

  The Feud in the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In the 48th book in the series, the girls and staff of St Hilda's are forced to temporarily move in with the Chalet School. While the older girls make the best of it, tensions rise among the Middles.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Apr 07 21

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Tough
Kankurette
Apr 07 21
99 plays

486.

  10 Question The New Mistress at the Chalet School Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The 37th book in the 'Chalet School' series has the newcomer to the school being a mistress for a change, rather than a pupil. Kathie Ferrars is the mistress in question, and she finds herself in at the deep end with the new Inter V form.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Apr 07 21

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Tough
Kankurette
Apr 07 21
124 plays

487.

  A Boy Like Me: A Tommy Scott Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Tommy Scott is the lead singer of Space, and has also done solo work and projects outside the band. Instead of Space as a whole, this quiz focuses solely on him.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Nov 08 21

Category: Space

Average
Kankurette
Nov 08 21
134 plays

488.

  A Terror to Penguins: The Leopard Seal    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I was inspired to write this quiz by the film 'Happy Feet', in which the penguins encounter a large and vicious leopard seal. Like its feline counterpart on land, it's a predator to watch out for!

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Sep 16 18

Category: Pinnipedia- Seals and Sea Lions

Average
Kankurette
Sep 16 18
176 plays

489.

  My Life is a Toilet!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'My Life is a Toilet!' is the first in the 'My Life is a...' series by Gretel Killeen. Fleur Trotter and her eccentric family go on holiday, with disastrous results. The story is told in the form of letters from Fleur to her penpal.

Tough, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jan 18 19

Category: K

Tough
Kankurette
Jan 18 19
95 plays

490.

  'Ladder of Years' by Anne Tyler    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Delia Grinstead, an unappreciated housewife, abandons her family during a beach holiday and begins a new life in a town full of misfits, until a family crisis calls her home and forces her to choose between her two lives.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Sep 24 19

Category: Tyler, Anne

Average
Kankurette
Sep 24 19
76 plays

491.

  Not Good, But Evil: On Sin in Abrahamic Religions    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

First there was 'The Black Depths of Hell', and now, here's a sequel - a quiz on sin. This time, I've narrowed it down to the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Aug 06 14

Category: Good and Evil

Average
Kankurette
296 plays

492.

  A Diamond Called Ross Barkley    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Ross Barkley is an English footballer from Liverpool who has played for Everton and Chelsea. This quiz looks at the highs and lows of his footballing career.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, May 01 19

Category: UK Football Players A-Z

Average
Kankurette
May 01 19
189 plays

493.

  Everybody in the Madhouse    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Although this quiz is named after a Space song, it's actually an Emilie Autumn quiz. This quiz focuses predominantly on 'Opheliac' and 'Fight Like a Girl', both of which focus heavily on mental illness and institutions.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Nov 22 18

Category: Autumn, Emilie

Average
Kankurette
Nov 22 18
171 plays

494.

  Bring It On: A Gomez Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I went to see Gomez in 2018 for the 'Bring It On' 20th anniversary tour, and it inspired me to write a quiz about them. I'm mainly focusing on their first two albums, 'Bring It On' and 'Liquid Skin'.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Oct 11 18

Category: Gomez

Average
Kankurette
Oct 11 18
128 plays

495.

  'The Devil Wears Prada': Book/Film Differences    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Lauren Weisberger wrote 'The Devil Wears Prada' based on her experiences at 'Vogue'. The book was made into a film in 2006, but there are several major changes between the two.

Tough, 15 Qns, Kankurette, Mar 23 19

Category: W

Tough
Kankurette
Mar 23 19
112 plays

496.

  Tom Tackles the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Tom Tackles the Chalet School' was originally published in two parts in 'The Second Chalet Book for Girls' and 'The Third Chalet Book for Girls'. It tells the story of Tom Gay, an unusual new pupil who discovers she has a talent for carpentry.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Mar 30 20

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Average
Kankurette
Mar 30 20
99 plays

497.

  Rosina Lippi's 'Homestead': The Bengat Clan    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Homestead' is about the women of three families living in Rosenau, an Austrian mountain village, and takes place over a period of sixty years. This quiz is about the Sutterlüty family, a farming family who live at the Bengat homestead.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Aug 22 21

Category: L

Average
Kankurette
Aug 22 21
71 plays

498.

  The Head Girl of the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In the fourth book of the 'Chalet School' series, the troubled Grizel Cochrane takes over as Head Girl for her final two terms. Despite the many challenges she faces, she rises to the occasion and leaves the school a much-loved Head Girl.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Apr 07 21

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Average
Kankurette
Apr 07 21
106 plays

499.

  A Genius at the Chalet School    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Move over, Margia Stevens - there's a new piano prodigy in town! In the 35th book in the 'Chalet School' series, teenage musician Nina Rutherford is sent to the Chalet School to make new friends and become a more rounded person.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Jun 06 22

Category: Specific Chalet Books

Average
Kankurette
Jun 06 22
101 plays

500.

  Senki Zesshou Symphogear    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Senki Zesshou Symphogear' is about a group of female warriors who use the power of music to fight evil beings known as Noise, and magical relics named after legendary weapons. This quiz focuses on the first series.

Average, 10 Qns, Kankurette, Nov 25 18

Category: S ... Sa-Sm

Average
Kankurette
Nov 25 18
158 plays