Located in southeastern Europe, Slovenia is historically, culturally and geographically a place where varied regions come together to produce a country of diversity.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
May 30 22
Category:
Mixed Slovenia
Let's visit one of the states that was formed during the turbulent 1990s in Eastern Europe - Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January, 1993, but the land itself was not affected by the political changes.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jul 10 14
Category:
Slovakia
Barry Humphries
While the late great Barry Humphries is indelibly associated with the character of Dame Edna Everage, he was responsible for a number of other memorable characters. Match each of these attributes with the appropriate character. Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
May 29 23
Category:
Comedians Mixture
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Can you identify the state to which you will need to travel to visit each of these tourist attractions?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
May 27 17
Category:
Mixed Australia
The painting of a pipe on which René Magritte inscribed this iconic statement is one of ten 20th century works waiting here for you to identify the artist who painted them.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 02 24
Category:
20th Century Art
The artefacts left by pre-historic civilisations offer fascinating clues as to the nature of society at that time. The Dong Son drums are an example of this. 
Tough, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Aug 07 18
Category:
Pre-History
Not where Santa lives, but cities whose names start with Santa or Saint. Where will Santa need to travel so he can place gifts under the trees in each of these cities? (Some names occur in multiple countries, but only one way makes them all work.)
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 12 19
Category:
Cities of the World
Anachronism, the appearance in movie scenes of objects that could not have been present at that time and place, are often the subject of 'blooper spotting'. Do you recall these examples?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 20 24
Category:
Something in Common
Roald Dahl's book was first brought to the big screen as 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' in 1971. Tim Burton's 2005 version was described as a new adaptation of the book, not a remake. Can you identify each of these characters from it?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Oct 18 17
Category:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory .
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Not all of them, but these ten Hogwarts students played a major role in Harry's life.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Aug 27 21
Recommended for grades: 4,5,6,7,8
Category:
Hogwarts Students
How much do you know about the social organization of African lions?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Dec 13 21
Category:
Lions
Let's see how we can go from Zero to Love in ten easy steps. If only relationships could all be this easy!
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jul 08 15
Category:
Letter Quizzes
The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg is nicknamed the Bullring both because of its design and because of the way its crowds can intimidate visiting cricket teams. It has seen a lot of action over the years! Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 07 18
Category:
Cricket Grounds
At least, that may have been one of the factors contributing to the extinction (more or less) of these members of the cat family. Some groups that were once considered extinct have been reclassified as regionally, rather than globally, extinct. Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jun 08 21
Category:
Endangered Species
Eleven Australian convict sites appear on the UNESCO World Heritage List, making up the Australian Convict Sites entry on the list. This quiz visits ten of them.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Sep 11 20
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category:
Mixed Australia
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Chemists group elements into categories so that members of each group have similar chemical, and often physical, properties. Can you identify the common names for the chemical family of these elements from their descriptions of themselves?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Mar 03 13
Recommended for grades: 11,12
Category:
Periodic Table
Do you remember the minerals you had in your pocket geology kit for identifying minerals in the field using scratch tests? Match each of these minerals used as standard referents on the Mohs Scale with its name.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 07 23
Category:
Mohs Scale
Why not sample this mixture of questions relating to maids and maidens?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Apr 12 23
Category:
Thematic Occupations
Can you identify these heartbroken songs, hits in the 1960s, from the lyrics provided?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Feb 17 14
Category:
1960s Lyrics
Can you recognise each of these Australian locations, some real and some fictional, from a description of where you might have encountered them?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Mar 11 17
Category:
Mixed Australia
... even if it is a cultivar named after a famous person. Can you match each of these cultivars (whose names start with A) with the country in which the person after whom it is named was born?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Sep 07 18
Category:
Other People
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All of these works are set in Africa, and most written by a citizen of the country in which they are set. Can you match each title with the country in which it is primarily or completely set?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Apr 10 22
Category:
African Literature
A score is another way of describing a collection of 20 of some object. Here are some questions related to the number 20.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 22 24
Category:
11-50
Don't quote me, I'm quoting them. Can you identify the literary figure who made these statements, or about whom they were made?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jul 24 18
Category:
Literary Terms & Quotes
Knit one, purl two; things go wrong, what to do? Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Dec 28 18
Category:
Knitting
The capital city of the Australian state of Victoria has a rich history and a vibrant present. Here are just a few highlights. 
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Mar 30 21
Category:
Victoria
Let's investigate the humble anchovy. It may make you think twice before ordering another anchovy pizza.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jul 03 23
Category:
Fish
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Ralph the Llama has found a family photo album in the back of a cupboard. The pictures he finds have raised some interesting questions - can you help him answer them? Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jun 26 11
Category:
Artiodactyls- Deer, Antelopes, Pigs etc.
The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is of interest to astronomers studying stellar evolution. I hope it is also of interest to you.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Sep 16 13
Category:
Astronomy
In 2008 the IPL was established as an eight-team competition. Two teams were suspended for two years, so including their replacements with the original eight gives you ten to match with the city in which they were based.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 30 22
Category:
Indian Premier League
Get ready to sing along as we recall one of the classics of the American stage. This quiz is based on the original Broadway production, not any of the many revivals, some of which differ significantly from the original.
Average, 15 Qns, looney_tunes,
Apr 06 23
Category:
Carousel
Add a single word before each of the three words in each question to make three compound terms or phrases. Example: ___day, ___load, ___ up Answer: pay (payday,payload,and pay up).
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Mar 11 22
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11
Category:
Words in Common
In this quiz, the first word will start with the full ten letters. The word after will have one letter less, and so on. All the letters are scrambled to form a new word after a letter is taken out of the previous word.
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Oct 08 22
Category:
Yet More Letter Drops
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While some of these events are quite well-known to modern-day Australians, others are more obscure - but some strategic internet research should give you the answers. The fun part is that they all have a whiff of scandal about them!
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Nov 27 22
Category:
Australian History
Henry Beard's "Latin For All Occasions", aka "Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus" provides an inspiration for those of us who studied Latin in school, and refuse to admit that it's a dead language. See how relevant Latin aphorisms can be!
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Apr 21 23
Category:
Latin
They're not very large in size, but there's plenty of interest to see as you tour these seven monarchies united under a central presidency. Come see!
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Feb 24 19
Category:
Mixed Middle East
Here are some invitations designed to lure a selection of Australian celebrities (past and present) to grace my table with their presence. Can you guess who is being targeted in each case?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Dec 01 16
Category:
Australian Celebrities
Painting, movie, book and song - these talented Spaniards are all primarily identified with one of these modes of self-expression. Can you match each one with the appropriate medium?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Oct 16 19
Category:
Spaniards
One of the joys of Christmas is preparing the special seasonal treats associated with the holiday. What that means depends on where you live, as we shall see.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Dec 17 14
Category:
International Cuisine
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If I tell you the date and location of a natural disaster that occurred during December, casting a pall over Christmas celebrations that year, can you identify the type of event involved?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Feb 16 20
Category:
Disasters
Detective Dingo is investigating a murder that took place in the year 2008, but the suspects are behind nine time warp doors that lead to past decades. A security guard lies dead on the floor, killed by someone trying to escape from their decade.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Apr 19 17
Category:
Whodunits
What you see is not always what you get. Cosmetics have been worn through the ages to promote health and beauty, or at least the image thereof.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Mar 22 10
Category:
Cosmetics
These are three activities suggested by the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger). Can you match each of these Olympic gold medallists with the sport in which they lorded it over their competitors?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Dec 20 17
Category:
Olympic Games
Jaipur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, is the home of the Jantar Mantar, a collection of constructions for making astronomical observations which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010. Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Sep 24 18
Category:
Mixed Sites in Asia
Can you match each of these pearls with the relevant fact about each one?
Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jul 06 20
Category:
Thematic Objects
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Each answer is a word that ends with the letters CITY. Look at the hint for number of letters and the starting letter. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jun 07 23
Category:
Minch Word Puzzles
Winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, his poems are a staple of high school poetry textbooks. What do you recall of his writings?
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 03 23
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Category:
Yeats, William Butler
The cuisines of many nations would not be what they are today were it not for the various ingredients that have circumnavigated the globe over the last millennium. Come along on a gastronomic journey.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Mar 16 24
Category:
History of Food
The world is full of annoying things - here are some for which we can, in some way, blame Canadians!
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Jan 09 10
Category:
Canadians
The Great Wall of China is actually a complex system of barriers, built in stages over several thousand years. We will visit some of the main sections of the wall as constructed during and since the Ming Dynasty, traveling from west to east. Tough, 10 Qns, looney_tunes,
Sep 24 18
Category:
Walls