Read all about it! From the newspaper headlines and a brief description can you work out which artists are being ripped off? 
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
May 31 24
Category:
Art History
Read all about it! From the newspaper headlines and a brief description can you work out which artists are being ripped off?
As Nelson Mandela stood trial in 1964 on the charge of sabotage against the Supreme Court, he stood in the dock and gave a speech in his own defence that told the world of the suffering of the African people against the government of South Africa.
Average, 18 Qns, Snowman,
Feb 22 24
Category:
South African Government
How about the Olympians? Or the Primordial Gods? Then you should be able to sort which Greek Gods belong to which generation.
Average, 12 Qns, Snowman,
Mar 13 24
Category:
Greek Myth
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'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.' - Margaret Mead. The UK has a proud history of people taking to the streets to campaign for change. Put these protests in order of when they occurred.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Apr 17 24
Category:
UK History
Crayola has many colours that are named after fruits, not just orange. Match the Crayola crayon colour to the picture of the fruit it is named after. Very Easy, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Mar 08 24
Category:
Food for Kids
Despite the UK's historic reputation for having terrible food, the Michelin guide has awarded three stars to multiple restaurants in the UK. Can you match the chef to the English restaurant where he or she earned her stars?
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
May 01 24
Category:
Pubs & Restaurants
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" (2023) had a large cast of well-known names and faces, representing a variety of characters from Oppenheimer's life. Select the actors that played them from the following list.
Average, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Apr 27 24
Category:
O
The last public speech Martin Luther King ever gave was to support striking sanitation workers in the city where he would be assassinated the very next day. Please Note: This quiz contains some language that would not be acceptable for a modern audience.
Easier, 16 Qns, Snowman,
May 02 24
Category:
King, Martin Luther
Adding "ing" to the end of a movie's name can change its meaning altogether. Can you match the new synopses to the original movie title?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Snowman,
May 18 24
Category:
Movies Word Play
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20th century events
The 20th century saw Japan transformed from an expansionist empire to a technological world leader. Order the events of the century to match them to their correct decade. Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 23 24
Category:
Japan
Add, remove and change letters to get this quiz from farm to table
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 07 24
Category:
Change a Letter
There have been lots of movies made about ball sports and plenty that sound like they might be but aren't. Can you sort the ball sports movies from the red herrings?
Average, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 24 24
Category:
Sports in Movies
Following the ambivalent reaction to the first quiz I thought I would give everyone another chance to get really annoyed at me. 16 more subjects to be sorted into four groups of four. Good luck!
Average, 16 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 09 24
Category:
Mystery Sort
Or, it's the end of the world as they knew it, but we feel fine. Ten times that all life was predicted to come to an end but never did.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 17 25
Category:
Blunders, What Ifs, Intrigue
The classic poem of British English pronunciation, slightly abridged. Knowledge of pronunciation of the words is more important than knowledge of the poem.
Easier, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Jul 19 24
Category:
Humor, Puns and Word Play
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Inserting "ing" in the middle of a movie's name can change its meaning altogether. Can you match the new synopses to the original movie title?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 01 24
Category:
Movies Word Play
England National Team Managers
From the gloriously successful to the comically brief, simply place the holders of the role of England national team manager in the order of the number of matches they oversaw. Easier, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Jul 31 24
Category:
UK
In September 1863, Lincoln wrote a speech to be delivered in his absence by James Conkling, the former mayor of Springfield, Illinois, defending the "Emancipation Proclamation".
Average, 12 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 07 24
Category:
Lincoln, Abraham
Vital to mariners and beloved by insomniacs and early risers, the "Shipping Forecast" has made many names of sea areas known to the British public. You may know the names but can you match them to the correct locations?
Easier, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 19 24
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Category:
UK Bodies of Water
Through TV shows such as "Who Do You Think You Are?" and "Finding Your Roots", many celebrities have discovered that they are related to royalty. From the brief description can you work out who is related to whom?
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 19 24
Category:
Celebrities Mixture
London Underground Interchange Stations
If you are visiting London, knowing which lines are which colour and at which stations you can change lines is a vital requirement. This quiz tests that knowledge. Tough, 12 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 18 24
Category:
London Underground
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The Beatles introduce us to a number of characters in the thirteen songs that make up "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Can you identify the names that are mentioned in the songs, avoiding the red herrings?
Average, 11 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 17 24
Category:
Sgt. Pepper's
Some animals are endemic to specific regions of the planet. Classify these animals by the continent on which they can be found.
Easier, 20 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 13 24
Category:
Animals by Region
The Beatitudes provide the moral and ethical core of Christian behaviour and spirituality. Quotes are from the New King James Version.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 21 24
Category:
Matthew
A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet. Here are ten pangrams with a word missing. Simply work out the missing word from the definition.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 19 24
Category:
Unique Quizzes
The Beatles introduce us to a number of characters in the thirty songs that make up "The Beatles (White Album)". Can you identify the names that are mentioned in the songs, avoiding the red herrings?
Tough, 13 Qns, Snowman,
Nov 22 24
Category:
White Album
The UK universities of Oxford and Cambridge are both made up of a number of constituent colleges. Can you sort the college names into those that are only at Cambridge, those that are only at Oxford and those that exist at both establishments?
Average, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Feb 20 25
Category:
UK Universities
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English football clubs have a wide variety of nicknames inspired by all manner of things. Simply match the club to the type of nickname that they have.
Easier, 15 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 29 23
Category:
Nicknames & Mascots
Here are ten questions about some of the more infamous disappearances of people in the last 150 years.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 16 14
Category:
The Unexplained
All film productions have their troubles but it's on a totally different scale when an actor dies before the film is complete. Here are ten actors whose final curtain fell before the final scene but whose directors said "the movie should still be made."
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 21 13
Category:
Death Becomes Them
...and other outrageous lies. Here are ten of history's greatest porkers.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 16 24
Category:
Mixed Bag
Quiz Maker Guild author Snowman has wrapped a Christmas quiz gift of "Ten Lords A-Leaping". This year his true love gave him ten Christmas gifts on the tenth day, each linked to those leaping lords. Can you fathom what he received?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 19 24
Category:
Twelve Days of Christmas
Lithe, graceful and deadly, and sometimes very sleepy, cats big and small are the perfect simile for the successful athlete. Not surprisingly then, cat-like nicknames have been applied to teams and individuals across the sporting world.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Oct 13 09
Category:
Animals in Sports
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Unlike the Egyptians, the English took little care of their dead kings. As the scramble for succession took hold, kings were left to die unregarded and some were even lost! How did they die, why did they die and what happened next?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 16 12
Category:
U.K. Royals
Can you guess the year and the events described by these spoof headlines from 'The Onion'?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jan 26 15
Category:
19th, 20th & 21st Centuries
Predicting the future is at best brave and at worst foolhardy. Time is a harsh mistress and many of the subjects of this quiz have not been treated well.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jul 18 13
Category:
Famous Predictions
Leonardo Fibonacci needed a break from devising theorems so he decided to have himself a weekend movie marathon. From the clues given can you work out which ten movies he hired?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 07 11
Category:
Numbers in the Title
Band names are tricky to think of. Sometimes the easiest way to find one is to take the name of one of your favourite songs. Here are ten bands who did exactly that.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Dec 14 23
Category:
Title is a Question
The small Central American nation on the Caribbean coast is a country full of unbelievable sights.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Feb 02 20
Category:
Belize
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Christmas is usually a time of cheer, but sadly for some it has been a less pleasant time. Here are ten famous people for whom Christmas Day was their last.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Dec 22 09
Category:
What a Way to Go
2009 saw the passing of many great people who made significant contributions to all facets of our lives. In part two, we look at those who left us from May to August.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Jun 28 23
Category:
Died in the 2000s
Once you've made it as a celebrity you are granted greater freedom to explore your creative talents. However, sometimes these projects are more to do with vanity than commercial sense, as these ten examples demonstrate.
Easier, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 26 12
Category:
Celebrity Grab Bag
Everybody receives rejections at some point in their lives. It's how you respond to them that defines your character.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
May 04 14
Category:
Famous People
...and one of them is the barman in my local pub. Last night he asked me ten questions about his home country. I hope you can answer more than I could.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Apr 09 20
Category:
Mixed Brazil
... and travelled back in time to take a look at what really happened at certain key moments in history. Unfortunately, I forgot the law of unintended consequences.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 26 14
Category:
A Historic Journey Through Time
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Some characters have appeared multiple times on the big screen, played by a variety of actors and actresses in a variety of films. From the cast list can you establish which character is being referred to?
Tough, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Aug 18 12
Category:
Name the Character
Imagine waiting all your life for your chance to be top dog, with a throne and all the paraphernalia that comes with it. Then, no sooner have you donned the robes of state than your reign is over. Here are ten of the shortest serving monarchs in history.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Mar 12 15
Category:
Royalty & Monarchs
San Marino is a country that is small in size but large in history. The republic entered the 21st century as the oldest sovereign state in the world. Come inside and discover something of its long history.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Dec 27 11
Category:
San Marino
The Quiz Makers Guild monthly birthstones series reaches September; according to the American Gem Society, the sapphire. As it's my wife's birthstone, I thought I'd delve into the history of the gem that takes so much of my hard-earned cash.
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
Sep 02 09
Category:
Guilding the Stone
Just as the colonial powers scrambled to gain the bounteous riches in Africa at the end of the 19th century, their colonies scrambled for the right to steer their own ships after World War II. How much do you know about the end of empire in Africa?
Average, 10 Qns, Snowman,
May 25 14
Category:
African