As a companion to our recent motor sports quiz we look at some events in 2012 that saw athletes using machines propelled by alternate sources of power.
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Mar 28 13
Category:
World Sports by Year
Acclaimed as one of the greatest musical biographies filmed in Hollywood this is "The Great Ziegfeld".
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Nov 19 17
Category:
Gn - Gz Movies
There are so many acronyms in the world of dog events. Initially (pun intended) some are quite humorous, but others can have you scratching your head trying to understand them. Most of these will relate to American held events.
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Aug 17 22
Category:
Dog Training
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You are required to add a number of letters to the word "ill" to create a new word that matches the clue given. Best of luck.
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Sep 14 12
Category:
Words Within Words
Some prisons are notorious and are meant to be hell for the inmates with no way out. Here are some examples that may disprove that sentiment.
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Aug 05 19
Category:
Thematic Places in Entertainment
In its first 200 years of European arrivals the West Australian landscape projected a harshness that did not endure itself these explorers, which may be why it took so long to settle.
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Feb 27 21
Category:
Australia 1600s to 1800s
The Killers gave us the song "Runaways" but the following artists may (or may not) have given us ways with the word run. Let's see if you were "born to run".
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Oct 27 12
Category:
Synonyms and Antonyms
Get your mind out of the Red Light District that Amsterdam is famous for; this is Team Red using the city as inspiration for its next challenge quiz.
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Apr 14 19
Category:
Thematic Regions
We've kept up with the Joneses and there are far too many Smiths, it's about time we met the Welches (and in some cases, the Welshes).
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Jan 11 11
Category:
Same Surname
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It started out with a single man but then someone fed him after midnight, got him wet and suddenly there was another, and then another ... until they couldn't stop multiplying.
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Feb 14 18
Category:
0-10
Jack Higgins broke onto the International Best Sellers list with his novel "The Eagle Has Landed", which represents the tip of his great body of work. This quiz will give you the plot outline and you need to identify the story.
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Aug 23 20
Category:
Higgins, Jack
Kermit the Frog once said that it wasn't easy being green but, these special video game characters would probably argue that point. Test your luck with these wide and varied viridian dudes and dudettes. Best of luck.
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Jul 17 22
Category:
Colours in Video Games
The Book of Revelation is the preface (or the eve) to our destruction. This quiz looks at songs that have some sort of link to the Book.
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Mar 02 12
Category:
Literature in Songs
An Easter egg is a gift or a surprise deliberately hidden inside games for players to seek out. Here are some good ones for you to track down.
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Jul 17 22
Category:
Something in Common
The big bad wolf is not all that bad... well, at least sometimes he isn't. He has managed to creep into every FT category and, in this quiz, we will check out where he's been in the categories Animals through to Humanities.
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Nov 30 21
Category:
Thematic Wolves
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For different reasons the song "Hurt" has meant the world to a number of artists and listeners yet it was born out of despair. Here are some of the stories behind the song.
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Jul 20 22
Category:
Nine Inch Nails
Suffice to say... "the truth is out there".
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Aug 25 17
Category:
Human Nature
The Eiffel Tower is such an easy target that writers, over the years, have clamored to find new ways to toy with it. In this quiz, match the approach taken with the appropriate story.
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May 04 18
Category:
Disasters in Entertainment
In 2016 it was announced that five new sports would debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games so, The Drop Bears decided to take a look at other sports and when they also called "Game On" at the Games.
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Sep 07 18
Category:
2020 Tokyo
No quizzes on line for one of Australia's premier songwriters ... shame, shame, shame. Hope this one whets the appetites.
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Jul 25 08
Category:
Kelly, Paul
... and then all the other vowels followed suit. Your task now is to identify these Australian birds that have lost their vowels.
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Oct 28 12
Category:
Missing Letters
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A score of three hundred runs or more by an individual in a Test innings are indeed rare. Here's a look at some of those feats and the stories behind them.
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Jan 02 10
Category:
Test Cricket
Odetta sang at coffee houses and she sang at Carnegie Hall. She was one of the most influential folk artists of the 1950s & 60s and it all stemmed from her belief in her songs. This is a brief look at her music and life.
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Sep 06 24
Category:
O
"It's the wol-f, it's the wol-f" and he's invading every category in Fun Trivia. This invasion is planned in two parts, best of luck.
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Oct 31 21
Category:
Thematic Wolves
Without heroes and villains video games would be boring. Match the good guy (or bad guy) with the game they belong in and find out what they need to do to save or destroy the world.
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Apr 14 23
Category:
Video Game Characters
Desmond Bagley's novels are filled with characters with hidden agendas and usually contain a secret little twist at the end. I'll provide you with a brief description of the plot and a subtle hint, see if you can identify the title.
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Oct 07 12
Category:
B
Elements are provided and you must identify their symbols. The twist is that you need to anagram them to create a word associated with fire. Please read the II, it may take you where you didn't expect it to go. Best of luck.
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Dec 20 13
Category:
Alphabetic Symbols
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The second Julian Period will commence January 23 in the year 3268AD.
What do you know about it and your calendars?
Tough, 10 Qns, pollucci19,
Aug 16 19
Category:
Measurements, Time and Distance
Team Phoenix Rising invite you to join the mythical bird on another tour through the categories.
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Feb 14 18
Category:
Thematic Supernatural
The following clues contain an anagram of an Australian city, famous in its own right as well as for its AFL football team.
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Oct 19 19
Category:
Geography Anagrams
These annoying aliens keep abducting letters and then demanding we rearrange the rest to form new words. Best of luck.
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Sep 05 14
Category:
Drop a Letter 25 Questions
These reality shows that have captivated us on TV have been scrambled. But there are clues to help you find the original titles. Unscrambled (only) the CAPITALISED letters in the clues to find the show.
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Feb 03 22
Category:
TV Wordplay
One of the fore-runners of computer strategy games ...It's Lemmingentry. "Let's Go ..."
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Sep 18 14
Category:
L
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I was on FunTrivia when a bucket started talking to me. It advised me that if it sounds like a bucket, looks like bucket or walks like a bucket...it must be a bucket. These songs contain items that sound like a bucket.
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Sep 18 11
Category:
Something in Common
My friend, the bear, has this tendency to appear almost anywhere, so I've trawled the categories to find him.
(Spoiler alert for some questions)
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Apr 27 20
Category:
Thematic Bears
The big bad wolf is back. In "Wolf Whistles I" he hid in ten different categories. This time is more of the same though, now, the categories are from Literature through to World.
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Jan 17 22
Category:
Thematic Wolves
My friend, the bear, has this tendency to appear anywhere, so I've continued my trawl through the categories to find him.
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Apr 27 20
Category:
Thematic Bears
Lo, you can add it to another word and... behold... a new word appears.
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Feb 21 19
Category:
Something in Common
See if you can identify the following popular dances using ten different word puzzles. To help you along there is an added (slightly obscure) clue to each question. Take your partners ... let's dance!
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Jun 30 14
Category:
Mixed Word Puzzles
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Dinosaur Jr., as one critic would describe, bridged the gap between the Replacements and Nirvana, yet never found the fame they deserved. Here's a look at some of their history.
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Nov 12 19
Category:
D
Drop or add a letter to find words that have been influenced by our Fun Trivia categories.
Tough, 20 Qns, pollucci19,
Sep 07 14
Category:
Drop a Letter 20 Questions
At least three clues are laid out in each sentence that point to a common word that you must find. For example; a spherical object, forming a fist and a formal gathering all represent a ball.
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May 25 13
Category:
Yet More Word Play Puzzles
This quiz brings together a series of terms and phrases that have a link (tenuous in some places) with some form of water loving bird. Best of luck with it.
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Jul 29 24
Category:
Fractured Animals