601.

  Not Having a Merry Christmas    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

As Christmas approaches, it's easy to feel inundated with tales of wonderful, happy Christmas events. Some authors, however, have offered us insight into some of the more stressful aspects of the season. Here are ten short stories of that ilk.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Sep 25 24

Category: Not Happily Ever After

Average
looney_tunes
Sep 25 24
774 plays

602.

  Everywhere a Woof! Woof!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Dogs can be seen practically everywhere on television - here are some from a variety of places and times.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, May 22 11

Category: Animals On TV

Average
looney_tunes
1930 plays

603.

  Ralph the Llama Meets Meat    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Like most llamas, Ralph is a herbivore, but he is curious about what attracts some to the eating of meat.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Feb 24 16

Category: Meats

Average
looney_tunes
1396 plays

604.

  Musical Help    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

So many songs asking for or offering help, many of which have been covered many times - match each title with the artist who released it in the indicated year. Only one combination will make all pairs work.

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Apr 25 17

Category: Healing and Help in Songs

Easier
looney_tunes
891 plays

605.

  With Love From Minch to You    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Another Wordwise quiz for you, as devised by minch and later updated with additional information. These letters and numbers stand for a phrase, or occasionally just one word. Find out more in the quiz 'How to Do Wordwise Quizzes' in Brain Teasers.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Oct 04 22

Category: Minch's Wordwise

Average
looney_tunes
Oct 04 22
280 plays

606.

  Robert Redford's Roles    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This is a retrospective of some highlights from Robert Redford's career.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 20 24

Category: Redford, Robert

Average
looney_tunes
Jul 20 24
2913 plays

607.

  Sleeping Sun    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Eclipses have been important plot devices in literature over the years. Do you remember these ones?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Dec 21 14

Category: Nature Themed

Average
looney_tunes
2891 plays

608.

  Babe    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

How much do you remember about this 1995 film based on Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel 'The Sheep-Pig'?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, May 28 15

Category: Babe

Average
looney_tunes
970 plays

609.

  Nothing Can Be Avoided - Murphy's Law    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"If anything can go wrong, it will". What do you know of this and related pessimistic laws and concepts?

Tough, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 06 20

Category: Idioms and Proverbs

Tough
looney_tunes
Jul 06 20
1607 plays

610.

  The Power and the Glory    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Graham Greene's 1940 novel is centred on a Roman Catholic priest on the run from Mexican authorities trying to suppress the church in the 1930s.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Nov 11 19

Category: Greene, Graham

Average
looney_tunes
Nov 11 19
487 plays

611.

  The Award-Winning Al Pacino    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Can you match the character portrayed by Al Pacino with the movie, play or television production in which he appeared? Each role earned him at least one major award nomination.

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 03 20

Category: Pacino, Al

Easier
looney_tunes
Jan 03 20
528 plays

612.

  John Steinbeck    

Ordering Quiz

 10 Qns

Can you place these events from the life of this Nobel laureate American author in order?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, May 20 23

Category: People Q-S

Average
looney_tunes
May 20 23
95 plays

613.

  George Washington Carver, Man of Science    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In February, which is Black History Month, it seems appropriate to look at the life and achievements of this outstanding African American.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Sep 02 13

Category: People C-D

Average
looney_tunes
433 plays

614.

  "Animal Crossing" Catchphrases    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Many of the characters in "Animal Crossing" (GCN) have a catchphrase, something they say repeatedly during the game. Match these characters with their catchphrases in the English version.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Apr 18 23

Category: Animal Crossing (GCN)

Average
looney_tunes
Apr 18 23
56 plays

615.

  Planet of the Grapes    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The delicious grape is eaten world-wide, and is also the subject of a number of bad jokes which you can groan over in the extra information for each question.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Aug 18 20

Category: Fruit and Vegetables

Average
looney_tunes
Aug 18 20
1620 plays

616.

  And They're Racing!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Racehorses, both fictional and real, have featured in many songs over the years - here are a few of them.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Mar 31 24

Category: Animals in Songs

Average
looney_tunes
Mar 31 24
1133 plays

617.

  Butch and Sundance (and Etta)    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Can you identify who was responsible for each of these quotations from the classic 1969 film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Oct 22 17

Category: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Average
looney_tunes
583 plays

618.

  Writing About the Desert    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

The desert has been an important location, sometimes amounting to a character in its own right, in many books of fiction and non-fiction over the years. Can you identify the author of each of these ten examples?

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 22 18

Category: Places in Literature

Easier
looney_tunes
341 plays

619.

  Casting Asparagus    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Witticisms

In my family, we refer to insulting someone as casting asparagus at them. Can you identify the person who delivered each of these witty aspersions?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Dec 07 22

Category: Who Said It?

Average
looney_tunes
Dec 07 22
287 plays

620.

  Johnny B. Bad    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Chuck Berry encouraged Johnny to be good - these characters may have misheard the message.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Mar 28 25

Category: Thematic People in Entertainment

Average
looney_tunes
Mar 28 25
301 plays

621.

  A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

According to the song in Walt Disney's "Cinderella", 'A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes'. Let's explore the dream references in some other movies.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, May 02 10

Category: Something in Common

Average
looney_tunes
938 plays

622.

  Chocolate Tales    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Each of these works involves chocolate, one way or another! Can you match each title with its author?

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Apr 06 18

Category: Food Themed

Easier
looney_tunes
822 plays

623.

  The Letter People    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The epistolary novel is a form in which the story is told through a series of documents, usually letters, although sometimes using diary entries and, more recently, emails and blogs. Many of these have been turned into popular movies.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 10 11

Category: Specific Subjects & Themes

Average
looney_tunes
683 plays

624.

  Where To Sleep    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I feel the need, the need to sleep. Come explore some of the kinds of bed where I might consider resting my weary head.

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Dec 12 11

Recommended for grades: 8,9,10

Category: Around the House

Easier
looney_tunes
2088 plays

625.

  10 Question The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Quiz    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Can you identify ten of the tracks from Pink Floyd's first studio album (UK version) from the snippet of information provided for each?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jun 11 20

Category: Pink Floyd

Average
looney_tunes
Jun 11 20
157 plays

626.

  Checking Out Parisian Churches    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Paris is home to over 200 churches, but we will only visit ten of them today. Can you identify each from one of its distinguishing features?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 19 18

Category: Religious Buildings

Average
looney_tunes
391 plays

627.

  Statues of Christ    

Match Quiz

 15 Qns

So you're in the mood to get a photograph of a large statue of Jesus Christ - do you know which country you will need to visit to take a selfie with each of these?

Easier, 15 Qns, looney_tunes, May 06 18

Category: Statues

Easier
looney_tunes
254 plays

628.

  Another Wordwise from Minch    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

These questions rely on the way the letters, numbers and other symbols are presented relative to each other to suggest a familiar word or phrase.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jun 01 23

Category: Minch's Wordwise Hard

Average
looney_tunes
Jun 01 23
168 plays

629.

  Potatoes - Who Needs 'Em?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Irish in the 19th century, that's who! Let's consider some of the facts about the Irish Potato Famine.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Dec 25 15

Category: Irish

Average
looney_tunes
661 plays

630.

  California or Bust Enhancement    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

So you've won the lottery, and you're trying to decide how to spend it all? Travel and cosmetic surgery are only two of your options!

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Feb 10 25

Category: Random Combinations

Average
looney_tunes
Feb 10 25
542 plays

631.

  Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia    

Ordering Quiz

 10 Qns

Baptised Sahle Maryam, this illegitimate and unrecognised son of the King of Shewa not only gained his ancestral crown, but went on to become Emperor of Ethiopia. He is generally credited with establishing the modern nation of Ethiopia.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 09 23

Category: Royals Other Countries

Average
looney_tunes
Jul 09 23
54 plays

632.

  Rise Up Singing - The Voice of Marni Nixon    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You may not know her name, but you have certainly heard her voice in at least one of these movies! Come explore the career of the woman nicknamed "The Voice of Hollywood".

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Sep 08 11

Category: N - People Themed

Easier
looney_tunes
401 plays

633.

  Here We Come a-Wassailing    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Wassailing? Many Christmas carols contain words we rarely encounter in any other context - are you sure you know what you are singing?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 04 16

Category: Words Formerly Used

Average
looney_tunes
764 plays

634.

  First You Milk Your Cow ...    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

... goat, sheep, whatever - then you make your cheese. Can you identify the animal whose milk is used in the production of each of these cheeses?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Dec 24 17

Category: Cheeses and Dairy Products

Average
looney_tunes
301 plays

635.

  Riding the Rails Across Australia    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

What better way could there be to observe the Australian Outback than from the air-conditioned comfort of the transcontinental Indian-Pacific train?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Apr 04 18

Category: Australian Railways

Average
looney_tunes
300 plays

636.

  Brisbane Battlers    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Brisbane is home to a number of sporting teams. Can you match each of these teams, active in 2020, with the sport in which participants battle as part of a national or international competition?

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 13 20

Category: Aussie Sporting Team Names

Easier
looney_tunes
Jan 13 20
321 plays

637.

  'Diagnosis Murder' - A Family Affair    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Dick Van Dyke starred as the doctor-detective whose coworkers often seemed like an extended family, and whose real family members made regular appearances in this series from the 1990s.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 05 24

Category: Diagnosis Murder

Average
looney_tunes
Jul 05 24
235 plays

638.

  It Was the Best of Sporting Times    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It was the best of times when these individuals and teams showed themselves to be among the world's best of all time.

Easier, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 22 21

Category: Sports Upsets

Easier
looney_tunes
Jul 22 21
787 plays

639.

  A St Petersburg Timeline    

Ordering Quiz

 10 Qns

The Russian city of St Petersburg has been around since 1703, so a lot of events are associated with the city. Can you place these in chronological order?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 05 23

Category: Russian

Average
looney_tunes
Jan 05 23
90 plays

640.

  Dr Seuss For All    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Whether you read them for yourself, or read them to others, the stories from Dr Seuss never fail to enchant and convey a love of words.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jan 08 22

Recommended for grades: 2,3,4

Category: Seuss, Dr.

Average
looney_tunes
Jan 08 22
500 plays

641.

  Excited About "e"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz is about the number known as "e". If you don't know what that means, come along for a journey of exploration!

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Oct 11 22

Recommended for grades: 11,12

Category: Specific Math Topics

Average
looney_tunes
Oct 11 22
272 plays

642.

  The Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Roman Catholic Church has had a visible presence in Philadelphia PA since at least 1707. Here are some facts from its history.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 18 24

Category: Roman Catholicism

Average
looney_tunes
Jul 18 24
166 plays

643.

  Mending Wall    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Like many of Robert Frost's poems, "Mending Wall" uses a rural New England setting to explore metaphysical issues while evoking a sense of the timeless immediacy of the moments he describes. And there are familiar quotes!

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Mar 28 13

Recommended for grades: 7,8,9,10

Category: Frost, Robert

Average
looney_tunes
2036 plays

644.

  Dancing with Bob    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

While thumbing through the telephone directory in the phone box outside his house, my friend Bob noticed an advertisement for a local dancing school, and decided to investigate the lessons on offer there.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Apr 03 12

Category: Dance

Average
looney_tunes
749 plays

645.

  The Key to Garry Groundhog's Family    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Let's help Garry Groundhog learn to use a taxonomic key to work out how his family fits into the scheme of things.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Oct 19 24

Category: Rodents

Average
looney_tunes
Oct 19 24
622 plays

646.

  Triple Crown    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Most people immediately associate an American set of horse races for three-year-olds with this term, but many countries have a traditional Triple Crown.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Feb 18 19

Category: Horse Racing

Average
looney_tunes
Feb 18 19
688 plays

647.

  So Then, Yours is Truly a Journey Through Memory    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Memory, or often the lack of memory, is a recurring theme in books, films, TV shows, and other forms of entertainment media. Can you recognise the titles from a brief description of each one?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Mar 20 22

Category: Entertainment by Themes

Average
looney_tunes
Mar 20 22
639 plays

648.

  Mercury: A Slippery Element    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You don't believe me? Just look at some of these slippery behaviors it exhibits!

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Mar 20 17

Recommended for grades: 9,10,11

Category: Specific Elements

Average
looney_tunes
1042 plays

649.

  Watching Shakespeare in the Park    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

One of the highlights of a summer's day in New York City is attending a performance of the current Shakespearian production in Central Park. Let's explore the history of this tradition.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Feb 16 18

Category: Theatre History

Average
looney_tunes
355 plays

650.

  Dining Out in Thailand    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

So what will you expect to see when you order from a Thai menu? Match each of these ten dishes with its description. Each has its basic ingredients described, most have many variants, as described in the information.

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Feb 13 18

Category: Asian Food Mix

Average
looney_tunes
479 plays