Here are ten questions about the United Kingdom, with a mixture of various categories.
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Mar 19 17
Category:
Mixed UK
Known for his distinctive voice and soul versions of well known songs, Joe Cocker died in 2014. What do you remember of his life and work?
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Feb 21 16
Category:
Cocker, Joe
Cliff Richard has had numerous hits over the years. Can you match the lyrics to the title for these songs? All of them are among his biggest successes.
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Mar 20 17
Category:
Richard, Cliff
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I'll give you some information about ten mines, some still working and others closed, for you to match with the country in which you'd find them. Can you dig down far enough to match them all?
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Sep 24 18
Category:
Mines & Factories
All the monarchs in this quiz became ruler at a very young age. They may have been boys at the time, but their positions made them leaders among men.
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May 05 20
Category:
Royalty & Monarchs
This quiz covers some of the Dutch gold medal winners at the summer Olympics from 1920 until 2016. Can you match the winners to the sports in which they brought home gold?
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Feb 04 22
Category:
Netherlands
Try your hand at this mix of questions on various aspects of mediaeval history and life.
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May 03 15
Category:
Medieval History
The name 'Beat generation' is evocative even for people who couldn't name a single author who belonged to it. Test your knowledge about them, or learn something, by playing this quiz.
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Aug 04 20
Category:
The Beat Generation
Saint Stanislaus Kostka is one of the saints of the Catholic Church. This quiz covers his life and other details about him.
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Aug 14 22
Category:
Individual Saints
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This quiz covers the events in the lives of some of the many authors who were born in Ireland.
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Nov 20 15
Category:
Writers and Places
Although most of the songs that reach the top ten in the UK charts are sung in English, sometimes a foreign language creeps in. How many of these songs, with at least some of the lyrics in a language other than English, can you recognise?
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Dec 23 21
Category:
Foreign Languages in Songs
Take a deep breath, because you're going to dive into the swimming pool to match up some of the best known swimmers in history to the clues I give you.
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Aug 08 16
Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10
Category:
Sports for Kids
The word 'head' can be changed to 'lines' in a series of steps replacing one letter at a time (& adding one at the end). Can you work out how from the clues I'll give you?
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Dec 22 09
Recommended for grades: 6,7
Category:
Older Change a Letter Quizzes
Created by Dik Browne, 'Hagar the Horrible' is a comic strip about a Viking. Can you match these other characters from the series with their descriptions?
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Apr 13 19
Category:
Comics E-K
If you were from Mars, and wanted to learn about the UK, where better to start than with watching the adverts on television? Here's a quiz about some of them.
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May 11 10
Category:
UK Commercials
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All the people in this quiz had a wild streak and could not be tamed. How many can you recognise?
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Jul 13 11
Category:
Famous People
One of the best known British artists, J M W Turner was born in 1775. How much do you know about his life and work?
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Mar 09 22
Category:
People T-Z
Ten well known French people are listed for you to match with their occupations. If more than one occupation seems to fit, choose the most specific. Bonne chance!
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Dec 16 17
Category:
French
All the films in this quiz have the word 'night' in the title. I hope you don't have a nightmare playing it.
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Mar 07 14
Category:
Common Titles
The Stargazers saw only one moon in their song, but you'll find ten of them in this quiz. The final question is a 'fill in the blank' option, but may not be as difficult as it might appear initially.
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Apr 09 20
Category:
Moons
The answers to the following questions all contain the word 'no' somewhere in the middle. Can you work out the answer from the clues given?
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Jan 06 23
Category:
Rossians Word Puzzles
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The people in this quiz are mostly only known to the public because of family money. The majority of them have achieved very little except spend daddy's cash. How many can you recognize?
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Feb 13 11
Category:
Famous People
A quiz about some classical composers from Britain and/or compositions with a British connection. This is aimed more at the 'Last Night of the Proms' audience than the 'First Night' so shouldn't be too heavy going.
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May 29 11
Category:
Composers Mixture
Burning eyes, dehydration and sand everywhere you look. These films all have a desert setting for some or all of their action. The actors really suffered for their art.
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Dec 29 23
Category:
Common Locations
Every answer starts with FL followed by another word to make a new word. Clues are given to both words.
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Sep 21 22
Category:
Something in Common
This quiz is about the 1967 British film, starring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp. There are many plot spoilers for those who haven't seen the film.
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Feb 09 13
Category:
Fa - Fm Movies
Wales has always been known for its singers. This quiz covers some of the singers and bands who have their roots in the 'Land of Song'.
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May 02 16
Category:
Welsh Music
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Circumnavigation - 'the action of travelling all the way around something'. Can you match the circumnavigators in this quiz to a brief description of what each of them achieved?
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Nov 05 17
Category:
Explorers
All the films in this quiz feature Richard Burton and have some sort of animal connection, although not necessarily real animals. How many do you know?
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Jun 27 19
Category:
Burton, Richard
The answers to the following questions all contain the word 'so' somewhere in the middle. Can you work out the answer from the clues given?
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Nov 20 22
Category:
Rossians Word Puzzles
A bouquet of lilacs, with a few sprigs of lavender for variety. These questions all focus on these pastel shades in various categories.
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Sep 04 21
Category:
Purple
'I Get Around', sang the Beach Boys, but they're not the only ones to have a song with 'around' in the title. Can you get your head around these and match the title with the singer or band? Some UK bias.
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Nov 09 17
Category:
Up, Down - Directions in Songs
2011 saw the release of Cliff Richard's album 'Soulicious', which featured duets with some well known American soul artists. This quiz is about some of the songs and artists on the album and the short tour Cliff undertook in October 2011 to promote it.
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Nov 10 11
Category:
Richard, Cliff
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No leopards in this quiz, but the people in it all share their surnames with living creatures.
It could be called 'That's No Leopard' or 'That's No Other Animal Either'.
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Jan 17 13
Category:
U.K. People
I have ten different houses for you to visit in this quiz. Can you work out which house you're invited to from the information I give you? All the answers include the word 'house' at the beginning or the end.
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Dec 03 13
Category:
Words Within Words
You wouldn't normally see red cards and checkered flags together, but that's the title this commission has thrown at me. The quiz will have five questions relating to flags and five on cards.
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Jul 08 17
Category:
Thematic Objects
The answers to the following questions all contain the word 'on' somewhere in the middle. Can you work out the answer from the clues given?
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Mar 13 23
Category:
Rossians Word Puzzles
Dusty Springfield had a career lasting from the 1960s until her death in 1999. She was successful on both sides of the Atlantic. This quiz covers some of the key points of her life and work.
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Oct 03 10
Category:
S
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Kyleisalive wanted me to write a quiz about summer, but what with him being Canadian and me English, a bad telephone line and me being a bit deaf from my flu, I seem to have misheard him. I've written the quiz now, so you may as well play it.
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Aug 25 17
Category:
Thematic Story Time
The Chimaera (or Chimera) is one of mythology's frightening creatures. This quiz will test your knowledge of this fearsome beast.
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Sep 13 17
Category:
Beasts of Myth
Here's a mixture of books which are linked only by having a nautical setting. I hope you don't suffer from seasickness while playing the quiz.
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Sep 05 18
Category:
Ships and Sea Life
The answers to the following questions all contain the word 'it' somewhere in the middle. Can you work out the answer from the clues given?
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Nov 25 22
Category:
Rossians Word Puzzles
The answers to all the questions in this quiz begin with the letters WH plus one or two others to make a completely new one.
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Jan 23 12
Category:
Something in Common
Drums, and other percussion instruments, have featured regularly in song titles. Here are ten of them.
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Dec 03 17
Category:
Musical Instruments in Songs
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The Ross Sea was named for James Clark Ross, but he's not the only explorer to give his name to a body of water. Can you match these places, named after explorers, to their locations?
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May 03 19
Category:
Bodies of Water
... make a quiz about them. These ten questions are linked by the pale yellow colour called lemon.
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Nov 06 20
Category:
Colour in Entertainment
Many people have been given nicknames which are less than complimentary. This quiz is about some of them, and is specific to UK people, or those with an historical British connection.
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Feb 11 10
Category:
U.K. People
Cymruambyth and I have decided to write another joint quiz. Because we both have connections to the Wye Valley, this quiz covers people, places and events associated with the area. Good luck. Rossian.
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Jul 27 10
Category:
Mixed England
The Ashes of 2010-11 saw England win a Test series in Australia for the first time since the tour of 1986-87. This quiz covers some of the highlights.
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Jan 22 11
Category:
Ashes Tests