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Baloo55th has been a FunTrivia author since Mar 29 03 and has written 16 quizzes. Baloo55th strongly focuses on quizzes in the fields of General Knowledge, Humanities, and World.

  • has earned 1,043 excellent quiz ratings from quiz takers.

Bio: Not interested in sport, politics, adverts, celebrities, reality TV and soaps - in fact almost any TV, and people who try to sell me their brand of religion.
Hobbies: See below (which sounds like something to do with the bishop of 'la cathédrale engloutie')
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Quizzes / Other Works Authored by Baloo55th
1.
  Colours - the Alternative    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Everyone knows the names of colours. Do you know the other meanings of these names? Some are easy, some are harder.
Average, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Jul 30 20
Category: Rainbow Mixture
Average
Baloo55th
Jul 30 20
7081 plays
2.
  Red Alert...    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A colour quiz, rather like Baloo's Blues, except that everything here has to do with red. Now there's a surprise. But it mightn't actually be red...
Difficult, 15 Qns, baloo55th, May 10 11
Category: Red
Difficult
baloo55th
3753 plays
3.
  Baloo's Very Silly Little Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
What it says...But beware - Baloo doesn't give points away. Some questions are obvious. Some look obvious. Some look silly, but...
Average, 10 Qns, Baloo55th, Feb 11 10
Average
Baloo55th
1168 plays
4.
  Horses and Ponies and Things...    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A Quiz about Horses, and ponies, and, er, Things... Some questions are more serious, some are less...
Average, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Apr 27 20
Category: Thematic Horses
Average
Baloo55th
Apr 27 20
2971 plays
5.
  Baloo's Blues   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Welcome to Baloo's Blues, where everything is to do with Blue - but not everything IS blue. Confused? You will be...
Difficult, 15 Qns, baloo55th, Apr 27 18
Category: Blue
Difficult
baloo55th
Apr 27 18
3961 plays
6.
  California - History   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A basic quiz on the history of the 31st State - written by a Limey!
Tough, 10 Qns, Baloo55th, Apr 13 04
Category: California
Tough
Baloo55th
2396 plays
7.
  Where Did That Word Come From?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Most English words come from Latin or 'Old English'. Here are some that don't. But where DID they come from?
Average, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Nov 26 09
Category: Etymology
Average
Baloo55th
1839 plays
8.
  What the Devil?    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A diabolic quiz with nothing satanic! Safe for all ages and faiths.
Tough, 20 Qns, Baloo55th, Jul 10 17
Tough
Baloo55th
Jul 10 17
1467 plays
9.
  Cats and Kits and Things    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Following Horses and Ponies and Things, another quiz that won't get into the 'Animals' section. Does two make a series?
Average, 15 Qns, baloo55th, Nov 23 23
Category: Thematic Cats
Average
baloo55th
Nov 23 23
769 plays
10.
  Where Do They Speak THAT?    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
A quiz about the places that languages come from. Not where some people speak them, so I'm not counting your cousin in Burbank who speaks Fulani...
Average, 20 Qns, baloo55th, Feb 01 05
Category: Languages
Average
baloo55th
713 plays
11.
  Modern English Place Names    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Most English places have old names (Domesday Book and all that). Here's some rather more recent ones - can you tell me what are their origins?
Very Difficult, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Jul 27 06
Category: England - General
Very Difficult
Baloo55th
2193 plays
12.
  But It Also Means...    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I'll give you a word and one meaning of it. You've got to pick (out of four) another meaning for that word. Easy? Well, I'm going to give you the common meaning...
Difficult, 15 Qns, baloo55th, Aug 12 18
Category: Vocabulary
Difficult
baloo55th
Aug 12 18
1267 plays
13.
  Muddle Earth    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This should be an easy quiz on Muddle Earth. If you think I've mis-spelt that, it'll be a hard quiz. (It's by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell not Tolkien.) Warning - may contain spoilers. (May also contain nuts. Everything else does.)
Tough, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Nov 24 08
Category: Stewart, Paul
Tough
Baloo55th
227 plays
14.
  From the Hidden Depths (of the dictionary)    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Baloo's been dictionary diving again and has fished up some strange words. But beware - some of these might be fakes...
Difficult, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Jan 22 04
Difficult
Baloo55th
542 plays
15.
  Is that really a word?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Some wonderful words exist in English - but not ALL of these do! Spot the imaginary one(s) and identify the real meaning of the others.
Difficult, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Jun 30 03
Difficult
Baloo55th
744 plays
16.
  Is that really a word - oh no, more of them!    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Yes, more of those obscure words - that may not even exist!
Difficult, 15 Qns, Baloo55th, Dec 17 22
Difficult
Baloo55th
Dec 17 22
534 plays