Author Biography: Czolgolz

1.

  Lovecraftian Locales    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Ever wish you could travel to some of those magical fantasy lands from the works of H.P. Lovecraft? Well, you can't. I mean, they're imaginary and everything. In the meantime, I'll describe a scene and you tell me what Lovecraft story we're in.

Average, 15 Qns, czolgolz, Jun 07 11

Category: Lovecraft, H. P.

Average
czolgolz
1381 plays

2.

  Beetle Bailey    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Beetle Bailey" is an American comic strip, created by Mort Walker, that started in 1950. How well do you know the laziest private at Camp Swampy?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Apr 16 24

Category: Comics A-D

Tough
Czolgolz
Apr 16 24
136 plays

3.

  Schoolyard Taunts, Rhymes and Songs 2    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Are you still up on your third grade vernacular? See if you remember these gems. All references are U.S.

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Jun 15 23

Category: Mixed USA

Average
Czolgolz
Jun 15 23
19404 plays

4.

  Urban Legends from Corporate America    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

We all know the business world is rough...but did you know how rough? Every one of these stories really happened (according to my dentist's brother's boss).

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Jun 04 12

Category: Urban Legends

Tough
czolgolz
14083 plays

5.

  Schoolyard Taunts, Rhymes, and Songs 3    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

As both a child and as a teacher, I've become familiar with playground vernacular. Can you remember your grade school protocol? All references are American.

Average, 10 Qns, czolgolz, May 13 21

Category: Thematic Unique Ideas

Average
czolgolz
May 13 21
13794 plays

6.

  Urban Legends Television    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

From Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, to the harrowing events of 9/11, everyone remembers seeing history unfold on TV. Of course, sometimes we remember seeing things that didn't actually happen. See how well you remember these television rumors.

Difficult, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Oct 26 18

Category: Urban Legends

Difficult
Czolgolz
Oct 26 18
13412 plays

7.

  Urban Legends Animals    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

From selfless canines to slimy snakes to revolting parasites, our animal friends have a special place in urban legends. Test your knowledge of our furry friends.

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Sep 05 08

Category: Urban Legends

Tough
Czolgolz
8647 plays

8.

  Lyrics to TV Themes With No Lyrics    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Not all famous TV theme songs have lyrics...or do they? Even instrumental songs sometimes have words. Can you match the TV show with the seldom-heard words to its theme song?

Average, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Mar 13 22

Category: Average Theme Songs

Average
czolgolz
Mar 13 22
10809 plays

9.

  Urban Legends Cinema    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Welcome to Urban Legends Cinema. Please turn off all cell phones and beepers. Let's look at the truth behind some famous movie rumors.

Difficult, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Jul 11 11

Category: Urban Legends

Difficult
Czolgolz
11914 plays

10.

  Explanatory TV themes    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The premises of most TV shows are simple enough that you can jump right in and follow what's happening. However, some odd shows require just a bit of back story from their opening themes.

Easier, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Feb 17 15

Category: Easy Theme Songs

Easier
Czolgolz
2531 plays

11.

  The Ultimate Phineas and Ferb Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Whatcha doin? Phineas and Ferb, the age old story of two genius step-brothers, their pet secret agent platypus, and their older sister. I know what you're going to do today! Hey, where's Perry?

Easier, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Oct 01 10

Category: Phineas & Ferb

Easier
Czolgolz
2186 plays

12.

  Sailor Superstitions    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"What the sea wants, the sea will have." Many sailors were so in awe of the ocean, they never bothered to learn to swim. Can you answer these questions about maritime superstitions?

Difficult, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Mar 18 15

Category: Superstitions

Difficult
Czolgolz
6147 plays

13.

  Theatrical Superstitions    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Theater people are a superstitious lot. Maybe it has something to do with the fear of screwing up in front of a large audience. At any rate, see if you know your theater lore.

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Apr 18 09

Category: Superstitions

Tough
Czolgolz
4842 plays

14.

  Urban Legends: Music    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

From secret messages in album covers to the psychotic episodes of musicians, the music industry is ripe for stories. How well do you know these musical legends?

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Mar 31 22

Category: History of Music

Tough
czolgolz
Mar 31 22
3736 plays

15.

  Urban Legends University    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Welcome to Urban Legends University, where every building tells a story and ever story is true! Let me give you a tour. See how well you know these college-themed legends.

Very Difficult, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Apr 24 21

Category: Urban Legends

Very Difficult
czolgolz
Apr 24 21
7505 plays

16.

  Urban Legends Auto    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Welcome to Urban Legends Automotive! Everything's for sale, and every car tells a story. Have you heard these before?

Difficult, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Oct 09 22

Category: Urban Legends

Difficult
czolgolz
Oct 09 22
5675 plays

17.

  Mickey's Christmas Carol    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

How well do you know this 1983 Disney Christmas short?

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Sep 21 09

Category: Disney Movies for Experts

Average
Czolgolz
2101 plays

18.

  Lovecraftian Locales 2    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I'll give you a statement from one of Lovecraft's stories, and you identify the specific tale. Not all scenarios take place in Arkham.

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Jul 03 07

Category: Lovecraft, H. P.

Average
Czolgolz
466 plays

19.

  Schoolyard Taunts, Rhymes, and Songs 1    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Children have always had their own little poems, songs, and insults. See if you remember your elementary school vernacular. All references are American.

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Aug 26 17

Category: Thematic Unique Ideas

Average
Czolgolz
Aug 26 17
4789 plays

20.

  I Was No One ... Until I Died!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Some people are born famous. Others...die famous. Can you identify these people whose deaths made them known to us?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Apr 11 06

Category: 15 Minutes of Fame

Tough
Czolgolz
2777 plays

21.

  American Urban Legends Warfare    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

War is a time of uncertainty, fear, and misinformation. It's not surprising, then, than some of the most persistent urban legends come out of these times. How much do you know about the rumors of war?

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Oct 13 05

Category: War History

Tough
czolgolz
2086 plays

22.

  The Urban Legends Diner    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Welcome to the Urban Legends Diner. Every item on the menu tells a story, and every story is true. Can I get you an appetizer?

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Aug 26 22

Category: History of Food

Tough
czolgolz
Aug 26 22
2484 plays

23.

  Geographical Enclaves and Exclaves    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

For the purpose of this quiz, a political enclave is a territory completely surrounded by another territory. An exclave is a territory divided from the main territory by another territory or water (Alaska, for example, is an exclave of the US).

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Jul 28 22

Category: Borders

Tough
Czolgolz
Jul 28 22
1512 plays

24.

  That Song Has a Name?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You've heard all these songs before, but did you know they actually have names?

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Dec 28 11

Category: Name the Song

Tough
czolgolz
6747 plays

25.

  '1776' (the Musical)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

1776, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson work to create a free and independent United States. And with show-stopping musical numbers!

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Aug 09 10

Category: s.1776

Average
Czolgolz
224 plays

26.

  Mad Magazine    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

What, me worry? Just how well do you know this furshlugginer magazine and comic? Take the veebelfeetzer quiz, already!

Difficult, 15 Qns, czolgolz, Jan 10 06

Category: Comics L-R

Difficult
czolgolz
1382 plays

27.

  Not First Place, Not Second Place, But Dead Last    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

We all remember the first man to walk on the moon, but who was the last? Do you remember the last time these never-to-be repeated events happened?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Mar 24 11

Category: Historical Firsts

Tough
Czolgolz
908 plays

28.

  Questions on Car Talk    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Welcome to "Car Talk". We're here to discuss cahs, cah repair, and the weekly puzzlah. How well do you know NPR's popular automobile show?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Feb 27 09

Category: US Radio

Tough
Czolgolz
372 plays

29.

  Catch-22    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"There was just one catch...Catch-22." One of the greatest insanity of war novels ever, Joseph Heller's 1961 book gave us a new phrase for an unwinnable situation. How well do you know this book? Contains spoilers.

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Dec 28 05

Category: Heller, Joseph

Tough
czolgolz
899 plays

30.

  Tragedy in Songs Part 8: Random Tragedy    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Can you recognize these sad, tragic songs by their descriptions?

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, May 13 12

Category: Tragedy in Songs

Average
Czolgolz
349 plays

31.

  Characters in 'Haunted'    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

'Haunted,' by Chuck Palahniuk, has only 19 characters, each with a dark secret. Can you match the secret to the character?

Average, 20 Qns, Czolgolz, Apr 29 11

Category: Palahniuk, Chuck

Average
Czolgolz
141 plays

32.

  'Wolfenstein 3D' (MS DOS): Did You Ever Notice?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'Wolfenstein 3D' was a first-person shooter, released in 1992. Did you ever notice some of the subtle things going on the background?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Jan 14 13

Category: Wolfenstein

Tough
Czolgolz
160 plays

33.

  Tragedy in Songs, Part 1: Fatal Car Wrecks    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Can you identify these songs where someone dies in a vehicle accident?

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Feb 05 17

Category: Tragedy in Songs

Average
Czolgolz
2969 plays

34.

  Advertising Campaigns that Flopped    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

From New Coke to clear dish soap, from squeezable toilet tissue to Mike Dukakis, Madison Avenue is always trying to sell us the next useless thing. And sometimes they screw up, big time.

Difficult, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Sep 15 12

Category: Marketing

Difficult
Czolgolz
595 plays

35.

  Bloom County    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

How well do you remember the denizens of Milo's Meadow and the Bloom Boarding House?

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Feb 17 13

Category: Bloom County

Average
Czolgolz
250 plays

36.

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Since there are already quizzes about the 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' play and movie, I thought I'd write one about what started it all: the book by Ken Kesey.

Difficult, 15 Qns, czolgolz, Mar 02 17

Category: K

Difficult
czolgolz
632 plays

37.

  Tragedy in Songs, Part 3: Coal Miners    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Ever hear a cheerful song about mining? Can you identify these songs about mine collapses, black lung, and environmental damage?

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Sep 21 08

Category: Tragedy in Songs

Tough
czolgolz
1196 plays

38.

  Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson    

Multiple Choice

 25 Qns

Just what do you know about the Man of Bronze, pulp hero of the 30's and 40's?

Average, 25 Qns, Czolgolz, Mar 06 05

Category: Robeson, Kenneth

Average
Czolgolz
321 plays

39.

  Tragedy in Songs, Part 7: Criminals and Prison    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"I fought the law, and the law won." --Sonny Curtis. Can you answer these questions about crime, outlaws, and prison?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Nov 15 18

Category: Crime and Punishment in Songs

Tough
Czolgolz
Nov 15 18
582 plays

40.

  'The Muppet Show', Season 3    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The third season of the 'Muppet Show' aired in 1978 and '79. What do you remember?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Sep 03 11

Category: Muppets

Tough
Czolgolz
264 plays

41.

  Tragedy in Songs, Part 5: Gunfights and Shootings    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A Smith and Wesson beats four aces every time. Can you name these songs about being at the wrong end of a gun?

Average, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Nov 15 18

Category: Crime and Punishment in Songs

Average
czolgolz
Nov 15 18
1564 plays

42.

  Tragedy in Songs, Part 4: Shipwrecks and Drownings    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Avast, ye scurvy dogs! Can you name these fun songs where someone ends up sleeping with the fishes?

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Nov 15 15

Category: Tragedy in Songs

Tough
czolgolz
787 plays

43.

  Illuminati:The Game of Conspiracy (Deluxe Edition)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

What's REALLY going on? All questions are about the Deluxe Edition (the one with the full-color cards and a copyright of 1999 or later).

Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Dec 20 11

Category: Card Games

Average
Czolgolz
208 plays

44.

  Tragedy in Songs, Part 2: Hangings    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Grandpa used to say there's nothing like a song about a hangin'. Can you identify these songs about gallows, lynchings, and executions?

Difficult, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Jun 23 05

Category: Tragedy in Songs

Difficult
czolgolz
749 plays

45.

  Tragedy In Songs 6: The Futility of War    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"Boys keep marching off to war," sayeth Sonny and Cher. Can you name these songs about the futility and general hopelessness of war?

Difficult, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Oct 17 05

Category: Tragedy in Songs

Difficult
czolgolz
528 plays

46.

  "Gold Rush!" for PC (Sierra, 1988)    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

1848. You are Jerrod Wilson, living the life of a Eastern newspaper editor. Suddenly, you receive a letter from your long-lost brother, Jake, in California. Travel west, search for gold, and locate your brother in this adventure game.

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Jan 06 12

Category: G

Tough
Czolgolz
153 plays

47.

  Red Dwarf--Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You've seen the show, but have read the the novels? How well do you know this book by Grant Naylor? Keep in mind, the books differ from the TV show in some respects.

Tough, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Apr 14 05

Category: N

Tough
czolgolz
208 plays

48.

  Questions on Doonesbury    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

How well do you know this famous politically driven cartoon?

Average, 15 Qns, Czolgolz, Jul 06 18

Category: Doonesbury

Average
Czolgolz
Jul 06 18
596 plays

49.

  Celebrity Sex Change    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Can you name these famous people who started life as men and ended up as women?

Difficult, 10 Qns, czolgolz, Jun 28 19

Category: Celebrity Squares

Difficult
czolgolz
Jun 28 19
1618 plays

50.

  That Song Has a Name, Part 2    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

You've heard these tunes before, but did you know they have names?

Tough, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Jul 19 22

Category: Name the Song

Tough
Czolgolz
Jul 19 22
2716 plays