"Station Eleven" first streamed on HBO during the winter of 2021-2022 when concern over Covid-19 was high. How well can you sort this difficult-to-follow miniseries?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 15 22
Category:
S ... Sn-Sz
"They that go down to the sea in ships" have figured in literature since before the Psalms of David were written. Test your knowledge of fictional ships with this quiz.
Tough, 15 Qns, FatherSteve,
Aug 17 17
Category:
Thematic Transportation
Big band music was extremely popular in the 30s and 40s as were musical motion pictures. How much do you know about these films which brought the two together?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
May 31 15
Category:
Musicals Mixture
The air is filled with many aircraft and the imagination is filled with many more. How many of these fictional flying machines can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Aug 17 17
Category:
Thematic Transportation
The sun shines. The moon shines. Even Moses' face shone when he came down from Mount Sinai. How many of these things which are "shining" can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Feb 07 19
Category:
Thematic Verbs
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 08 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 15 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
How many of these things with Po in their name can you sort? This is the kind of quiz which puts generalism squarely in the General category.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Aug 16 19
Category:
Thematic Other
Gay was an adjective meaning carefree, joyful, bright, and cheerful before it came to mean homosexual. The phenomenon of lexical change like this is called "language drift." How many of these pre-drift things that are gay can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Aug 23 21
Category:
Thematic Adjectives
Do imaginary friends live only in imaginary houses? Do dream houses exist only in dreams? How many of these fictional, made-up, pretend houses can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Aug 05 17
Category:
Thematic Places
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Dec 07 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
The television series "Warrior Nun" was released in the summer of 2020. It features ninja nuns -- seriously! How well can you sort this beatific battle?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Mar 10 22
Category:
W
Nearly everybody knows that an atlas is a book or electronic repository in which maps are collected. But what else does the word "atlas" mean?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
May 31 11
Category:
Thematic Names
A lot of snide comments are made about "near beer" but for those who enjoy the taste of beer but can't drink alcohol (e.g. pregnant women), there are some tasty beer-like beverages available. How much do you know about them?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Feb 09 14
Category:
Beers
These questions are about schools in fiction: novels, poetry, movies, opera, television, comics, radio, cartoons, plays and other sites of imagination. How much do you know about these academies?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Mar 16 18
Category:
Thematic Places
This is a quiz about people or things that missed someone or something. Don't miss your chance to take this quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jul 10 17
Category:
Thematic Verbs
Red is the colour of passion and ripe tomatoes and Communism and some fire trucks. How many of these things which are red can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jan 07 18
Category:
Red
Cats figure in all manner of fictional works: novels, plays, short stories, movies, television, paintings, and song lyrics. Test your knowledge of fictional cats by taking this quiz.
Average, 15 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 10 20
Category:
Thematic Cats
Do imaginary friends live only in imaginary houses? Do dream houses exist only in dreams? How many of these fictional, made-up, pretend houses can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Aug 06 17
Category:
Thematic Places
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 17 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
For most of human history, there have not been computers (except the human brain). How much do you know about these fictional computers imagined in someone's mind?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 22 21
Category:
Thematic School Supplies
This 2021 Canadian horror series borrowed cast and a director from "Wynonna Earp" (2016-2021). How well can you sort the ghostly goings-on amidst the multiple listings?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jun 28 22
Category:
S ... Sn-Sz
There's something fishy about this quiz! It is about people who share their names with aquatic denizens.
Tough, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
May 04 10
Category:
Name Game
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 05 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
Everyone remembers a favourite teacher but how many of these fictional educators, instructors, preceptors, professors, dons, mentors and pedagogues can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Dec 19 17
Category:
Thematic Occupations
"Madam" and "Madame" can be titles of honour or appellations of disrepute. How much do you know about these people called "madam" or "madame," real and fictional?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Mar 23 21
Category:
Thematic Aristocracy
Lamps dispel the darkness and symbolize enlightenment. How many of these lamps from fiction can you recognize?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 22 21
Category:
Thematic Furniture
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 06 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 12 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
These questions are about schools in fiction: novels, poetry, movies, opera, television, comics, radio, cartoons, plays and other sites of imagination. How much do you know about these academies?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jun 09 20
Category:
Thematic Places
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 10 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
How many of these fictional chefs and cooks from television series do you know?
Tough, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Dec 31 14
Category:
Professions on TV
"It was six men of Hindustan, to learning much inclined, who went to see the Elephant (though all of them were blind), that each by observation might satisfy his mind." How much do you know about John Godfrey Saxe's poem?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 06 11
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Category:
S
Sir Edward Coke said in 1628 that "a man's house is his castle." How much do you know about these famous fictional castles?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Oct 05 17
Category:
Thematic Places
Sir Edward Coke said in 1628 that "a man's house is his castle." How much do you know about these famous fictional castles?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Oct 14 17
Category:
Thematic Places
"Peacemaker" first streamed on HBO Max early in 2022. It is the story of a felon, Christopher Smith, who is coerced into becoming "the Peacemaker." How well can you sort this adventure/sci fi/black comedy programme?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 30 22
Category:
P
The Feast of the Ascension is one of the great feasts of the Christian Year. It celebrates the bodily ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It has been kept on a Thursday, the fortieth day after Easter, since at least the 5th Century and perhaps earlier.
Tough, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Oct 25 09
Category:
Christian Holidays and Feasts
Chronometers, timepieces, watches and clocks abound. How many of these fictional ones can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 22 21
Category:
Thematic Furniture
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 25 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
These questions are about schools in fiction: novels, poetry, movies, opera, television, comics, radio, cartoons, plays and other sites of imagination. How much do you know about these academies?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Dec 23 17
Category:
Thematic Places
"Madam" and "Madame" can be titles of honour or appellations of disrepute. How much do you know about these people called "madam" or "madame," real and fictional?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Feb 08 21
Category:
Thematic Aristocracy
Nobody got away with a crime in his home town because Encyclopedia Brown was the master detective behind the city's police force. How much do you know about Encyclopedia Brown?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jul 25 10
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Category:
S Authors
It is 3005 miles from Astoria, Oregon to Astoria, New York. How well can you sort these two cities?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Apr 10 17
Category:
USA - Cities
You may "never see a poem lovely as a tree" but you may take this quiz about them, resplendent in its arboreality.
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Oct 07 21
Category:
Thematic Trees
Issues of utopia and dystopia collide in "Brave New World," a 2020 adaptation of a much-adapted novel. How well can you sort the details of this programme?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Feb 25 22
Category:
B
Shakespeare said, in "Twelfth Night," "If music be the food of love, play on!" Will you play this quiz which tests your knowledge of food in music?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Aug 13 10
Category:
Food and Drink in Songs
The last of the daily monastic offices: compline
The ancient daily office of compline is prayed modernly by Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and other Christian communities. How much do you know about this form of daily prayer? Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jan 11 23
Category:
Christianity
HBO streamed the first six episodes of "Los Espookys" in 2019. How much of this weird bizarre off-kilter strange creepy odd-ball quirky campy absurd programme can you sort?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jun 12 22
Category:
L
Every main character, protagonist, hero and villain needs an assistant, an aide, a colleague, a companion. How much do you know about these sidekicks, real and imagined?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Nov 11 17
Category:
Thematic Sidekicks
There are plenty of real islands in the world. How many of these fictitious islands from books, movies, television, video games, comics, and/or music do you know?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve,
Jul 10 17
Category:
Thematic Places