Author Biography: Lottie1001

1.

  Love - 10 questions - 5 mins

So good they named it more than once

Ten cryptic clues leading to synonyms for 'love' from my thesaurus. For example:- The orient supports fifty-five holding nothing yields a score of zero in tennis (4) - fifty-five is LV, nothing is O, and the orient is E, so the answer is L-O-V-E

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jan 01 23

Category: Cryptics for Experts

Average
Lottie1001
Jan 01 23
141 plays

2.

  Where Have All the Colours Gone? - 10 questions - 6 mins

There are forty colours hidden in the following nonsense tale. They may be within a single word, or spread across two or more words. There is more than one colour in each question but you only need to give ONE of them for your answer.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, May 30 22

Category: Hidden Words by Theme

Very Easy
Lottie1001
May 30 22
504 plays

3.

  Each Peach Pear Plum - 10 questions - 4 mins

"Each peach pear plum / I spy Tom Thumb" is the start of a wonderful book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Tom Thumb is hiding in a peach tree in the orchard; there are also some pear trees and plum trees. Do you know how it carries on?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, May 08 16

Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10

Category: A Authors

Average
Lottie1001
455 plays

4.

  A Czar Is Born - 10 questions - 5 mins

Crazy zany acting really starts a ruler (4) is a cryptic clue for 'Czar', so a czar is born. Here are ten more cryptic clues for other rulers. Can you solve them all?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Mar 13 23

Category: Cryptics

Average
Lottie1001
Mar 13 23
71 plays

5.

  Over and Over (and Over) - 10 questions - 3 mins

All the answers contain the word 'over'. It's over to you to find the right words. You might want to mull over the answers, but you shouldn't need to go over them with a fine-toothed comb, nor should you need to bend over backwards. Over and out!

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Mar 22 23

Category: Words Within Words

Very Easy
Lottie1001
Mar 22 23
396 plays

6.

  Leads To - 10 questions - 3 mins

Match the definition to the idiom and see where it leads you to.

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Dec 22 22

Category: Idioms with a Common Word

Easier
Lottie1001
Dec 22 22
464 plays

7.

  A New Day - 10 questions - 3 mins

Every twenty-four hours a new day starts. As the earth spins on its axis, different countries in the world see the sun rise sooner than others. You need to put these places in order from the first to start Sunday up to the last place to start Sunday.

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Dec 28 22

Category: Mixed World Geography for Kids

Average
Lottie1001
Dec 28 22
309 plays

8.

  Rising Sun - 20 questions - 4 mins

Twenty questions, each is loosely based on one of the FunTrivia categories, all related to the rising sun. Good luck, and have fun!

Easier, 20 Qns, Lottie1001, Dec 30 22

Category: Thematic Nature

Easier
Lottie1001
Dec 30 22
336 plays

9.

  Colours Are Something Else - 10 questions - 3 mins

A colour is the name given to a chromatic hue. Pluralised, the word can mean something different, which may or may not relate to that hue. How many do you recognise?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, May 21 22

Category: Thematic Word Definitions

Very Easy
Lottie1001
May 21 22
534 plays

10.

  One Hundred - Not Out! - 10 questions - 3 mins

For my hundredth quiz, I decided to do one about people who all lived to be at least 100 years old. Can you match the people with their occupations?

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jan 03 22

Recommended for grades: 4,5,6,7,8

Category: Mixed People

Easier
Lottie1001
Jan 03 22
418 plays

11.

  Taking the Waters - 10 questions - 3 mins

Taking the waters became very fashionable in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and many spa towns were developed in England. The waters, whether used for drinking or bathing, were said to have healing properties. Do you know where to find them?

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jan 03 22

Category: England - General

Easier
Lottie1001
Jan 03 22
422 plays

12.

  Match the Birdie - 10 questions - 3 mins

The two parts of the question lead to the name of a bird. For example, 'Country eaten by the Americans for Thanksgiving dinner' is a turkey. Can you match the rest?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Apr 26 20

Category: Thematic Birds

Very Easy
Lottie1001
Apr 26 20
1129 plays

13.

  That Old North Wind Should Begin to Blow - 13 questions - 3 mins

the Beaufort scale

But how fast is it blowing? The Beaufort wind force scale has thirteen named levels, with descriptions of the associated movement. Do you know which they are? Some describe sea conditions, and others refer to what happens on land.

Average, 13 Qns, Lottie1001, Jan 07 23

Category: Winds

Average
Lottie1001
Jan 07 23
84 plays

14.

  A British Christmas Feast - 10 questions - 3 mins

In the word of the old rhyme "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat". Not many people eat goose now. What does make a traditional British Christmas dinner in the 21st century?

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jan 19 23

Category: British Foods

Easier
Lottie1001
Jan 19 23
4151 plays

15.

  The International Phenomenon that is Wordle - 10 questions - 2 mins

From being virtually unknown, Wordle suddenly hit the headlines in early 2022. What do you know about it?

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, May 18 22

Category: Games & Toys

Easier
Lottie1001
May 18 22
289 plays

16.

  So You Think You Know About Wordle ... - 10 questions - 3 mins

... but do you know about some of the variations? Many are quite similar to the original game, but others involve numbers, maps, music, graphics, chemistry, chess, etc. Your task, if you choose to accept it, is to match the challenge to the game title.

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, May 18 22

Category: Games & Toys

Easier
Lottie1001
May 18 22
255 plays

17.

  Carte Blanche - 10 questions - 3 mins

Carte Blanche - These French words could be translated as "white menu", so this quiz is about foods that are coloured white or nearly white. Bon Appetit!

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Sep 17 15

Category: Mixed Food and Drink

Easier
Lottie1001
2729 plays

18.

  Yeah - 10 questions - 5 mins

'Affirmative' sounds like a slightly more robotic way of saying the more laid-back 'yeah'. Can you unscramble these ten cryptic clues to find more synonyms?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jan 25 23

Category: Cryptics for Experts

Average
Lottie1001
Jan 25 23
55 plays

19.

  Last Rights - 10 questions - 3 mins

Can you match the definitions or synonyms with the list of words that end with 'right'?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jul 14 19

Recommended for grades: 9,10,11

Category: Ending With ...

Very Easy
Lottie1001
Jul 14 19
839 plays

20.

  Cryptic Currencies - 15 questions - 3 mins

There are cryptic clues to currencies from around the world. Can you pick the correct answer for each one?

Very Easy, 15 Qns, Lottie1001, Mar 21 16

Category: Cryptics

Very Easy
Lottie1001
859 plays

21.

  A Letter's Missing - 20 questions - 7 mins

All the As have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- XRY - used to see inside the body gives the answer XRAY.

Easier, 20 Qns, Lottie1001, Nov 25 16

Category: Missing Letters

Easier
Lottie1001
Nov 25 16
2814 plays

22.

  E's Missing - 20 questions - 7 mins

All the Es have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- YS - affirmative word gives the answer YES.

Very Easy, 20 Qns, Lottie1001, Aug 21 13

Category: Missing Letters

Very Easy
Lottie1001
1900 plays

23.

  Alphabet of Musical Oddities - 25 questions - 4 mins

Composers, conductors, instruments or musical instructions from A to Z. Can you find the odd one out in these sets? Nearly all of them are taken from the world of classical music.

Average, 25 Qns, Lottie1001, Jul 19 18

Category: Classical Music

Average
Lottie1001
Jul 19 18
1642 plays

24.

  Green, Yellow, Red or Blue - 10 questions - 3 mins

English is a very colourful language. Can you work out which colour should be added to the following words to make new words or phrases?

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Sep 21 16

Category: Words Within Words

Easier
Lottie1001
Sep 21 16
1277 plays

25.

  Cryptic Detectives - 10 questions - 3 mins

Can you find the fictional detectives indicated by the following clues?

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jul 07 16

Category: Cryptics

Easier
Lottie1001
Jul 07 16
585 plays

26.

  I'm Missing - 20 questions - 7 mins

All the Is have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- QN - Chinese seven-stringed zither gives the answer QIN.

Very Easy, 20 Qns, Lottie1001, Feb 12 14

Category: Missing Letters

Very Easy
Lottie1001
1580 plays

27.

  U R Missing - 20 questions - 7 mins

All the Us have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- QX - metasyntatic variable gives the answer QUUX.

Easier, 20 Qns, Lottie1001, Apr 10 16

Category: Missing Letters

Easier
Lottie1001
1358 plays

28.

  In Your Eyes - 10 questions - 3 mins

Match the cryptic clue with the correct part of the eye.

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jul 27 16

Category: Cryptics

Easier
Lottie1001
Jul 27 16
910 plays

29.

  European Rivers - From Source to Mouth - 10 questions - 4 mins

Can you identify the European rivers from the clues given?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jul 18 13

Category: Europe - Rivers and Lakes

Average
Lottie1001
3923 plays

30.

  Can You Sing a Rainbow? - 10 questions - 4 mins

This quiz looks at songs with colourful titles.

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Sep 03 08

Category: Color Songs

Average
Lottie1001
2284 plays

31.

  Oh! That's Missing - 20 questions - 7 mins

All the Os have been lost from the words in this quiz. Can you determine where they should go? For example:- QM - a city in central Iran gives the answer QOM.

Very Easy, 20 Qns, Lottie1001, Feb 11 15

Category: Missing Letters

Very Easy
Lottie1001
1642 plays

32.

  Elementary Boys' Names - 10 questions - 5 mins

Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the boys' names. Example: Selenium (Se) and Thorium (Th) = Seth. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jun 02 11

Recommended for grades: 8,9,10

Category: Alphabetic Symbols

Easier
Lottie1001
3861 plays

33.

  Genesis Had A Revelation - 10 questions - 3 mins

Will you need a revelation to solve the cryptic clues to find ten books of the bible? All the Bible references are to the King James version.

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Mar 12 17

Category: Bible Word Play

Easier
Lottie1001
Mar 12 17
324 plays

34.

  Where Do They Play? - 10 questions - 3 mins

I'll give you the names of some American sports teams; you need to pick the city where they play. For example - the Seahawks, Sounders and Mariners all play in Seattle. But it's probably not so trivial if you live outside the USA.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Apr 23 16

Recommended for grades: 1,2,3,4,5

Category: Sports for Kids

Very Easy
Lottie1001
935 plays

35.

  It is a Tale Told By ... - 10 questions - 4 mins

Which character narrates the following tales?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Mar 03 18

Category: Literary Characters

Average
Lottie1001
Mar 03 18
522 plays

36.

  London Mainline Railway Stations - part 1 - 10 questions - 3 mins

Ten friends are travelling by train to meet up at Piccadilly Circus in London, unfortunately they won't all come into the same mainline station. Can you work out where each person will arrive before she catches her underground train.

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Jan 09 22

Category: U.K. Railways

Average
Lottie1001
Jan 09 22
1095 plays

37.

  Game, Set, Match! - 10 questions - 3 mins

Many words in the English language have multiple meanings. Game, set, match sounds like the end of a game of tennis, or is it an eager dance step to a prospective marriage partner?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Dec 06 14

Category: Homonyms and Homophones

Very Easy
Lottie1001
757 plays

38.

  Missing from the Chalet School - 10 questions - 5 mins

Occasionally, in the books by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, girls run away from the Chalet School. Do you know what happened when the following girls disappeared?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Mar 08 14

Recommended for grades: 5,6,7,8

Category: Brent-Dyer, Elinor

Average
Lottie1001
196 plays

39.

  Recondite Rivers? - 10 questions - 5 mins

Every answer is the name of a river. While the cryptic clues may be puzzling, the rivers shouldn't be too obscure. Good luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Apr 30 15

Category: Cryptics

Easier
Lottie1001
450 plays

40.

  Take Hands with your Partner - 10 questions - 5 mins

Take hands with your partner and come and join in some folk dancing. I'll briefly describe some movements, and you pick the name from the list given. By the end of this quiz I hope you will have learnt a new contra dance and a new square dance.

Tough, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Apr 10 22

Category: Dance

Tough
Lottie1001
Apr 10 22
87 plays

41.

  Elementary Countries - 10 questions - 5 mins

Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the countries. Example: Lanthanum (La) and Osmium (Os) = Laos. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Feb 17 14

Recommended for grades: 8,9,10

Category: Alphabetic Symbols

Easier
Lottie1001
1204 plays

42.

  All You Need is a Vacation - 10 questions - 8 mins

It is said that travel broadens the mind, so a well-chosen vacation should stretch those brain cells, even if only from the comfort of your armchair! Perhaps some of the places I've visited will inspire your next trip.

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Aug 26 13

Category: Mixed Destinations

Average
Lottie1001
524 plays

43.

  Sesquipedalian Alternatives - 15 questions - 7 mins

From the Latin for a foot and a half, sesquipedalian means long-winded. Here's a quiz and half worth of alternative titles to Nevil Shute's books for you to identify. E.g. Unfrequented thoroughfare is 'Lonely Road'. All UK titles. Contains spoilers.

Easier, 15 Qns, Lottie1001, Feb 13 18

Category: Literature Word Play

Easier
Lottie1001
Feb 13 18
207 plays

44.

  William and Catherine - A Day to Remember - 10 questions - 4 mins

Prince William and Catherine Middleton married on Friday 29 April 2011, the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena, at Westminster Abbey in London. Do you remember the occasion?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, May 04 11

Category: Prince William

Average
Lottie1001
691 plays

45.

  Elementary Animals - 10 questions - 4 mins

Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the animals. Example: Boron (B) and Astatine (At) = Bat. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Feb 16 17

Recommended for grades: 8,9,10

Category: Alphabetic Symbols

Easier
Lottie1001
Feb 16 17
1694 plays

46.

  It's Drab, It's Dour, It's Dark! - 10 questions - 4 mins

My thesaurus lists over seventy synonyms for 'dark'. Two are in the title of this quiz. Can you match the following cryptic [another one] clues with ten more of those obscure [and another] words?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Feb 28 18

Category: Cryptics

Average
Lottie1001
Feb 28 18
240 plays

47.

  A Very Customary New Year - 10 questions - 5 mins

If you just have a drink while watching fireworks in Sydney or the ball drop in Times Square, perhaps you could consider something else? You may know about the Scottish first footing, but can you match these other traditions with their countries?

Tough, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Dec 31 18

Category: Holidays - General

Tough
Lottie1001
Dec 31 18
192 plays

48.

  Elephants Everywhere - 20 questions - 5 mins

For my twentieth quiz, I have taken my favourite animal through all the twenty regions of Quizzyland. I hope you have as much fun answering the questions as I have had asking them.

Average, 20 Qns, Lottie1001, Apr 27 20

Category: Thematic Elephants

Average
Lottie1001
Apr 27 20
1397 plays

49.

  13 September - 10 questions - 4 mins

For a friend's sixtieth birthday I found sixty events which had happened on his birthday through the ages. This quiz is about a few of them.

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Aug 14 08

Category: July August September

Average
Lottie1001
573 plays

50.

  Average The Very Hungry Caterpillar Quiz - 10 Questions - 10 questions - 4 mins

In Eric Carle's delightful picture book a little egg lay on a leaf in the moonlight. Then a tiny and very hungry caterpillar pops out in the warm sunshine on Sunday morning and starts to look for some food. Do you remember what he ate each day?

Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001, Sep 11 20

Recommended for grades: 1,2,3

Category: Carle, Eric

Average
Lottie1001
Sep 11 20
210 plays