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
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
Actually I hope the quiz isn't a mistake, even though all the answers are! Ten cryptic clues to synonyms for the word 'mistake' from my thesaurus. Don't forget to look at the word lengths indicated in the clues.
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jul 07 23
Category:
Cryptics
Can you identify the European rivers from the clues given?
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jul 18 13
Category:
Europe - Rivers and Lakes
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
Can you find the fictional detectives indicated by the following clues?
Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jul 07 16
Category:
Cryptics
The test is to see if you can solve the cryptic clues to synonyms for 'test' that I found in my thesaurus. If you're new to cryptic clues you could try some of the quizzes which explain them before trying this one. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jul 18 23
Category:
Cryptics
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
... 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
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
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
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
Match the cryptic clue with the correct part of the eye.
Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jul 27 16
Category:
Cryptics
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
The holidays don't often feature in school stories, but there are some events which do take place just before or after the end of term. This quiz is all about things which happened around Easter.
Average, 15 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jun 29 08
Category:
Brent-Dyer, Elinor
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
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
This quiz looks at songs with colourful titles.
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Sep 03 08
Category:
Color Songs
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
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.
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Apr 10 22
Category:
Dance
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
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
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
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
Where Should the Drinks Go?
This is the opposite of a usual hidden-word quiz. You need to place these fifteen items, which might quench your thirst, into the story so that it makes a little sense. Look at the example, then use a bit of trial and error to see what might work. Average, 15 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jul 15 23
Category:
Hidden Words by Theme
Which character narrates the following tales?
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Mar 03 18
Category:
Literary Characters
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
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
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
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
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
These characters in 'Octonauts', as shown on CBeebies in the UK, are all different animals. Do you know which they are? Octonauts - to your stations; let's do this!
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Mar 12 18
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12
Category:
TV for Kids I-R
Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the girls' names. Example: Ruthenium and Thorium = Ruth. Don't put any spaces in the answer. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Jun 08 19
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10
Category:
Alphabetic Symbols
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
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
Probably everybody knows that Cape Town is a large city in South Africa, but do you know where the following Capes are located?
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Apr 15 18
Category:
Peninsulas and Capes
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?
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Dec 31 18
Category:
Holidays - General
The ten friends want some time out from London, and decide to go to the seaside. They don't want a complicated journey, and so won't change trains anywhere. Where could they go?
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
May 18 12
Category:
U.K. Railways
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
I have a lot of elephants, who can be quite adventurous. Ten of them have travelled to different places in the world. Can you work out where each of them has been?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Feb 19 13
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9
Category:
Mixed World Geography for Kids
Use the symbols of the periodic table of chemical elements to identify the music makers. Some are instruments and others are singers. Example: Barium and Neodymium = BaNd. Don't put any spaces in the answer, except between words. Good luck!
Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Apr 22 12
Category:
Alphabetic Symbols
Link the answers to the first nine questions, and then you find the answer to the last question, which relates to British children's entertainment.
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Aug 27 15
Category:
Common Bond Entertainment
'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
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
Can you solve the following cryptic clues to find ten different countries in Asia?
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Apr 03 15
Category:
Cryptics
These people all give their names to scientific units. Can you match them up?
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
May 13 16
Category:
Scientists
It is said that one should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. Can you solve the cryptic clues to find some food and drink, which might appear on a British breakfast table? Bon appetit!
Average, 15 Qns, Lottie1001,
Sep 16 17
Category:
Cryptics
Warm sunshine, lovely scenery, a good book and plenty of chocolate sounds like a day in paradise to me. Another day in Paradise should be idyllic, too, but could be quite different.
Average, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Aug 26 17
Category:
Thematic Abstract Ideas
Aye, eye, I! Yes, see, me! Some words are so simple that they sound like a single letter. Can you identify the letters which sound like the words indicated?
Easier, 10 Qns, Lottie1001,
Feb 17 15
Category:
Homonyms and Homophones