MikeMaster99: Author Biography

Manifesto Destiny editor best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

What a wonderful privilege you've given me, Professor! We've been allowed to peek at some of the greatest documents in human history. As we very carefully turn the pages, I'm full of questions about what I'm reading....

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jul 05 12

Category: Mixed Bag

Easier
MikeMaster99
5566 plays

Patter Songs - Tongue-twisters Set to Music! editor best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The Peerless Peloton bring you a snapshot history of those songs with very fast lyrics that create a wonderful rhythm. Set to music they're brilliant - or perhaps horrid. Let's explore!

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Apr 29 23

Category: Grammar in Songs

Average
MikeMaster99
Apr 29 23
2420 plays

Not a Penny Less editor best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

What might have seemed like a large sum at the time, seems a pittance now! This quiz investigates some famous, and infamous, major land purchases. Some are well known, others a little more obscure. I hope you enjoy it!

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Aug 26 23

Category: Historical Geography

Average
MikeMaster99
Aug 26 23
1544 plays

Up Against the Templars editor best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz explores the fierce rivalry between the Assassin's Brotherhood and the Knights Templar in the video game series 'Assassin's Creed'. It covers games from the first release up to and including 'Unity' and 'Rogue'. *Spoilers are within!*

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Feb 10 15

Category: Assassin's Creed

Average
MikeMaster99
332 plays

If You Need A Friend... popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

.... anywhere you may travel!

If you need a friend anywhere in the world, it will help to know the word 'friend' in the local language! This quiz asks you to match ten words for friend with the respective language from which that word comes. Good luck mate (Aussie is now done!)

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jan 01 24

Category: Languages

Easier
MikeMaster99
Jan 01 24
351 plays

Zippy Zooms X

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Join Phoenix Rising for another quick round of questions from ten different FunTrivia categories and ten different authors in our tenth edition of Zippy Zooms!

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Sep 24 23

Category: Zippy Zooms

Average
MikeMaster99
Sep 24 23
202 plays

Physics - Unit By Unit! best quiz

Classification Quiz

10 Qns

This quiz will require you to place ten units for physical quantities into the appropriate categories. Some of these units may be familiar to you while others may be more unusual. Hopefully you will not find the quiz too physically demanding!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Apr 21 23

Category: Physics

Easier
MikeMaster99
Apr 21 23
538 plays

From Where do I Know that Song? best quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Popular Broadway lyrics

Your task in this quiz is to match the song lyrics to the musical from which it comes. Sounds simple? Hopefully!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, May 21 23

Category: Name the Musical

Easier
MikeMaster99
May 21 23
574 plays

A New Horizon popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

First Sightings and Discoveries

Who was the first person to see, witness or discover something never observed before? This quiz asks you to match that item with that person or team. Good luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Dec 30 22

Category: Historical Firsts

Easier
MikeMaster99
Dec 30 22
378 plays

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Someone You'd Admire best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Frivolous and self-centered? Not always! Some celebrities have performed great deeds while in the public spotlight. Their actions have inspired many. Can you match the celebrity with their achievement?

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Apr 09 20

Category: Celebrities Mixture

Easier
MikeMaster99
Apr 09 20
7555 plays

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Four-Legged Friends - Less Common Ones! best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz looks at a variety of four-legged animals that provide great value to human communities. But there are no cats, dogs, horses, cows or sheep here! Can you identify these quality quadrupeds?

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Oct 04 21

Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Category: Mixed Mammals

Easier
MikeMaster99
Oct 04 21
5532 plays

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Medical Marvels top quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Throughout history, humankind has developed many wonderful devices and techniques to heal illness and improve human health. Can you match ten of these remarkable innovations to the inventor(s) and year of discovery?

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Dec 30 21

Category: History of Medicine

Easier
MikeMaster99
Dec 30 21
653 plays

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Movies in Other Words - an Aussie Version! popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

This is a movie titles in disguise quiz, with a twist...the movies are all Australian! The original quiz was written by bigharlz and has been updated and converted to match format by MikeMaster99, as the original was too difficult.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jan 03 23

Category: Movie Synonyms

Very Easy
MikeMaster99
Jan 03 23
322 plays

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Run to the Lab! World Changing Experiments. best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz will look at some of the most important scientific breakthroughs that have altered the way we understand the world around us. Can you pick the scientist or the experiment/theory from the information provided?

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jul 01 12

Category: Scientists

Easier
MikeMaster99
3769 plays

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Forensic Science under the Microscope best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Ever wonder about those TV shows that solve a serious crime in an episode? This quiz looks at how forensic science is, and has been, used to solve those criminal mysteries. No special science knowledge is presumed, so come and see how it's done!

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Sep 17 13

Category: Forensic Science

Average
MikeMaster99
3680 plays

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"Working" in North America top quiz

Photo Quiz

10 Qns

One great aspect of my job as a scientist is that I get to work in several different countries. Here are some of the photos taken while I've been (mostly) at work in Canada and the USA, rather than in COVID 19-enforced isolation! I hope you enjoy them.

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, May 14 20

Category: North America

Average
MikeMaster99
May 14 20
544 plays

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Cold as Fire, Hot as Ice great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz is all about those song titles or common phrases in songs that are enigmatic, if not downright strange! Your task is to identify the pop diva responsible for the song from the clues provided. Have fun!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jun 30 23

Category: Women in Music

Easier
MikeMaster99
Jun 30 23
3791 plays

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That Movie Was....Where? best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Rather than a cinematic 'whodunit?', this is a 'wherewasitdun?'! I'll give you some plot details and the actors, you need to tell me where the movie was set!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Apr 11 12

Category: Common Locations

Easier
MikeMaster99
3029 plays

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Cool Zooms, Part XVIII popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

20 Qns

The Phoenix Rising team present another weekly mixed quiz for your entertainment! This miscellany of questions, scaling from bacteria to the cosmos and a wide variety of topics in between, was led by MikeMaster99.

Average, 20 Qns, MikeMaster99, Feb 21 21

Category: Cool Zooms

Average
MikeMaster99
Feb 21 21
1222 plays

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Australian Back-Out best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The Australian outback, red kangaroos and Uluru are common images throughout the world. However this quiz takes you 'back out' to the edges of the continent. There are some wonderful sights and locations here too. Let's investigate some of them.

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jun 09 14

Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12

Category: Australia

Easier
MikeMaster99
1642 plays

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Famous Australian Icons! best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

There are some quintessentially Aussie icons that people all around the world will hopefully recognize. How well do you know these famous Australian sites, people and objects?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Sep 11 20

Recommended for grades: 9,10

Category: Mixed Australia

Very Easy
MikeMaster99
Sep 11 20
2541 plays

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Cool Zooms, Part XLVIII

Multiple Choice

20 Qns

Once more unto the breach dear friends. Phoenix Rising present another 20 questions from our weekly Zoom quiz get together. There is a hidden theme to this one, which will be revealed at the end. Write out your answers and it may become clear!

Average, 20 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jun 19 21

Category: Cool Zooms

Average
MikeMaster99
Jun 19 21
1090 plays

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Cool Zooms, Part X popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

20 Qns

Welcome to Phoenix Rising's tenth weekly 20 Question Cool Quiz! Each week our team gathers via Zoom to chat and answer some questions. This week it was my turn to be Quizmaster. We hope you enjoy our contributions!

Average, 20 Qns, MikeMaster99, Feb 21 21

Category: Cool Zooms

Average
MikeMaster99
Feb 21 21
1358 plays

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Factfinding Tour of the South Pacific! top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I've been sent on a fact-finding mission by my government to the South Pacific to hopefully open up some new trade options. Here are some questions arising from the notes I took on my wonderful journey.

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Nov 13 21

Category: Mixed Nations

Easier
MikeMaster99
Nov 13 21
1401 plays

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Cool Zooms, Part XXVIII popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

20 Qns

Another week of COVID in 2020, means another quiz from Phoenix Rising's weekly Zoom session! This week there's a question from every FT category and a theme linking them all. Read the I.I. or see if you can deduce it!

Average, 20 Qns, MikeMaster99, Feb 21 21

Category: Cool Zooms

Average
MikeMaster99
Feb 21 21
1152 plays

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Make My Day top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

It's a great day! Time to get outside and enjoy some of the huge range of popular activities people undertake. This quiz will explore a small selection of that wide array of things people do in the great outdoors.

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jul 20 12

Category: Outdoor Activities

Easier
MikeMaster99
2617 plays

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Where Did You Get That Name? top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

There are a large number of words commonly used in the English language that are derived from an individual or a brand-name of a product. This quiz examines some common, and some more surprising, examples of this etymology!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jul 27 12

Category: Related Words

Easier
MikeMaster99
2143 plays

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The Mali Empire top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

A West African powerhouse

This adopted quiz may be a little challenging but more importantly, I hope it raises appreciation of the key aspects of one of Africa's great empires which flourished from the 13th to 16th centuries AD.

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jun 25 23

Category: Mali

Average
MikeMaster99
Jun 25 23
91 plays

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Travelling Entertainment with Charlie popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

British author Sue Pavey wrote a children's book about Charlie Dog and his adventures. We're exploring too, through entertainment categories matching real and fictional Charlies (and their variants).

Very Easy, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Mar 21 20

Category: Thematic Men's Names

Very Easy
MikeMaster99
Mar 21 20
574 plays

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Hidden Dogs in Other Words... great trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

All of these words contain man's best friend, but there's not a canine in sight! Can you match the 'doggy' word with its meaning or synonym?

Very Easy, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Mar 25 20

Recommended for grades: 9,10,11

Category: Words Within Words

Very Easy
MikeMaster99
Mar 25 20
722 plays

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Indian Test Cricket Heroes - 1970-2020 great trivia quiz

Classification Quiz

15 Qns

As a cricket 'tragic', I love watching competitive Test Cricket. This quiz looks at some of the great players who have played for India over the fifty year period from 1970 to 2020. I hope this quiz evokes memories of some wonderful players!

Average, 15 Qns, MikeMaster99, Feb 28 23

Category: India

Average
MikeMaster99
Feb 28 23
113 plays

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On the Origin of.... Writers! popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Your task is to match the famous writer of fiction to the place where they were born. Some should be easy, others a little more challenging as I'm only providing the city/town name not the country!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Mar 16 17

Category: Writers and Places

Easier
MikeMaster99
1430 plays

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Lucy in Disguise with Diamonds top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

How embarrassing! I've just sung the wrong lyrics in a loud voice in front of all my friends. they're laughing at me. What was I really meant to sing?

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jul 12 12

Category: Misheard Lyrics

Average
MikeMaster99
3537 plays

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Icons of the British Automotive Industry great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The British automobile industry has contributed greatly to the development of cars and motoring from the very earliest days of the fledgling business. This quiz explores some of the iconic brands and key people involved.

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jan 22 23

Category: UK Cars

Average
MikeMaster99
Jan 22 23
226 plays

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More about the Wonderful World Around Us great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz looks at how two everyday objects, the sun and the moon, influence our lives and the world around us. Stories, science, religion and history all feature these cosmic neighbors. Let's explore how!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, May 15 22

Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9

Category: Topics for Kids

Easier
MikeMaster99
May 15 22
2642 plays

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Music of the Spheres popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

The skill and mastery of world champions seem to make that ball talk and even sing, such is their control. This quiz asks you to match such maestros (or teams) with the round ball sport at which they excelled. Please enjoy the 'Music of the Spheres'.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Aug 23 20

Category: Wide World of Sports

Very Easy
MikeMaster99
Aug 23 20
538 plays

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What Difference Does it Make? great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz looks at some everyday chemical reactions and the significant effects that they have on our lives. I'm sure you'll recognize most of them! There are no trick questions and no specialized chemistry knowledge is assumed.

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Mar 21 23

Category: Chemistry

Easier
MikeMaster99
Mar 21 23
1545 plays

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Cryptic Italian Cities popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

What could be challenging about naming ten major cities in Italy? Well, if the questions are phrased cryptically, that might be one way! The quiz uses common cryptic crossword key words and clue types. Explanations of the answers are also provided.

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Nov 06 22

Category: Cryptics

Easier
MikeMaster99
Nov 06 22
161 plays

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Who's Your Baby? popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Can you match the baby animal to the name of its parents? Some are easy but some are much more tricky! Be careful as some of these baby names can refer to many different animals. Let's learn a bit more and have fun too!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, May 18 20

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

Category: Animal Names: Adults, Babies & Groups

Easier
MikeMaster99
May 18 20
645 plays

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All At 'C' top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Are you ready, detective? You're on the hunt for missing persons and locations from the entertainment industry! The only help we can provide is that all of the crime scene information begins with the letter 'C'. Good luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jun 22 12

Category: Letters and Numbers in Entertainment

Easier
MikeMaster99
1625 plays

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Physical Geography: River Deep Mountain High

River Deep - Mountain High popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Phoenix Rising's Gold Team had to write a quiz using a song title but not in an entertainment-type category. Sing along with Ike and Tina Turner while we explore aspects of how mountains, rivers and lakes were created. We hope you enjoy the journey!

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Sep 15 22

Category: Physical Geography

Average
MikeMaster99
Sep 15 22
268 plays

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Aussie Native Fruit and Vegetables popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Carrots, potatoes, bananas, apples? Yes, all are in shops in Australia. But there are some great native fruit and vegetables too; some may be familiar, some will definitely be new. Let's learn about some of them!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, May 08 20

Category: Fruit and Vegetables

Easier
MikeMaster99
May 08 20
501 plays

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Guess who came to dinner? We're so glad he did! popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The life and times of Sidney Poitier

Phoenix Rising presents.... (fanfare!)....Sidney Poitier! This quiz looks at some of the highlights of his fabled movie career as well as his life outside Hollywood.

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Dec 15 22

Category: Celebrities M-P

Average
MikeMaster99
Dec 15 22
322 plays

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Japanese Endemic Fauna - Let's Explore! best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

In addition to its wonderful scenery, technology and fascinating culture and history, Japan also has many animals only found in this country. Let's learn more about ten of them!

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Jun 27 22

Category: Asia

Average
MikeMaster99
Jun 27 22
183 plays

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Loser Like Me great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Winners are immortalized in glowing lights, parades and history books. Losers are quickly forgotten. Or are they? Can you recognize the names of people who came so close to winning but didn't quite make it?

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Feb 15 12

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

Category: Heroes and Villains

Easier
MikeMaster99
2158 plays

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The wonderful world around us! great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz explores the science behind our everyday lives and the world around us!

Easier, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Aug 25 20

Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11

Category: Science for Kids

Easier
MikeMaster99
Aug 25 20
2364 plays

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Wistful Thinking great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Sitting in my office, I start dreaming of past times when Australians still traveled by horse, bushrangers roamed and the lure of the unknown led intrepid explorers on great journeys. I can't travel back there but I can still read about it...

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Sep 25 13

Category: Australian Literature

Average
MikeMaster99
1764 plays

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Ten Books on my Bedside Table popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I have a stack of novels on my bedside table waiting for me. There is a link between each of the first nine books and the tenth. Taking the first letter of the answer to each of the first nine questions, discover the title of that tenth novel.

Average, 10 Qns, MikeMaster99, Sep 08 23

Category: Literature: Something in Common

Average
MikeMaster99
Sep 08 23
724 plays

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