The Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom is a member of the Royal Household. He or she is appointed by the monarch to write poems celebrating important state occasions.
This is the 3rd of four quizzes in this series. Each question takes the form of a president's name with alternate letters missing. A clue is provided to help. Who are they?
Each question consists of four items/names which are connected somehow. Vowels are however, missing. You have to work out the connection and pick the person/item which would also fit into this group from the possible answers.
Well this is it,. The very last quiz of this series. I hope you have all enjoyed them. For anybody who hasn't done them before, just guess the name of the deceased person from the clue given.
Edward Lear was a multi-talented man. He could play several musical instruments and was also an artist and illustrator, a writer and a poet, probably most famous for his nonsense poetry. This quiz is about that part of his life.
The last several decades have seen the emergence of the celebrity chef, some as well-known as sports stars or TV actors. This quiz is mainly about TV chefs and cooks, but not entirely.
Donald P. Bellisario has created some of the most popular shows on TV. He has not only created them but written a huge number of episodes and produced/directed quite a few too. Let's see how much you know about this TV giant.
How many authors of fairy tales/children's tales do you know? The actual creator of some traditional tales handed down verbally may not be known for certain. In those cases, you have to identify the author who first wrote the story down.
Dickens produced some wonderful characters in his novels. A great many villains but also some very worthy folk too. Can you identify these good people?
Some large companies are known to hundreds of millions of people, probably including you. I'm certain you will have heard of most of those in this quiz. But do you know where they started?
The puppet called 'Punch' arrived in England from Italy in 1662 and is still seen regularly as children's entertainment on British beaches. The name of the quiz comes from a catchphrase uttered by Mr. Punch during his shows.
The Crown Jewels are kept in the Jewel House in the Tower of London. They are guarded by the Yeoman Warders or 'Beefeaters' and are owned by the nation rather than the monarch as you might expect.
Each question consists of four items/names. Vowels have been omitted however. Using the info provided in the question, work out the 'odd one out' including vowels.
Each question contains the name of an actor or actress with some letters missing (Spaces and other non-letters are ignored). You have to identify the film starring the actor/actress
We all know groups of people famous for a given reason, but how confident are you that you would know the one born first? In each question give you four names of famous people. All you have to do is identify the one born first.
Each question contains the name of an actor or actress with some letters missing (Spaces and other non-letters are ignored). You have to identify the film starring the actor/actress
Ten questions about famous people, some historical, others fairly recent. Six are British, One is American, one is German and one is French and two are Chileans. Yes, I know that makes eleven. With any luck, you should get most of them.
The Victoria Cross is the highest decoration awarded to members of the military of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries and former British Empire territories. The medal was created following the Crimean War (1853-56).
Air-traffic controllers use a call sign to contact planes of different airlines in their airspace. e.g. 'Airjub' = a 'Jubba Airways' plane. Just match the call sign to the airline. Some airlines no longer exist.
I will give you a definition of a word. All you have to do is find a single word meaning the same thing and which contains three consecutive vowels. The number of letters and first letter of the word is provided as a help.
Each question has film titles with missing numbers (e.g. 2, Two, Second, 2nd or even deuce). Just perform the maths question asked to find the number in the film title referred to in the clue. Numbers in brackets refer to the year of release of the film.
The following questions are all related to a series of poems written by T. S. Eliott. They were published in the 1930s under Eliott's assumed name of Old Possum.
Each question has film titles with missing numbers (e.g. 2, Two, Second, 2nd or even deuce). Just perform the maths question asked to find the number in the film title referred to in the clue. Numbers in brackets refer to the year of release of the film.
Each question has film titles with missing numbers (e.g. 2, Two, Second, 2nd or even deuce). Just perform the maths question asked to find the number in the film title referred to in the clue. Numbers in brackets refer to the year of release of the film.
Each question contains the name of an actor or actress with some letters missing (Spaces and other non-letters are ignored). You have to identify a film in which that person starred. Working out the name of the star would help of course.
Identify the single letter which when added to the words given will make four new words. The order of the letters in the original words remains unchanged. eg. most + i = moist.