Author Biography: amidabutsu

Some fun and interesting facts about winter activities, past and present.

Have you ever wondered where a country's name comes from? Here is a quiz about the origins of the names of some countries in the world. Let's see if you can find them all!

My - humble - attempt to answer questions you didn't know you had about hysteria. Warning: clinical terms appear in the quiz, not to make you uncomfortable, but to accurately describe perceptions and treatments of hysteria in the past.

Many gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgendered and queer people have had an influence on their worlds, small or big. Let's see if you can identify them. Note: many would not have identified as GBLTQ by today's definitions but I have still included them.

Once upon a time, many cities had Latin names, either because they were part of the Roman Empire, or because they were given a Latin name during medieval times. Let's see if you can identify them.

We all do it (yes, all of us) so it was long overdue to have a serious - and interesting - quiz about this basic fact of life.

Finding a post box in another country can sometimes be trickier than expected, especially when its shape and colour may be different from back home. So let's see if you can find which colour are the post boxes of some countries...