Author Biography: celvet

Veterinary medicine has many specialties - because veterinarians must treat more than one species! This quiz will introduce you to some of the types of veterinary specialties that are recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

This is a quiz about animal locomotion. Locomotion means moving from place to place, so if you know how animals move, you'll do well in this quiz. Recommended for grades: 4,5,6

This is a quiz on endorheic basins and lakes. "Endon" is Greek for within and "rhein" is Greek meaning to flow. So think about watersheds and you will understand why the water in these basins flows down, but not out.

You want to make sourdough bread? Here are some dos and don'ts with which I have some experience. Definitely try this at home! Thanks to Kyleisalive for the title!

This is a colorful quiz that might brighten a rainy day. Enjoy!

Why kick a hobbit? I suspect that several of the characters from "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien may have felt the urge to kick Bilbo in the pants, on occasion - and some of them weren't even villains! Can you identify some of them in this quiz?

This is a quiz on one of my favorite science fiction books, "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. LeGuin.

This is a companion quiz to my previous quiz; "Down but Not Out". The focus here is on bodies of water that disappear - and where they reappear (if at all). My thanks to JanIQ for the challenging title that fits so well with my previous quiz!

I discovered Racetrack Playa during a course in Global Information Systems (GIS). I was hooked by the mystery of the place. Hopefully you will also find it interesting!

Venery is an old term for the hunt - and many collective nouns for animals come from this courtly method of naming groups of animals. Here we will learn a bit more about some of the terms for cat species - and a bit more about the cats as well!

This is a quiz about citrus fruits, zest and botanical products made from both. Thanks to Kyleisalive for the title of this quiz.

This is a quiz on the movie, "Kedi". The movie is the documentary film released in 2016 and directed by Ceyda Torun. It is a Termite Films Production. Any quotations are from the English translation (subtitles).

In "Nightbirds on Nantucket" by Joan Aiken, a night bird plays a part in the plot. See if you can identify the nocturnal birds associated with these books. Recommended for grades: 5,6,7,8

I don't know why there are so many songs titled "I Don't Know Why". Here are a few questions about some of these songs (I doubt that I found all of them).