Author Biography: chrissie_26

Discussing Shakespeare without a basic knowledge of the plots, characters etc. would not be a very sensible thing to do. So a quick revision of some 'Basics' via a li'l quiz cannot be a waste of time.

No language can do without the benefit of 'free import' of new words from its neighbours. Especially not a world-language like English. Just see if you can 'identify' these foreigners in disguise.

You simply have to complete the missing word(s) in the fuller versions of some common 'shortened forms'.D.I.Y = Do It --- And now its up to you YOURSELF to prove this was really easy.

Word-forms and word-meanings do change. Housewives became hussies, and philanderers (literally: man-lovers) became flirts. This quiz requires you to link old meanings with new ones and gives first and last letters as hints.

A geography quiz for you.

This quiz is about well-known nursery rhymes. Questions in most cases refer to the hero of a mini-story. First letters are given as a hint. Example:Who would a-wooing go whether his mother would let him or not? Wasn't it a f___ ? Answer: frog.

Authors just as normal earthlings need houses to live in. Some had very impressive, very romantic or very unusual houses, or they simply were very much attached to them. - In this quiz all questions have a link with such a house.

Many a little, makes a mickle, as my grannie said. So a bit of knowledge here, and a bit of information there, may help us end up with a better understanding of the world we live in. That was my teachers' view. Hope it's a bit of fun too.

Whether we like it or not, the English language still has a lot of its roots in good old Latin. Even our videoclips are from Latin ("video" = "I see") In this quiz the hints work like this: V_ _ _O = V+3letters+O = VIDEO.

Can you complete the rhyme? The number of letters is given as a hint.

Facts, oddities,...

How did MUSTARD get the name it has? Because originally it was made with MUST or young wine rather than with vinegar. Similar 'links' in this quiz.-You get hints about the length of the word , and its first and last letter.