One of the major aims of Scott's 1910-13 expedition was to reach the South Pole. Here are some of the men involved in that heroic and tragic enterprise.

An image of Mary with the dead body of Jesus, called a pieta, was often the subject of a sculpture. The most famous by Michelangelo is now in Vatican City. Famous paintings on this theme exist too, so can you answer these questions about them?

The censuses of England and Wales are a fruitful source of information about your family, as well as containing many clues that will help you get further back in time. Original hand-written returns are the primary source; transcriptions are also found.

In Richard Osman's "House of Games" TV show a subject is described by three people each giving a one-word clue. Here is a version describing a few British islands. Can you identify them from these terse descriptions?

What does "Erebus" mean to you? You'll know for sure when you've done this quiz.

Jack is one of those words that has many entries in any dictionary. This quiz explores some of these meanings.

Google "Last Supper" and you will get the impression that Leonardo's fresco is the only art with that name. Far from that being the case, it was a popular subject and many hundreds were created by famous and non-famous artists. Do you know these?

For people who have English ancestry, do you know how to go about researching your family?

Apart from the main sources (censuses, civil registration and parish registers) there are a lot of other sources that may tell you things about your ancestors.

I shall give you a word which starts with X, and ask you a question about it. The 15 words here just about exhaust my old dictionary!

When the Romans under Claudius invaded in 43 A.D., they found several rival tribes occupying various areas of Southern England. Do you know where they were? If I name the tribal areas, can you place a modern city or town within that area?

"Avon" derives from the Welsh "afon", river. There are three major rivers called Avon in England, generally known as the Warwickshire Avon, the Bristol Avon and the Hampshire Avon. Can you say which Avon each of these questions refers to?

I was reading Kipling's Jungle Book again on my e-reader, and was struck by the number of animals that he gave local names to. Here they are in the order they appear - can you identify the animal (X) from Kipling's English descriptions?

All these words start with RUM. Can you work out what they mean?

The Church of England parish is the smallest unit of local government in England and has a parish church, whose registers are extremely useful in family history.

The Church of England parish is the smallest unit of local government in England and has a parish church, whose registers are extremely useful in family history.

In the 1980s (and our 50s) my wife and I discovered walking in the Austrian and Bavarian Alps. You may be able to discover what resorts we visited from these clues. (My apologies for omitting the occasional umlaut in place names).

The Last Will & Testament of an ancestor is probably the most fascinating and informative source document you can discover. Here are some questions to test your knowledge of this subject.